NodeBB won't start anymore after installing theme.

MJ

Hello,

My nodeBB software gets stuck on start.
If I do ./nodebb start it says starting nodebb. but it looks like it can't get startet.

I also did resetting the theme ./nodebb reset -t and I get the message theme is set to persona, but it still won't load.

If I do ./nodebb log it says "3 restarts in 10 seconds, most likely an error on startup. Halting."

Can somebody please help me with this?
I made back-up from my data so my content is safe (this time )

pichalite

@MJ try starting with ./nodebb dev and check for any errors in logs

MJ

@pichalite

0_1475084878814_upload-88972138-4bc4-404a-b96c-75b60154d9dd

MJ

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Clustering enabled: Spinning up 1 process(es).

28/9 13:51 [1653] - verbose: * using configuration stored in: /root/nodebb/config.json
28/9 13:51 [1653] - info: Time: Wed Sep 28 2016 13:51:33 GMT-0400 (EDT)
28/9 13:51 [1653] - info: Initializing NodeBB v1.1.2
28/9 13:51 [1653] - verbose: * using mongo store at 127.0.0.1:27017
28/9 13:51 [1653] - verbose: * using themes stored in: /root/nodebb/node_modules
28/9 13:51 [1653] - warn: You have no mongo password setup!
28/9 13:51 [1653] - info: [database] Checking database indices.
28/9 13:51 [1653] - verbose: Checking dependencies for outdated modules
28/9 13:51 [1653] - verbose: [notifications.init] Registering jobs.
28/9 13:51 [1653] - error: SyntaxError: Unexpected string
    at Object.parse (native)
    at /root/nodebb/src/meta/themes.js:45:28
    at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (fs.js:380:3)
SyntaxError: Unexpected string
    at Object.parse (native)
    at /root/nodebb/src/meta/themes.js:45:28
    at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (fs.js:380:3)
28/9 13:51 [1653] - info: [app] Shutdown (SIGTERM/SIGINT) Initialised.
28/9 13:51 [1653] - info: [app] Database connection closed.
28/9 13:51 [1653] - info: [app] Web server closed to connections.
28/9 13:51 [1653] - info: [app] Shutdown complete.
[cluster] Child Process (1653) has exited (code: 1, signal: null)
[cluster] Spinning up another process...
28/9 13:51 [1666] - verbose: * using configuration stored in: /root/nodebb/config.json
28/9 13:51 [1666] - info: Time: Wed Sep 28 2016 13:51:37 GMT-0400 (EDT)
28/9 13:51 [1666] - info: Initializing NodeBB v1.1.2
28/9 13:51 [1666] - verbose: * using mongo store at 127.0.0.1:27017
28/9 13:51 [1666] - verbose: * using themes stored in: /root/nodebb/node_modules
28/9 13:51 [1666] - warn: You have no mongo password setup!
28/9 13:51 [1666] - info: [database] Checking database indices.
28/9 13:51 [1666] - verbose: Checking dependencies for outdated modules
28/9 13:51 [1666] - verbose: [notifications.init] Registering jobs.
28/9 13:51 [1666] - error: SyntaxError: Unexpected string
    at Object.parse (native)
    at /root/nodebb/src/meta/themes.js:45:28
    at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (fs.js:380:3)
SyntaxError: Unexpected string
    at Object.parse (native)
    at /root/nodebb/src/meta/themes.js:45:28
    at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (fs.js:380:3)
28/9 13:51 [1666] - info: [app] Shutdown (SIGTERM/SIGINT) Initialised.
28/9 13:51 [1666] - info: [app] Database connection closed.
28/9 13:51 [1666] - info: [app] Web server closed to connections.
28/9 13:51 [1666] - info: [app] Shutdown complete.
[cluster] Child Process (1666) has exited (code: 1, signal: null)
[cluster] Spinning up another process...
28/9 13:51 [1679] - verbose: * using configuration stored in: /root/nodebb/config.json
28/9 13:51 [1679] - info: Time: Wed Sep 28 2016 13:51:40 GMT-0400 (EDT)
28/9 13:51 [1679] - info: Initializing NodeBB v1.1.2
28/9 13:51 [1679] - verbose: * using mongo store at 127.0.0.1:27017
28/9 13:51 [1679] - verbose: * using themes stored in: /root/nodebb/node_modules
28/9 13:51 [1679] - warn: You have no mongo password setup!
28/9 13:51 [1679] - info: [database] Checking database indices.
28/9 13:51 [1679] - verbose: Checking dependencies for outdated modules
28/9 13:51 [1679] - verbose: [notifications.init] Registering jobs.
28/9 13:51 [1679] - error: SyntaxError: Unexpected string
    at Object.parse (native)
    at /root/nodebb/src/meta/themes.js:45:28
    at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (fs.js:380:3)
SyntaxError: Unexpected string
    at Object.parse (native)
    at /root/nodebb/src/meta/themes.js:45:28
    at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (fs.js:380:3)
28/9 13:51 [1679] - info: [app] Shutdown (SIGTERM/SIGINT) Initialised.
28/9 13:51 [1679] - info: [app] Database connection closed.
28/9 13:51 [1679] - info: [app] Web server closed to connections.
28/9 13:51 [1679] - info: [app] Shutdown complete.
[cluster] Child Process (1679) has exited (code: 1, signal: null)
[cluster] Spinning up another process...
28/9 13:51 [1692] - verbose: * using configuration stored in: /root/nodebb/config.json
28/9 13:51 [1692] - info: Time: Wed Sep 28 2016 13:51:43 GMT-0400 (EDT)
28/9 13:51 [1692] - info: Initializing NodeBB v1.1.2
28/9 13:51 [1692] - verbose: * using mongo store at 127.0.0.1:27017
28/9 13:51 [1692] - verbose: * using themes stored in: /root/nodebb/node_modules
28/9 13:51 [1692] - warn: You have no mongo password setup!
28/9 13:51 [1692] - info: [database] Checking database indices.
28/9 13:51 [1692] - verbose: Checking dependencies for outdated modules
28/9 13:51 [1692] - verbose: [notifications.init] Registering jobs.
28/9 13:51 [1692] - error: SyntaxError: Unexpected string
    at Object.parse (native)
    at /root/nodebb/src/meta/themes.js:45:28
    at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (fs.js:380:3)
SyntaxError: Unexpected string
    at Object.parse (native)
    at /root/nodebb/src/meta/themes.js:45:28
    at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (fs.js:380:3)
28/9 13:51 [1692] - info: [app] Shutdown (SIGTERM/SIGINT) Initialised.
28/9 13:51 [1692] - info: [app] Database connection closed.
28/9 13:51 [1692] - info: [app] Web server closed to connections.
28/9 13:51 [1692] - info: [app] Shutdown complete.
3 restarts in 10 seconds, most likely an error on startup. Halting.

PitaJ

@MJ theme.json in one of your themes is invalid, I think. Try using http://jsonlint.com/ to check them.

MJ

@PitaJ i reset the theme with ./nodebb reset -t so it should be okay, or not?

and if I need to test theme, can you explain please how I must do it sir?

PitaJ

@MJ do you have any themes besides persona installed? Try reinstalling persona, first, with npm remove nodebb-theme-persona and npm install nodebb-theme-persona. If that doesn't work, try deleting the node_modules directory and reinstalling everything with npm install.

If that doesn't work, try copying the contents of node_modules/nodebb-plugin-persona/theme.json into that JSON validator I linked and making sure it's all valid.

MJ

wait I did test the files, and one did this.

0_1475087829290_upload-a9a7a2df-33ba-42c7-9500-7dc49eb02a5e ,

PitaJ

@MJ yep. That's invalid JSON. It's missing a comma after the highlighted line.

MJ

@PitaJ can I uninstall that theme, and how?

PitaJ

@MJ probably just npm remove nodebb-theme-hexadecimal

MJ

@PitaJ I go try now

MJ

@PitaJ
It worked sir

Check PM please

<baris>

This is fixed in https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues/5150

Jop V.

Like @PitaJ said, the theme doesn't work because that line misses a comma. Put a comma after that description line and the theme should work, assuming nothing else is broken.

devochka

Hi all, today I just installed a cloud version and I can't change files myself. Faced with the same problem. I've changed the theme back to Persona and now can open no frontend nigher backend. It forwards me to the nodebb website and shows this message:

Service Unavailable
We couldn't reach the website you were looking to access. It may be offline temporarily, please try again later.

How can I deal with it? Thanks