UNSOLVED Mirror is blank even after preparing a config.js file

taztrk

Hi. I’m kind of new to ubuntu based operating systems and completely new to magic mirror and javascript. I prepared a config file based on the sample and the module information. When checked to see what the webpage looked like, there was the screen saying that i hadnt prepared a config file or that it had errors. So i did as advised and used jslint.com to debug the code until there were no more warnings. Now when I open the server page all i get is a blank screen. I think it might have something to do with the “there are no functions” phrase in the function report section of the jslint site but I have no clue. Could someone point me in the right direction please? Thanks

paviro

@taztrk make sure to check your web inspector (use the node serveronly function and a browser of your choice - there should be a thread about that somewhere) for errors.

taztrk

I tried to follow the HOw to Troubleshoot forum. I downloaded firebug and did node serveronly and this is the result:

pi@raspberrypi:/var/www/html/MagicMirror $ node serveronly
module.js:440
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'express'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:438:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:386:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:466:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/var/www/html/MagicMirror/js/server.js:8:15)
    at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:456:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:415:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:407:3)
pi@raspberrypi:/var/www/html/MagicMirror $ node serveronly
module.js:440
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'express'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:438:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:386:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:466:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/var/www/html/MagicMirror/js/server.js:8:15)
    at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:456:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:415:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:407:3)
pi@raspberrypi:/var/www/html/MagicMirror $

I opened MM on firefox and used firebug but i didn´t see anything that looked like an error.

paviro

@taztrk so you did not do npm install?

taztrk

@paviro it turns out i didn’t. I did it now and got errors like this. Sorry for the screenshot before hand

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paviro

@taztrk please use Markdown on code snippets so it is easier to read
Looks like your OS or node version is not supported by Electron. Try using Raspbian especially if you do not have much experience.