Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Blank black screen | Noob
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I just pushed a possible fix to the
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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.
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In your case its probably an other issue. Could you share your config.js (don’t forget to take out sensitive info)?
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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; }
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@dejayou: could you try your magic mirror without the
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That did it! Amazing thank you!
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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/LinuxThe 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/
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@spazehorst could you try it with The sample config? Especially no 3rd party modules.
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@MichMich well, as I wrote above, I just renamed the sample config which is currently checkd in, never even opened it ;-) That’s why I said it must be one of those default modules…
(I am sitting on this commit: 5d9d71dee8c300fede321dbafb5ff7aa79f1ea30)
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@spazehorst Please try The develop branch with The latest commit.