at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_7_R3.scheduler.CraftAsyncTask.run(CraftAsyncTask.java:56) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Caused by: while scanning for the next token found character '\t' that cannot start any token in "<reader>", line 9, column 1: ^ at org.yaml.snakeyaml.scanner.ScannerImpl.fetchMoreTokens(ScannerImpl.java:358) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.scanner.ScannerImpl.checkToken(ScannerImpl.java:179) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl$ParseBlockMappingKey.produce(ParserImpl.java:563) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.peekEvent(ParserImpl.java:161) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.checkEvent(ParserImpl.java:146) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeMappingNode(Composer.java:230) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeNode(Composer.java:160) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeMappingNode(Composer.java:237) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeNode(Composer.java:160) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeMappingNode(Composer.java:237) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeNode(Composer.java:160) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeDocument(Composer.java:123) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.getSingleNode(Composer.java:106) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.BaseConstructor.getSingleData(BaseConstructor.java:121) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml.loadFromReader(Yaml.java:480) at org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml.load(Yaml.java:423) at com.earth2me.essentials.storage.YamlStorageReader.load(YamlStorageReader.java:47) at com.earth2me.essentials.storage.AbstractDelayedYamlFileReader.run(AbstractDelayedYamlFileReader.java:37) at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_7_R3.scheduler.CraftTask.run(CraftTask.java:53) at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_7_R3.scheduler.CraftAsyncTask.run(CraftAsyncTask.java:53) ... 3 more I have just created a server on a brand new pc. Whenever a player joins, the server times out and kicks all the players off. I found this in the latest log. the server is craftbukkit 1.7.9 EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.
I had a similar problem earlier today with my server, I had a different console log but it was doing the same thing, I fixed it by Re-installing the 'World' Folder i had backed up.. Not sure if that will help you but its worth a try i suppose
SamJK You have a tab in a config file of Essentials, and tabs are forbidden in the YAML format so that is why it generates an error. The tab is at line 9, if you replace it with spaces it should work.