updated and can not start

[jayray-git]

Running this on arch. where is this error being thrown, I dont know where to start to fix.

[minecraft@mc server]$ mscs start server1 The cached copy of the version manifest is up to date. Use the force-update option to ensure a new copy is downloaded. Starting Minecraft Server: server1malformed JSON string, neither tag, array, object, number, string or atom, at character offset 0 (before "(end of string)") at -e line 9, <> chunk 1. Error updating the Minecraft server software. [minecraft@mc server]$ mscs force-update Removing cached version manifest. Downloading current Minecraft version manifest. Stopping Minecraft Server:. Backing up Minecraft Server: server1 server2. Removing Minecraft Server software: server1 server2. Updating Server Software: server1malformed JSON string, neither tag, array, object, number, string or atom, at character offset 0 (before "(end of string)") at -e line 9, <> chunk 1. Error updating the Minecraft server software. [minecraft@mc server]$

[sandain]

Hi @jayray-git. Please post a copy of your /opt/mscs/version_manifest.json. My guess is that this file has been corrupted for some reason -- I just tested an update on my system and it worked fine. The force-update should have set you straight, so I'm not entirely sure what is going on. Please also check that the internet on your server is working properly: ping mojang.com.

[jayray-git]

File looks fine. I manually downloaded the version I needed and I can now start servers. I think there may be a problem with the file download process.

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Edit: collapsed the json file.

[sandain]

Interesting, I'm not sure what is going on. Please try the following and see if the version manifest still looks to be properly formatted:

wget --no-use-server-timestamps -qO "/opt/mscs/version_manifest.json" "https://launchermeta.mojang.com/mc/game/version_manifest.json"

[jayray-git]

It looks the same, and after downloading the version manifest it dies on downloading the server file with 0 byte length. Even when I manually wget the correct jar it overwrites it with a 0 length file and pops the message.

[sandain]

What does your mscs.defaults file and your mscs.properties file for your world look like? How about file permissions in your /opt/mscs folder?

[jayray-git]

None of that has changed from a previously working setup. What perl modules/versions are required? Something may have borked with a perl update.

[sandain]

Please verify that you have all prerequisites installed. The only thing that changed there was the addition of libjson-perl as a prerequisite, but that happened quite a while ago.

[sandain]

Also, please check that the script user (defaults to minecraft) has write access to /opt/mscs/ in addition to subfolders. Post the results of ls -la /opt/mscs if you are not sure.

[dgcurtis]

I can say that I am seeing this same issue on Centos 7 running the latest stable version. This wasn't an update and I created a new world rather than importing. I verified the perms on /opt/mscs and all of the prerequisites are installed.

mscs force-update wm Removing cached version manifest. Downloading current Minecraft version manifest. Stopping Minecraft Server:. Backing up Minecraft Server: wm. Removing Minecraft Server software: wm. Updating Server Software: wmmalformed JSON string, neither array, object, number, string or atom, at character offset 0 (before "(end of string)") at -e line 9. Error updating the Minecraft server software.

I'm assuming that this was written on a debian based OS?

[AaronAsAChimp]

I was also getting this error. It happens when LWP encounters an error and returns undef. In my case it was because LWP wasn't able to make an https connection. I needed to install LWP::Protocol::https.

[dgcurtis]

That's what it was. Thanks for posting that. It's working now.

[sandain]

@AaronAsAChimp, thanks for digging into this issue. I was unable to reproduce this issue because I already had LWP::Protocol::https installed on my test system. Plus, I've been away on vacation for the past week+.

I'll send a patch to the README.md file to note this requirement.

[sandain]

I just sent in commit bf68da5a48284f75f23c16ddf279b81dcd6665d4. Closing this issue.

[sandain]

I also sent in commit d275230cfd81ba6912222ec11be6cd6451fb05c7 to spit out a better error message if this package is missing.