Compliments not displaying

[l1613532]

@strawberry-3.141
This is the log file when I run: npm start dev

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ ‘/usr/local/bin/node’, ‘/usr/local/bin/npm’, ‘start’, ‘dev’ ]
2 info using npm@2.14.7
3 info using node@v4.2.1
4 verbose run-script [ ‘prestart’, ‘start’, ‘poststart’ ]
5 info prestart magicmirror@2.1.0
6 info start magicmirror@2.1.0
7 verbose unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
8 info magicmirror@2.1.0 Failed to exec start script
9 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.1.0 start: electron js/electron.js "dev"
9 verbose stack spawn ENOENT
9 verbose stack at ChildProcess. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:17:16)
9 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
9 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
9 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:818:16)
9 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:211:5)
10 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.1.0
11 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
12 error Linux 4.4.50+
13 error argv “/usr/local/bin/node” “/usr/local/bin/npm” “start” “dev”
14 error node v4.2.1
15 error npm v2.14.7
16 error file sh
17 error code ELIFECYCLE
18 error errno ENOENT
19 error syscall spawn
20 error magicmirror@2.1.0 start: electron js/electron.js "dev"
20 error spawn ENOENT
21 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.1.0 start script ‘electron js/electron.js “dev”’.
21 error This is most likely a problem with the magicmirror package,
21 error not with npm itself.
21 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
21 error electron js/electron.js “dev”
21 error You can get their info via:
21 error npm owner ls magicmirror
21 error There is likely additional logging output above.
22 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

sorry, I’m also new to programming. Any ideas for next step?

[jin]

@strawberry-3.141 all i get when i run npm start dev is

> magicmirror@2.1.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
>electron js/electron.js "dev"

no log file or anything

[l1613532]

Probably not a coincidence, but both @jin and I are using raspberry pi zero ‘W’ with midori as our browser.

[l1613532]

and we are both running jesse lite

[strawberry 3.141]

@l1613532 in the start method of the compliments.js file is an es6 arrow function which isn’t supported by the midori browser. But that doesn’t explain your error from the logs

[l1613532]

@strawberry-3.141 said in Compliments not displaying:

es6 arrow function

Can you describe this es6 arrow function at the start of compliments.js and what I can manually replace it with that will be supported by Midori?

[l1613532]

Found the answer! Thank you to @strawberry-3-141 for pointing me in the right direction.

in the compliments.js file (found in /MagicMirror/modules/default/compliments folder), change:

	if (this.config.remoteFile != null) {
		this.complimentFile((response) => {
			this.config.compliments = JSON.parse(response);
		});
	}

to:

         if (this.config.remoteFile != null) {
                this.complimentFile(
                        function(response){
                                this.config.compliments = JSON.parse(response);
                });
        }

For all those using Midori browser (which appears to be the only browser which runs MM2 on Pi Zero), this will be an ongoing problem for certain modules that use es6 arrow functions. See https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues/694 for more info.

[strawberry 3.141]

@l1613532 this code isn’t working properly, you have to do

if (this.config.remoteFile != null) {
  var self = this;
  this.complimentFile(
    function(response){
      self.config.compliments = JSON.parse(response);
     });
}

[jin]

Seeing the solution after a couple of long shifts is a nice surprise.
Great work l1613532 and strawberry 3.141.

[jacobmar1ey]

@strawberry-3.141 said in Compliments not displaying:

@l1613532 this code isn’t working properly, you have to do

if (this.config.remoteFile != null) {
  var self = this;
  this.complimentFile(
    function(response){
      self.config.compliments = JSON.parse(response);
     });
}

Tank you so much for this response. My Zero (non-W) was also suddenly not displaying compliments as well and I was trying to figure it out all week!