Fuse does not launch with this message (fuse: Couldn't start a background process of the daemon)

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Hi, could anyone help me with this problem?

I installed the latest version of Fuse with the installaiton guide, but the fuse app did not launch.

When I entered “fuse” on terminal, it gave me this error message,

“fuse: Couldn’t start a background process of the daemon”

Please let me know how to solve this problem.

Thank you.

2

I am having the same problem. But I actually was able to run fuse earlier. It just stopped working after doing some preview tests on an newly created project

3

Sorry about this, it seems to be caused by a zombie process which lingers around.

The problem should go away with a reboot but for a slightly more refined approach you can try this:

  • On OSX : lsof -i tcp:12122 -t | xargs -I {} kill -9 {}
  • On Windows : Open the task manager and force shutdown of all “Fuse” processes
4

No worries, thanks for the repsone I will try your solution if it happens again.

5

Hi, thank you for the solution, but it didn’t work.
After I use the command you gave, I could see the message

Trying to start the daemon as a background process.
A daemon background process was successfully started.

However, nothing happend afterwards.
I have tried rebooting and re-installing but nothing worked.

Is there any other solution?

6

Are you getting a tray icon like this?

file

7

Oh, I see the tray icon. Thank you for the help, problem is solved!

I am new to fuse and it is not common for me to use without dedicated editer.

Now it is time for me to explore tutorial and API documents

Thanks!

8

We are making some changes to the first-run experience of Fuse to make it clear how it works, and completely sympatize you on the misunderstanding. :slight_smile: Read Andreas’ post on it here: https://www.fusetools.com/developers/forums/general/fuse_beta_release_053127?page=1#post-8818f3d2-8565-4c19-a85f-89da236e270f