"pm2 start mm.sh" results in "node: bad option: --run"

[cyclonej]

My MM that I built last December died. I don’t know why. When booting up, screen would stay black, seemingly not booting into the OS. So I am starting again from scratch. I was able to extract the config.js from the previous SD card.

I am at the step where I am setting up pm2 - https://docs.magicmirror.builders/configuration/autostart.html

pm2 will not launch the MM display. After executing pm2 start mm.sh, the MM display does not appear, although it shows status online. In /.pm2/logs/mm-error.log, I am seeing node: bad option: --run many times.

When I execute node --run start, the MM display appears as normal.

node -v returns v25.1.0
npm -v returns 11.6.2
nvm -v returns 0.40.3
pm2 -v returns 6.0.13

[sdetweil]

@cyclonej we only support node 22.18.0

Can you try to down level

sudo npm install -g n
sudo n 22.18.0
hash -r
node -v
\# if node 22 then
cd ~/MagicMirror 
rm -rf node_modules
npm install

The try pm2 stop all
pm2 start x

X is the name/number of the row shown in
pm2 status

Pm2 is started as a daemon at boot
It might take a reboot

[cyclonej]

What if node is still 25?

[cyclonej]

nevermind. now pm2 start mm works!

i dont know what those commands did, but it worked