Always initialize the EventHandler in the standalone.

runtime/bin/socket_patch.dart

 // Copyright (c) 2013, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 patch class RawServerSocket {
   /* patch */ static Future<RawServerSocket> bind(address,
                                                   int port,
                                                   {int backlog: 0,
                                                    bool v6Only: false}) {
     return _RawServerSocket.bind(address, port, backlog, v6Only);
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                                       address: address,
                                       port: port);
           }
           if (port != 0) socket.localPort = port;
           return socket;
         });
   }
 
   _NativeSocket.normal() : typeFlags = TYPE_NORMAL_SOCKET {
     eventHandlers = new List(EVENT_COUNT + 1);
-    _EventHandler._start();
   }
 
   _NativeSocket.listen() : typeFlags = TYPE_LISTENING_SOCKET {
     eventHandlers = new List(EVENT_COUNT + 1);
-    _EventHandler._start();
   }
 
   _NativeSocket.pipe() : typeFlags = TYPE_PIPE {
     eventHandlers = new List(EVENT_COUNT + 1);
-    _EventHandler._start();
   }
 
   int available() {
     if (isClosing || isClosed) return 0;
     var result = nativeAvailable();
     if (result is OSError) {
       reportError(result, "Available failed");
       return 0;
     } else {
       return result;
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     if (_detachReady != null) {
       _detachReady.complete(null);
     } else {
       if (_raw != null) {
         _raw.shutdown(SocketDirection.SEND);
         _disableWriteEvent();
       }
     }
   }
 }