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  • A Offline
    asd @sdetweil
    last edited by Apr 10, 2023, 7:25 PM

    @sdetweil awesome. It works again. Thank you very much. greatly appreciated!

    I have done my updates like this before and seem to have forgotten it this time.

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      Roncham
      last edited by Apr 21, 2023, 2:00 AM

      I have the same problem. I updated using

      git pull && npm run install-mm
      

      I also ran npm install in each module, only 1 seemed to update. Rebooted and still get same error:

      @raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm run start
      
      > magicmirror@2.23.0 start
      > DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
      
      App threw an error during load
      Error: Cannot find module 'envsub'
      Require stack:
      - /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js
      - /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/electron.js
      - /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/default_app.asar/main.js
      - 
          at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:963:15)
          at n._resolveFilename (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:109416)
          at Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/module-alias/index.js:49:29)
          at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:811:27)
          at f._load (node:electron/js2c/asar_bundle:2:13328)
          at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1035:19)
          at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)
          at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js:13:16)
          at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1141:14)
          at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1196:10)
      A JavaScript error occurred in the main process
      Uncaught Exception:
      Error: Cannot find module 'envsub'
      Require stack:
      - /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js
      - /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/electron.js
      - /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/default_app.asar/main.js
      - 
          at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:963:15)
          at n._resolveFilename (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:109416)
          at Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/module-alias/index.js:49:29)
          at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:811:27)
          at f._load (node:electron/js2c/asar_bundle:2:13328)
          at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1035:19)
          at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)
          at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js:13:16)
          at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1141:14)
          at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1196:10)
      MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
      MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
      MESA-LOADER: failed to retrieve device information
      MESA-LOADER: failed to open kms_swrast: /usr/lib/dri/kms_swrast_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: Permission denied (search paths /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/dri:\$${ORIGIN}/dri:/usr/lib/dri)
      failed to load driver: kms_swrast
      MESA-LOADER: failed to open swrast: /usr/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: Permission denied (search paths /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/dri:\$${ORIGIN}/dri:/usr/lib/dri)
      failed to load swrast driver
      ^C/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGINT
      

      Any other ideas?
      Thanks

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        sdetweil @Roncham
        last edited by Apr 21, 2023, 2:30 AM

        @Roncham I can only say that the npm run did not work

        from the MagicMirror folder do

        npm install --omit=dev
        

        Sam

        How to add modules

        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

        R H 2 Replies Last reply Apr 21, 2023, 2:38 AM Reply Quote 0
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          Roncham @sdetweil
          last edited by Apr 21, 2023, 2:38 AM

          @sdetweil said in Electron error: Cannot find module 'envsub':

          npm install --omit=dev

          That worked thank you!

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            hecaru @sdetweil
            last edited by Apr 15, 2025, 1:17 PM

            @sdetweil (posting it in case somebody else is going to need it)

            In my case, the NPM error was:

            npm ERR! code EBADENGINE
            npm ERR! engine Unsupported engine
            npm ERR! engine Not compatible with your version of node/npm: magicmirror@2.31.0
            npm ERR! notsup Not compatible with your version of node/npm: magicmirror@2.31.0
            npm ERR! notsup Required: {"node":">=22.14.0"}
            npm ERR! notsup Actual:   {"npm":"8.19.4","node":"v16.20.2"}
            

            MagicMirror 2.31.0 needs at least Node 22, but through APT command, the Raspbian repos go up to 16. To solve this, I installed N, the Node version manager as an NPM module, then udpated Node that way.

            $ sudo npm install -g n
            
            added 1 package, and audited 2 packages in 2s
            
            $ sudo n 22
            
              installing : node-v22.14.0
                   mkdir : /usr/local/n/versions/node/22.14.0
                   fetch : https://nodejs.org/dist/v22.14.0/node-v22.14.0-linux-armv7l.tar.xz
                 copying : node/22.14.0
               installed : v22.14.0 (with npm 10.9.2)
            
            Note: the node command changed location and the old location may be remembered in your current shell.
                     old : /usr/bin/node
                     new : /usr/local/bin/node
            If "node --version" shows the old version then start a new shell, or reset the location hash with:
            hash -r  (for bash, zsh, ash, dash, and ksh)
            rehash   (for csh and tcsh)
            
            $ node -v
            v16.20.2
            $ hash -r
            $ node -v
            v22.14.0
            

            Then rerun npm run install-mm and it will work.

            Hope it helps. :)

            S 1 Reply Last reply Apr 15, 2025, 1:21 PM Reply Quote 0
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              sdetweil @hecaru
              last edited by Apr 15, 2025, 1:21 PM

              @hecaru yes, and IF you use my upgrade script, it will handle that for you…

              same place as the install script

              Sam

              How to add modules

              learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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