Couldn't connect to TextMate!

[SymphonyPy]

I am using this on Ubuntu and meet this problem.
root@VM-42-3-ubuntu:~# rmate -p 52698 ping.c
Couldn't connect to TextMate!
It worked when I first used this yesterday, but the error appeared today.
Is there any way to solve this? Thank you!

[broadtoad]

rmate also abruptly stopped working for me as well - was working fine before (apart from occasional saving issues).

Tried bash and python version and receive same error: Couldn't connect to TextMate!

[Kmyu1k]

I found when i restart the sever,the error can be solved.
here is my step:

1. in vscode press F1 and select Remote:Stop Server
2. in vscode press F1 and select Remote:Start Server

[salmr0]

I am having the same issue. Looks like the socket is left open on the server side. I quit everything and logged out of everywhere. Then I ssh back into the server (after disabling the SSH port forwarding of port 52698) and I see this. There should be no port using 52698 as I disables ssh port forwarding but some how the socket is still there lingering.

netstat -tnl |grep 52698 
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:52698         0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN     

For me this is why I get the "Couldn't connect to TextMate!" message because the port is in use and I can't get rid of it. Don't have root access to server so I can't get the PID to kill it.

[salmr0]

Got one of the admins(root) to run netstat with "-p" option for me. Looks like some other user is using that port (maybe other rmate user). That is why I can not use it and get the "Couldn't connect to TextMate!".

So no issue. I will just pick a different port. Sorry for the spam.

[rspeed]

It seems this can be closed.

[sclukey]

I agree