npm start dev

[shavesophere]

Hi Bangee

I’ve had exactly the same problem. I’ve tried it on a rasp 2, a rasp 3 and still the same result. Tried reinstalling node.js, reinstalling npm. I’m beginning to think there’s something up with Mich;s installation script but I cant find any clues in the output. Apparently it’s known that sometimes electron will fail on some rasp 2’s- so i went ou t and bought a rasp 3. I’m currently trying it again on a new card - if it doesn’t work this time i’ll try the manual install method. No luck yet.

pi@magicpi:~ $ cd MagicMirror/config
pi@magicpi:~/MagicMirror/config $ cp config.js.sample config.js
pi@magicpi:~/MagicMirror/config $ cd $HOME/MagicMirror
pi@magicpi:~/MagicMirror $ npm start

> magicmirror@2.0.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
> electron js/electron.js


npm ERR! Linux 4.4.11-v7+
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
npm ERR! node v6.6.0
npm ERR! npm  v3.10.3
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! magicmirror@2.0.0 start: `electron js/electron.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.0.0 start script 'electron js/electron.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the magicmirror package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     electron js/electron.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs magicmirror
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls magicmirror
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/MagicMirror/npm-debug.log

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[ostfilinchen]

Hey!

in the readme i found this:

Important: npm start does not work via SSH, use DISPLAY=:0 nohup npm start & instead. This starts the mirror on the remote display.

[shavesophere]

Thanks ost - but I have tried it both from direct physical keyboard and SSH using this command. I’ve been reading a few other problems related to this issue but all seems to come down to “not installing as root user”. Which i’m not - I’m installing as pi. So still scratching my head here.

[ostfilinchen]

do you have create an mm.sh and starts this with pm2?

[shavesophere]

@ostfilinchen I was just using the standard install script that comes on the tutorial.

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/master/installers/raspberry.sh | bash

[ostfilinchen]

and do u do these steps: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Auto-Starting-MagicMirror

[Bangee]

hey there
@ostfilinchen that’s it. to start npm from my shell it need to use this command:
DISPLAY=:0 npm start dev

But with this I can not debug my script. Electron crashes alwasy on startup when I’ve activated my new module using const sensorLib = require('node-dht-sensor') in my node_helper.js

How can I debug this error?

[shavesophere]

OK i think i’ve solved it. magic mirror HAS to be started (npm start) from a terminal window in the x-window server. you cannot start it over ssh.

[bhepler]

@shavesophere Thank you. This at least got me to the point where I can show the display on a monitor. Now I just have to walk to the other room to see my changes. :/

[KirAsh4]

@shavesophere said in npm start dev:

OK i think i’ve solved it. magic mirror HAS to be started (npm start) from a terminal window in the x-window server. you cannot start it over ssh.

Not true. It can be started over SSH just fine: DISPLAY=:0 npm start