I'm having problems starting up my server with BukkitGUI. Not entirely sure what's going on here - it's 4 am and I'm very tired so I'm just going to paste the log file. Hopefully someone will be able to help me out here. I'll post updates as they come - I really want to get my server working so I can play with some friends. Spoiler (Move your mouse to the spoiler area to reveal the content) Show Spoiler Hide Spoiler 2012-08-12 02:51:50 [INFO] Starting minecraft server version 1.3.1 2012-08-12 02:51:50 [INFO] Loading properties 2012-08-12 02:51:50 [WARNING] server.properties does not exist 2012-08-12 02:51:50 [INFO] Generating new properties file 2012-08-12 02:51:50 [INFO] Default game type: SURVIVAL 2012-08-12 02:51:50 [INFO] Generating keypair 2012-08-12 02:51:52 [INFO] Starting Minecraft server on *:25565 2012-08-12 02:51:53 [INFO] This server is running CraftBukkit version git-Bukkit-1.3.1-R1.0-b2320jnks (MC: 1.3.1) (Implementing API version 1.3.1-R1.0) 2012-08-12 02:51:54 [INFO] [GroupManager] Loading GroupManager v2.0 (2.9.3) (Phoenix) 2012-08-12 02:51:54 [INFO] [Permissions] Loading Permissions v3.1.6 2012-08-12 02:51:54 [INFO] [Essentials] Loading Essentials v2.9.3 2012-08-12 02:51:54 [INFO] [EssentialsChat] Loading EssentialsChat v2.9.3 2012-08-12 02:51:54 [INFO] [EssentialsProtect] Loading EssentialsProtect v2.9.3 2012-08-12 02:51:54 [INFO] MLog clients using java 1.4+ standard logging. 2012-08-12 02:51:54 [INFO] [EssentialsSpawn] Loading EssentialsSpawn v2.9.3 2012-08-12 02:51:54 [WARNING] Failed to load operators list: java.io.FileNotFoundException: .\ops.txt (The system cannot find the file specified) 2012-08-12 02:51:54 [WARNING] Failed to load white-list: java.io.FileNotFoundException: .\white-list.txt (The system cannot find the file specified) 2012-08-12 02:51:54 [INFO] Preparing level "world" 2012-08-12 02:51:55 [INFO] Placed stronghold in INVALID biome at (12, -58) 2012-08-12 02:51:55 [INFO] Preparing start region for level 0 (Seed: 6127635672729755019) 2012-08-12 02:51:56 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 3% 2012-08-12 02:51:57 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 4% 2012-08-12 02:51:58 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 8% 2012-08-12 02:51:59 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 12% 2012-08-12 02:52:00 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 16% 2012-08-12 02:52:01 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 20% 2012-08-12 02:52:02 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 24% 2012-08-12 02:52:03 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 28% 2012-08-12 02:52:04 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 32% 2012-08-12 02:52:05 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 36% 2012-08-12 02:52:06 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 40% 2012-08-12 02:52:07 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 44% 2012-08-12 02:52:08 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 48% 2012-08-12 02:52:09 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 52% 2012-08-12 02:52:10 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 56% 2012-08-12 02:52:11 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 61% 2012-08-12 02:52:12 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 65% 2012-08-12 02:52:13 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 69% 2012-08-12 02:52:14 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 73% 2012-08-12 02:52:15 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 77% 2012-08-12 02:52:16 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 81% 2012-08-12 02:52:17 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 85% 2012-08-12 02:52:19 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 89% 2012-08-12 02:52:20 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 93% 2012-08-12 02:52:21 [INFO] Preparing start region for level 1 (Seed: 6127635672729755019) 2012-08-12 02:52:21 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 0% 2012-08-12 02:52:22 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 4% 2012-08-12 02:52:23 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 8% 2012-08-12 02:52:24 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 16% 2012-08-12 02:52:25 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 20% 2012-08-12 02:52:26 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 20% 2012-08-12 02:52:28 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 24% 2012-08-12 02:52:29 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 28% 2012-08-12 02:52:30 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 32% 2012-08-12 02:52:31 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 36% 2012-08-12 02:52:32 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 40% 2012-08-12 02:52:33 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 44% 2012-08-12 02:52:34 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 52% 2012-08-12 02:52:35 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 53% 2012-08-12 02:52:36 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 61% 2012-08-12 02:52:37 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 65% 2012-08-12 02:52:38 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 69% 2012-08-12 02:52:39 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 73% 2012-08-12 02:52:41 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 77% 2012-08-12 02:52:42 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 81% 2012-08-12 02:52:43 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 85% 2012-08-12 02:52:44 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 93% 2012-08-12 02:52:45 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 97% 2012-08-12 02:52:45 [INFO] Preparing start region for level 2 (Seed: 6127635672729755019) 2012-08-12 02:52:46 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 4% 2012-08-12 02:52:47 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 20% 2012-08-12 02:52:48 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 32% 2012-08-12 02:52:49 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 48% 2012-08-12 02:52:50 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 57% 2012-08-12 02:52:51 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 73% 2012-08-12 02:52:52 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 85% 2012-08-12 02:52:53 [INFO] [GroupManager] Enabling GroupManager v2.0 (2.9.3) (Phoenix) 2012-08-12 02:52:53 [INFO] GroupManager - INFO - World Found: world 2012-08-12 02:52:53 [INFO] GroupManager - INFO - Superperms support enabled. 2012-08-12 02:52:53 [INFO] GroupManager - INFO - Scheduled Data Saving is set for every 10 minutes! 2012-08-12 02:52:53 [INFO] GroupManager - INFO - Backups will be retained for 24 hours! 2012-08-12 02:52:53 [INFO] GroupManager version 2.0 (2.9.3) (Phoenix) is enabled! 2012-08-12 02:52:53 [INFO] [Permissions] Enabling Permissions v3.1.6 2012-08-12 02:52:53 [INFO] Fake Permissions version 3.1.6 is enabled! 2012-08-12 02:52:53 [INFO] [Essentials] Enabling Essentials v2.9.3 2012-08-12 02:52:54 [INFO] Essentials: Using GroupManager based permissions. 2012-08-12 02:52:54 [INFO] [EssentialsChat] Enabling EssentialsChat v2.9.3 2012-08-12 02:52:54 [INFO] [EssentialsProtect] Enabling EssentialsProtect v2.9.3 2012-08-12 02:52:54 [INFO] Initializing c3p0-0.9.1.2 [built 21-May-2007 15:04:56; debug? true; trace: 10] 2012-08-12 02:52:54 [INFO] [EssentialsSpawn] Enabling EssentialsSpawn v2.9.3 2012-08-12 02:52:55 [INFO] Done (60.692s)! For help, type "help" or "?" 2012-08-12 02:52:55 [INFO] GroupManager - INFO - Bukkit Permissions Updated! 2012-08-12 02:53:54 [WARNING] Can't keep up! Did the system time change, or is the server overloaded? 2012-08-12 02:54:19 [INFO] CONSOLE: Stopping the server.. 2012-08-12 02:54:19 [INFO] Stopping server 2012-08-12 02:54:19 [INFO] [EssentialsSpawn] Disabling EssentialsSpawn v2.9.3 2012-08-12 02:54:19 [INFO] [EssentialsProtect] Disabling EssentialsProtect v2.9.3 2012-08-12 02:54:20 [INFO] [EssentialsChat] Disabling EssentialsChat v2.9.3 2012-08-12 02:54:20 [INFO] [Essentials] Disabling Essentials v2.9.3 2012-08-12 02:54:20 [INFO] [Permissions] Disabling Permissions v3.1.6 2012-08-12 02:54:20 [INFO] Fake Permissions version 3.1.6 is disabled! 2012-08-12 02:54:20 [INFO] [GroupManager] Disabling GroupManager v2.0 (2.9.3) (Phoenix) 2012-08-12 02:54:20 [INFO] GroupManager - INFO - Scheduled Data Saving is disabled! 2012-08-12 02:54:20 [INFO] GroupManager version 2.0 (2.9.3) (Phoenix) is disabled! 2012-08-12 02:54:20 [INFO] Saving players 2012-08-12 02:54:20 [WARNING] DSCT: socket closed 2012-08-12 02:54:20 [INFO] Saving worlds 2012-08-12 02:54:20 [INFO] Closing listening thread 2012-08-12 02:54:20 [INFO] Saving chunks for level 'world'/net.minecraft.server.WorldProviderNormal@1cf9961 2012-08-12 02:54:21 [INFO] Saving chunks for level 'world_nether'/net.minecraft.server.WorldProviderHell@66c508 2012-08-12 02:54:25 [INFO] Saving chunks for level 'world_the_end'/net.minecraft.server.WorldProviderTheEnd@1119487 2012-08-12 02:54:26 [INFO] Stopping server 2012-08-12 02:54:26 [INFO] Saving players 2012-08-12 02:54:26 [INFO] Saving worlds 2012-08-12 03:57:36 [INFO] Starting minecraft server version 1.3.1 2012-08-12 03:57:36 [INFO] Loading properties 2012-08-12 03:57:36 [INFO] Default game type: SURVIVAL 2012-08-12 03:57:36 [INFO] Generating keypair 2012-08-12 03:57:38 [INFO] Starting Minecraft server on *:25565 2012-08-12 03:57:39 [INFO] This server is running CraftBukkit version git-Bukkit-1.3.1-R1.0-b2320jnks (MC: 1.3.1) (Implementing API version 1.3.1-R1.0) 2012-08-12 03:57:40 [INFO] [GroupManager] Loading GroupManager v2.0 (2.9.3) (Phoenix) 2012-08-12 03:57:40 [INFO] [Permissions] Loading Permissions v3.1.6 2012-08-12 03:57:40 [INFO] [Essentials] Loading Essentials v2.9.3 2012-08-12 03:57:40 [INFO] [EssentialsChat] Loading EssentialsChat v2.9.3 2012-08-12 03:57:40 [INFO] [EssentialsProtect] Loading EssentialsProtect v2.9.3 2012-08-12 03:57:40 [INFO] MLog clients using java 1.4+ standard logging. 2012-08-12 03:57:40 [INFO] [EssentialsSpawn] Loading EssentialsSpawn v2.9.3 2012-08-12 03:57:40 [INFO] Preparing level "world" 2012-08-12 03:57:41 [INFO] Preparing start region for level 0 (Seed: 6127635672729755019) 2012-08-12 03:57:42 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 20% 2012-08-12 03:57:43 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 77% 2012-08-12 03:57:43 [INFO] Preparing start region for level 1 (Seed: 6127635672729755019) 2012-08-12 03:57:44 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 8% 2012-08-12 03:57:45 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 48% 2012-08-12 03:57:46 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 81% 2012-08-12 03:57:46 [INFO] Preparing start region for level 2 (Seed: 6127635672729755019) 2012-08-12 03:57:47 [INFO] Preparing spawn area: 44% 2012-08-12 03:57:48 [INFO] [GroupManager] Enabling GroupManager v2.0 (2.9.3) (Phoenix) 2012-08-12 03:57:48 [INFO] GroupManager - INFO - World Found: world 2012-08-12 03:57:48 [INFO] GroupManager - INFO - Superperms support enabled. 2012-08-12 03:57:48 [INFO] GroupManager - INFO - Scheduled Data Saving is set for every 10 minutes! 2012-08-12 03:57:48 [INFO] GroupManager - INFO - Backups will be retained for 24 hours! 2012-08-12 03:57:48 [INFO] GroupManager version 2.0 (2.9.3) (Phoenix) is enabled! 2012-08-12 03:57:48 [INFO] [Permissions] Enabling Permissions v3.1.6 2012-08-12 03:57:48 [INFO] Fake Permissions version 3.1.6 is enabled! 2012-08-12 03:57:48 [INFO] [Essentials] Enabling Essentials v2.9.3 2012-08-12 03:57:49 [INFO] Essentials: Using GroupManager based permissions. 2012-08-12 03:57:49 [INFO] [EssentialsChat] Enabling EssentialsChat v2.9.3 2012-08-12 03:57:49 [INFO] [EssentialsProtect] Enabling EssentialsProtect v2.9.3 2012-08-12 03:57:49 [INFO] Initializing c3p0-0.9.1.2 [built 21-May-2007 15:04:56; debug? true; trace: 10] 2012-08-12 03:57:50 [INFO] [EssentialsSpawn] Enabling EssentialsSpawn v2.9.3 2012-08-12 03:57:50 [INFO] Server permissions file permissions.yml is empty, ignoring it 2012-08-12 03:57:50 [INFO] Done (10.037s)! For help, type "help" or "?" 2012-08-12 03:57:51 [INFO] GroupManager - INFO - Bukkit Permissions Updated! 2012-08-12 03:58:42 [WARNING] Can't keep up! Did the system time change, or is the server overloaded? 2012-08-12 03:59:09 [INFO] CONSOLE: Stopping the server.. 2012-08-12 03:59:09 [INFO] Stopping server 2012-08-12 03:59:09 [INFO] [EssentialsSpawn] Disabling EssentialsSpawn v2.9.3 2012-08-12 03:59:09 [INFO] [EssentialsProtect] Disabling EssentialsProtect v2.9.3 2012-08-12 03:59:10 [INFO] [EssentialsChat] Disabling EssentialsChat v2.9.3 2012-08-12 03:59:10 [INFO] [Essentials] Disabling Essentials v2.9.3 2012-08-12 03:59:10 [INFO] [Permissions] Disabling Permissions v3.1.6 2012-08-12 03:59:10 [INFO] Fake Permissions version 3.1.6 is disabled! 2012-08-12 03:59:10 [INFO] [GroupManager] Disabling GroupManager v2.0 (2.9.3) (Phoenix) 2012-08-12 03:59:10 [INFO] GroupManager - INFO - Scheduled Data Saving is disabled! 2012-08-12 03:59:10 [INFO] GroupManager version 2.0 (2.9.3) (Phoenix) is disabled! 2012-08-12 03:59:10 [INFO] Saving players 2012-08-12 03:59:10 [INFO] Saving worlds 2012-08-12 03:59:10 [INFO] Saving chunks for level 'world'/net.minecraft.server.WorldProviderNormal@17456c4 2012-08-12 03:59:10 [WARNING] DSCT: socket closed 2012-08-12 03:59:10 [INFO] Closing listening thread 2012-08-12 03:59:12 [INFO] Saving chunks for level 'world_nether'/net.minecraft.server.WorldProviderHell@1db1982 2012-08-12 03:59:13 [INFO] Saving chunks for level 'world_the_end'/net.minecraft.server.WorldProviderTheEnd@10f5699 2012-08-12 03:59:15 [INFO] Stopping server
From what I can tell: "DSCT: socket closed" is an error to do with your servers network where bukkit is failing or being denied rights to open a connection or even use your network. Like a firewall blocking access, a virus scanner blocking access, router blocking access or even a broken network card/driver. (and probably many other possibilities)
Did you stop it manually for this log file? Check if you don't have a task that stops the server when it starts or similar (e.g. a task that sends "stop" command could cause this)