Complete Walkthrough - Install MagicMirror on a PC - Windows 7/10

[Cliff365]

@sdetweil Oops! Thanks sdetweil

[dude31222]

Hey! @sdetweil i’ve spend more than 10 hours whit this because i didn’t read the entire thread. I’ve finally installed mm2 on a 32bit laptop whit w7 and node v16.6 but when i run npm start i just got a black screen. any ideas on how to find a solution? my cmd here:

[08.01.2023 06:58.14.001] [LOG]   Starting MagicMirror: v2.22.0
[08.01.2023 06:58.14.151] [LOG]   Loading config ...
[08.01.2023 06:58.14.201] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ...
[08.01.2023 06:58.14.231] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert.
[08.01.2023 06:58.14.361] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
[08.01.2023 06:58.14.371] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: updatenotification
[08.01.2023 06:58.14.395] [LOG]   No helper found for module: clock.
[08.01.2023 06:58.17.473] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
[08.01.2023 06:58.17.477] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: calendar
[08.01.2023 06:58.17.497] [LOG]   No helper found for module: compliments.
[08.01.2023 06:58.17.497] [LOG]   No helper found for module: weather.
[08.01.2023 06:58.17.839] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
[08.01.2023 06:58.17.839] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: newsfeed
[08.01.2023 06:58.17.849] [LOG]   No helper found for module: facts.
[08.01.2023 06:58.17.849] [LOG]   All module helpers loaded.
[08.01.2023 06:58.19.559] [LOG]   Starting server on port 8080 ...
[08.01.2023 06:58.23.451] [LOG]   Launching application.
[08.01.2023 06:58.29.838] [LOG]   Server started ...
[08.01.2023 06:58.29.848] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: updatenotification
[08.01.2023 06:58.29.848] [LOG]   Starting module helper: updatenotification
[08.01.2023 06:58.29.848] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: calendar
[08.01.2023 06:58.29.848] [LOG]   Starting node helper for: calendar
[08.01.2023 06:58.29.858] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: newsfeed
[08.01.2023 06:58.29.858] [LOG]   Starting node helper for: newsfeed
[08.01.2023 06:58.29.858] [LOG]   Sockets connected & modules started ...
[3460:0108/070022.937:ERROR:gpu_init.cc(523)] Passthrough is not supported, GL i
s disabled, ANGLE is

[sdetweil]

@dude31222 never tried win7 myself… this topic was created a while ago…

you can TRY setting an environment variable in the cmd.exe window before executing npm start

cd MagicMirror
set ELECTRON_DISABLE_GPU=1
npm start 

[dude31222]

@sdetweil still having an empty screen but no more error messages in cmd

[sdetweil]

@dude31222 that usually means u didn’t do the fonts install step or vendor install step

those are extra for windows install

[dude31222]

@sdetweil i did. Now i’ve upgraded to windows 8.1. still a black screen but a new error```
[0110/062053.181:ERROR:_trace_logging_minimal.win.cc<78>] provider resistration failure

[sdetweil]

@dude31222 I don’t know. those are so far out of service…

[Reila]

Heyo!
I’ve done a fresh install of MM2 (on Win10), and now I’m struggling with the blank electron screen.

I did the vendor and font install, changed the package.json to

"start":"node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js",

according to the guide on page 15, and now I’m getting

bash: line 1: node_modules.binelectron: command not found

on npm start, doesn’t start up MM.

[sdetweil]

@Reila you did not do the package.json edit correctly.

windows uses slashes leaning left

and u need 2 in each place

node-modules\\.bin\\electron  js\\electron.js

[Reila]

@sdetweil
Oh, I just copied as it was! It might have been a different guide, it was old after all… I see the backward slashes in a later post now.

So now I tried

"start": "node_modules\\.bin\\electron  js\\electron.js",

(with both the double and single space, just in case) and it’s giving me the same error still.
I tested changing the start-dev variant too.
I must be missing another step still.