Unable to start baecon node #498
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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