Status Documentation

Initial setup issues

npm install hangs

Use yarn instead. npm install -g yarn@1.12.3 and use yarn install.

re-natal missing

Create a link:
ln -sf node_modules/re-natal/index.js re-natal

react-native run desktop complaining about missing qmldir:

Command failed: ./build.sh -e "node_modules/react-native-i18n/desktop;node_modules/react-native-config/desktop;node_modules/react-native-fs/desktop;node_modules/react-native-http-bridge/desktop;node_modules/react-native-webview-bridge/desktop;modules/react-native-status/desktop"
Error copying directory from "/path-to-status-react/node_modules/react-native/ReactQt/runtime/src/qmldir" to "/path-to-status-react/desktop/lib/React".
make[2]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/copy-qmldir] Error 1
make[1]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/copy-qmldir.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

Can be solved by re-running npm install react-native, which puts the ReactQt/runtime/src/qmldir file back.

Missing web3 package issue

After last upgrade of react-native-desktop to the v.0.53.3 of original react-native appeared some incompatibility between react-native and web3 packages on npm install. Initially it installed usually fine, but after react-native desktop command execution web3 package is get removed from node_modules. Manual install of web3 by npm install web3 installs web3 package, but removes react-native package. Workaround or solution?

Go problem

panic: runloop has just unexpectedly stopped

goroutine 50 [running]:
github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/rjeczalik/notify.init.0.func1()
        /path-to-status-react/desktop/modules/react-native-status/desktop/StatusGo/src/github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/rjeczalik/notify/watcher_fsevents_cgo.go:69 +0x79
created by github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/rjeczalik/notify.init.0
        /path-to-status-react/desktop/modules/react-native-status/desktop/StatusGo/src/github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/rjeczalik/notify/watcher_fsevents_cgo.go:65 +0x4e
events.js:183
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event

Related to https://github.com/rjeczalik/notify/issues/139. Solution: re-run.

App issues

Node server crashing

node ./ubuntu_server.js log:

DEBUG [status-im.utils.handlers:36] - Handling re-frame event:  :signal-event {"type":"node.crashed","event":{"error":"node is already running"}}
DEBUG [status-im.ui.screens.events:350] - :event-str {"type":"node.crashed","event":{"error":"node is already running"}}
DEBUG [status-im.utils.instabug:8] - Signal event: {"type":"node.crashed","event":{"error":"node is already running"}}
DEBUG [status-im.ui.screens.events:362] - Event  node.crashed  not handled

Solution: prevent starting Node when there is an instance already running.

Reload JS - blank screen

Console log for react-native run-desktop shows error 533.
Solution: reload again. Still, might hang at Signing you in... step (due to node attempted to be restarted). Re-run Figwheel and react-native run-desktop

ReactButton.qml non-existent property “elide” error upon startup

qrc:/qml/ReactButton.qml:33: Error: Cannot assign to non-existent property "elide"
"Component for qrc:/qml/ReactWebView.qml is not loaded"
QQmlComponent: Component is not ready
"Unable to construct item from component qrc:/qml/ReactWebView.qml"
"Can't create QML item for componenet qrc:/qml/ReactWebView.qml"
"RCTWebViewView" has no view for inspecting!

Reload JS does not help, restarting Figwheel/react-native might not as well. Restarting Metro bundler solved it for me.

After login when several contacts are available: realm errors

  1. attempting to create an object of type 'chat'...
  2. attempting to create an object of type 'transport'...
  3. Error text containing only the public key.
    The realm stack trace follows.

Error: spawn gnome-terminal ENOENT

In node server log:

ignoring exception: Error: read ECONNRESET

In react-native log:

./run-app.sh: line 72: 56660 Segmentation fault: 11  /path-to-status-react/desktop/bin/Status $args
events.js:183
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: spawn gnome-terminal ENOENT
    at _errnoException (util.js:992:11)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:190:19)
    at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:372:16)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:138:11)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)

or

Status(7924,0x70000c1cd000) malloc: *** error for object 0x7f8b1539bd10: incorrect checksum for freed object - object was probably modified after being freed.
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
./run-app.sh: line 72:  7924 Abort trap: 6           /path-to-status-react/desktop/bin/Status $args
events.js:183
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: spawn gnome-terminal ENOENT
    at _errnoException (util.js:992:11)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:190:19)
    at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:372:16)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:138:11)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)

statusgo error during react-native run-desktop

Command failed: build(.)sh -e "node_modules/react-native-i18n/desktop;node_modules/react-native-config/desktop;node_modules/react-native-fs/desktop;node_modules/react-native-http-bridge/desktop;node_modules/react-native-webview-bridge/desktop;modules/react-native-status/desktop"
# github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/bn256
../vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/bn256/bn256_fast.go:26: syntax error: unexpected = in type declaration
../vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/bn256/bn256_fast.go:30: syntax error: unexpected = in type declaration
# github.com/status-im/status-go/vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/bn256
vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/bn256/bn256_fast.go:26: syntax error: unexpected = in type declaration
vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/bn256/bn256_fast.go:30: syntax error: unexpected = in type declaration
make[3]: *** [statusgo-library] Error 2
make[2]: *** [modules/react-native-status/desktop/StatusGo/src/github.com/status-im/src/StatusGo_ep-stamp/StatusGo_ep-configure] Error 2
make[1]: *** [modules/react-native-status/desktop/CMakeFiles/StatusGo_ep(.)dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

inotify errors

upon running npm start on linux, watchman may indicate: “The user limit on the total number of inotify watches was reached”

This can be fixed by running the below command. Note, changes will only be as valid as the current terminal session.

echo 999999 | sudo tee -a /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches && echo 999999 | sudo tee -a
/proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_queued_events && echo 999999 | sudo tee -a /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances &&
watchman shutdown-server && sudo sysctl -p

To persist the changes on Linux edit /etc/sysctl.conf by adding the following lines

fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 999999
fs.inotify.max_queued_events = 999999
fs.inotify.max_user_instances = 999999

then refresh the config with sudo sysctl -p

metro bundler caching issue

Time to time metro bundler for some reasons doesn’t recognize changes in JavaScript sources and returns old version of the files on react-native app request. Cleaning of cache should help to solve the issue (usually running react-native start --reset-cache to start the bundler should work) .

On Linux metro bundler saves cache to the following directories (can be removed manually):
/tmp/metro-cache-*

Where do I get Status Desktop?

Nightlies are available from here

How do I updgrade?

  • On a Mac: quit Status, download a new nightly, and drag to the Applications Folder when prompted.
  • On linux: just download new nightly and make sure it’s named “Status.AppImage”.

Status crashed and won’t Start. How to fix?

  • On a Mac: open your Activity Monitor (Applications > Utilities > Activity Monitor), search for and kill any ubuntu-server process and then restart Status. Restarting your machine should also solve the issue.

I see a blank screen on Startup. How do I fix it?

  • On a Mac: quit Status, then go to ~/Library/Application Support/ and delete any Status directories. Delete the app in ~/Applications. Then download from the nightlies page and reinstall.

  • On linux: you should have the gnome-keyring package installed to make your keychain work correctly. libgnome-keyring0.so should be available. gnome-keyring also requires the package libgnome-keyring0 to be installed on your system. As an alternative, we currently also support the kWallet keychain, but gnome-keyring has been tested more.

If you want to delete all Status data to start fresh, do (assuming StatusIm.AppImage is the filename you used to run the app):
rm -rf ~/.local/share/Status/
rm -rf ~/.cache/Status/

Last update: 2019-04-19
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