title: Adb kill-server not responding?
body: <p>In ADB, I am facing an error when I am trying to print the version with</p>
  <pre><code>padmakumar@padmakumar-desktop:~$ adb version
  Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.29
  </code></pre>
  <p>but its showing below error</p>
  <pre><code>padmakumar@padmakumar-desktop:~$ adb devices
  error: protocol fault (no status)
  </code></pre>
  <p><strong>NOTE:</strong> <code>adb kill-server</code> is not working i.e it's not responding.</p>
  <p>and in my Eclipse console I am getting this error:</p>
  <pre><code>Android Launch!
  [2012-01-09 20:31:28 - Shopping List] The connection to adb is down, and a severe error has occured.
  [2012-01-09 20:31:28 - Shopping List] You must restart adb and Eclipse.
  [2012-01-09 20:31:28 - Shopping List] Please ensure that adb is correctly located at '/home/padmakumar/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb' and can be executed.
  </code></pre>