Blank black screen | Noob

[smithdsl]

@MichMich How do I dump the log file?

[MichMich]

It’s not the node log. It’s the console log you can see in the developers tools. A screenshot (with the red error messages) is enough.

[MichMich]

I just pushed a possible fix to the develop branch. Please let me know if this solves the issue.

[dejayou]

Hi MichMich- I am using the new develop branch and whatever the fix was is not working for me. I am still getting the blank black screen. I also wasn’t able to fix it with changing the naming conventions related to the language settings that worked for others.

[MichMich]

In your case its probably an other issue. Could you share your config.js (don’t forget to take out sensitive info)?

[dejayou]

Hi MichMich,
Thank you for continuing to work with me on this matter. Here is the config file:

/* Magic Mirror Config Sample
 *
 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 */
var config = {
    port: 8080,

    language: "nl",
    timeFormat: 24,
    units: "metric",

    modules: [{
        module: "alert"
    },
            {
        module: "wuforecast",
        position: "top_right", // This can be any of the regions.
        // Best results in left or right regions.
        config: {
            // See ‘Configuration options’ for more information.
            location: "Cleveland",
            appid: "5095830b868b90bcc31affdad4911325" //wunderground.com API key.
        }
    },
            {
        module: "clock",
        position: "top_left"
    },
            {
        module: "calendar",
        header: "US Holidays",
        position: "top_left",
        config: {
            calendars: [{
                symbol: "calendar-check-o",
                url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics"
            }]
        }
    },
            {
        module: "compliments",
        position: "lower_third"
    },
            {
        module: "currentweather",
        position: "top_right",
        config: {
            location: "Cleveland",
            locationID: "4614088", //ID from bulk.openweather.org/sample/
            appid: "5095830b868b90bcc31affdad4911325"
        }
    },
            {
        module: "weatherforecast",
        position: "top_right",
        header: "Weather Forecast",
        config: {
            location: "Cleveland",
            locationID: "4614088", //ID from bulk.openweather.org/sample/
            appid: "5095830b868b90bcc31affdad4911325"
        }
    },
            {
        module: "newsfeed",
        position: "bottom_bar",
        config: {
            feeds: [{
                title: "New York Times",
                url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
            }],
            showSourceTitle: true,
            showPublishDate: true
        }
    }]

};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== "undefined") {
    module.exports = config;
}

[MichMich]

@dejayou: could you try your magic mirror without the wuforecast module?

[dejayou]

That did it! Amazing thank you!

[spazehorst]

Hello @MichMich and everyone!

First of all big thanks for this really cool project, my bathroom mirror is progressing well ;-)

Unfortunately I cannot confirm that this issue here is solved.

After succeeding to set up a Pi 1 with the serveronly feature, I ordered a Pi 3, did almost the same but maybe not thoroughly, thought I messed up, and started over from scratch:

I ran the automatic installer and left the config.js.sample as it was (this was the lucky move!). I started the mirror with DISPLAY=:0 npm start. The interface shows up and gives the message: please create a config.js file.
But when I do mv config.js.sample config.js and restart the mirror, I get a black screen. When I now set the language to ‘’, it works as supposed.
So maybe also one of the default modules messes up (like the “wuforecast”)?
Anyhow may I suggest to just set the language field blank in the config.js.sample, so that others don’t stumble upon this?

Thank you and Cheers, Patrick

PS:
Pi 3 Model B v1.2
$uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 4.4.11-v7+ #888 SMP Mon May 23 20:10:33 BST 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux

The only commands I ever executed after reinstall were:
sudo su
sudo apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install -y x11-xserver-utils unclutter matchbox vim
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/master/installers/raspberry.sh | bash
cd MagicMirror/
DISPLAY=:0 npm start

[MichMich]

@spazehorst could you try it with The sample config? Especially no 3rd party modules.