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    After 2.8 I'm having tons of issues. What are the steps from square 1 to get this working?

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    • G Offline
      Gomalley @sdetweil
      last edited by

      @sdetweil
      Is it possibly the version of raspbian that is messing this up because it use to work before they released the latest version of raspbian and before MM 2.8 as well.

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        sdetweil @Gomalley
        last edited by sdetweil

        @Gomalley pm2 needs to be reinstalled, cause the npm version changed.

        lets try my new pm2 fixup script…

        bash -c "$(curl -sL  https://www.dropbox.com/s/cy2z7lbkpifcbrk/fixuppm2.sh?dl=0)"

        I’ve added your problems to the list it handles

        Sam

        How to add modules

        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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          Gomalley @sdetweil
          last edited by

          @sdetweil
          Thank you! The mirror now autostarts!
          So all this time I was doing it on a Lexar micro sd card. It actually froze on the startup page so I threw in a 16gb Ultra sandisk amd started the process all over.
          Heres the steps that I followed:

          pm2 logs

          npm i -g npm

          cd ~
sudo chown -R pi .

          pm2 logs

          npm i -g npm

          sudo npm i -g npm

          cd ~/MagicMirror
npm install

          pm2 list

          bash -c "$(curl -sL  https://www.dropbox.com/s/cy2z7lbkpifcbrk/fixuppm2.sh?dl=0)"

          Thank you again for your help!

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            sdetweil @Gomalley
            last edited by

            @Gomalley glad that it’s working.
            My new installer might have avoided all the rework after git clone

            Sam

            How to add modules

            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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              maxheartrate
              last edited by

              Hi,

              I am having the exact same problem: Black screen after 2.8 update. I followed all the suggestions you two came up with but my screen remains black.

              This is what I get after npm start:

              
Starting MagicMirror: v2.8.0
Loading config ...
Loading module helpers ...
WARNING! Could not load config file. Starting with default configuration. Error found: Error: Cannot find module 'node_helper'
Loading module helpers ...
App threw an error during load
Error: Cannot find module 'node_helper'
    at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:602:15)
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/common/reset-search-paths.js:35:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:528:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:658:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js:6:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js:94:3)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:711:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:620:32)
Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
{ Error: Cannot find module 'node_helper'
    at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:602:15)
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/common/reset-search-paths.js:35:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:528:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:658:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js:6:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js:94:3)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:711:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:620:32) code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND' }
MagicMirror will not quit, but it might be a good idea to check why this happened. Maybe no internet connection?
If you think this really is an issue, please open an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues
Launching application.
^Cpi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ 
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm stop
npm ERR! missing script: stop

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2019-08-08T12_50_44_769Z-debug.log
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ pm2 stop mm
[PM2] Applying action stopProcessId on app [mm](ids: 0)
[PM2] [mm](0) ✓
┌─────────────┬────┬──────┬─────────┬───┬─────┬────────┐
│ Name        │ id │ mode │ status  │ ↺ │ cpu │ memory │
├─────────────┼────┼──────┼─────────┼───┼─────┼────────┤
│ MagicMirror │ 1  │ fork │ stopped │ 0 │ 0%  │ 0 B    │
│ mm          │ 0  │ fork │ stopped │ 1 │ 0%  │ 0 B    │
└─────────────┴────┴──────┴─────────┴───┴─────┴────────┘
 Use `pm2 show <id|name>` to get more details about an app
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ pm2 list
┌─────────────┬────┬──────┬─────────┬───┬─────┬────────┐
│ Name        │ id │ mode │ status  │ ↺ │ cpu │ memory │
├─────────────┼────┼──────┼─────────┼───┼─────┼────────┤
│ MagicMirror │ 1  │ fork │ stopped │ 0 │ 0%  │ 0 B    │
│ mm          │ 0  │ fork │ stopped │ 1 │ 0%  │ 0 B    │
└─────────────┴────┴──────┴─────────┴───┴─────┴────────┘
 Use `pm2 show <id|name>` to get more details about an app
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $  pm2 start MagicMirror
[PM2] Applying action restartProcessId on app [MagicMirror](ids: 1)
[PM2] [MagicMirror](1) ✓
[PM2] Process successfully started
┌─────────────┬────┬──────┬─────────┬───┬─────┬──────────┐
│ Name        │ id │ mode │ status  │ ↺ │ cpu │ memory   │
├─────────────┼────┼──────┼─────────┼───┼─────┼──────────┤
│ MagicMirror │ 1  │ fork │ online  │ 0 │ 0%  │ 2.5 MB   │
│ mm          │ 0  │ fork │ stopped │ 1 │ 0%  │ 0 B      │
└─────────────┴────┴──────┴─────────┴───┴─────┴──────────┘
 Use `pm2 show <id|name>` to get more details about an app
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm start

> magicmirror@2.8.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
> sh run-start.sh


Starting MagicMirror: v2.8.0
Loading config ...
Loading module helpers ...
WARNING! Could not load config file. Starting with default configuration. Error found: Error: Cannot find module 'node_helper'
Loading module helpers ...
App threw an error during load
Error: Cannot find module 'node_helper'
    at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:602:15)
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/common/reset-search-paths.js:35:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:528:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:658:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js:6:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js:94:3)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:711:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:620:32)
Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
{ Error: Cannot find module 'node_helper'
    at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:602:15)
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/common/reset-search-paths.js:35:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:528:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:658:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js:6:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js:94:3)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:711:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:620:32) code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND' }
MagicMirror will not quit, but it might be a good idea to check why this happened. Maybe no internet connection?
If you think this really is an issue, please open an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues
Launching application.

              I also get the black screen when I start with ‘pm2 MagicMirror’ which was created by @sdetweil script and starting with my original command ‘pm2 start mm’.

              Looks really screwed up and since I have to admit that I am a noob I am lost.

              Any suggestions? Best, Max

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                sdetweil
                last edited by sdetweil

                weird…

                node_helper is a special module provided by MM and part of the install package

                can u do

                 ls ~/MagicMirror/node_modules/node_helper/

                it should display 1 file, index.js

                did u remove the node_modules folder?
                ps. I did that once, and had the same problem!

                try this

                cd ~/MagicMirror
git checkout -- node_modules/node_helper/index.js

                then try restarting MagicMirror

                Sam

                How to add modules

                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                  maxheartrate @sdetweil
                  last edited by

                  @sdetweil

                  Hi, thank you for your advise.

                   ls ~/MagicMirror/node_modules/node_helper/

                  shows me

                  ls: Zugriff auf ‘/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/node_helper/’ nicht möglich: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
                  File or folder not found

                  git checkout -- node_modules/node_helper/index.js

                  results in

                  error: pathspec ‘node_modules/node_helper/index.js’ did not match any file(s) known to git.

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                    sdetweil @maxheartrate
                    last edited by

                    @maxheartrate ok. I am away from my system now for a couple days.

                    Try

                    git checkout -- node_helper/index.js

                    If that fails, try

                    git status

                    Then rename your MagicMirror folder to something else, clone it again, and copy the node_modules/node_helper folder to your previous installation, and rename the new one, then the old one back

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      maxheartrate
                      last edited by

                      Your two suggestions did not work. That is why I followed step 3: cloning MM again and copying node_helper to node_modules.

                      I ran npm install in node_modules and in the MagicMirror directory.

                      Now it looks like I got one error further … :flushed_face:

                      This is what I get now:

                      > sh run-start.sh

Starting MagicMirror: v2.8.0
Loading config ...
Loading module helpers ...
WARNING! Could not load config file. Starting with default configuration. Error found: Error: Cannot find module '../../../js/class.js'
Loading module helpers ...
App threw an error during load
Error: Cannot find module '../../../js/class.js'
    at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:602:15)
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/common/reset-search-paths.js:35:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:528:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:658:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/node_helper/index.js:8:13)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/node_helper/index.js:127:3)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:711:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:620:32)
Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
{ Error: Cannot find module '../../../js/class.js'
    at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:602:15)
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/common/reset-search-paths.js:35:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:528:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:658:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/node_helper/index.js:8:13)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/node_helper/index.js:127:3)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:711:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:620:32) code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND' }
MagicMirror will not quit, but it might be a good idea to check why this happened. Maybe no internet connection?
If you think this really is an issue, please open an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues
Launching application.
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                        sdetweil @maxheartrate
                        last edited by sdetweil

                        @maxheartrate no. No npm install in the node_modules folder. That messes everything up.

                        Do

                        cd ~/MagicMirror
rm -rf node_modules
cp -R -p ???/node_modules ~/MagicMirror

                        Where ??? Is your recently cloned download.

                        Then in the MagicMirror folder do

                        npm install

                        IF u had other modules installed, beyond the initial set, then look thru their folders and see if there is a package.json file present. If so, in each such module folder do a

                        npm install

                        there

                        I made a new script to do all this upgrade stuff, but I don’t know what will happen if the git pull is already done.
                        See my upgrade topic in the troubleshooting section

                        Sam

                        How to add modules

                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                          maxheartrate
                          last edited by

                          Hi @sdetweil, thanks for joining in and for your advise.

                          I followed your steps just as described. The node_helper was the only module in the newly cloned node_modules folder. I then ran npm install and an npm install in every modules folder with a package.json file.

                          After that I ran into the missing node_helper error again. Obviously the folder was deleted when I ran the npm install in the MagicMirror folder. Now I copied the node_helper folder from the newly cloned version again and I am back at the error I sent in my previous post. :dizzy_face:
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                            sdetweil @maxheartrate
                            last edited by

                            @maxheartrate

                            Obviously the folder was deleted when I ran the npm install in the MagicMirror folder

                            No it won’t be deleted.

                            Let’s start from scratch. U have the extra downloaded copy. Make THAT NAME MagicMirror, and npm install in that folder.

                            Start mm and we should be running.

                            Then we will copy over your extra modules, and config file
                            And work from there

                            Sam

                            How to add modules

                            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                              maxheartrate
                              last edited by

                              Alright. Now I have something else but a black screen for the first time in days:

                              “Magic Mirror - please create a config file”

                              What do you suggest now?

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                                sdetweil
                                last edited by

                                @maxheartrate

                                Obviously the folder was deleted when I ran the npm install in the MagicMirror folder

                                No it won’t be deleted.

                                Let’s start from scratch. U have the extra downloaded copy. Make THAT NAME MagicMirror, and npm install in that folder.

                                Start mm and we should be running.

                                Then we will copy over your extra modules, and config file
                                And work from there

                                Sam

                                How to add modules

                                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                  maxheartrate @sdetweil
                                  last edited by

                                  @sdetweil
                                  That’s what I did. I have a fresh MagicMirror now. It is running but can’t find the config file (I haven’t copied config.js.sample to config.js yet).

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                                    sdetweil @maxheartrate
                                    last edited by

                                    @maxheartrate you have to do that, copy the config

                                    Sam

                                    How to add modules

                                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                      sdetweil @maxheartrate
                                      last edited by sdetweil

                                      @maxheartrate I really want you to run my updated install script…if I can only find the topic with the link!

                                      See the second post here
                                      https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10859/new-update-upgrade-script-ready-for-testing

                                      Sam

                                      How to add modules

                                      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                        maxheartrate
                                        last edited by

                                        I am now using my original config.js and I am copying the modules one by one, then restarting Magic Mirror and checking if it still works.

                                        I have got some stuff back up and running now. Thank so much up to this point.

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                                          maxheartrate
                                          last edited by

                                          I just did a reboot to see if MagicMirror survives it. :winking_face:

                                          Since I ran your @sdetweil script in my time of desparation, pm2 now autostarts two instances of MagicMirror. One is MagicMirror and one my original mm.

                                          Where do I edit this again? I forgot how I managed to do the autostart in the first place … sorry.

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                                            sdetweil @maxheartrate
                                            last edited by sdetweil

                                            @maxheartrate just do

                                            pm2 stop mm
pm2 delete mm

                                            Sam

                                            How to add modules

                                            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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