Latest NodeBB, cannot start process, logs tell nothing

anooxy

I did the latest git pull and tried to start my forum. Logs are fine except the plugin warning:

info: This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
info:
info: Time: Thu May 29 2014 03:08:54 GMT+0200 (CEST)
info: Initializing NodeBB v0.4.3
info: * using configuration stored in: /home/xxxx/xxxx/config.json
info: * using redis store at 127.0.0.1:6379
info: * using themes stored in: /home/xxxx/xxxx/node_modules
warn: You have no redis password setup!
info: [user.startJobs] Registering User Jobs
info: Enabling 'trust proxy'

warn: [plugins/nodebb-plugin-mentions] This plugin may not be compatible with your version of NodeBB. This may cause unintended behaviour or crashing.
warn: [plugins/nodebb-plugin-mentions] In the event of an unresponsive NodeBB caused by this plugin, run ./nodebb reset plugin="nodebb-plugin-mentions".

warn: [plugins/nodebb-widget-essentials] staticDir is deprecated, use staticDirs instead
info: [meta/css] Minifying LESS/CSS
info: [sounds] Sounds OK
info: [themes] Compiling templates
info: [themes] Successfully compiled templates.
info: NodeBB attempting to listen on: 0.0.0.0:4567
info: NodeBB Ready

I try to access the site but I get a 502 Bad Request. Then I try to reload the forum and it says nodebb isn't started. I do a ./nodebb start and it gets stuck here

info: [user.startJobs] Registering User Jobs
info: Enabling 'trust proxy'

warn: [plugins/nodebb-plugin-mentions] This plugin may not be compatible with your version of NodeBB. This may cause unintended behaviour or crashing.
warn: [plugins/nodebb-plugin-mentions] In the event of an unresponsive NodeBB caused by this plugin, run ./nodebb reset plugin="nodebb-plugin-mentions".

warn: [plugins/nodebb-widget-essentials] staticDir is deprecated, use staticDirs instead
info: [meta/css] Minifying LESS/CSS
info: [sounds] Sounds OK
info: [themes] Compiling templates

I don't know what to do, help!!

a_5mith

In the event of an unresponsive NodeBB caused by this plugin, run ./nodebb reset plugin="nodebb-plugin-mentions"

Could be worth a go.

anooxy

@a_5mith tried that it didn't work, any other suggestion?

markkus

@anooxy
Ummm... Try this way:

Backup your Redis dump.rdb file (see here) & any other modifications you don't want to lose or corrupt (template modifications etc.)
git fetch
git reset --hard
git pull
./nodebb upgrade

anooxy

@markkus that didn't fix anything, during the upgrade command I got these warnings:

npm WARN package.json [email protected] No repository field.
npm WARN package.json [email protected] No repository field.
npm WARN package.json [email protected] No repository field.
npm WARN package.json [email protected] No repository field.
npm WARN package.json [email protected] No repository field.

julian

Those npm warnings are alright. Can you run it using ./nodebb dev and give me the entire log from start to finish? Use pastebin if you have to

fredrik

same problem here, ./nodebb dev fails after
"error: [meta/css] Could not minify LESS/CSS: './nodebb-widget-essentials/css/widget.css' wasn't found"

edit: solution for this problem upgrading-to-0-4-3-broke-my-forum#12060

psychobunny

Glad you figured out your issue! Will be fixed here:

https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues/1615