fractal start --sync does not load local server

[DadaConsultant]

On windows environment - when you set up fractal using the guide provided on the site. Running fractal start --sync only try to open fractal.js but fails to launch the web server UI.

[DadaConsultant]

nevermind, resolved the issue. I wasn't running the command from the 'public/' folder created in my root dir

[allmarkedup]

@DadaConsultant Glad you got it working - however it shouldn't actually need to be run from the public directory, it should work from the project root directory, so that may be a bug - I'll look into it.

[schnubb]

It mustn't be the public directory, but on cmd you have to start fractal from a subdirectory.
Anything new on this bug?

[siiron]

Having the same issue on Windows 10 running node v6.9.5 and fractal v1.1.3. Any progress investigating fixing this?

[mja202]

Having the same problem on Mac. Work around for me is to start the Fractal CLI and then start the server from there.

Using yarn:
yarn run fractal

Within fractal:
start --sync

[serslon]

I fixed this problem after run command
npm install vorpal@1.11.4

But I have fractal version 1.0.8

[dkhuntrods]

@mja202 @serslon There was an issue with an updated version of vorpal, see this thread for more details: #232

[trickydisco78]

I#'m having the same issue on windows.

Jsut tried the same as mj202 recommended and it worked!

[julkue]

Just went into this issue too. Fractal seems to be a great idea, but it needs more love. The approach of @mja202 isn't a solution, just a workaround.

[julkue]

Btw: What you can do to speed it up in one command is: yarn run fractal -- start --sync

[mja202]

Yes, it was a workaround. However, the current fractal (@1.1.4) works as it should (at least for me).

When fractal is installed globally (yarn global add @frctl/fractal) then fractal start sync within a project should just work.

[allmarkedup]

@julmot @trickydisco78 can you confirm that you are using the latest release (1.1.4)? This was caused by a breaking change in the version of Vorpal that was used but it was bumped in the latest release and should work now.

[julkue]

@allmarkedup I was using 1.1.4, yes.

[julkue]

I was able to get it to work with this workaround.

[ten1seven]

After using Fractal on a project for about 9 months, I'm suddenly experiencing this, using version 1.1.5.

I've verified this issue by installing a brand new blank Fractal site on my machine and on a colleague's machine that's never run Fractal before. As the below screenshot shows, after running fractal start --sync, Fractal starts, shows a localhost address, then the process seems to quit silently.

[julkue]

I'm experiencing the same. Here's something strange going on, probably due to #346.

[meerestier]

Same here

[dkhuntrods]

@ten1seven @meerestier
An unsupervised Greenkeeper update broke 1.1.6 - I've just pushed v1.1.7 that rolls back that update, so if it was due to that, this version should fix it.

[davidDuymelinck]

The update fixes the problem for me on macos

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