# Launching node-red crashing at pallet load
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launching-node-red-crashing-at-pallet-load/49278
**Category:** General
**Created:** [3 August 2021 18:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launching-node-red-crashing-at-pallet-load/49278 "2021-08-03T18:55:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@waqaslam](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/waqaslam)
#### Post date: [3 August 2021 18:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launching-node-red-crashing-at-pallet-load/49278/1 "2021-08-03T18:55:27Z")
I've been using node-red for a couple of years on my home-server. Recently I updated some npm packages and restarted the server and now it's failing to run.
The output from **journalctl** when running the service hints to some sort of opcode issue (which I have no idea).
```auto
alpha@home-server:~$ sudo service node-red start && journalctl -f
-- Logs begin at Mon 2019-03-11 18:34:40 CET. --
Aug 03 20:50:21 home-server node-red[32320]: 3 Aug 20:50:21 - [info]
Aug 03 20:50:21 home-server node-red[32320]: Welcome to Node-RED
Aug 03 20:50:21 home-server node-red[32320]: ===================
Aug 03 20:50:21 home-server node-red[32320]: 3 Aug 20:50:21 - [info] Node-RED version: v2.0.5
Aug 03 20:50:21 home-server node-red[32320]: 3 Aug 20:50:21 - [info] Node.js version: v12.22.4
Aug 03 20:50:21 home-server node-red[32320]: 3 Aug 20:50:21 - [info] Linux 4.15.0-151-generic x64 LE
Aug 03 20:50:23 home-server node-red[32320]: 3 Aug 20:50:23 - [info] Loading palette nodes
Aug 03 20:50:27 home-server kernel: traps: node[32320] trap invalid opcode ip:7fdf2edc1f1f sp:7ffc69beb148 error:0 in libvips-cpp.so.42[7fdf2eb8f000+c9e000]
Aug 03 20:50:28 home-server systemd[1]: node-red.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=4/ILL
Aug 03 20:50:28 home-server systemd[1]: node-red.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'.
Aug 03 20:50:28 home-server systemd[1]: node-red.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Aug 03 20:50:28 home-server systemd[1]: node-red.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
Aug 03 20:50:28 home-server systemd[1]: Stopped Node-RED.
```
It enters into a loop where it's keep on crashing and restarting. I tried to google the opcode issue, but couldn't find anything useful.
Also, launching the node-red on terminal causes the following output:
```auto
alpha@home-server:~$ node-red
3 Aug 20:44:42 - [info]
Welcome to Node-RED
===================
3 Aug 20:44:42 - [info] Node-RED version: v2.0.5
3 Aug 20:44:42 - [info] Node.js version: v12.22.4
3 Aug 20:44:42 - [info] Linux 4.15.0-151-generic x64 LE
3 Aug 20:44:44 - [info] Loading palette nodes
Illegal instruction (core dumped)
```
Versions I'm using:
```auto
alpha@home-server:~$ node -v && npm -v
v12.22.4
7.20.3
```
Is there any way to know which node when loading the pallet is causing the issue?
I tried launching node-red with an empty flow too and still experienced the same behavior.
Any help would be appreciated.
---
### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [3 August 2021 19:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launching-node-red-crashing-at-pallet-load/49278/2 "2021-08-03T19:27:59Z")
Edit settings.js in the .node-red folder and set the log level to trace. Then restart node-red. That may enable you to tell what is crashing.
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### Author:  [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [3 August 2021 19:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launching-node-red-crashing-at-pallet-load/49278/3 "2021-08-03T19:35:18Z")
The error is coming from libvips-cpp.so.
A quick Google finds that is an image processing library: [GitHub - libvips/libvips: A fast image processing library with low memory needs.](https://github.com/libvips/libvips)
So I'd start with disabling any nodes that work with images.
---
### Author:  [@waqaslam](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/waqaslam)
#### Post date: [3 August 2021 20:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launching-node-red-crashing-at-pallet-load/49278/4 "2021-08-03T20:22:44Z")
This is the output after setting log level to **trace**
```auto
alpha@home-server:~$ node-red
3 Aug 22:20:47 - [info]
Welcome to Node-RED
===================
3 Aug 22:20:47 - [info] Node-RED version: v2.0.5
3 Aug 22:20:47 - [info] Node.js version: v14.17.4
3 Aug 22:20:47 - [info] Linux 4.15.0-151-generic x64 LE
3 Aug 22:20:48 - [info] Loading palette nodes
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: json-db-node-red 0.5.3 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/json-db-node-red
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-configurable-ping 1.0.2 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-configurable-ping
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-blockly 1.1.0 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-blockly
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-browser-utils 0.0.10 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-browser-utils
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-config 1.2.1 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-config
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-cpu 0.0.4 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-cpu
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-dashboard-average-bars 0.0.6 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-dashboard-average-bars
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-dashboard-bar-chart-data 0.9.7 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-dashboard-bar-chart-data
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-device-stats 1.1.2 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-device-stats
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-flic-buttons 1.1.1 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-flic-buttons
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-ftp-server 1.0.2 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-ftp-server
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-ifttt 0.3.1 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-ifttt
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-npm 1.0.2 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-npm
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-onvif 1.0.3 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-onvif
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-os 0.2.1 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-os
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-play-audio 2.5.0 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-play-audio
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-protobuf 1.1.0 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-protobuf
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-qrcode 0.0.1 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-qrcode
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-timeout 1.1.5 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-timeout
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-ui-led 0.4.9 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-ui-led
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-ui-level 0.1.44 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-ui-level
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-ui-media 1.2.0 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-ui-media
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-contrib-web-worldmap 2.15.5 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-web-worldmap
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-dashboard 2.30.0 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-dashboard
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-node-base64 0.3.0 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-base64
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-node-darksky 0.1.19 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-darksky
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-node-discovery 0.0.23 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-discovery
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-node-dropbox 1.0.2 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-dropbox
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-node-email 1.12.3 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-email
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-node-feedparser 0.2.1 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-feedparser
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-node-openweathermap 0.5.0 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-openweathermap
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-node-random 0.4.0 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-random
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-node-rbe 0.5.0 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-rbe
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-node-sentiment 0.1.6 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-sentiment
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-node-serialport 0.14.1 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-serialport
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-node-smooth 0.1.2 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-smooth
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-node-sqlite 0.6.0 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-sqlite
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-node-suncalc 1.0.1 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-suncalc
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-node-tail 0.3.1 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-tail
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-node-twitter 1.2.0 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-twitter
3 Aug 22:20:49 - [debug] Module: node-red-node-ui-lineargauge 0.3.6 /home/bilbo/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-ui-lineargauge
Illegal instruction (core dumped)
```
Just so you know, I've also updated my nodejs to v14LTS
---
### Author:  [@waqaslam](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/waqaslam)
#### Post date: [3 August 2021 20:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launching-node-red-crashing-at-pallet-load/49278/5 "2021-08-03T20:24:06Z")
How do I disable nodes individually when I'm not able to launch the node-red and its admin panel?
---
### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [3 August 2021 20:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launching-node-red-crashing-at-pallet-load/49278/6 "2021-08-03T20:27:09Z")
Normally you can start node red using
`node-red --safe`
and it will open the editor but not start the flows. However that may not help here as it may be crashing while loading the editor.
> [@waqaslam](#):
>
> Just so you know, I've also updated my nodejs to v14LTS
Did you run
`npm rebuild`
in the .node-red folder after upgrading nodejs? If not then that may be the cause of the crash.
---
### Author:  [@waqaslam](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/waqaslam)
#### Post date: [3 August 2021 20:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launching-node-red-crashing-at-pallet-load/49278/7 "2021-08-03T20:43:13Z")
Yes, you are correct. I'm unable to launch editor with --safe mode due to crash.
Also, tried with **npm rebuild**. The problem remains the same.
---
### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [3 August 2021 20:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launching-node-red-crashing-at-pallet-load/49278/8 "2021-08-03T20:49:05Z")
You can remove nodes that you think might be causing the problem by going into the .node-red folder and running, for example,
`npm remove node-red-contrib-whatever`
that will prevent it loading the node when you start node-red so when the other nodes have been loaded you will get a message something like `Unable to start node-red due to missing nodes`. Then you can remove those nodes from the flow, or re-install them from within node-red.
---
### Author:  [@waqaslam](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/waqaslam)
#### Post date: [3 August 2021 21:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launching-node-red-crashing-at-pallet-load/49278/9 "2021-08-03T21:20:26Z")
It turns out that a package which I installed from node-red but never really used was causing all the troubles.
I did **grep** for **libvips** in the installed modules and found out that it was being used in a package called **sharp** which is again used by **node-red-contrib-onvif**.
```auto
alpha@home-server:~/.node-red$ npm ls sharp
node-red-project@0.0.1 /home/alpha/.node-red
└─┬ node-red-contrib-onvif@1.0.3
└── sharp@0.28.3
```
Upon uninstalling _node-red-contrib-onvif_, the problem has been resolved.
Thank you all for the useful pointers.
---
### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [4 August 2021 14:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launching-node-red-crashing-at-pallet-load/49278/10 "2021-08-04T14:52:14Z")
Tagging @BartButenaers as I think he may want to know about this.
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### Author:  [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)
#### Post date: [4 August 2021 16:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launching-node-red-crashing-at-pallet-load/49278/11 "2021-08-04T16:06:34Z")
Hey @Colin,
Good that you mention me!
But in this case it is about _ **node-red-contrib-onvif** _. My nodes are called _ **node-red-contrib-onvif-nodes** _...
Bart
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [4 August 2021 16:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launching-node-red-crashing-at-pallet-load/49278/12 "2021-08-04T16:57:58Z")
Oh yes, sorry.
You can stand down then. 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [18 August 2021 16:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/launching-node-red-crashing-at-pallet-load/49278/13 "2021-08-18T16:58:40Z")
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