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Unable to start baecon node #498

Closed @Knoxpix opened 2025-12-19 08:41 UTC 1 comment Updated 2026-01-22 00:12 UTC

From this raw log. I need assist how to fix this issue. Or can i change checkpoint origin state and block to other?

bridge | Stopping Prysm log formatter (PID: 82343) bridge | bridge | GETH: INFO [12-19|08:28:53.728] New local node record seq=1,765,953,858,893 id=a29a8022f2c83caa ip=203.156.3.38 udp=38205 tcp=30303 bridge | Restarting processes due to crash... bridge | Restarting both processes... bridge | Stopping Geth (PID: 82111) bridge | tail: /var/log/geth/geth.log: file truncated bridge | Starting Geth... bridge | GETH: WARN [12-19|08:28:55.180] Unknown config environment variable envvar=GETH_DATA_DIR bridge | GETH: INFO [12-19|08:28:55.193] Starting Geth on Ethereum mainnet... bridge | GETH: INFO [12-19|08:28:55.194] Bumping default cache on mainnet provided=1024 updated=4096 bridge | GETH: INFO [12-19|08:28:55.197] Maximum peer count ETH=50 total=50 bridge | GETH: INFO [12-19|08:28:55.198] Smartcard socket not found, disabling err="stat /run/pcscd/pcscd.comm: no such file or directory" bridge | GETH: Fatal: Failed to create the protocol stack: datadir already used by another process bridge | Geth failed to stay alive after start (PID: 82797) bridge | Geth restart failed; will retry in monitor loop bridge | Geth process (PID: 82797) died bridge | Prysm process (PID: 82341) exited with status 127 bridge | --- Last 100 lines of Prysm raw log --- bridge | PRSM: time="2025-12-19 08:28:46.18" level=info msg="Finished reading JWT secret from /data/jwt/jwt.hex" prefix=execution bridge | PRSM: time="2025-12-19 08:28:46.18" level=info msg="Using checkpoint sync url https://beaconstate.ethstaker.cc/ for value in --genesis-beacon-api-url flag" bridge | PRSM: time="2025-12-19 08:28:46.19" level=info msg="Running on Ethereum Mainnet" prefix=flags bridge | PRSM: time="2025-12-19 08:28:46.19" level=warning msg="In order to receive transaction fees from proposing blocks, you must provide flag --suggested-fee-recipient with a valid ethereum address when starting your beacon node. Please see our documentation for more information on this requirement (https://docs.prylabs.network/docs/execution-node/fee-recipient)." prefix=node bridge | PRSM: time="2025-12-19 08:28:46.19" level=info msg="Checking DB" databasePath="/data/prysm/beaconchaindata" prefix=node bridge | PRSM: time="2025-12-19 08:28:46.19" level=info msg="Opening Bolt DB" path="/data/prysm/beaconchaindata/beaconchain.db" prefix=db bridge | PRSM: time="2025-12-19 08:28:46.20" level=warning msg="Removing database" prefix=node bridge | PRSM: time="2025-12-19 08:28:46.20" level=info msg="Opening Bolt DB" path="/data/prysm/beaconchaindata/beaconchain.db" prefix=db bridge | PRSM: time="2025-12-19 08:28:46.21" level=info msg="Setting genesis validators root" genesis_validators_root=0x4b363db94e286120d76eb905340fdd4e54bfe9f06bf33ff6cf5ad27f511bfe95 bridge | PRSM: time="2025-12-19 08:28:46.21" level=warning msg="Removing blob storage" prefix=node bridge | PRSM: time="2025-12-19 08:28:46.21" level=warning msg="Removing data columns storage" prefix=node bridge | PRSM: time="2025-12-19 08:28:46.32" level=info msg="Checkpoint sync - Downloading origin state and block" prefix=node bridge | PRSM: time="2025-12-19 08:28:47.15" level=fatal msg="unable to start beacon node: could not start modules: could not start DB: Error retrieving checkpoint origin state and block: error requesting state by id = finalized: code=502, url=https://beaconstate.ethstaker.cc/eth/v2/debug/beacon/states/finalized, body=response body: bridge | PRSM: <html> bridge | PRSM: <head><title>502 Bad Gateway</title></head> bridge | PRSM: <body> bridge | PRSM: <center><h1>502 Bad Gateway</h1></center> bridge | PRSM: <hr><center>nginx/1.28.0</center> bridge | PRSM: </body> bridge | PRSM: </html> bridge | PRSM: : did not receive 2xx response from API" prefix=main bridge | --- End Prysm raw log excerpt --- bridge | Restarting processes due to crash... bridge | Restarting both processes... bridge | Starting Geth... bridge | tail: /var/log/geth/geth.log: file truncated


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@tcharchian commented 2026-01-22 00:12 UTC

Hi @Knoxpix! Thank you for reaching out. Please note that technical support is not provided here. For assistance, we kindly recommend asking for help in Gonka Discord community, where community members may be able to support you.


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