getting a chef error right after starting converge

error

Generated at 2012-12-28 16:33:15 -0600
ArgumentError: You must have a string like resource_type[name]!
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:205:in `find_resource_by_string'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:139:in `block in find'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:134:in `each'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:134:in `find'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/resource.rb:61:in `fix_resource_reference'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/resource.rb:50:in `resolve_resource_reference'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/resource.rb:406:in `block in resolve_notification_references'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/resource.rb:406:in `each'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/resource.rb:406:in `resolve_notification_references'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:76:in `block in converge'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:86:in `block in each'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:85:in `each'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:85:in `each'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/runner.rb:75:in `converge'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/client.rb:378:in `converge'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/client.rb:420:in `do_run'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/client.rb:176:in `run'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/application.rb:140:in `run_chef_client'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:274:in `block in run_application'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:267:in `loop'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:267:in `run_application'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/lib/chef/application.rb:72:in `run'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.16.4/bin/chef-client:26:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/bin/chef-client:23:in `load'
/usr/bin/chef-client:23:in `<main>'
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