Ive experienced the same error a couple of times both on my developer machine and server, usually with a interval of 3-8 weeks apart.
There are 2 items to check.
1. Is the server listing on port 2399
This can be checked the following way
Run -> cmd -> netstat -a
2. Is SLSocket54 causing a error
This can be checked the following way
Administrative tools -> Event viewer
Usually it shows 2 errors or 5 errors in the
Event viewer
If only the first one is present, then a restart of the server should do the trick.
If both 1 and 2 is present, then the error is placed in starting the SLSocket54 service.
This can be fixed by first stopping the server, then deleting everything in the folder "Filemaker serverExtensionsPluginsxDBC Supportlogging"
If this does not solve the problem, then a reinstall of the server is required. First uninstall and check if the above folder is also deleted, if not then delete it and reinstall.
If the above folder is not deleted, the problem will persist.
I think the problem is caused by some kind of corruption of the file "Filemaker serverExtensionsPluginsxDBC SupportloggingSLSocket54.trc"
Hope this helps.
