Are you running two instances of Eclipse or did you launch the standalone version of DDMS?
When you have that error, can you open a terminal and run "netstat"? It will list the ports currently in use. R/ On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Amal <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have installed Eclipse 3.4 on my Ubuntu Linux 8.04 system. I create > a simple hello android project, but this is what I see when I open > eclipse- > > "Could not open Selected VM debug port (8700). Make sure you do not > have another instance of DDMS or of the eclipse plugin running. If > it's being used by something else, choose a new port number in the > preferences." > > I did telnet localhost 8700 and since it connected I figured out > something is using port 8700. > > I went to Windows>Preferences>Android>DDMS and changed the ADB > Debugger base port to 8600. But even then its not working. > > I am a beginner and don't know how to resolve this port issue. Does > anybody have any suggestions/pointers? Am I missing something? > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

