pm2 no longer launching MM

[JMac]

@sdetweil Sorry to double reply, I ran the last 2 again and they worked ok, right up until the very end of the npm install when I got an ERR_SOCKET_TIMEOUT.
I’m assuming this is a wifi strength issue as the position of this mirror means it struggles at times.

[sdetweil]

@JMac yeh, everything is very network dependent…

I ended up installing a mesh wifi system to be able to put an access point near where my hall mirror is

[JMac]

@sdetweil Managed to run it a second time and everything seems happy, however, the pm2 start mm.sh still isn’t launching the MM itself.
Is there any other way to launch the mirror, or a way to check why it’s suddenly lost function (it was always happy launching and stopping the MM) ?

[sdetweil]

@JMac so, I would do this

pm2 stop all

cd ~/MagicMirror
npm start

does it run correctly?

you MAY have to update pm2, its just an app too…
depending on how old it was

see the pm2 --help
for the command to do its update

[JMac]

@sdetweil when I run npm start from the MM folder I get:

magicmirror@2.23.0 start
DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

sh: 1: ./node_modules/.bin/electron: not found

[sdetweil]

@JMac ok, do this

what device is this on? pi3?

cd ~/MagicMirror
rm -rf node_modules/electron
npm install electron@22.3.4
npm start

please advise

[JMac]

@sdetweil this is on a 3b+.
when running npm install I’m now back to an error for ENOTEMPTY for node_modules/ansi-escapes.
it says directory not empty.
I think it wants it renamed no_modules/.ansi-escapes-TiTd7xs1

[sdetweil]

@JMac ok, try this

rm -rf node_modules/electron
rm package-lock.json 
npm install electron@22.3.4
npm start

[JMac]

@sdetweil after running the npm install now getting a different ENOTEMPTY for nodes_modules/basic-auth.
Same issue of directory not empty

[sdetweil]

@JMac weird, this makes no sense