Fatal Error after updating to 0.8.3 update 79

[Bart]

On my qnap hs-251, I updated Minimserver to update 79 today. I've not updated the qnap os recently; it is running 4.2.0 dated 2016/03/11

I consistently get a red MinimWatch icon on my Mac, with the error at startup java.lang.NullPointerException. This started happening only since updating this evening to 0.8.3 update 79.

Any ideas?

[Bart]

Log:

MinimServer 0.8.3 update 79, Copyright © 2012-2016 Simon Nash. All rights reserved.
MinimStreamer 0.5.23, Copyright © 2012-2016 Simon Nash. All rights reserved.
Java™ SE Embedded Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_65-b17)
Java HotSpot™ Embedded Server VM (build 25.65-b01, mixed mode)
Platform default charset is UTF-8
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.minimstreamer.Streamer.checkPath(Streamer.java:293)
at com.minimstreamer.Streamer.configureConverter(Streamer.java:472)
at com.minimstreamer.Streamer.doTranscodeInit(Streamer.java:253)
at com.minimstreamer.Streamer.start(Streamer.java:146)
at org.jminim.core.ContextImpl.startComponent(ContextImpl.java:167)
at com.minimserver.Server.doStart(Server.java:794)
at com.minimserver.Server.start(Server.java:456)
at org.jminim.core.ContextImpl.startComponent(ContextImpl.java:167)
at org.jminim.core.ContextImpl.start(ContextImpl.java:92)
at org.jminim.core.RootContextImpl.startComponent(RootContextImpl.java:47)
at org.jminim.core.ContextImpl.start(ContextImpl.java:92)
at org.jminim.core.RuntimeImpl.run(RuntimeImpl.java:1411)
at org.jminim.core.LauncherImpl.run(LauncherImpl.java:1106)
at org.jminim.core.LauncherImpl.launch(LauncherImpl.java:121)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.jav​a:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at org.jminim.launch.Launcher.doLaunch(Launcher.java:621)
at org.jminim.launch.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:204)
at com.minimserver.launch.LaunchServer.main(LaunchServer.java:30)

(07-04-2016 03:44)Bart Wrote:  On my qnap hs-251, I updated Minimserver to update 79 today. I've not updated the qnap os recently; it is running 4.2.0 dated 2016/03/11

I consistently get a red MinimWatch icon on my Mac, with the error at startup java.lang.NullPointerException. This started happening only since updating this evening to 0.8.3 update 79.

Any ideas?

[simoncn]

(07-04-2016 03:44)Bart Wrote:  On my qnap hs-251, I updated Minimserver to update 79 today. I've not updated the qnap os recently; it is running 4.2.0 dated 2016/03/11

I consistently get a red MinimWatch icon on my Mac, with the error at startup java.lang.NullPointerException. This started happening only since updating this evening to 0.8.3 update 79.

Any ideas?

From a previous report of the same problem, it seems the 2016/03/11 QNAP firmware update is causing the PATH setting to become incorrect.

As a first step, try rebooting the NAS. If this doesn't fix it, follow the instructions in this post.

[Peter@57m]

It may be the update is causing problems in some cases.

In my case, I am running MinimServer 0.8.3 update 79 successfully on a QNAP 559 Pro II with the 2016/03/11 firmware.

[simoncn]

(07-04-2016 10:25)Peter@57m Wrote:  It may be the update is causing problems in some cases.

In my case, I am running MinimServer 0.8.3 update 79 successfully on a QNAP 559 Pro II with the 2016/03/11 firmware.

The same firmware update on my TS-119 worked OK for me. As two people have applied the update and reported the same problem, there must be some issue but it isn't yet clear exactly what triggers it.

[Bart]

Hi Simon, I rebooted the nas to no effect. Then uninstalled Java, rebooted, reinstalled Java, turned on MinimServer, and still got the same error. Logged in with SSH and got this in response to "set."

_______
[~] # set
BASH=/bin/sh
BASH_ARGC=()
BASH_ARGV=()
BASH_LINENO=()
BASH_SOURCE=()
BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="2" [2]="57" [3]="3" [4]="release" [5]="i686-pc-linux-gnu")
BASH_VERSION='3.2.57(3)-release'
COLUMNS=80
DIRSTACK=()
DMALLOC_OPTIONS=debug=0x34f47d83,inter=100,log=logfile
EDITOR=/bin/vi
EUID=0
GROUPS=()
HISTFILE=/root/.bash_history
HISTFILESIZE=1000
HISTSIZE=1000
HOME=/root
HOSTNAME=QNAP-251
HOSTTYPE=i686
IFS='
'
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jre
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
LINES=24
LOGNAME=admin
LS_COLORS='no=00:fi=00i=01;34:ln=01;36i=40;33o=01;35o=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.a​rj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz​2=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.png=01;35​:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=0​1;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*​.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:'
MACHTYPE=i686-pc-linux-gnu
MAIL=/var/mail/admin
MAILCHECK=60
OPTERR=1
OPTIND=1
OSTYPE=linux-gnu
PAGER='/bin/more '
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/jre/bin
PIPESTATUS=([0]="0")
POSIXLY_CORRECT=y
PPID=22979
PS1='[\w] # '
PS2='> '
PS4='+ '
PWD=/root
SHELL=/bin/sh
SHELLOPTS=braceexpand:emacs:hashall:histexpand:history:interactive-comments:monitor:posix
SHLVL=1
SSH_CLIENT='192.168.1.22 52257 22'
SSH_CONNECTION='192.168.1.22 52257 192.168.1.20 22'
SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/0
TERM=xterm-256color
UID=0
USER=admin
_=reset
[~] #
______________

I hope this helps. MinimServer still isn't running on this nas.
Cheers,
Bart

[simoncn]

(07-04-2016 12:16)Bart Wrote:  Hi Simon, I rebooted the nas to no effect. Then uninstalled Java, rebooted, reinstalled Java, turned on MinimServer, and still got the same error.

It sounds like you omitted the step to reboot again after reinstalling Java. Please try a reboot now.

[Bart]

Success! Thank you Simon The last reboot did it.

(07-04-2016 12:57)simoncn Wrote:  

(07-04-2016 12:16)Bart Wrote:  Hi Simon, I rebooted the nas to no effect. Then uninstalled Java, rebooted, reinstalled Java, turned on MinimServer, and still got the same error.

It sounds like you omitted the step to reboot again after reinstalling Java. Please try a reboot now.

[blownaway]

Seems that MinimServer does not show up on my Naim app anymore. Also noticed the MinimServer app no longer shows up in the Synolgy app listings anymore. Perhaps the new version is causing my DSM 5.2 software to not reload?

[blownaway]

Oh, check that it now shows up. Tried to reboot my nas and still nothing. Do I need to uninstall/reinstall java on my nas or computer or both?