Error code EADDRINUSE

PXNDA

I have just added MMM-Remote-Control but I started to get this error:EADDRINUSE. I am using a Windows computer.

PXNDA

I also found this error code in the logs ELIFECYCLE. I’m using Git Bash.
Entire log:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
1 verbose cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
1 verbose cli   'start' ]
2 info using npm@6.9.0
3 info using node@v10.16.0
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.8.0~prestart: magicmirror@2.8.0
6 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.8.0~start: magicmirror@2.8.0
7 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.8.0~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.8.0~start: PATH: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin;C:\Users\user1\MagicMirror\node_modules\.bin;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Intel\Shared Libraries\redist\intel64\compiler;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Client SDK\ODBC\170\Tools\Binn\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\nodejs\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\user1\AppData\Roaming\npm
9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.8.0~start: CWD: C:\Users\user1\MagicMirror
10 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.8.0~start: Args: [ '/d /s /c', 'sh run-start.sh' ]
11 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.8.0~start: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
12 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.8.0~start: Failed to exec start script
13 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.8.0 start: `sh run-start.sh`
13 verbose stack Exit status 1
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter. (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\index.js:301:16)
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:198:13)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess. (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\lib\spawn.js:55:14)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:198:13)
13 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:982:16)
13 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:259:5)
14 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.8.0
15 verbose cwd C:\Users\user1\MagicMirror
16 verbose Windows_NT 10.0.18362
17 verbose argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "start"
18 verbose node v10.16.0
19 verbose npm  v6.9.0
20 error code ELIFECYCLE
21 error errno 1
22 error magicmirror@2.8.0 start: `sh run-start.sh`
22 error Exit status 1
23 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.8.0 start script.
23 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

PXNDA

I cloned MagicMirror and copied the run-start.sh into the original but it still doesn’t work.
Entire error:

{ Error: listen EADDRINUSE 0.0.0.0:8080
    at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (net.js:1330:14)
    at listenInCluster (net.js:1378:12)
    at doListen (net.js:1492:7)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19)
    at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:755:11)
    at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:241:19)
    at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:579:3)
  errno: 'EADDRINUSE',
  code: 'EADDRINUSE',
  syscall: 'listen',
  address: '0.0.0.0',
  port: 8080 }

sdetweil

@PXNDA that means something is already using port 8080. Maybe u have pm2 running magicmirror already

mumblebaj

@PXNDA As @sdetweil mentioned, the EADDRINUSE means that something is already listening on port 8080. You need to check what it is and kill the process and try restarting the MM again.

PXNDA

Thank you. It fixed the error code but now it is asking me to create a config file when I already have one.

sdetweil

@PXNDA u have a syntax error

From the MagicMirror folder do

npm run check:config

Fix errors top down, rerun til no errors

PXNDA

Thanks it worked but I now have a black screen, with nothing on it.

sdetweil

@PXNDA open the developers console, ctrl-shift-i, select the console tab and scroll up to find any errors, usually in red text

PXNDA

I got this warning:

Electron Security Warning (Insecure Content-Security-Policy) This renderer process has either no Content Security
Policy set or a policy with “unsafe-eval” enabled. This exposes users of
this app to unnecessary security risks.

For more information and help, consult
https://electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/security.
This warning will not show up
once the app is packaged.