Unable to start bitcoind after power failure #17441

issue 0x4Graham opened this issue on November 11, 2019

0x4Graham commented at 4:56 PM on November 11, 2019: none
Hi,

I'm unable to restart bitcoind after a power failure:

Here is the debug.log error I am getting:

bitcoin@raspberrypi:~ $ tail -f /home/bitcoin/.bitcoin/debug.log 2019-11-11T16:49:54Z Opening LevelDB in /home/bitcoin/.bitcoin/chainstate 2019-11-11T16:49:54Z Fatal LevelDB error: Corruption: CURRENT file does not end with newline 2019-11-11T16:49:54Z You can use -debug=leveldb to get more complete diagnostic messages 2019-11-11T16:49:54Z Fatal LevelDB error: Corruption: CURRENT file does not end with newline 2019-11-11T16:49:54Z : Error opening block database. Please restart with -reindex or -reindex-chainstate to recover. 2019-11-11T16:49:54Z Aborted block database rebuild. Exiting. 2019-11-11T16:49:54Z Shutdown: In progress... 2019-11-11T16:49:54Z scheduler thread interrupt 2019-11-11T16:49:54Z Shutdown: done

I've tried running:
```
bitcoind -reindex 
bitcoin -reindex-chainstate
```
Not sure what I am doing wrong?
0x4Graham added the label Bug on Nov 11, 2019
MarcoFalke commented at 5:56 PM on November 11, 2019: member

bitcoind -reindex-chainstate

What is the error message or debug log you get when running this?

0x4Graham commented at 6:00 PM on November 11, 2019: none

bitcoin@raspberrypi:~/.bitcoin/chainstate $ bitcoind --reindex-chainstate
Bitcoin server starting
bitcoin@raspberrypi:~/.bitcoin/chainstate $ tail -f /home/bitcoin/.bitcoin/debug.log 
2019-11-11T17:59:31Z Wiping LevelDB in /home/bitcoin/.bitcoin/chainstate
2019-11-11T17:59:31Z Fatal LevelDB error: IO error: /home/bitcoin/.bitcoin/chainstate/CURRENT: No such file or directory
2019-11-11T17:59:31Z You can use -debug=leveldb to get more complete diagnostic messages
2019-11-11T17:59:31Z Fatal LevelDB error: IO error: /home/bitcoin/.bitcoin/chainstate/CURRENT: No such file or directory
2019-11-11T17:59:31Z : Error opening block database.
Please restart with -reindex or -reindex-chainstate to recover.
2019-11-11T17:59:31Z Aborted block database rebuild. Exiting.
2019-11-11T17:59:31Z Shutdown: In progress...
2019-11-11T17:59:31Z scheduler thread interrupt
2019-11-11T17:59:31Z Shutdown: done

laanwj commented at 9:43 AM on November 12, 2019: member

This looks like low-level file system corruption. Might want to run a fsck, and if that doesn't solve it, move the chainstate directory out of the way and re-try a -reindex.
laanwj removed the label Bug on Nov 12, 2019
laanwj added the label Questions and Help on Nov 12, 2019
emilengler commented at 8:28 PM on November 12, 2019: contributor

If it is not a problem for you, you can re download your blockchain by deleting your .bitcoin folder. Consider backuping your wallet and bitcoin.conf
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