From ffa3e8050360eb677fac46565ef55806e3bd34f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler Goodlet <jgbt@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 21:56:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Detail `pikerd` sock bind collision in error

---
 piker/service/_actor_runtime.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/piker/service/_actor_runtime.py b/piker/service/_actor_runtime.py
index db727e2e..ea7399fa 100644
--- a/piker/service/_actor_runtime.py
+++ b/piker/service/_actor_runtime.py
@@ -183,7 +183,10 @@ async def open_pikerd(
         trio.open_nursery() as service_nursery,
     ):
         if root_actor.accept_addr != reg_addr:
-            raise RuntimeError(f'Daemon failed to bind on {reg_addr}!?')
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                f'`pikerd` failed to bind on {reg_addr}!\n'
+                'Maybe you have another daemon already running?'
+            )
 
         # assign globally for future daemon/task creation
         Services.actor_n = actor_nursery