[ERROR] _ is not defined

[sdetweil]

@nowayto weird, and npm start fails again _ not defined?

i installed solarpicture without problems

[nowayto]

@sdetweil
I’m sure.I don’t think SolarPicture could be the problem.

Yes, the error keep showing

[sdetweil]

@nowayto wild, lets do this… intall MM again, but save the current…

#backup MM config and modules list
bash -c  "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror-backup-restore/main/mm_backup.sh)"
#rename the MagicMirror folder out of the way
cd ~
mv MagicMirror MagicMirror.save
#and install MM again
bash -c  "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/raspberry.sh)"
#restore the  MM config and modules
bash -c  "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror-backup-restore/main/mm_restore.sh)" 

then

cd ~/MagicMirror
npm start 

[nowayto]

@sdetweil
Before writing here I made backups, locally and on github, like you taught me in the past :)

Now I’ll try

[nowayto]

@sdetweil

That’s incredible… I did it, everything goes good… no issues but when I start it

npm start

magicmirror@2.31.0 start
npm run start:x11

magicmirror@2.31.0 start:x11
DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

[2025-05-11 22:44:21.593] [LOG] Starting MagicMirror: v2.31.0
[2025-05-11 22:44:21.682] [LOG] Loading config …
[2025-05-11 22:44:21.687] [LOG] config template file not exists, no envsubst
[2025-05-11 22:44:23.250] [INFO] Checking config file /home/MYMIRR/MagicMirror/config/config.js …
[2025-05-11 22:44:23.532] [INFO] Your configuration file doesn’t contain syntax errors :)
[2025-05-11 22:44:23.535] [INFO] Checking modules structure configuration …
[2025-05-11 22:44:23.824] [ERROR] _ is not defined

Again this _ is not defined

[sdetweil]

@nowayto wow!!! NOW i am really confused.

have you rebooted?

if you try the sample config.js

cd ~/MagicMirror/config
mv config.js config.js.save
cp config.js.sample config.js

and then
npm start

does it run or fail

[nowayto]

@sdetweil
Sam… I don’t know how to saying it.
I figure out the issue.

After your last message I tried what you suggest.
With the default cfg I had no errors, with mine I had errors.

So I checked again and again the config…
and I find an underscore _ right at the start of the config

npm config:check told me “no syntax errors” and that confusing me.

When I edit it I use nano editor
I do “sudo nano config.js” and I press CTRL + _ to jump at the 250 line.
Might be one of the latest time I opened it and press _ a bit faster than CTRL and I add it for error.

In addition I notice that when I open config.js with nano editor the green cursor is, clearly, at the start of the first line… EXACTLY on the undescore _ and it hides it.

I’m really sorry for bothering you with that.
How can I buy you a coffee ?
Thanks

[sdetweil]

@nowayto no coffee needed, we found it!!!

please NEVER use sudo inside MagicMirror folder
no reason to use super user , just makes trouble later

so if you fix the config.js in the saved MagicMirror folder then it should run ok too!!!"

ill see what we can do about the misleading message… thanks for your energy here!!!

[sdetweil]

@nowayto i use ctrl-end on my keyboard for nano to get to end of file

haven’t found a way to do that on my chromebook, drives me crazy!!!

[sdetweil]

@nowayto ok, I’ve found the error producer
and I’ll propose a fix…

I think this might have been more useful lol

[ERROR] fatal error in /home/sam/MagicMirror/config/config.js at line 19 column 1,  _ is not defined

I opened
https://github.com/MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror/issues/3785

for this issue