Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
MagicMirror screen goes black
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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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@motdog run
npm start devSelect the console tab, and scroll back to find any errors, red text.
Usually black screen is syntax error in module.js
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@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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@motdog ctrl-shift-i
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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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@motdog always make sure u have an alternative way into the system. Like ssh from your PC.
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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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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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@motdog if you can, ctrl-shift-i to open the developers window and select the console tab…scroll around to see errors…
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@sdetweil thanks, I will next time. I just hit control c and then reclicked on the MM tab on the desktop and it starts running again
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@sdetweil got a message that dev tools was disconnected, once page is reloaded dev tools will automatically reconnect
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@motdog so, some module crashed… the old updateNotofication module might still be the cause… is that enabled in config?
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@sdetweil yes. I will delete it and see what happens. Typically its been every 3-5 days. I haven’t updated this version to the new software, should I or should I leave it alone?
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@motdog wait
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@sdetweil thanks, that’s what I thought. I am starting a second mirror for me that when I installed MM was the new version automatically it seems.
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