Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Complete Walkthrough - Install MagicMirror on a PC - Windows 7/10
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@Cliff365 you didn’t follow all of the last line of
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4089/complete-walkthrough-install-magicmirror-on-a-pc-windows-7-10/225?_=1660158299123ps, I’m not @Mykle1
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@sdetweil Oops! Thanks sdetweil
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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 -
@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 -
@sdetweil still having an empty screen but no more error messages in cmd
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@dude31222 that usually means u didn’t do the fonts install step or vendor install step
those are extra for windows install
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@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 -
@dude31222 I don’t know. those are so far out of service…
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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 foundon npm start, doesn’t start up MM.
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@Reila you did not do the package.json edit correctly.
windows uses slashes leaning left
and u need 2 in each place
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@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.
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@Reila I am away from my system at the moment be back in an hour or so.
what does npm -v say?
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@sdetweil No problem! Browser version works fine for tinkering in the meantime :)
npm is 8.17.0
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@Reila hm… this is what mine is set to
"start": "node_modules\\.bin\\electron js\\electron.js",and I don’t get any errors, but electron starts full screen, black screen
but if I open edge and go to localhost:8080 it looks great and if I open electron
(the 1st part, node_modules\.bin\electron) and go to http://localhost:8080
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hi i need some help here. when i ran npm start, im getting this message.
Starting MagicMirror: v2.23.0
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.647] [LOG] Loading config …
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.648] [DEBUG] config template file not exists, no envsubst
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.650] [LOG] Loading module helpers …
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.650] [LOG] No helper found for module: alert.
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.655] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.655] [LOG] Module helper loaded: updatenotification
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.656] [LOG] No helper found for module: clock.
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.717] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.717] [LOG] Module helper loaded: calendar
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.718] [LOG] No helper found for module: compliments.
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.718] [LOG] No helper found for module: weather.
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.732] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.733] [LOG] Module helper loaded: newsfeed
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.733] [LOG] All module helpers loaded.
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.737] [LOG] Starting server on port 8080 …
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.779] [LOG] Launching application.
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.812] [LOG] Server started …
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.818] [LOG] Connecting socket for: updatenotification
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.818] [LOG] Starting module helper: updatenotification
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.818] [LOG] Connecting socket for: calendar
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.819] [LOG] Starting node helper for: calendar
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.819] [LOG] Connecting socket for: newsfeed
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.819] [LOG] Starting node helper for: newsfeed
[28.06.2023 13:36.52.820] [LOG] Sockets connected & modules started …am i supposed to do something next?
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@1a2a3a there is a big in the release on windows
https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues/3083
you can follow the instructions to checkout the develop branch, or wait til July 1 for the next release with the fix
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@sdetweil but when i go to localhost 8080 via web browser it appears to show the screen. is that normal?
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@1a2a3a yes, just the initial electron browser startup was broken
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@sdetweil so i used your fix with the link that you provided and i can go into MM.
there is something i dont get though… The MM app itself is ‘electron’?
and my git cmd is ‘terminal’?
when i want to install module etc, i have to close the terminal and reopen and npm start again? is there a way to work continuously on the terminal without closing and opening?
right now im working on windows and subsequently i will shift to raspberry PI. how do i transit everything over to the PI? or do i have to resetup everything?
and if im working on the windows, can i ‘cast’ the MM to anywhere else other than a web browser?
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@1a2a3a said in Complete Walkthrough - Install MagicMirror on a PC - Windows 7/10:
there is something i dont get though… The MM app itself is ‘electron’?
yes… mm uses a browser to display
electron, chrome, edge, firefox, Midori,…and my git cmd is ‘terminal’?
when i want to install module etc, i have to close the terminal and reopen and npm start again? is there a way to work continuously on the terminal without closing and opening?
no, mm only loads modules on start. u can install all you want at once, but you have to restart to load them
yes, just stop MagicMirror, ctrl-c to stop the app and back to command line… work and npm start again
right now im working on windows and subsequently i will shift to raspberry Pi, how do i transit everything over to the PI? or do i have to resetup everything?
yes
install loads different binaries for mm. and for some modules.
I have scripts for Linux to Linux, but not for windows.
and if im working on the windows, can i ‘cast’ the MM to anywhere else other than a web browser?
if you can cast a application… been years since I used windows.
but you can open a browser from anywhere to mm
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