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[sdetweil]

start the MM in debug mode

npm start dev

then select the console tab… look for errors (red text)

altho usually black screen is caused by failures in the node modules

so, minimze MM, alt-spacebar, n
and look at errors in the console window (used above for npm start

[dwleo]

@sdetweil

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm start dev
npm ERR! missing script: start

That’s what I got.

[sdetweil]

@dwleo well, you have to be IN the MM folder

cd MagicMirror

[dwleo]

@sdetweil
WARNING! Could not load config file. Starting with default configuration. Error found: Error: Cannot find module ‘moment-timezone’

[dwleo]

Sometimes I feel like a real noob. Anyway the config.js file is there right where it always has been.

[sdetweil]

@dwleo

from the MM folder run

node tests/configs/check_config.js

and work thru the errors from top to bottom

rerunning as needed

[sdetweil]

@dwleo yes, but there is a syntax error from all the editing you have done

make a rule,

1 change at a time,
AND save the working config.js before u edit

[dwleo]

@sdetweil
Yeah, you are right. (sigh)
Anyway I ran it and got this:
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ node tests/configs/check_config.js
Checking file… /home/pi/MagicMirror/config/config.js
Your configuration file doesn’t contain syntax errors :)

[sdetweil]

@dwleo ok, then you have a module name wrong, or u deleted it

Cannot find module ‘moment-timezone’

OR, you installed a module, but didn’t finish ITS install, by going to ITS folder and running npm install

when a module uses other modules, (some not used by base MM), you have to do a manual step to install ITS dependencies

so, I would look thru the modules u might have just installed, and edit the package.json file in each and look for moment-timezone… if its there, then u probably need to run npm install in that folder

[dwleo]

@sdetweil
Thank you. I will try that.