Black Screen after Booting Up

j.e.f.f

@nickymac12 is SSH enabled? if so try to connect that way. That will allow you to check MM’s logs

nickymac12

I am able to connect via SSH now. How do I check the MM’s logs?

j.e.f.f

@nickymac12 type pm2 logs mm

j.e.f.f

@nickymac12 Also, at this point, you can start disabling modules one by one until MM starts. That should help you figure out the culprit.

nickymac12

@j.e.f.f all it responded with was
“Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=/home/pi/.pm2”

j.e.f.f

@nickymac12 ok. Try installing the sample config file.
Type:

cd ~/MagicMirror/config

mv config.js config.js.bak (this will back up your existing config)

cp config.js.sample config.js

pm2 restart mm

If magic mirror starts, then you either have a problem with your config or with a module.

nickymac12

So, unfortunately, I only had an 8gb sd card so I used that in my Pi and it is full so it will not write config.js.sample because there is not enough room…

j.e.f.f

@nickymac12 Aha! I’d say that might be your problem. See if you can free up some space, then restore your config file, and restart MM

nickymac12

Oh! How can I clear up space remotely?

j.e.f.f

@nickymac12 you can delete files with the rm command. Be careful with this, because it can’t be undone.

Say you wanted to delete some pictures you have in a folder in you home directory. Navigate to that directory like so:

cd ~/photo-directory-name (whatever the folder name might be)

rm file-name.jpg (this will permanently delete the file)

You can remove entire directories with the -r switch. Example:

rm -r directory-name

And be sure to double-check your typing before you hit enter. deleting things this way is not recoverable.