Hi, I’ve tried every solution shown on the OfficialTroubleshooting & FAQ, including rebooting, flashing the SD, and some of the main problem solutions. The backup I have is 14 months old. I haven’t created new channels since then. As the last backup is too old, I would prefer not to restart the pr…

Hey buddy, I hope this can help you. [image] How to go from umbrel-seed hex to 24 word seed? Bitcoin and Lightning I can’t log into the UI for Umbrel, but I can SSH into my machine and see the seed data in: nano ~/umbrel/db/umbrel-seed How do I turn those 64 numbers and…

Oh, thanks sooooo much! This worked to recover the 24 words seed, this was so helpful. Now let’s see if someone can see through the debug log and give some hints on how to proceed.

I’m glad it worked. Well if you have the words and the channel backup i would say the best thing is to just reinstall lightning and restore with the info before there is any important changes on the channels. It is not convenient for them to stay offline for too long.

Really appreciate it, it made my day. Couldn’t think it was possible! My last backup is from 14 months ago, so I don’t know if it could be a problem…

Thats great! Amazing stuff @Dionisius

Personally never had to do a recovery, so don’t know how much impact this would have. But don’t know if you still have the exact same channels. Have you been able to recover yet?

I feel more confortable waiting a bit more, hoping that someone could detect a posible solution checking the log, as the channel had a decent amount of funds and the possibility of losing them is scary for me :face_with_peeking_eye: I have the exact same channels, so not that bad starting point, bu…

Hey @kalibre444 thanks for reaching out on Telegram. Your underlying issue is actually related to the Bitcoin Node, not the Lightning Node directly. Your Bitcoin node won’t start due an issue with the bitcoin.conf file: bitcoind_1 | Error: Error reading configuration file: parse error on line …

Thanks for reaching out again on Telegram @kalibre444 ! Super glad to hear you are back to syncing Bitcoin Core. Let us know if you encounter any issues with your channels once you are synced. Noting this here so I remember what happened if a channel issue arises. [image] kalibre in Umbrel…

Hi! The blockchain fully synchronized, thank you very much for your help. Existing channel was still there, although one of my mates’ node got broken (electricity suddenly shut down, raspberry4, umbrel) and the channel is in the process of closing, but that’s another story. Thanks so much!

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Dionisius December 4, 2023, 5:24pm 2

Hey buddy, I hope this can help you.

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