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    Arod192
    last edited by Arod192 Jul 26, 2016, 9:08 PM Jul 26, 2016, 9:01 PM

    I used the automatic installer located here, https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror, and followed every step.
    I’m using a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B.
    I’m running Raspian Jesse 4.4, Node v4.4.3.
    The MagicMirror is up-to-date

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      amanzimdwini @Arod192
      last edited by Jul 26, 2016, 9:31 PM

      @Arod192
      THIS is the setup that worked GREAT for me:
      https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/236/complete-setup-tutorial

      (Surprised KirAsh4 did not mention it. Follow it step by step; first time around will take you 30 min, but after that you will fly through it). Work. It really does.

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        KirAsh4 Moderator @Arod192
        last edited by Jul 26, 2016, 9:36 PM

        @Arod192, that’s a rather old version of node. When you run the automatic install from MM², it installs a more recent version automatically. You shouldn’t have to do that manually.

        A Life? Cool! Where can I download one of those from?

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          KirAsh4 Moderator @amanzimdwini
          last edited by Jul 26, 2016, 9:37 PM

          @amanzimdwini, I didn’t mention it … yet … because I like to figure out where the problem is, before I tell someone to start from scratch. :)

          A Life? Cool! Where can I download one of those from?

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            Arod192 @KirAsh4
            last edited by Jul 27, 2016, 4:01 AM

            @KirAsh4 Update Node.js and I’m still having the problem

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              Arod192 @KirAsh4
              last edited by Arod192 Jul 27, 2016, 4:09 AM Jul 27, 2016, 4:08 AM

              @KirAsh4 Okay I just changed the language from en to nl (just to see what’ll happen) and now it works!

              But now everything is in the “nl” language but when I change it back to “en” the screen is black again

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                Arod192 @KirAsh4
                last edited by Jul 27, 2016, 4:22 AM

                @KirAsh4 Looks like all languages work but when I change the language to en I get a black screen

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                  Arod192 @KirAsh4
                  last edited by Jul 27, 2016, 4:36 AM

                  @KirAsh4 Alright I think I fixed it. What I did was I went into the translations folder and I renamed en.js to en-us.js. After that I went into the config and changed en to en-us.

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                    ronny3050 Module Developer
                    last edited by Jul 29, 2016, 6:33 AM

                    @Arod192 I can confirm this is a bug. Hardcoding ‘en’ in config.js causes black-screen, however, leaving it as ’ ’ or node serveronly runs fine.

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                      overviewcs
                      last edited by Jul 29, 2016, 1:22 PM

                      noob here reporting same issue and same workaround works for me.

                      Exact Same issue and hardware and OS as poster. From a clean build, updated all before running MM auto installer as I thought I had made a mistake my first time around.

                      “used the automatic installer located here, https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror, and followed every step.
                      I’m using a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B.
                      I’m running Raspian Jesse 4.4, Node v4.4.3.
                      The MagicMirror is up-to-date”

                      server nodeonly -works
                      npm start -does not

                      changing ‘en’ to ‘’ in config.js works as a workaround. It will now open in electron.

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