Server won't boot

[someone2523423]

Whenever I start up my server, it starts for a little bit and then stops again. And so on. It never fully boots up and here is the log.

 

[05:37:24] [main/FATAL]: Failed to start the minecraft server
com.google.gson.JsonParseException: com.google.gson.stream.MalformedJsonException: Use JsonReader.setLenient(true) to accept malformed JSON at line 1 column 1 path $
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.ChatDeserializer.a(SourceFile:495) ~[spigot.jar:git-Paper-261]
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.ChatDeserializer.a(SourceFile:545) ~[spigot.jar:git-Paper-261]
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.ChatDeserializer.a(SourceFile:541) ~[spigot.jar:git-Paper-261]
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.ChatDeserializer.a(SourceFile:549) ~[spigot.jar:git-Paper-261]
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.GeneratorSettings.a(SourceFile:217) ~[spigot.jar:git-Paper-261]
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.DedicatedServerProperties.<init>(DedicatedServerProperties.java:117) ~[spigot.jar:git-Paper-261]
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.DedicatedServerProperties.load(DedicatedServerProperties.java:122) ~[spigot.jar:git-Paper-261]
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.DedicatedServerSettings.<init>(DedicatedServerSettings.java:17) ~[spigot.jar:git-Paper-261]
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.Main.main(Main.java:64) ~[spigot.jar:git-Paper-261]
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.Main.main(Main.java:276) ~[spigot.jar:git-Paper-261]
Caused by: com.google.gson.stream.MalformedJsonException: Use JsonReader.setLenient(true) to accept malformed JSON at line 1 column 1 path $
    at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.syntaxError(JsonReader.java:1559) ~[spigot.jar:git-Paper-261]
    at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.checkLenient(JsonReader.java:1401) ~[spigot.jar:git-Paper-261]
    at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.doPeek(JsonReader.java:593) ~[spigot.jar:git-Paper-261]
    at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.peek(JsonReader.java:425) ~[spigot.jar:git-Paper-261]
    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$29.read(TypeAdapters.java:716) ~[spigot.jar:git-Paper-261]
    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$29.read(TypeAdapters.java:714) ~[spigot.jar:git-Paper-261]
    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$35$1.read(TypeAdapters.java:910) ~[spigot.jar:git-Paper-261]
    at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.ChatDeserializer.a(SourceFile:493) ~[spigot.jar:git-Paper-261]
    ... 9 more

 

Edited December 14, 2020 by someone2523423

[someone2523423]

AND WHAT IS THE POINT OF REPAIR CORE FILES IF ITS LITERALLY DOING NOTHING

[PandaChan]

Hi there! It seems like there's an issue with your JSON files, you can fix this by removing all the files in the file manager that end with .json (ops.json, whitelist.json, banned-ips.json, usercache.json and banned-players.json) and then start the server back up.

[someone2523423]

On 12/14/2020 at 4:51 AM, PandaChan said:

Hi there! It seems like there's an issue with your JSON files, you can fix this by removing all the files in the file manager that end with .json (ops.json, whitelist.json, banned-ips.json, usercache.json and banned-players.json) and then start the server back up.

I tried that and it didnt work. It turns out I had to reset the whole server which had weeks worth of effort thrown into it.

[_Tarna_]

3 hours ago, someone2523423 said:

I tried that and it didnt work. It turns out I had to reset the whole server which had weeks worth of effort thrown into it.

Did you put anything in the generator settings box on the panel? Cause putting something incorrect there can show errors like that. Just removing what ever you put there, clicking save, and restarting the server should've fixed your issue. But you said you already reset your server so rip. Just if it happens again, thats the solution.