As in screenshot below:
error: bad signature 0x00000000
fatal: index file corrupt
Sorry for the hassle!
I don’t believe PhotoStructure will emit those errors–it’s from git complaining when the start script does a git pull, and there’s corruption found in the indexes stored in .git.
I’d try
- reinstalling
git(there was a pretty serious security issue they fixed last month), -
git clone-ing into a new directory, and - restarting from there.
https://photostructure.com/server/photostructure-for-node/#win10-install
It’d be great to get an update if it either works or doesn’t!
Update 1: I’d be a bit concerned about what caused this issue in the first place, though. Either some other software mucked with this directory, or your C:\ drive is unhealthy. I’d run a S.M.A.R.T. health check on it–first a short self-diagnostic, and if that passes, a long self-diagnostic. Perhaps try CrystalDiskInfo (but always use virustotal before installing!)
Update 2: OMG I forgot to include installation of Git for Windows in my PhotoStructure-for-node instructions. Adding them now.
Thanks for the pointer, I hadn’t thought about Git!
I ran:
del .git\index
git fetch
And then was able to start PS all good.
Had a bad Windows Update that meant Windows was freezing around the login screen, which is also around when PS starts as a service, and I guess it got sad that I had to force power-off a few times while troubleshooting.
Ah, that would do it!
Make sure you run chkdsk!
Also it wouldn’t start silently using the sh script after fixing Git, I had to manually install yarn for npm, because otherwise the service got stuck at a Y/N prompt:
Good point, I’ll add that as a step in the installation instructions now.