[BUG - Develop] Can't start server on fresh game install - builtins.MemoryError

Describe the bug

When trying the initial evennia start from within a fresh game install based on the develop branch, the server won’t start and the logs report a builtins.MemoryError over and over

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create a new game with evennia --init
2. cd into the directory of the game and run evennia migrate
3. Try to start the game with evennia start
4. Script reports ... Server started., but it is not connectable
5. Open logs for server in game directory, see:

22-09-10 11:10:04 [..] Server disconnected from the portal.
22-09-10 11:10:05 Unhandled Error
	Traceback (most recent call last):
	  File "<redacted path>/scriptslash-ev/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twisted/python/log.py", line 103, in callWithLogger
	    return callWithContext({"system": lp}, func, *args, **kw)
	  File "<redacted path>/scriptslash-ev/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twisted/python/log.py", line 86, in callWithContext
	    return context.call({ILogContext: newCtx}, func, *args, **kw)
	  File "<redacted path>/scriptslash-ev/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twisted/python/context.py", line 122, in callWithContext
	    return self.currentContext().callWithContext(ctx, func, *args, **kw)
	  File "<redacted path>/scriptslash-ev/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twisted/python/context.py", line 85, in callWithContext
	    return func(*args,**kw)
	--- <exception caught here> ---
	  File "<redacted path>/scriptslash-ev/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twisted/internet/selectreactor.py", line 149, in _doReadOrWrite
	    why = getattr(selectable, method)()
	  File "<redacted path>/scriptslash-ev/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twisted/internet/tcp.py", line 627, in doConnect
	    self._connectDone()
	  File "<redacted path>/scriptslash-ev/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twisted/internet/tcp.py", line 656, in _connectDone
	    self.protocol.makeConnection(self)
	  File "<redacted path>/evennia/evennia/server/portal/amp.py", line 348, in makeConnection
	    amp.BinaryBoxProtocol.makeConnection(self, transport)
	  File "<redacted path>/scriptslash-ev/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/twisted/protocols/amp.py", line 2391, in makeConnection
	    self.connectionMade()
	  File "<redacted path>/evennia/evennia/server/amp_client.py", line 118, in connectionMade
	    self.factory.server.run_initial_setup()
	  File "<redacted path>/evennia/evennia/server/server.py", line 345, in run_initial_setup
	    last_initial_setup_step = ServerConfig.objects.conf("last_initial_setup_step")
	  File "<redacted path>/evennia/evennia/server/manager.py", line 50, in conf
	    if not conf:
	  File "<redacted path>/scriptslash-ev/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 278, in __bool__
	    self._fetch_all()
	  File "<redacted path>/scriptslash-ev/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 1242, in _fetch_all
	    self._result_cache = list(self._iterable_class(self))
	  File "<redacted path>/scriptslash-ev/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 55, in __iter__
	    results = compiler.execute_sql(chunked_fetch=self.chunked_fetch, chunk_size=self.chunk_size)
	  File "<redacted path>/scriptslash-ev/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 1142, in execute_sql
	    cursor.execute(sql, params)
	  File "<redacted path>/scriptslash-ev/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 67, in execute
	    return self._execute_with_wrappers(sql, params, many=False, executor=self._execute)
	  File "<redacted path>/scriptslash-ev/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 76, in _execute_with_wrappers
	    return executor(sql, params, many, context)
	  File "<redacted path>/scriptslash-ev/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 84, in _execute
	    return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
	  File "<redacted path>/scriptslash-ev/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py", line 383, in execute
	    return Database.Cursor.execute(self, query, params)
	builtins.MemoryError: 

Expected behavior

Server starts without errors

Develop-branch commit

Evennia 0.9.0 (rev a61918c6) (rev a61918c6)

Additional context

Running on macOS 10.15.7 with Python 3.9.13 installed using asdf. Directory structure is:

code/evennia code/scriptslash-ev code/scriptslash-ev/venv

Evennia installed in the venv with pip install -e ../evennia from the scriptslash-ev directory.

[Griatch]

Interesting. This sounds useful to add to the troubleshooting section of the documentation. Thanks for investigating.

[audiodude]

Okay so I figured it had to do with the sqlite version and I managed to install the latest version using homebrew (brew install sqlite) then linked to that when building my python version 3.9.13. That resolved the issue.