Zeppelin [0.7.2]: NullPointerException when executing a paragraph from a new laptop

Question

Whenever I create a new notebook and start a paragraph, I get a NullPointerException error. If I run from an existing laptop, then no problem.

java.lang.NullPointerException
    at org.apache.zeppelin.spark.Utils.invokeMethod(Utils.java:38)
    at org.apache.zeppelin.spark.Utils.invokeMethod(Utils.java:33)
    at org.apache.zeppelin.spark.SparkInterpreter.createSparkContext_2(SparkInterpreter.java:391)
    at org.apache.zeppelin.spark.SparkInterpreter.createSparkContext(SparkInterpreter.java:380)
    at org.apache.zeppelin.spark.SparkInterpreter.getSparkContext(SparkInterpreter.java:146)
    at org.apache.zeppelin.spark.SparkInterpreter.open(SparkInterpreter.java:828)

I work around the problem by restarting the Zeppelin daemon. I saw other instances of this error, but the resolution was fixed in version 0.7.2, which I use. Anyone else facing the same problem? Am I missing something in the configuration? Thank.

Answer 1

My problem was resolved after setting useHiveContext to false in the Spark interpreter settings.

zeppelin.spark.useHiveContext => false