hbons/SparkleShare-Dashboard — Issue #35: can not connect to Dashboard
Author: jeridbrown
Created: 2011-11-28 03:23:12+00:00
State: open

I have been trying to get the Dashboard to work on my Ubuntu 11.10 server. I am fairly new to linux and not sure what I am doing wrong. I have about 24 hours of time invested in this issue. I am stumped. I have followed the install instructions as closely as I possibly could. I am trying to learn and appreciate your patients and help

following the install instructions, this is what I end up with on the npm install.

jerid@fs1:/$ npm install -d
npm info it worked if it ends with ok
npm info using npm@0.2.19
npm info using node@v0.4.9
npm ERR! couldn't read package.json in .
npm ERR! Error installing .
npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, No such file or directory 'package.json'
npm ERR! Report this *entire* log at
npm ERR! or email it to
npm ERR! Just tweeting a tiny part of the error will not be helpful.
npm not ok

when I "make run" this is what I get:
jerid@fs1:~/SparkleShare-Dashboard$ make run
NODE_ENV=production node app.js
SparkleShare Dashboard listening on port 3000 in production mode

It will stay there until I try to connect using Google Chrome, then I get this message in the browser:
No data received
Unable to load the webpage because the server sent no data.
Here are some suggestions:
Reload this webpage later.
Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE): The server closed the connection without sending any data.

returning to the server I see this:
jerid@fs1:~/SparkleShare-Dashboard$ make run
NODE_ENV=production node app.js
SparkleShare Dashboard listening on port 3000 in production mode
Illegal instruction
make: *** [run] Error 132