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

[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!

[sdetweil]

@Gomalley glad that it’s working.
My new installer might have avoided all the rework after git clone

[maxheartrate]

Hi,

I am having the exact same problem: Black screen after 2.8 update. I followed all the suggestions you two came up with but my screen remains black.

This is what I get after npm start:

Starting MagicMirror: v2.8.0
Loading config ...
Loading module helpers ...
WARNING! Could not load config file. Starting with default configuration. Error found: Error: Cannot find module 'node_helper'
Loading module helpers ...
App threw an error during load
Error: Cannot find module 'node_helper'
    at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:602:15)
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/common/reset-search-paths.js:35:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:528:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:658:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js:6:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js:94:3)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:711:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:620:32)
Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
{ Error: Cannot find module 'node_helper'
    at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:602:15)
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/common/reset-search-paths.js:35:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:528:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:658:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js:6:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js:94:3)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:711:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:620:32) code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND' }
MagicMirror will not quit, but it might be a good idea to check why this happened. Maybe no internet connection?
If you think this really is an issue, please open an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues
Launching application.
^Cpi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ 
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm stop
npm ERR! missing script: stop

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2019-08-08T12_50_44_769Z-debug.log
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ pm2 stop mm
[PM2] Applying action stopProcessId on app [mm](ids: 0)
[PM2] [mm](0) ✓
┌─────────────┬────┬──────┬─────────┬───┬─────┬────────┐
│ Name        │ id │ mode │ status  │ ↺ │ cpu │ memory │
├─────────────┼────┼──────┼─────────┼───┼─────┼────────┤
│ MagicMirror │ 1  │ fork │ stopped │ 0 │ 0%  │ 0 B    │
│ mm          │ 0  │ fork │ stopped │ 1 │ 0%  │ 0 B    │
└─────────────┴────┴──────┴─────────┴───┴─────┴────────┘
 Use `pm2 show <id|name>` to get more details about an app
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ pm2 list
┌─────────────┬────┬──────┬─────────┬───┬─────┬────────┐
│ Name        │ id │ mode │ status  │ ↺ │ cpu │ memory │
├─────────────┼────┼──────┼─────────┼───┼─────┼────────┤
│ MagicMirror │ 1  │ fork │ stopped │ 0 │ 0%  │ 0 B    │
│ mm          │ 0  │ fork │ stopped │ 1 │ 0%  │ 0 B    │
└─────────────┴────┴──────┴─────────┴───┴─────┴────────┘
 Use `pm2 show <id|name>` to get more details about an app
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $  pm2 start MagicMirror
[PM2] Applying action restartProcessId on app [MagicMirror](ids: 1)
[PM2] [MagicMirror](1) ✓
[PM2] Process successfully started
┌─────────────┬────┬──────┬─────────┬───┬─────┬──────────┐
│ Name        │ id │ mode │ status  │ ↺ │ cpu │ memory   │
├─────────────┼────┼──────┼─────────┼───┼─────┼──────────┤
│ MagicMirror │ 1  │ fork │ online  │ 0 │ 0%  │ 2.5 MB   │
│ mm          │ 0  │ fork │ stopped │ 1 │ 0%  │ 0 B      │
└─────────────┴────┴──────┴─────────┴───┴─────┴──────────┘
 Use `pm2 show <id|name>` to get more details about an app
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm start

> magicmirror@2.8.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
> sh run-start.sh


Starting MagicMirror: v2.8.0
Loading config ...
Loading module helpers ...
WARNING! Could not load config file. Starting with default configuration. Error found: Error: Cannot find module 'node_helper'
Loading module helpers ...
App threw an error during load
Error: Cannot find module 'node_helper'
    at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:602:15)
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/common/reset-search-paths.js:35:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:528:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:658:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js:6:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js:94:3)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:711:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:620:32)
Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
{ Error: Cannot find module 'node_helper'
    at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:602:15)
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/common/reset-search-paths.js:35:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:528:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:658:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js:6:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js:94:3)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:711:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:620:32) code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND' }
MagicMirror will not quit, but it might be a good idea to check why this happened. Maybe no internet connection?
If you think this really is an issue, please open an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues
Launching application.

I also get the black screen when I start with ‘pm2 MagicMirror’ which was created by @sdetweil script and starting with my original command ‘pm2 start mm’.

Looks really screwed up and since I have to admit that I am a noob I am lost.

Any suggestions? Best, Max

[sdetweil]

weird…

node_helper is a special module provided by MM and part of the install package

can u do

 ls ~/MagicMirror/node_modules/node_helper/

it should display 1 file, index.js

did u remove the node_modules folder?
ps. I did that once, and had the same problem!

try this

cd ~/MagicMirror
git checkout -- node_modules/node_helper/index.js

then try restarting MagicMirror

[maxheartrate]

@sdetweil

Hi, thank you for your advise.

 ls ~/MagicMirror/node_modules/node_helper/

shows me

ls: Zugriff auf ‘/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/node_helper/’ nicht möglich: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
File or folder not found

git checkout -- node_modules/node_helper/index.js

results in

error: pathspec ‘node_modules/node_helper/index.js’ did not match any file(s) known to git.

[sdetweil]

@maxheartrate ok. I am away from my system now for a couple days.

Try

git checkout -- node_helper/index.js

If that fails, try

git status

Then rename your MagicMirror folder to something else, clone it again, and copy the node_modules/node_helper folder to your previous installation, and rename the new one, then the old one back

[maxheartrate]

Your two suggestions did not work. That is why I followed step 3: cloning MM again and copying node_helper to node_modules.

I ran npm install in node_modules and in the MagicMirror directory.

Now it looks like I got one error further … :flushed_face:

This is what I get now:

> sh run-start.sh

Starting MagicMirror: v2.8.0
Loading config ...
Loading module helpers ...
WARNING! Could not load config file. Starting with default configuration. Error found: Error: Cannot find module '../../../js/class.js'
Loading module helpers ...
App threw an error during load
Error: Cannot find module '../../../js/class.js'
    at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:602:15)
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/common/reset-search-paths.js:35:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:528:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:658:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/node_helper/index.js:8:13)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/node_helper/index.js:127:3)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:711:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:620:32)
Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
{ Error: Cannot find module '../../../js/class.js'
    at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:602:15)
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/common/reset-search-paths.js:35:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:528:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:658:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/node_helper/index.js:8:13)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/node_helper/index.js:127:3)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:711:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:620:32) code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND' }
MagicMirror will not quit, but it might be a good idea to check why this happened. Maybe no internet connection?
If you think this really is an issue, please open an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues
Launching application.

[sdetweil]

@maxheartrate no. No npm install in the node_modules folder. That messes everything up.

Do

cd ~/MagicMirror
rm -rf node_modules
cp -R -p ???/node_modules ~/MagicMirror

Where ??? Is your recently cloned download.

Then in the MagicMirror folder do

npm install

IF u had other modules installed, beyond the initial set, then look thru their folders and see if there is a package.json file present. If so, in each such module folder do a

npm install 

there

I made a new script to do all this upgrade stuff, but I don’t know what will happen if the git pull is already done.
See my upgrade topic in the troubleshooting section

[maxheartrate]

Hi @sdetweil, thanks for joining in and for your advise.

I followed your steps just as described. The node_helper was the only module in the newly cloned node_modules folder. I then ran npm install and an npm install in every modules folder with a package.json file.

After that I ran into the missing node_helper error again. Obviously the folder was deleted when I ran the npm install in the MagicMirror folder. Now I copied the node_helper folder from the newly cloned version again and I am back at the error I sent in my previous post. :dizzy_face: