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    MagicMirror screen goes black

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      motdog
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      i have a black screen too. Just got dark sky working. was finally happy and while rebooting after installing another module it goes to black. I thought it was my pi (3b) so I tried my other pi 3b+ and just black. I noticed earlier what looked like a draining battery icon but have no clue what that could mean. I do have a cursor on my black screen. alt tab shows Electon but I cant do anything from there. Help

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        sdetweil @motdog
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        @motdog run

        npm start dev
        

        Select the console tab, and scroll back to find any errors, red text.

        Usually black screen is syntax error in module.js

        Sam

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          motdog @sdetweil
          last edited by motdog

          @sdetweil I can’t get to terminal. All I have is black screen with pointer on it. I’m sure it was when I copied a config

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            sdetweil @motdog
            last edited by

            @motdog ctrl-shift-i

            Sam

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              motdog
              last edited by motdog

              Thanks I’ll try in the morning. If I can somehow get to config.js I’ll undo what I did. Appreciate all of your help!

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                sdetweil @motdog
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                @motdog always make sure u have an alternative way into the system. Like ssh from your PC.

                Sam

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                  motdog @sdetweil
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                  @sdetweil I use VNC viewer pretty much all of the time to access this and nothing happens. I do see the green light occasionally flash on the pi when I try with the keyboard hooked up to it & my tv.

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                    Cr4z33 @DavyC
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                      motdog
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                      So I am still getting this about every 3-5 days. I have now playing on spotify and am wondering if that is the issue. Dark Sky is my weather app but the issue I had with the number of requests is not an issue any more. Curious as to why this happens. At the same time I can see the screen via my remote module

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                        sdetweil @motdog
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                        @motdog if you can, ctrl-shift-i to open the developers window and select the console tab…scroll around to see errors…

                        Sam

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