Ergo Crashes on Startup

Symptoms Container keeps restarting with segmentation faults or config errors.

Cause Mounting custom ircd.yaml before first run, or incomplete config file.

Fix

1. Remove custom ircd.yaml mount from docker-compose.yml
2. Stop containers: docker compose stop folkzone-irc-ergo folkzone-irc-lounge
3. Delete the data volume: docker volume rm folkzone-new_folkzone_irc_ergo_data
4. Restart with default config: docker compose up -d folkzone-irc-ergo folkzone-irc-lounge
5. Follow [[folkzone:services:irc:setup|Setup Process]] for proper customization

Prevention Always let Ergo generate default config on first run before customizing. See Setup Process.

Last updated: 2026-06-21