Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
After 2.8 I'm having tons of issues. What are the steps from square 1 to get this working?
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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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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.jsthen try restarting MagicMirror
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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 foundgit checkout -- node_modules/node_helper/index.jsresults in
error: pathspec ‘node_modules/node_helper/index.js’ did not match any file(s) known to git.
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@maxheartrate ok. I am away from my system now for a couple days.
Try
git checkout -- node_helper/index.jsIf that fails, try
git statusThen 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
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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. -
@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 ~/MagicMirrorWhere ??? Is your recently cloned download.
Then in the MagicMirror folder do
npm installIF 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 installthere
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 -
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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Obviously the folder was deleted when I ran the npm install in the MagicMirror folderNo 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
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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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Obviously the folder was deleted when I ran the npm install in the MagicMirror folderNo 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 -
@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). -
@maxheartrate you have to do that, copy the config
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@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 -
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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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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@maxheartrate just do
pm2 stop mm pm2 delete mm
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