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Hey @zeke –

We’ve had a couple more people write in about the original error that I saw in the Local log:

Error getting migrated host: invalid character \'\\x00\'

In some cases it’s due to a corrupted configuration file. Can you take a look at the solution that was given in this thread and see if it fixes things for you?

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it started when i installed it for the first time, i have tried unstalling and again reinstalling it . but still it is stuck on ‘checking system’. please suggest me solution to eliminate this issue

thank you.

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Hey @adg15 –

When you uninstalled Local, did you follow the steps that are outlined here:

Those instructions should lead you to completely removing Local along with any configuration files that might be left behind.

Can you retry re-installing Local by first uninstalling using one of the above links?

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local-by-flywheel.log (12.7 KB) Here is my Log on Windows. Had problems with new update. Uninstalled (followed directions), no jive. Reinstalled still stuck.

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nevermind got it corrupted .docker file was the problem

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local-by-flywheel.log (6.1 KB)

Same problem here (macOS Mojave), @ben.turner can you help me? Thank you

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Hey @marcoluciani –

Your local log has this contained within it:

error getting state for host local-by-flywheel: exit status 126

This usually means that something within the virtual machine is crashing. Can you try restarting the VM by going to “Help > Restart Local Machine”.

If that doesn’t work, then follow the steps outlined in this topic to forcefully shut down and restart the VM:

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FIXED

Thanks Ben! Your suggestion below worked a treat.

All I did was re-download VirtualBox from the link below, restarted Local again, and it worked. Still took a while to load, but gave it a couple of minutes to do it’s thing and it was fine.

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

I don’t know if it makes a difference—probably not—but after installing VirtualBox, I opened it and left it open. Probably nothing, but you do tend to clutch at straws when things like this happen, so worth saying.

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I ran into the same issue on my Mac.
What worked for me (I don’t know why but it did :stuck_out_tongue:) was:

  • Quit Local By Flywheel
  • start virtualbox (manager) and start the VM
  • Wait for the VM to be fully booted
  • Start Local By Flywheel (for some reason this made the VM shutdown)
  • Local By Flywheel got stuck again so I quit it and restarted it

Like I said, I have no idea why this happened or why the fix worked but it did.

Hopefully this helps out someone else with the same issue.

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I had it running sound then finally had to reside to fact to upgrade to Windows 10 (still for free if you need to know :)) - Then run into same problems - so I downloaded Virtual Box Re-Installed Local by Flywheel and Voilla it works - the only problem I having now is some errors on Importing my local sites I saved with 3 in one migration but sorted it out somehow last time so sure it will work out - main thing is I can now work locally again.

Hope this helps anyone needing!