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Title Error:"socket_so: could not install shared object socket_so:x0dx0afile exists"x0dx0a
Ref. No. QNX.000009580
Category(ies) Utilities, Configuration
Issue We are getting the following error message from our /etc/netstart batch file
when starting up:

"socket_so: could not install shared object socket_so:
file exists"

When we remove the following line from the script, the message goes
away, but of course we can't ping anybody:
/usr/ucb/ifconfig en1 quack up &

Solution The 'socket_so' shared library is already being run, that's why this message comes up.  Something in the sysinit file must be starting it more than once.  The message may be ignored, or track down what else is starting 'socket_so'.  If it already exists in the /dev/shmem directory, then this message will come up..