Summary
TL;DR
There was a network issue during the installation and it broke it.
When the installation broke down, the dependency spdlog was not present.
Running this :
# cd /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog
# yarn
then the binding file build/Release/spdlog.node appears.
My code-server configuration
I am using the Chrome web brower on Mac Os X Big Sur.
My remote OS is a Free BSD 12.2, on UNIX.
When I run code-server --version I get the following answer:
3.10.2
How did I endup with the bindings file issue?
First, I checked my bindings file with this command:
# echo check for bindings available
dev@devel:~ % echo 'console.log(require("bindings"))' | node
[Function: bindings] {
getFileName: [Function: getFileName],
getRoot: [Function: getRoot]
}
code-server
And last step is to load the code server in my chrome browser.
I expected no errors … but actually I got a long strack trace of it.
[2021-06-24T17:59:57.059Z] info code-server 3.10.2 387b12ef4ca404ffd39d84834e1f0776e9e3c005
[2021-06-24T17:59:57.064Z] info Using user-data-dir ~/.local/share/code-server
[2021-06-24T17:59:57.107Z] info Using config file ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml
[2021-06-24T17:59:57.108Z] info HTTP server listening on http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8080
[2021-06-24T17:59:57.108Z] info - Authentication is disabled
[2021-06-24T17:59:57.108Z] info - Not serving HTTPS
Error: Could not locate the bindings file. Tried:
→ /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/build/spdlog.node
→ /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/build/Debug/spdlog.node
→ /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/build/Release/spdlog.node
→ /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/out/Debug/spdlog.node
→ /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/Debug/spdlog.node
→ /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/out/Release/spdlog.node
→ /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/Release/spdlog.node
→ /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/build/default/spdlog.node
→ /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/compiled/14.16.1/freebsd/x64/spdlog.node
→ /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/addon-build/release/install-root/spdlog.node
→ /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/addon-build/debug/install-root/spdlog.node
→ /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/addon-build/default/install-root/spdlog.node
→ /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/lib/binding/node-v83-freebsd-x64/spdlog.node
at bindings (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:126:9)
at Object.<anonymous> (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/index.js:3:35)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1063:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1092:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:928:32)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:769:14)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:952:19)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18)
at t (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/loader.js:5:101)
at r.load (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/loader.js:4:1719)
at r.load (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/loader.js:3:10262)
at l (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/loader.js:5:10314)
at Object.errorback (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/loader.js:5:10435)
at r.triggerErrorback (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/loader.js:3:10626)
at /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/loader.js:3:10332
at r.load (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/loader.js:4:1736)
at r.load (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/loader.js:3:10262)
at l (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/loader.js:5:10314)
at r._loadModule (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/loader.js:5:10444)
at r._resolve (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/loader.js:6:452)
at r.defineModule (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/loader.js:5:6145)
at r._relativeRequire (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/loader.js:5:6831)
at n (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/loader.js:5:9420)
at v (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/server/entry.js:24:4531)
at new Promise (<anonymous>)
at b (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/server/entry.js:24:4511)
at C._createSpdLogLogger (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/server/entry.js:24:5444)
at new C (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/server/entry.js:24:5260)
at Ae.initializeServices (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/server/entry.js:36:99964)
at async Ae.initialize (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/server/entry.js:36:96951)
at async process.<anonymous> (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/server/entry.js:36:103671) {
tries: [
'/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/build/spdlog.node',
'/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/build/Debug/spdlog.node',
'/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/build/Release/spdlog.node',
'/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/out/Debug/spdlog.node',
'/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/Debug/spdlog.node',
'/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/out/Release/spdlog.node',
'/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/Release/spdlog.node',
'/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/build/default/spdlog.node',
'/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/compiled/14.16.1/freebsd/x64/spdlog.node',
'/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/addon-build/release/install-root/spdlog.node',
'/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/addon-build/debug/install-root/spdlog.node',
'/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/addon-build/default/install-root/spdlog.node',
'/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/lib/binding/node-v83-freebsd-x64/spdlog.node'
],
phase: 'loading',
moduleId: 'spdlog',
neededBy: [ '===anonymous3===' ]
}
Things I have tried to solve the bindlings file issue
Check the node version and rebuild the project
I thought that my node version was not right. Then I went and check it.
My node version is 14.16.1.
Then I went ahead and delete the node_modules folder and reinstall everything.
rm -r node_modules
npm install
After some waiting, I stumbled upon this error.
/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/playwright/lib/utils/browserPaths.js:133
throw new Error('Unsupported platform: ' + process.platform);
^
Error: Unsupported platform: freebsd
at cacheDirectory (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/playwright/lib/utils/browserPaths.js:133:11)
at /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/playwright/lib/utils/browserPaths.js:139:36
at Object.<anonymous> (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/playwright/lib/utils/browserPaths.js:140:3)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1063:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1092:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:928:32)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:769:14)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:952:19)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (/stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/playwright/lib/install/installer.js:25:22)
Although I had that error, I started the server again and tried to load the code-server.
code-server
I realized that some worker was consuming the whole CPU.
root@devel:~ # ps aux | grep node
user 31675 98.9 6.1 255768 61400 1 R+J 19:39 1:12.18 /stor/usr-local/bin/node /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/bootstrap-fork --type=extensionHost
root 31681 0.0 0.2 11332 2236 0 S+J 19:41 0:00.00 grep node
user 31666 0.0 4.4 248664 44848 1 S+J 19:39 0:01.16 node /usr/local/bin/code-server --auth none
user 31667 0.0 4.6 250300 46424 1 S+J 19:39 0:01.38 /stor/usr-local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/code-server --auth none
user 31672 0.0 6.2 267560 62708 1 S+J 19:39 0:03.52 /stor/usr-local/bin/node /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/server/fork
user 31673 0.0 3.1 231204 31248 1 S+J 19:39 0:00.34 /stor/usr-local/bin/node /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/bootstrap-fork --type=ptyHost
user 31674 0.0 5.0 254472 50612 1 S+J 19:39 0:01.79 /stor/usr-local/bin/node /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/out/bootstrap-fork --type=watcherService
Uninstall code-server and start from scratch
Before we get there, you may want to learn in details how code-server works.
At this step, I thought I could just erase everything and start over again. I thought there were one of two dependencies missing in my environment so I though reinstalling will solve them.
So I went ahead that remove code-server:
rm -rf ~/.local/share/code-server ~/.config/code-server
Then install everything using yarn:
curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --dry-run
After a few minutes of installation, I tried to load the code-server and it worked! ha!
I might admit I was a bit suprised.
So I tried to understand what happened in the previous installation.
It turned out that the dependency library spdlog was somehow not built. I go to spdlog and install (build):
# cd /stor/usr-local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/code-server/lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog
# yarn
and bindings file build/Release/spdlog.node appears
I suppose the reason was network error (or some else) that caused installation break. May be I did not notice and just run again setup. But why it does not rebuilt? - possible yarn algorithm consider spdlog as installed and does not check target files that must be built.
Conclusion
This was a very instructive experience. I don’t think I have seen that before: a network error that generate an installation and compilation issue, hence the failure of the application. Nice catch!
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