Internet-monitor module Not Starting Mirror

[ebourne]

I have reinstall the internet-monitor module multiple times and I am pretty sure i have done it right. I even use the config from github page. the problem i am seeing is that with the module in, it does not start my mirror. no black screen, no error, it just does not start?

restarting stopping and starting the pm2 or just rebooting the PI doesn’t do anything either

has anyone else seen that happen? for any modules even?

[KristjanESPERANTO]

@KristjanESPERANTO said in Internet-monitor module Not Starting Mirror:

I also happened to be working on the problem just now. The speedtest-net package is apparently no longer compatible with the current node version. I created a PR to fix this: https://github.com/BrianHepler/internet-monitor/pull/2

Let’s see when @bhepler merge it.

@ebourne The maintainer of the module, @bhepler, accepted my Pull Request. Please update your module and check if it’s working 🙂

[sdetweil]

@ebourne please show the messages at mm startup, where you do npm start

[ebourne]

@sdetweil That is the weird thing. the start up message is completely normal

once i comment out the config for internet-monitor and run pm2 restart mm.sh i get the same message

[sdetweil]

@ebourne thats not the startup messages

do this is the module enabled in config.js

pm2 stop all
cd ~/MagicMirror
npm start 

that will display the errors

pm2 start mm
to restart thru pm2

[ebourne]

@sdetweil
oh i see. it seems it says it can’t find a folder, and that makes me confused since i did clone and npm installed in the internet-monitor folder. i thought that was all there was

[sdetweil]

@ebourne which authors module are you using
show

git remote -v

[ebourne]

@sdetweil brianhepler

[KristjanESPERANTO]

I also happened to be working on the problem just now. The speedtest-net package is apparently no longer compatible with the current node version. I created a PR to fix this: https://github.com/BrianHepler/internet-monitor/pull/2

Let’s see when @bhepler merge it.

[sdetweil]

@KristjanESPERANTO not node version, electron version

so, the steps to fix I think (tested, failed before, doesn’t fail now)

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/MagicMirror
# this tool should be installed in MM
if [ ! -e node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild ]; then
    npm install electron/rebuild 
fi
cd modules/internet-monitor
../../node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild
cd ~/MagicMirror

this should be a postinstall step in the package.json

this is the tested postinstall
and works…

and the fixed package.json

{
  "name": "internet-speed",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Displays ping, download and upload speed on your smart mirror.",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "postinstall":"./postinstall"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "internet",
    "speed"
  ],
  "author": "Debayan Deb",
  "license": "MIT",
  "dependencies": {
    "justgage": "^1.3.5",
    "round-to": "^1.1.0",
    "speedtest-net": "^2.2.0",
    "raphael": "^2.2.8"
  }
}

have to make postinstall executable

chmod +x postinstall

[KristjanESPERANTO]

@sdetweil Interesting solution! I’m still not quite getting to grips with the rebuild of electron.

My approach in the PR is to use a version of speedtest-net that is compatible with the current version. That way, no rebuild is necessary.