Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

If you have problems to compile your NodeOS version or get errors during the compile process then please look below.

NodeOS boots into the REPL

This error occurs when NodeOS cant mount the filesystem. This will propably happen when you compile your NodeOS with Arch Linux.

Solution: No possible Solution

Incorrect NPM Version

This error mostly occurs when you use NPM 3 with Node.js 5.x because NPM 3 uses a flat dependency structure

cp: the call of stat for 'node_modules/nodeos-barebones/out/latest' is not possible: file or directory not found
cp: the call of stat for 'node_modules/nodeos-initramfs/out/latest' is not possible: file or directory not found
cp: the call of stat for 'node_modules/nodeos-usersfs/out/latest' is not possible: file or directory not found

Solution: Please change your Node.js version from 5.x to 4.x and your NPM version from 3.x to 2.x

Reference: Issue #223

Dissapearing nodeos-barebones

This error occurs like the error above on the NPM version

$ find . -name adjustEnvVars.sh
./node_modules/nodeos-barebones/node_modules/nodeos-cross-toolchain/scripts/adjustEnvVars.sh

$ npm install

> [email protected] install /home/tbrooks/Projects/nodeos
> scripts/build

scripts/build: line 7: /home/myprofile/Projects/node_modules/nodeos-barebones/node_modules/nodeos-cross-toolchain/scripts/adjustEnvVars.sh: No such file or directory

npm ERR! Linux 4.4.1-2-ARCH
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! node v5.6.0
npm ERR! npm  v3.7.1
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! [email protected] install: `scripts/build`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! etc...

Solution: Please change your Node version from 5.x to 4.x and your NPM version from 3.x to 2.x

Reference: Issue #218

NSH crashes on empty pipe

If you're using a old NodeOS docker image and enter | then you can get something like this

For the old Docker images:

/root/lib/node_modules/bin-nsh/node_modules/lib-cmdparse/index.js:15
    if (env && item[0] != '-' && item.indexOf('=') > 0) {
                                      ^
TypeError: Object <Object> has no method "indexOf"
    at /root/lib/node_modules/bin-nsh/node_modules/lib-cmdparse/index.js:15:39
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at parse (/root/lib/node_modules/bin-nsh/node_modules/lib-cmdparse/index.js:13:9)
    at run (/root/lib/node_modules/bin-nsh/nsh.js:123:16)
    at readline (/root/lib/node_modules/bin-nsh/nsh.js:93:7)
    at /root/lib/node_modules/bin-nsh/nsh.js:176:5
    at Interface._onLine (readline.js:200:5)
    at Interface._line (readline.js:531:8)
    at Interface._ttyWrite (readline.js:760:14)
    at ReadStream.onkeypress (readline.js:99:10)

For the new versions:

/ # |
readline.js:925
            throw err;
            ^

TypeError: item.indexOf is not a function
    at Stacktrace..

Solution: For now there is no solution for this problem

Reference: Issue #217

Error compiling NodeOS / QEMU

In older version qemu were a normal dependency, for the new versions of NodeOS, is qemu now a npm dependency

{
  [ Error: Command failed: ./configure --prefix=/home/triplebackslash/Documents/nodeos/node_modules/nodeos-barebones/usr --target-list=arm-softmmu,i386-softmmu,x86_64-softmmu,arm-linux-user,i386-linux-user,x86_64-linux-user --disable-docs --disable-vnc --enable-sdl ]
  killed: false,
  code: 1,
  signal: null,
  cmd: "./configure --prefix=/home/triplebackslash/Documents/nodeos/node_modules/nodeos-barebones/usr --target-list=arm-softmmu,i386-softmmu,x86_64-softmmu,arm-linux-user,i386-linux-user,x86_64-linux-user --disable-docs --disable-vnc --enable-sdl"
}

Solution: Use newer version of NodeOS

Reference: Issue #212

genext2fs: command not found

scripts/install: line 93: genext2fs: command not found

Solution: You need to install genext2fs