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    node_helper.js is not working?

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      vandy2424 @sdetweil
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      @sdetweil This is true, but in the backend log, none of my modules say they were loaded, and never have. Just mentions loading config and loading module helpers.
      1359b8fd-32d2-4fbd-98e8-89ff78df43ca-image.png

      The clock & weather still work without showing they were loaded on the backend. (maybe this doesn’t matter since they don’t use a node_helper.js class).

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        sdetweil @vandy2424
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        @vandy2424 correct , weirdness…

        Sam

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          MMRIZE @vandy2424
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          @vandy2424
          Try ‘localhost’ or real IP instead of ‘0.0.0.0’.

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            vandy2424 @MMRIZE
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            @MMRIZE
            I tried both localhost and the IP of my PI (LAN) and neither resolved the issue. Also, whether it matters or not, changing these also did not remove the WebSocket warning shown in the dev console.

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              MMRIZE @vandy2424
              last edited by MMRIZE

              @vandy2424
              Really weird.
              Of course you are probably running MM as Electron standalone(not server/client). Hmmmm… How about your port forwarding on port 8080 on your home router or firewall? Something makes your ws not working.
              Or… there is another process which is using that port as another ws instance.(but seems not possible… hmmmm) or proxy something maybe…

              But I can’t guess any more sorry.

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                vandy2424 @MMRIZE
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                @MMRIZE
                Yeah I’m not currently port forwarding at all right now and would have no reason to for 8080 anyways. But I really appreciate all your help! I can tell you that when I did a clean install of the Raspberry Pi OS, I have only installed MM and its dependencies.

                All my libraries should be up to date. Maybe there is some strange clash going on with my library versions? Maybe I try to go to versions that you guys use (if they’re even different than mine)? Just some thoughts.

                I’m glad that we are all at least on the same page of the strangeness going on here. Hopefully a lightbulb will pop up at some point and we can resolve the issue. Thanks again! :)

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                  sdetweil @vandy2424
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                  @vandy2424 ok the updatenotification and helloworld modules come from the js/defaults.js

                  I don’t see the path yet that does both.

                  Sam

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                    sdetweil @vandy2424
                    last edited by

                    @vandy2424 can you do

                    cd  ~/Documents/MagicMirror/config
                    ls -laF
                    

                    Sam

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                      vandy2424 @sdetweil
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                      @sdetweil Yes, here is the output:

                      jackson@raspberrypi:~/Documents/MagicMirror/config $ ls -LaF
                      ./  ../  config.js*  config.js.sample  .config.js.swp
                      
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                        sdetweil @vandy2424
                        last edited by

                        @vandy2424 lower case L

                        -laF

                        Sam

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                          vandy2424 @sdetweil
                          last edited by

                          @sdetweil Apologies.

                          jackson@raspberrypi:~/Documents/MagicMirror/config $ ls -laF
                          total 20
                          drwxr-xr-x  2 jackson jackson 4096 Feb  9 19:19 ./
                          drwxr-xr-x 18 jackson jackson 4096 Feb  2 10:27 ../
                          -rwxrwxrwx  1 root    root    1998 Feb  9 19:19 config.js*
                          -rw-r--r--  1 jackson jackson 3534 Feb  2 10:27 config.js.sample
                          -rw-r--r--  1 jackson jackson 1024 Feb  2 12:12 .config.js.swp
                          
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                            sdetweil @vandy2424
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                            @vandy2424

                            change the permissions owner and group
                            exit the editor

                            sudo chown jackson config.js
                            sudo chgrp jackson config.js

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                              vandy2424 @sdetweil
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                              @sdetweil Okay I ran both of those commands.

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                                sdetweil @vandy2424
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                                @vandy2424 and try starting mm again

                                Sam

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                                  vandy2424 @sdetweil
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                                  @sdetweil The calendar module still says loading… Everything else is the same as it was. Both logs show exactly the same as well.

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                                    sdetweil @vandy2424
                                    last edited by sdetweil

                                    @vandy2424 can you confirm the permissions change?

                                    ls -laF

                                    I can explain it

                                    access to the file fails at startup time
                                    fs.accessSync() js/app.js, line 117
                                    so defaults is used… thats node helpers

                                    Screenshot_20240209_204637_Chrome.jpg

                                    file is loaded in the browser anyhow(index.html), and that controls module loading in browser

                                    Sam

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                                      sdetweil @sdetweil
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                                      @sdetweil I will test in the morning

                                      Sam

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                                        vandy2424 @sdetweil
                                        last edited by vandy2424

                                        @sdetweil Yeah sure, the output actually looks the same even though I ran those commands:

                                        jackson@raspberrypi:~/Documents/MagicMirror/config $ ls -laF
                                        total 20
                                        drwxr-xr-x  2 jackson jackson 4096 Feb  9 19:19 ./
                                        drwxr-xr-x 18 jackson jackson 4096 Feb  2 10:27 ../
                                        -rwxrwxrwx  1 jackson jackson 1998 Feb  9 19:19 config.js*
                                        -rw-r--r--  1 jackson jackson 3534 Feb  2 10:27 config.js.sample
                                        -rw-r--r--  1 jackson jackson 1024 Feb  2 12:12 .config.js.swp
                                        

                                        And wow, its incredible you were able to find that. Thanks so much for the continuous help. Hopefully we are close!

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                                          sdetweil @vandy2424
                                          last edited by sdetweil

                                          @vandy2424 try this

                                          sudo chmod 644 config.js

                                          Sam

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                                            sdetweil @vandy2424
                                            last edited by sdetweil

                                            @vandy2424 said in node_helper.js is not working?:

                                            Hopefully we are close!

                                            I can recreate it if I force the fs api call to fail… but I cannot get it to fail normally

                                            root, full permissions, still works…

                                            i can force it to fail the accessSync()

                                            with permissions 740, and owner/group as root

                                            but, i get an error message in the npm startup messages

                                            [09.02.2024 21:21.19.642] [DEBUG] config template file not exists, no envsubst
                                            [09.02.2024 21:21.19.642] [ERROR] WARNING! Could not load config file. Starting with default configuration. Error found: Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/home/pi/Documents/MagicMirror/config/config.js'
                                            

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