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    Black screen instead of desktop after installing PIR sensor

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      sdetweil @09succotash
      last edited by sdetweil

      @09succotash if u right click, does the popup menu have desktop preferences?
      is should

      https://forum.lxde.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=31338

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        09succotash @sdetweil
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        @sdetweil This is what mine looks like. The white bar at the top of the screen is vnc viewer, not the screen. I’m using vnc viewer on my laptop.
        0_1577118980626_fb54c8d6-fef4-4369-b632-05227fd16e62-image.png

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          sdetweil @09succotash
          last edited by sdetweil

          @09succotash ok, select Desktops or reconfigure

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            09succotash @sdetweil
            last edited by 09succotash

            @sdetweil Clicked reconfigure, nothing shows up. Clicked desktop, just shows a list of desktops. Shows 4 desktops. I’ve been through them all, shows the same black screen.

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              sdetweil @09succotash
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              @09succotash in the terminal window, if u run sudo raspi-config
              and look at boot options…

              beyond that there are 1 few (hundred) posts about problems like this if u search google

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                09succotash @sdetweil
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                @sdetweil Boot options, and then what?

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                  sdetweil @09succotash
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                  @09succotash I might try to change desktop with login

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                    09succotash @sdetweil
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                    @sdetweil Been there, done that, didn’t work. I’ve been searching Google for this issue, and came up short. Didn’t find much results, but I will try some more searching,

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                      diccon
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                      I had a similar problem when I used MMM-PIR-Sensor module. Everything had been working for about 6 months then I updated something and it stoped working. I re-installed everything several times and through a process of elimination and google searches it acmes down to this particular module.

                      I have now got it a working again by finding the latest update from a branched version of MMM-PIR-Sensor module.

                      I never did find the cause.

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                        Lightspeed
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                        I had a simmilar Problem an had to use my old Backup after investigating hours. It seems that there are Problems between versions of node and electron. Do you have a white Window shortly and then the black desktop screen?

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