Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-common-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 69125 invoked from network); 7 Jul 2010 06:23:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 7 Jul 2010 06:23:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 23013 invoked by uid 500); 7 Jul 2010 06:23:55 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-common-user-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 22558 invoked by uid 500); 7 Jul 2010 06:23:51 -0000 Mailing-List: contact common-user-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: common-user@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list common-user@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 22550 invoked by uid 99); 7 Jul 2010 06:23:50 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:23:50 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of bradfordstephens@gmail.com designates 209.85.216.169 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.216.169] (HELO mail-qy0-f169.google.com) (209.85.216.169) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:23:44 +0000 Received: by qyk32 with SMTP id 32so2921795qyk.14 for ; Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:23:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=yOFQRQTSKr8Zo8LmBgrA+Z9M+gdwN9U846i4Ox2tF7A=; b=Mu5UqdzrqvMCRcVG/5HDaXdocWnc1RjyAOUgVKQU8D7LVU6NPd8Q4JeRKZpxkBo893 1LVNUpm22CB2qBfTItJfLq0QmuoRUQUaagGnPq0zRZZbF1mgGX4T8l4qBfUWnATh5Zmc pRfJGk8VrwlXMqyXunGqNA9RAFkQ9FIDk5WS4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=RjKTErjvz7vEDl1hqJtWVa81Zq4vrE1pxDi8BfOrBD9cSp3O0mkTdQf5b9Anduaedz zsjYtDjSrpG8RjpjvMNOg3S0iMmnPiNXij3KabN50X7R3xbTU8BunBS5wacQqvGMLer7 K/lS+vTbgxP6UWWLwGtsuF0hhZR1dnmWeOD9s= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.30.135 with SMTP id u7mr3217565qac.390.1278483803154; Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:23:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.246.13 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Jul 2010 23:23:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 23:23:23 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Namenode throws NPE, won't start From: Bradford Stephens To: common-user@hadoop.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Hey guys, Running .20.2 -- namenode refuses to start. Ran fine the last few weeks. Any ideas? Full text: http://pastebin.com/QWZ6A0Ja 2010-07-06 23:20:01,524 ERROR org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.addChild(FSDirectory.java:1076) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.addChild(FSDirectory.java:1088) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.unprotectedMkdir(FSDirectory.java:975) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.unprotectedMkdir(FSDirectory.java:962) -- Bradford Stephens, Founder, Drawn to Scale drawntoscalehq.com 727.697.7528 http://www.drawntoscalehq.com -- The intuitive, cloud-scale data solution. Process, store, query, search, and serve all your data. http://www.roadtofailure.com -- The Fringes of Scalability, Social Media, and Computer Science