Failed to bind to '127.0.0.1:6600': Address already in use

Question

I'm using ubuntu 12.10 for my MPI(message passing interface) configuration I have installed mpd after installation I have start mpd, it is started normally no error message display but when I'm trying to run the command "mpd &" it gives me error message "Failed to bind to '127.0.0.1:6600': Address already in use" I have tried many solutions but the result is same.

root@ub0:~# service mpd start

Starting Music Player Daemon mpd
[ OK ] root@ub0:~# service mpd restart

Stopping Music Player Daemon mpd
[ OK ] Starting Music Player Daemon mpd
[ OK ] root@ub0:~# mpd &

[1] 2881 root@ub0:~# Failed to bind to '127.0.0.1:6600': Address already in use

[1]+ Exit 1 mpd

root@ub0:~#

Answer 1

If you're using an old enough version of MPICH, the launcher is called MPD, which appears to conflict with something else you have installed on your system. I could try to help you with that, but the best answer is that you're using a very old version of MPICH and you should update. 3.1.1 came out yesterday. Give that a shot.