web interface wouldn't start, root element missing.

[brucewol]

back in sept, 2022 i installed version 5 and it worked fine for awhile. Then I couldn't login any longer. the old style 4.2.4 exe worked fine, so i've been using that since sept. decided to look into the problem now. still doesn't work. just reinstalled over the top of what i had. doing some recordings now, so don't want to unistall for a bit.  when i start what was a chrome shortcut with http://localhost:8866/ i get 

Server Error in '/' Application.

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Server Error in '/' Application.
Root element is missing.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Xml.XmlException: Root element is missing.

Source Error:


Line 796:
Line 797: if (File.Exists(GetWebConfigFileName()))
Line 798: configWeb.Load(GetWebConfigFileName());
Line 799:
Line 800: globalSettings = new HybridDictionary();

Source File: c:\Users\Public\NPVR\web\App_Code\Classes\Settings.cs    Line: 798

Stack Trace:  
[XmlException: Root element is missing.]
  System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e) +69
  System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent() +1266
  System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read() +63
  System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace) +253
  System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader) +108
  System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename) +124
  N_EWA.classes.Settings.LoadFromFile(Boolean reload) in c:\Users\Public\NPVR\web\App_Code\Classes\Settings.cs:798
  N_EWA.classes.Settings.GetSetting(Object moduleObject, String settingName) in c:\Users\Public\NPVR\web\App_Code\Classes\Settings.cs:742
  N_EWA.classes.Settings.Load() in c:\Users\Public\NPVR\web\App_Code\Classes\Settings.cs:174
  N_EWA.classes.Settings..ctor() in c:\Users\Public\NPVR\web\App_Code\Classes\Settings.cs:166
  N_EWA.Global..cctor() in c:\Users\Public\NPVR\web\App_Code\Global.cs:78

[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'N_EWA.Global' threw an exception.]
  N_EWA.Global..ctor() in c:\Users\Public\NPVR\web\App_Code\Global.cs:71
  ASP.global_asax..ctor() in c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\0a635572\38fd2de4\App_global.asax.f-p_sm9s.0.cs:0

[TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.]
  System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandleInternal& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) +0
  System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) +122
  System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceDefaultCtor(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) +239
  System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) +85
  System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) +1173
  System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes) +130
  System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture) +21
  System.Web.HttpRuntime.CreateNonPublicInstance(Type type, Object[] args) +44
  System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetSpecialApplicationInstance(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +130
  System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.FireApplicationOnStart(HttpContext context) +35
  System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.EnsureAppStartCalled(HttpContext context) +195
  System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetApplicationInstance(HttpContext context) +83
  System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestInternal(HttpWorkerRequest wr) +520
 


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same error message with firefox. 

probably should fix this but i'm happy for now using 4.2.4. i can record locally and watch with vlc. remotely, my recordings are on a share, so also watch with vlc. i can get log files but this looks like it is more a configuration problem with my pc. 

would appreciate help in debugging. thanks.

[mvallevand]

Those are v4 messages from NEWA. If you run v4 and v6 together you need to use different ports or shutdown the v4 service while testing.

Martin

[brucewol]

Thanks Martin but i need a bit clarification. I started using nextpvr probably around 2015 or so when beyondtv would not load a schedule any more. i'm a techie type but nextpvr seems to have gotten a lot more techie in recent years. i'm been retired 20 years and probably not as a techie as i used to be, just older.

anyway, define some terms

v4 - prior version of nextpvr
v6 - typeo for current v5 version of nextpvr

NEWA - never ever want apples, you might have a different definition

different ports - so use something other than 8866 http://localhost:8866/  okay but what would i use, how would i find the proper port

By the way, i'm not testing. just a dumb user but i imagine that's obvious by now.

so, what do i need to do now? Thanks

[mvallevand]

V6 now supercedes V5 It might be better to just think of it as NextPVR and the obsolete version as V4. It does not updateV4 though so you need to stop V4 from running. NEWA is the V4 web server.

NextPVR in many ways is easier than V4 but although people use the web for pretty much everything now some people have trouble adapting, you will get used to it. There are more clients the ever so ths can make it seem harder. Using NextPVR for Windows as your client you might not notice anything once you are set up. I've been retired for seven years BTW.

If you turn off V4 your life might be easier perhaps go to the wiki and follow some tips https://github.com/sub3/NextPVR/wiki/upd...on-Windows It might help if you read through the wiki to help get used to it.

Martin

[sub]

I've been retired for seven years BTW.

Really - man, where did those 7 years go. I swear you were just retiring like last year or the year before

[BrettB]

I've been retired for seven years BTW.

Really - man, where did those 7 years go. I swear you were just retiring like last year or the year before

I was thinking the exact same thing!