Total Noob - Successful Install on a Pi 3 B - How do I open it?

[orangeclover1]

Thank you!!! I just ran the npm start - and it looks like …something… happened? I now have a large blank empty black screen (mouse still usable and I can get to task manager) so … maybe its trying to work?

[Mykle1]

@orangeclover1

Hiding of the mouse was part of the install directions but a black screen with no message “Create a config?”

[orangeclover1]

Another mini update - its now accessible on other computers on my network (going to localhost:8080) just still sitting with a black screen on my pi

[Mykle1]

@Mykle1
Yes, it would, if the mirror is black, then going to it using a browser will only see black as well

[Mykle1]

@orangeclover1

can you get to the terminal and post any errors here. Copy them and paste them in here

[orangeclover1]

Yep I have a mouse and… nothing else. I dont have a create a config message - just a blank black screen and full mouse clickability? just checked the terminal thanks to task manager and it looks like there arent any errors

[Mykle1]

@orangeclover1 said in Total Noob - Successful Install on a Pi 3 B - How do I open it?:

looks like there arent any errors

Scroll back to the info in the terminal till you see the npm start command you made to run the mirror. Copy everything after that and paste here

[Mykle1]

@orangeclover1

Put a tick before you paste it and at the end of the paste. The tick is your TILDE key (without shift)

[orangeclover1]

magicmirror@2.1.1 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
sh run-start.sh

Starting MagicMirror: v2.1.1
Loading config …
Loading module helpers …
No helper found for module: alert.
Initializing new module helper …
Module helper loaded: updatenotification
No helper found for module: clock.
Initializing new module helper …
Module helper loaded: calendar
No helper found for module: compliments.
No helper found for module: currentweather.
No helper found for module: weatherforecast.
Initializing new module helper …
Module helper loaded: newsfeed
All module helpers loaded.
Starting server on port 8080 …
Starting server op port 8080 …
You’re using a full whitelist configuration to allow for all IPs
Server started …
Connecting socket for: updatenotification
Connecting socket for: calendar
Starting node helper for: calendar
Connecting socket for: newsfeed
Starting module: newsfeed
Sockets connected & modules started …
Launching application.
Create new calendar fetcher for url: http://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics - Interval: 300000
Create new news fetcher for url: http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml - Interval: 300000
Use existing news fetcher for url: http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml

[orangeclover1]

for future people who stumble here:
“npm start” was what I was missing to get things started up

I had a weird black electron pop up - realized it was a config file issue - for mine it ended up being a random address in the “address” section above the ipwhite list.

Thanks to Mykle for the help!