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      sdetweil @Reila
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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

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

      Sam

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        Reila @sdetweil
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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.
        I must be missing another step still.

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          sdetweil @Reila
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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?

          Sam

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            Reila @sdetweil
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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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              sdetweil @Reila
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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
              it works…

              Sam

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                1a2a3a
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                @sdetweil

                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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                  sdetweil @1a2a3a
                  last edited by sdetweil

                  @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

                  https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/14327/testing-new-fixes-or-solving-current-problems-with-next-release-code

                  Sam

                  How to add modules

                  learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                    1a2a3a @sdetweil
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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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                      sdetweil @1a2a3a
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                      @1a2a3a yes, just the initial electron browser startup was broken

                      Sam

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                        1a2a3a @sdetweil
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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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