MMM-Config with Message "builder encountered a problem, see MagicMirror messages for info"

sdetweil

@dphotograph can you show the rest of the startup messages please

sdetweil

@dphotograph i am not near my system for a couple hours

but you could try one test

in the MMM-Config folder do

node -c xxx

xxx is that defaults filename

if all is good you should get no results, and back to the prompt
i don’t See anything quick look

dphotograph

@sdetweil Hello

Thank You for the fast response
it looks like there is a typo in the defaults file

node -c defaults_17951887168800.js
/home/Admin/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config/defaults_17951887168800.js:69
                language: "---!config.languag"e
                                              ^

SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier 'e'
    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1378:20)
    at checkSyntax (node:internal/main/check_syntax:78:3)

Node.js v20.18.1

in the line 69 is this

		language: "---!config.languag"e

But now that i now that can i change this my self?
if i change it myself, on the next restart “pm2 restart 0” it is back to the typo :-O

Thank you

sdetweil

@dphotograph also, do you know the rough change you made last? installed a module?

dphotograph

@sdetweil

i think the last ones are

MMM_homeassistant_sensors
MMM_HomeAssistantDisplay
MMM_SteamPlaytime

Unfortunately, I was too impatient and installed three modules at once.
Typical beginner’s mistake

dphotograph

@sdetweil

i just removed the Steam Playtime from MM now it is back to normal :-)

i think i can live without it ;-)

But really! Thank You for the help to indentify the Problem :-)

sdetweil

@dphotograph thanks the discovery of all the module config contents is pretty tricky

ill look at this shortly

sdetweil

@dphotograph did you install the modules thru the MMM-Config installer?

sdetweil

@dphotograph you should have seen this in the logs, MagicMirror
startup messages

--------------------MMM-Config
module MMM-SteamPlaytime has an error in the construction of its defaults section
the error line is 		language: "---!config.languag"e
please change it to the literal value of the referenced variable
and restart MagicMirror
--------------------MMM-Config

because you are using pm2, you will have to ask to display more lines of output than the default 15
for example

pm2 logs --lines=100

100 can be any number, default is last 15…

sdetweil

@dphotograph you can use that module again now

in the MMM-Config folder do
git pull
then restart MagicMirror