Hi everyone, just joined de forum and a newbie to node-red and raspbian... need your help if possible! I was working on my flow when node-red stopped working (not sure what I did wrong)! but when I try to start it again I'm getting this (see below) in a infinite loop: Starting as a systemd serv…

How did you install node-red and what command are you running to get that log?

thanks for the replay. node-red come by default with raspbian instalation, and then I updated. since then I have installed some nodes but by using node-red UI. I used the command: node-red-start

You should upgrade using the pi install/upgrade script from the link below. That will ensure you have a consistent set of tools. Also read the rest of that page as other aspects may be of use to you. https://nodered.org/docs/hardware/raspberrypi

You can stop the auto start using the stop command listed in the page colin linked to. Then you can start on the command line but Add --safe mode flag to allow starting without flows running. This can be used if a flow is causing Node-RED to crash - starting in safe mode will allow the editor to…

thanks for the quick replay, will have a good reading on the link segested by Colin... and follow your sugestion... will come back to your asap

apologies for taking so much time to replay back with the outcome. after many tries without any success I have done a fresh new installed os the OS (Raspbian Stretch) and replicated step by step the instalations of node-red and all the nodes (testing it one by one) and I found the issue: the node…

Good work tracking it down! You should open an issue on the nodes github page ( follow a link from the nodes page on flows.nodered.org ) in order to notify the nodes author about the problem.

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