title: Ethereum Mist connect with local private network
body: <p><strong>System information</strong></p>
  <pre><code>Geth Version: 1.7.3-stable
  
  Git Commit: 4bb3c89d44e372e6a9ab85a8be0c9345265c763a
  
  Operating System: linux
  </code></pre>
  <p><strong>Expected behaviour</strong></p>
  <p>Connect Mist with local private network</p>
  <p><strong>Actual behaviour</strong></p>
  <p>I type command :</p>
  <pre><code>geth --datadir ~/private_network init ~/private_network/genesis.json
  
  geth --datadir ~/private_network --networkid 3131 --ipcpath ~/private_network/geth.ipc console 2&gt;~/private_network/console.log
  </code></pre>
  <p>and I run Mist but I have an error &quot;address already in use&quot; even if I kill processes that uses port 30303 I have the same result</p>
  <p><strong>Backtrace</strong></p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>~/.ethereum/testnet/geth/ethash count=3</p>
  <p>INFO [12-16|12:05:37] Disk storage enabled for ethash DAGs     dir=~/.ethash                       count=2</p>
  <p>INFO [12-16|12:05:37] Initialising Ethereum protocol           versions=&quot;[63 62]&quot; network=3</p>
  <p>INFO [12-16|12:05:37] Loaded most recent local header          number=797369 hash=81c88e…3044c5 td=587702682055345</p>
  <p>INFO [12-16|12:05:37] Loaded most recent local full block      number=0      hash=419410…ca4a2d td=1048576</p>
  <p>INFO [12-16|12:05:37] Loaded most recent local fast block      number=761870 hash=08735b…e597b9 td=571350456833753</p>
  <p>INFO [12-16|12:05:37] Loaded local transaction journal         transactions=0 dropped=0</p>
  <p>INFO [12-16|12:05:37] Upgrading chain index                    type=bloombits percentage=79</p>
  <p>INFO [12-16|12:05:37] Regenerated local transaction journal    transactions=0 accounts=0</p>
  <p>INFO [12-16|12:05:37] Starting P2P networking
  Fatal: Error starting protocol stack: listen udp :30303: bind: address already in use</p>
  </blockquote>