The harmless java.net.SocketException: Broken pipe messages are confusing on the console. Why not catch them and ignore them? ./idea.sh java.net.SocketException: Broken pipe at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0(Native Method) at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(SocketOutputStream.java:92) at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(SocketOutputStream.java:136) at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.writeBytes(StreamEncoder.java:202) at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.implFlushBuffer(StreamEncoder.java:272) at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.implFlush(StreamEncoder.java:276) at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.flush(StreamEncoder.java:122) at java.io.OutputStreamWriter.flush(OutputStreamWriter.java:212) at java.io.BufferedWriter.flush(BufferedWriter.java:236) at org.jivesoftware.smack.PacketWriter.writePackets(PacketWriter.java:260) at org.jivesoftware.smack.PacketWriter.access$000(PacketWriter.java:39) at org.jivesoftware.smack.PacketWriter$1.run(PacketWriter.java:79) java.net.SocketException: Connection reset at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:168) at sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder.readBytes(StreamDecoder.java:264) at sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder.implRead(StreamDecoder.java:306) at sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder.read(StreamDecoder.java:158) at java.io.InputStreamReader.read(InputStreamReader.java:167) at java.io.BufferedReader.read1(BufferedReader.java:185) at java.io.BufferedReader.read(BufferedReader.java:261) at org.xmlpull.mxp1.MXParser.fillBuf(MXParser.java:2971) at org.xmlpull.mxp1.MXParser.more(MXParser.java:3025) at org.xmlpull.mxp1.MXParser.parseProlog(MXParser.java:1410) at org.xmlpull.mxp1.MXParser.nextImpl(MXParser.java:1395) at org.xmlpull.mxp1.MXParser.next(MXParser.java:1093) at org.jivesoftware.smack.PacketReader.parsePackets(PacketReader.java:363) at org.jivesoftware.smack.PacketReader.access$000(PacketReader.java:45) at org.jivesoftware.smack.PacketReader$1.run(PacketReader.java:67) [ Show » ] Bryce Nesbitt - 25 Jun 08 10:26 I get it also. If it's harmless, why not catch it and ignore it? ./idea.sh java.net.SocketException: Broken pipe at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0(Native Method) at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(SocketOutputStream.java:92) at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(SocketOutputStream.java:136) at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.writeBytes(StreamEncoder.java:202) at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.implFlushBuffer(StreamEncoder.java:272) at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.implFlush(StreamEncoder.java:276) at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.flush(StreamEncoder.java:122) at java.io.OutputStreamWriter.flush(OutputStreamWriter.java:212) at java.io.BufferedWriter.flush(BufferedWriter.java:236) at org.jivesoftware.smack.PacketWriter.writePackets(PacketWriter.java:260) at org.jivesoftware.smack.PacketWriter.access$000(PacketWriter.java:39) at org.jivesoftware.smack.PacketWriter$1.run(PacketWriter.java:79) java.net.SocketException: Connection reset at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:168) at sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder.readBytes(StreamDecoder.java:264) at sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder.implRead(StreamDecoder.java:306) at sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder.read(StreamDecoder.java:158) at java.io.InputStreamReader.read(InputStreamReader.java:167) at java.io.BufferedReader.read1(BufferedReader.java:185) at java.io.BufferedReader.read(BufferedReader.java:261) at org.xmlpull.mxp1.MXParser.fillBuf(MXParser.java:2971) at org.xmlpull.mxp1.MXParser.more(MXParser.java:3025) at org.xmlpull.mxp1.MXParser.parseProlog(MXParser.java:1410) at org.xmlpull.mxp1.MXParser.nextImpl(MXParser.java:1395) at org.xmlpull.mxp1.MXParser.next(MXParser.java:1093) at org.jivesoftware.smack.PacketReader.parsePackets(PacketReader.java:363) at org.jivesoftware.smack.PacketReader.access$000(PacketReader.java:45) at org.jivesoftware.smack.PacketReader$1.run(PacketReader.java:67)