Maybe you can check (the last parts) of your wrapper.log file, in freenet's folder. Maybe post it here or somewhere.
On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:40:44 -0700, slsm...@cox.net wrote: > Thank you for the replies. I tried starting manually with the jars > and am still unsuccessful. I changed the > service from automatic to manual as suggested but still get timeout > message. Please, any more ideas? > > > At 11:46 AM 6/11/2010, you wrote: > ><mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org>support-requ...@freenetproject.org > > > >wrote: > >> > >>Send Support mailing list submissions to > >> <mailto:support@freenetproject.org>support@freenetproject.org > >> > >>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > >> > >><http://freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support>http://freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > >>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > >> > >><mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org>support-requ...@freenetproject.org > >> > >>You can reach the person managing the list at > >> > >><mailto:support-ow...@freenetproject.org>support-ow...@freenetproject.org > >> > >>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > >>than "Re: Contents of Support digest..." > >> > >> > >>Today's Topics: > >> > >> 1. Re: Unable to start service - please help (Matthew Toseland) > >> > >> > >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >>Message: 1 > >>Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:31:18 +0100 > >>From: Matthew Toseland > >><mailto:t...@amphibian.dyndns.org><t...@amphibian.dyndns.org> > >>To: <mailto:support@freenetproject.org>support@freenetproject.org > >>Cc: <mailto:slsm...@cox.net>slsm...@cox.net > >>Subject: Re: [freenet-support] Unable to start service - please help > >>Message-ID: > >><mailto:201006110131.18970.t...@amphibian.dyndns.org><201006110131.18970.t...@amphibian.dyndns.org> > >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >> > >>On Wednesday 09 June 2010 19:39:05 > >><mailto:slsm...@cox.net>slsm...@cox.net wrote: > >> > >>> > >>>I have the same familiar Windows problem when trying to start > >>>Freenet. > >>> > >>>"Service did not respond to signal" > >>> > >>>1) Windows XP 32bit SP3 > >>> > >>>2)Java 6.0.200.2 > >>> > >>>3) LocalService has write permissions > >>> > >>>4) Event viewer states that: "Freenet background service failed to > >>>start due to the > >>> following error: the service did not respond to the start or > >>>control request in a > >>> timely fashion. Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting for the > >>>Freenet background > >>> service to connect. > >>> > >>>5) I cannot connect to <http://127.0.0.1:8888>http://127.0.0.1:8888 > >>> > >> > >> > >>Did you try starting it manually with the jars? I think the wiki > >>page says how to do this? > >> > >>> > >>>Thank you for your help in resolving this issue. > >>> > >>>Steve > >>> > >> > >>-------------- next part -------------- > >>A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > >>Name: not available > >>Type: application/pgp-signature > >>Size: 197 bytes > >>Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. > >>URL: > >><http://freenetproject.org/pipermail/support/attachments/20100611/9040a099/attachment-0001.pgp> > >> > >>------------------------------ > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Support mailing list > >><mailto:Support@freenetproject.org>Support@freenetproject.org > >>http://freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > >> > >>End of Support Digest, Vol 6, Issue 7 > >>************************************* > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >I am running freenet on windowsxp 64-bit system. Since I like to > >control what services start, after I installed freenet, I changed > >the freenet daemon service to manual start.(right-click My > >Computer/manage/services and look for freenet service, then change > >the startup type from automatic to manual. Now you will have to > >manually start freenet. > >Make sure you run freenet 24/7 if you want to get good results.) > >Then I start freenet using either the freenet "bunny" in my system > >tray or use the start.exe in the /freenet/bin directory. > > > >I often get the same error > >"...the service did not respond to the start or control request in a > >timely fashion. Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting ...yada yada > >yada..service to connect." > >BUT, when I check, my system resources show that the freenet java > >process IS running and the error message was false,(perhaps a longer > >timeout period needed?) > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Support mailing list > >Support@freenetproject.org > >http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > >Unsubscribe at > >http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or > >mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe _______________________________________________ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe