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    Complete Walkthrough - Install MagicMirror on a PC - Windows 7/10

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    • blake_northrupB Offline
      blake_northrup @sdetweil
      last edited by

      @sdetweil Still getting black screen after performing these steps. For some reason, it is stating that I have the wrong syntax in the config file.

      $ npm run config:check

      magicmirror@2.12.0 config:check C:\Users\blake\MagicMirror
      node js/check_config.js

      [2020-07-08 07:59:36.797] [INFO] Checking file… C:\Users\blake\MagicMirror\config\config.js
      [2020-07-08 07:59:36.854] [LOG] Line 1 col 1 Definition for rule ‘prettier/prettier’ was not found.
      C:\Users\blake\MagicMirror\js\check_config.js:66
      throw new Error(“Wrong syntax in config file!”);
      ^

      Error: Wrong syntax in config file!
      at C:\Users\blake\MagicMirror\js\check_config.js:66:10
      at FSReqCallback.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (internal/fs/read_file_context.js:63:3)
      npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
      npm ERR! errno 1
      npm ERR! magicmirror@2.12.0 config:check: node js/check_config.js
      npm ERR! Exit status 1
      npm ERR!
      npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.12.0 config:check script.
      npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

      npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
      npm ERR! C:\Users\blake\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2020-07-08T12_59_36_872Z-debug.log

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      • blake_northrupB Offline
        blake_northrup @sdetweil
        last edited by

        @sdetweil Nevermind. All is now working. Had an extra bit of info in my config file that didn’t need to be there. Thanks again for all of your help sdetweil!

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          dphotograph @blake_northrup
          last edited by

          @blake_northrup

          Hi,
          what was your “extra bit of info in my config file” ? i haf the same error and dont find an error with my config file on my new installed MagicMirror

          Thanks :-)

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          • blake_northrupB Offline
            blake_northrup @dphotograph
            last edited by

            @dphotograph Hey dphotograph, I had somehow copied the bottom part twice, and that was my problem. I just copied the config sample again, and built all of my modules, one by one.

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              djkj84
              last edited by

              Hey guys,
              Really new to this so i’m doing my best… But i am stuck… Any help with this please?
              I’m on Windows 10 Pro.
              Thanks in advance.

              npm start

              magicmirror@2.12.0 start C:\Users\Smart Mirror\MagicMirror
              DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

              ‘DISPLAY’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
              operable program or batch file.
              npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
              npm ERR! errno 1
              npm ERR! magicmirror@2.12.0 start: DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
              npm ERR! Exit status 1
              npm ERR!
              npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.12.0 start script.
              npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

              npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
              npm ERR! C:\Users\Smart Mirror\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2020-08-19T10_14_26_713Z-debug.log

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              • earnestrichardsE Offline
                earnestrichards @djkj84
                last edited by earnestrichards

                @djkj84 I had this same problem on Win7.

                I searched the forum and found this post by @sdetweil…

                fix

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                  Uwe Kretsen @Mykle1
                  last edited by

                  @Mykle1 said in Complete Walkthrough - Install MagicMirror on a PC - Windows 7/10:

                  Had enough? Lets run that MagicMirror, NOW!

                  Hallo there,
                  if you will find some free time to help :
                  I tried a few times to process the whole procedure of starting new MM software on PC - I am not even a newbie so it is really hard to say what I am doing wrong.
                  see pic - does it say to you anything? 18f689c8-c4ec-4f15-9558-c554ee194971-image.png
                  it seems I will have to give up - programming is not for all ;-)
                  BR

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                    sdetweil @Uwe Kretsen
                    last edited by sdetweil

                    @Uwe-Kretsen do not install under mingw, just open a command prompt/ powershell prompt and do the git clone/npm install

                    u need git of course and node/npm (google how to install)

                    then u need to do some more steps as the setup is for linux

                    cd MagicMirror
                    cd vendor
                    npm install
                    cd ..
                    cd fonts
                    npm install
                    cd ..
                    

                    then edit package.json and change the start line
                    from

                    		"start": "DISPLAY=\"${DISPLAY:=:0}\" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js",
                    

                    to

                    		"start": "node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js",
                    

                    then npm start works as expected

                    also, you must manually copy the MagicMirror/config/config.js.sample to the initial config.js
                    also create the empty MagicMirror/css/custom.css

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      Uwe Kretsen @sdetweil
                      last edited by

                      @sdetweil Dear Sam, thank you for the help - it start to work. I am really grateful fro support.
                      Now I will spend some days or weeks :-) to find out how to add /remove extra modules. hope to do my MagicMirror project to the end.
                      once again thank you
                      and stay healthy
                      BR Uwe

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                        sdetweil @Uwe Kretsen
                        last edited by

                        @Uwe-Kretsen see the links in my signature , they will help you

                        Sam

                        How to add modules

                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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