Npm start...

[morozgrafix]

I don’t know what is going on there, but I have Ubuntu Desktop 16.04 (I think) at home and will give it a shot.

Did you use manual install or script from the repo?

[cowboysdude]

@morozgrafix I manually installed it… because I got an error about not having a pi LOL
I’m not using a pi for this… this is a mini-itx :)

Looks like it’s loading it fine just not showing up…

[broberg]

this doesn’t really help you, but this guy has the same issue on a PI :

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/1464/launching-application-nothing-happens

[morozgrafix]

@cowboysdude I will try to reproduce on my machine in a few hours when I get home and will report back.

[cowboysdude]

@morozgrafix said in Npm start...:

@cowboysdude I will try to reproduce on my machine in a few hours when I get home and will report back.

Thank you!

[morozgrafix]

@cowboysdude I managed to get it up and running locally on a super old system running Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS. I had some trouble starting electron via SSH when running DISPLAY=:0 npm start, but npm start worked just fine

Here is a list of steps that got it running (i’m running node v6.9.4 and npm v4.1.1):

sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror.git
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
node --version
curl -sL https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh | sudo -E bash -
npm --version
cd MagicMirror/
cp config/config.js.sample config/config.js
npm install
npm start

Not sure if this will help. You can always try to run verbose mode npm start --verbose to see if there is any information that may lead you to finding a reason why it doesn’t start. It was very sluggish on my system, but this is a very old computer.

P.S. Sorry it took me a while to get to try it out and get back to you. It has been a very long and exhausting day.

Good luck.

[LincolnClay]

@morozgrafix Thank you so much for this. I finally got it up and running following your method.
I did it on a Raspberry pi 3 and after adding in a few more sudo’s it worked!

sudo apt-get install git
sudo git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror.git
sudo curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
node --version
sudp curl -sL https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh | sudo -E bash -
npm --version
cd MagicMirror/
sudo cp config/config.js.sample config/config.js
sudo npm install
npm start

[cowboysdude]

@morozgrafix Thank you!! Going to have one coffee then try it LOL

No need to apologize I know how you feel… Long days will do that :)

I appreciate the help!!!

[cianoo45]

@morozgrafix said in Npm start...:

@cowboysdude I managed to get it up and running locally on a super old system running Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS. I had some trouble starting electron via SSH when running DISPLAY=:0 npm start, but npm start worked just fine

Here is a list of steps that got it running (i’m running node v6.9.4 and npm v4.1.1):

sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror.git
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
node --version
curl -sL https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh | sudo -E bash -
npm --version
cd MagicMirror/
cp config/config.js.sample config/config.js
npm install
npm start

Not sure if this will help. You can always try to run verbose mode npm start --verbose to see if there is any information that may lead you to finding a reason why it doesn’t start. It was very sluggish on my system, but this is a very old computer.

P.S. Sorry it took me a while to get to try it out and get back to you. It has been a very long and exhausting day.

Good luck.

When i follow these steps it says i have node V4.0.0 installed

[cowboysdude]

No go. It is loading and it opens a seperate tab on the side panel but does not display…

So I’m trying to figure it out… has to be something in the output of the mirror… it’s launching just not on the TV… which I have hooked up to HDMI…