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    sdetweil
    last edited by sdetweil Jan 28, 2019, 6:08 PM Jan 28, 2019, 6:07 PM

    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

    Sam

    How to add modules

    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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      dwleo @sdetweil
      last edited by Jan 28, 2019, 6:15 PM

      @sdetweil

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

      That’s what I got.

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        sdetweil @dwleo
        last edited by Jan 28, 2019, 6:25 PM

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

        cd MagicMirror
        

        Sam

        How to add modules

        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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          dwleo @sdetweil
          last edited by Jan 28, 2019, 6:33 PM

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

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            dwleo @dwleo
            last edited by Jan 28, 2019, 6:35 PM

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

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              sdetweil @dwleo
              last edited by sdetweil Jan 28, 2019, 6:36 PM Jan 28, 2019, 6:35 PM

              @dwleo

              from the MM folder run

              node tests/configs/check_config.js
              

              and work thru the errors from top to bottom

              rerunning as needed

              Sam

              How to add modules

              learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                sdetweil @dwleo
                last edited by sdetweil Jan 28, 2019, 6:37 PM Jan 28, 2019, 6:37 PM

                @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

                Sam

                How to add modules

                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

                D 1 Reply Last reply Jan 28, 2019, 6:38 PM Reply Quote 0
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                  dwleo @sdetweil
                  last edited by Jan 28, 2019, 6:38 PM

                  @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 :)

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                    sdetweil @dwleo
                    last edited by Jan 28, 2019, 7:04 PM

                    @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

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      dwleo @sdetweil
                      last edited by Jan 28, 2019, 7:08 PM

                      @sdetweil
                      Thank you. I will try that.

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