Whoops ! bb failed to send message

I am trying to figure this out. The error I see in the hobbitclient.log file is as follows:

2009-05-26 10:39:25 Could not connect to bbd at 127.0.0.1:1984 - Connection refused
2009-05-26 10:39:25 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - Connection failed

All my displays are purple except for some custom columns which are green but not reporting anything.

Thanks in advance.