Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Blank black screen | Noob
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Go back to the beginning. Move your current
config.jsto something else, likeconfig.js.backup. Then grab the originalconfig.jsand try running that, see if it comes up.You only need to set the
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Did it using the sample config and renaming it to config.js. I still get a black screen, but if I do “node serveronly” with the same files it works in my browser.
I’m getting no errors besides the “No helper found for module” (all of them)
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With the default
config.jsyou get a blank screen when you try to run'npm start'? If so, what’s the hardware? Have you updated the OS? All variables. -
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 -
@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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@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.
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@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. :)
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@KirAsh4 Update Node.js and I’m still having the problem
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@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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@KirAsh4 Looks like all languages work but when I change the language to en I get a black screen
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@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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@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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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 notchanging ‘en’ to ‘’ in config.js works as a workaround. It will now open in electron.
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Odd bug, as I have two different rpi 3s running just fine with
'en'as the value. This makes me wonder … can any of you paste the contents of your ‘/usr/share/X11/locale/’ folder?$ sudo ls -aF /usr/share/X11/locale/ -
Hey Everyone,
I was have the same issue. Change from ‘en’ to ’ ’ now it works.
@KirAsh4 this is my “locale” folder.pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo ls -aF /usr/share/X11/locale/ ./ fi_FI.UTF-8/ iso8859-11/ iso8859-6/ ja.SJIS/ locale.dir sr_CS.UTF-8/ zh_CN.gb18030/ zh_TW.UTF-8/ ../ georgian-academy/ iso8859-13/ iso8859-7/ km_KH.UTF-8/ microsoft-cp1251/ tatar-cyr/ zh_CN.gbk/ am_ET.UTF-8/ georgian-ps/ iso8859-14/ iso8859-8/ ko/ microsoft-cp1255/ th_TH/ zh_CN.UTF-8/ armscii-8/ ibm-cp1133/ iso8859-15/ iso8859-9/ koi8-c/ microsoft-cp1256/ th_TH.UTF-8/ zh_HK.big5/ C/ iscii-dev/ iso8859-2/ iso8859-9e/ koi8-r/ mulelao-1/ tscii-0/ zh_HK.big5hkscs/ compose.dir isiri-3342/ iso8859-3/ ja/ koi8-u/ nokhchi-1/ vi_VN.tcvn/ zh_HK.UTF-8/ el_GR.UTF-8/ iso8859-1/ iso8859-4/ ja.JIS/ ko_KR.UTF-8/ pt_BR.UTF-8/ vi_VN.viscii/ zh_TW/ en_US.UTF-8/ iso8859-10/ iso8859-5/ ja_JP.UTF-8/ locale.alias ru_RU.UTF-8/ zh_CN/ zh_TW.big5/ pi@raspberrypi:~ $Thanks.
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EN_US.UTF-8folder? Is there stuff in there? -
pi@raspberrypi:/usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8 $ ls -aF
./ …/ Compose XI18N_OBJS XLC_LOCALE
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Yeah that’s odd, it’s the same on mine, so you do have
en_USlocale installed on the rpi. But why is MM² failing for you, when it’s working fine for me, that’s a bit of a mystery. If you don’t mind, just for grins, would you care to run through only Step 2 in this post: https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/236/complete-setup-tutorial/4, specifically the Internationalization part. -
This is a real strange situation. I tried it with different language setting, but none of them seem to cause an issue. (Even when using
language: 'foobar', it just works fine.) Could one of you who is experiencing the bug, look in the developer’s console for any error messages? -
@MichMich I think this has something to do with electron? Because everything runs fine on server only.
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