Hello, I am trying to amke a magicmirror for my wife - this was supposed to be an easy Christmas present. I am pretty well versed with Arduino and Pis, so I thought it will be straightforward. But, reality was very different. I am getting a blank screen. My output from npm start in MagicMirror directory is: pi@magicmirror:~/MagicMirror $ npm start > magicmirror@2.9.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror > sh run-start.sh Starting MagicMirror: v2.9.0 Loading config ... Loading module helpers ... No helper found for module: alert. Initializing new module helper ... Module helper loaded: updatenotification WARNING! Could not load config file. Starting with default configuration. Error found: Error: Cannot find module 'googleapis' Loading module helpers ... No helper found for module: alert. Initializing new module helper ... Module helper loaded: updatenotification App threw an error during load Error: Cannot find module 'googleapis' 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/MMM-Buller/node_helper.js:14:18) at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buller/node_helper.js:214:3) 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 'googleapis' 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/MMM-Buller/node_helper.js:14:18) at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buller/node_helper.js:214:3) 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 have the following modules clones in my directory: DailyXKCD Beestat Buller DarkSkyForecast Lyft Fitbit MyCommute Bring DailyPokemon MBTA pi-hole-stats I am using a Raspberry pi 3, and installed MM using the curl script. The first alarm was whenever I tried using npm install inside a module directory. I got a node.js incompatibility command. I was on 10.something, and following the text updated to latest version of 9.something. After that, the npm warning of incompatible version went away, but the following still comes up: pi@magicmirror:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buller $ npm install npm WARN Invalid version: "1.0" npm WARN MMM-Buller No description npm WARN MMM-Buller No repository field. npm WARN MMM-Buller No README data npm WARN MMM-Buller No license field. Is this a catastrophic warning? I do not think my config.json is an issue. npm run config:check outputs: pi@magicmirror:~/MagicMirror $ npm run config:check > magicmirror@2.9.0 config:check /home/pi/MagicMirror > node tests/configs/check_config.js Checking file... /home/pi/MagicMirror/config/config.js Your configuration file doesn't contain syntax errors :) Also, for some reason, npm does not recognize `npm audit’ command. I know it is a lot of info, I will promtly try to post outputs of any validation commands. Lastly - my config.json is as follows: /* Magic Mirror Config Sample * * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl * MIT Licensed. * * For more information how you can configurate this file * See https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#configuration * */ var config = { address: "localhost", // Address to listen on, can be: // - "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1" to listen on loopback interface // - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface // - "", "0.0.0.0", "::" to listen on any interface // Default, when address config is left out, is "localhost" port: 8080, ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1"], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses // or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 : // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.1.5"], // or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15 use CIDR format : // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.3.0/28"], language: "en", timeFormat: 12, units: "metric", // Modules // modules: [ // Alert { module: "alert", }, // Notifications { module: "updatenotification", position: "top_bar" }, // Buller - It will put out reminders and compliments { module: 'MMM-Buller', position: 'top_bar', //header: 'Buller', config: { debug: false, lists: [ { type: 'gTasks', name: 'Compliments', updateInterval: 1000 * 60 * 1 * 2, //every minutes color: 'pink', icon: 'fas heart' }, { type: 'gTasks', name: 'Reminders', icon: 'fas lightbulb-o', updateInterval: 1000 * 60 * 1 * 3, //every minutes color: 'blue' } ], } }, // Clock { module: "clock", position: "top_right", config: { timeFormat: '12', displaySeconds: 'false', showPeriod: 'true', clockBold: 'true', timezone: 'America/New_York' //Karachi } }, // calendar { module: "calendar", //header: "Calenar", position: "top_right", config: { calendars: [ { symbol: "island-tropical", url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/76/US_Holidays.ics" }, { symbol: "user-friends", url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/76/US_Holidays.ics" } ] } }, //Buller - this one will be todo in house { module: 'MMM-Buller', position: 'top_right', header: 'To Do', config: { debug: false, lists: [ { type: 'gTasks', name: 'HomeToDo', updateInterval: 1000 * 60 * 1 * 1, //every minutes icon: 'fas tasks', } ], } }, // dARKYsKY module { module: "MMM-DarkSkyForecast", header: "XXXXX", position: "top_left", classes: "default everyone", config: { apikey: "XXXX", latitude: "XXXX", longitude: "XXXX", iconset: "3c", concise: false, forecastLayout: "table", units: "us", maxHourliesToShow: "4", maxDailiesToShow: "4", } }, // XKCD { module: 'DailyXKCD', position: 'bottom_left', config: { invertColors: true, showTitle: true, showAltText: true, randomComic: true } }, // Bring shopping list { module: "MMM-Bring", position: "bottom_center", config: { email: "USER@EXAMPLE.COM", password: "SECRET", updateInterval: 15, // in Minutes listName: "Weggies", // optional showListName: true, activeItemColor: "#EE524F", latestItemColor: "#4FABA2", showLatestItems: false, maxItems: 0, maxLatestItems: 0, locale: "de-DE" } }, // MBTA - Main x Emerson { module: 'MMM-MBTA', position: 'bottom_left', // This can be any of the regions. header: "XXXXXx", config: { apikey: 'XXXX', updateInterval: 30, stations: 'XXX', formatETA: 'true', showOnly: ["Subway", "Bus"], colorIcons: 'true', direction: 'Inbound', noETAToBack: 'false' } }, // MBTA - Davis { module: 'MMM-MBTA', position: 'bottom_left', // This can be any of the regions. header: "XXXX", config: { apikey: 'XXXX', updateInterval: 20, stations: 'XXX": "XXX', formatETA: 'true', showOnly: ["Subway", "Bus"], colorIcons: 'true', flipDirection: 'true', direction: 'Inbound', noETAToBack: 'false' } }, // Commute { module: 'MMM-MyCommute', position: 'bottom_right', header: 'XXXX', classes: 'default everyone', config: { apikey: 'XXXX ', origin: 'XXXX', startTime: '06:00', endTime: '18:00', hideDays: [0,6], pollFrequency: '10 * 60 * 1000', destinations: [ { destination: 'XXXX', label: 'XXXX', mode: 'transit', color: '#82E5AA' }, { destination: 'XXXX', label: 'XXXX', mode: 'driving' }, { destination: 'XXXX', label: 'XXXX', mode: 'transit', color: '#82E5AA' }, { destination: 'XXXX', label: 'XXXX', mode: 'driving' } ] } }, ] }; /*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/ if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}

@ sdetweil - your script worked flawlessly, and everything just works. I have a few kinks to sort out but it is looking like i can finish my wife’s gift before christmas after all. I can’t thank you enough! :folded_hands_medium_skin_tone: :person_bowing_medium_skin_tone: Thank you all for pointing me in the right direction!

@ nakulbende the one you used hasn’t been updated in quite some time… quite a few things have changed… my scipt, which will replace the current one on next release, has been updated and tested for about 6 months. see here https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10171/anyone-want-to-try-updated-installer there is also a new version update script, that will help migrate from one MM release to another… see here https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10859/new-update-upgrade-script-ready-for-testing to ‘backup’. just rename the MagicMirror folder, no copy, no delete…

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@nakulbende oh, great you sorted it out! My recommendation on Reddit to join this forum was not that bad😁. Another happy builder on bord!
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