After 2.8 I'm having tons of issues. What are the steps from square 1 to get this working?

sdetweil

@Gomalley ok, wasnt clear u had just the base MagicMirror.

If you do pm2 logs, what does it show?

Also, what does npm -v show?

U may need to upgrade npm

npm i -g npm

Then do the npm install again in the MagicMirror folder

Gomalley

@sdetweil
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pm2 logs
[PM2] Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=/home/pi/.pm2
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:583
throw err;
^

Error: Cannot find module ‘shelljs’
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:581:15)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:507:25)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
at require (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:161:20)
at module.exports.Client.launchDaemon (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:244:7)
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:103:10
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:311:14
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:61:11)
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm -v
6.10.2
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

This is what happened when I did pm2 logs and npm -v. I am about to see what npm i -g npm will do

Gomalley

@sdetweil
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm i -g npm
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall access
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access ‘/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm’
npm ERR! { [Error: EACCES: permission denied, access ‘/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm’]
npm ERR! stack:
npm ERR! ‘Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm'’,
npm ERR! errno: -13,
npm ERR! code: ‘EACCES’,
npm ERR! syscall: ‘access’,
npm ERR! path: ‘/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm’ }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! The operation was rejected by your operating system.
npm ERR! It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the
npm ERR! permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running
npm ERR! the command again as root/Administrator (though this is not recommended).

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2019-08-05T19_21_26_414Z-debug.log

sdetweil

@Gomalley go old sudo screws thing up again…

cd ~
sudo chown -R pi .

Then try again…

Gomalley

@sdetweil this is what happened when I typed in the command

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo chown -R pi
chown: missing operand after ‘pi’
Try ‘chown --help’ for more information.

sdetweil

@Gomalley there was a dot at the end, it was important

Gomalley

@sdetweil

Sorry, I missed that.
This is what happened

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cd ~
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo chown -R pi .
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

It just went to the next line. Not sure why

sdetweil

@Gomalley it doesn’t say anything, it just changes ownership of everything in the home folder and down to the user pi.

Now, back to what u were doing before

Gomalley

@sdetweil
I tried to excute some of the commands you gave me

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pm2 logs
[PM2] Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=/home/pi/.pm2
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:583
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'shelljs'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:581:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:507:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:161:20)
    at module.exports.Client.launchDaemon (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:244:7)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:103:10
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:311:14
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:61:11)
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm i -g npm
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall access
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm'
npm ERR!  { [Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm']
npm ERR!   stack:
npm ERR!    'Error: EACCES: permission denied, access \'/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm\'',
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'access',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm' }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! The operation was rejected by your operating system.
npm ERR! It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the
npm ERR! permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running
npm ERR! the command again as root/Administrator (though this is not recommended).

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2019-08-06T18_59_40_902Z-debug.log
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

I ran “pm2 logs” and “npm i -g npm”
Looks like I got similar results. Should I do

npm install

In the MagicMirror folder now?

sdetweil

@Gomalley no. Looks like u installed npm w sudo(root)

So, short term do

sudo npm i -g npm

Gomalley

@sdetweil Sweet I think that worked

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo npm i -g npm
/usr/local/bin/npm -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
/usr/local/bin/npx -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js
+ npm@6.10.3
updated 3 packages in 128.39s
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

Now that I have done that, Should I run

npm install

and then:

cd ~/MagicMirror
npm install

sdetweil

@Gomalley only

cd ~/MagicMirror
npm install

Gomalley

@sdetweil

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm install

> magicmirror@2.8.0 install /home/pi/MagicMirror
> cd vendor && npm install

npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.4 (node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.4: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"arm"})

audited 220 packages in 21.352s
found 5 vulnerabilities (4 low, 1 high)
  run `npm audit fix` to fix them, or `npm audit` for details

> magicmirror@2.8.0 postinstall /home/pi/MagicMirror
> sh installers/postinstall/postinstall.sh && npm run install-fonts

MagicMirror installation successful!

> magicmirror@2.8.0 install-fonts /home/pi/MagicMirror
> cd fonts && npm install

audited 1 package in 1.151s
found 0 vulnerabilities

audited 3592 packages in 97.711s
found 0 vulnerabilities

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $

Looks good. What should I do next?, Try to start the mirror?

sdetweil

@Gomalley yes, start it up

Gomalley

@sdetweil I was able to start up he mirror by doing

cd ~ /MagicMirror
npm start

The mirror started up like usual but it didn’t restart after I exited out of it.

sdetweil

@Gomalley ok, now try

pm2 list

If something is there, try

pm2 start ???

Where name is whatever was shown

If nothing, use my new script, see link in troubleshooting section

Gomalley

@sdetweil

pm2 list

gave me error messages so I ran the updated script and keeps coming up with an error for shelljs

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pm2 list
[PM2] Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=/home/pi/.pm2
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:583
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'shelljs'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:581:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:507:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:161:20)
    at module.exports.Client.launchDaemon (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:244:7)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:103:10
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:311:14
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:61:11)
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ bash -c  "$(curl -sL  https://www.dropbox.com/s/cy2z7lbkpifcbrk/fixuppm2.sh?dl=0)"
bash: line 26: 1: command not found
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:583
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'shelljs'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:581:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:507:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:161:20)
    at module.exports.Client.launchDaemon (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:244:7)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:103:10
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:311:14
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:61:11)
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:583
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'shelljs'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:581:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:507:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:161:20)
    at detectInitSystem (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/API/Startup.js:50:11)
    at API.CLI.startup (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/API/Startup.js:186:27)
    at Command.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2:705:9)
    at Command.listener (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/commander/index.js:315:8)
    at Command.emit (events.js:189:13)
    at Command.parseArgs (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/commander/index.js:651:12)
[PM2] Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=/home/pi/.pm2
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:583
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'shelljs'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:581:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:507:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:161:20)
    at module.exports.Client.launchDaemon (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:244:7)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:103:10
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:311:14
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:61:11)
[PM2] Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=/home/pi/.pm2
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:583
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'shelljs'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:581:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:507:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:161:20)
    at module.exports.Client.launchDaemon (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:244:7)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:103:10
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:311:14
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:61:11)
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

I’ve run into this “cannot find shelljs” error before

Gomalley

@sdetweil
Is it possibly the version of raspbian that is messing this up because it use to work before they released the latest version of raspbian and before MM 2.8 as well.

sdetweil

@Gomalley pm2 needs to be reinstalled, cause the npm version changed.

lets try my new pm2 fixup script…

bash -c "$(curl -sL  https://www.dropbox.com/s/cy2z7lbkpifcbrk/fixuppm2.sh?dl=0)"

I’ve added your problems to the list it handles

Gomalley

@sdetweil
Thank you! The mirror now autostarts!
So all this time I was doing it on a Lexar micro sd card. It actually froze on the startup page so I threw in a 16gb Ultra sandisk amd started the process all over.
Heres the steps that I followed:

pm2 logs

npm i -g npm

cd ~
sudo chown -R pi .

pm2 logs

npm i -g npm

sudo npm i -g npm

cd ~/MagicMirror
npm install

pm2 list

bash -c "$(curl -sL  https://www.dropbox.com/s/cy2z7lbkpifcbrk/fixuppm2.sh?dl=0)"

Thank you again for your help!