Error with launching the magic mirror Applicants. it said i need to create a config file.

[dearco]

WARNING! Could not find config file. Please create one. Starting with default configuration.
Loading module helpers …
Initializing new module helper …
Module helper loaded: updatenotification
No helper found for module: helloworld.
All module helpers loaded.
Starting server on port 8080 …
Server started …
Connecting socket for: updatenotification
Sockets connected & modules started …
Whoops! There was an uncaught exception…
{ Error: listen EADDRINUSE 127.0.0.1:8080
at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (net.js:1330:14)
at listenInCluster (net.js:1378:12)
at GetAddrInfoReqWrap.doListen [as callback] (net.js:1492:7)
at GetAddrInfoReqWrap.onlookup [as oncomplete] (dns.js:55:10)
errno: ‘EADDRINUSE’,
code: ‘EADDRINUSE’,
syscall: ‘listen’,
address: ‘127.0.0.1’,
port: 8080 }
MagicMirror will not quit, but it might be a good idea to check why this happened. Maybe no internet connection?

[mumblebaj]

@dearco said in Error with launching the magic mirror Applicants. it said i need to create a config file.:

EADDRINUSE

That usually means that something else is running on port 8080. Maybe you have two instances of MM running?

[Mykle1]

@dearco said in Error with launching the magic mirror Applicants. it said i need to create a config file.:

WARNING! Could not find config file. Please create one. Starting with default configuration.

And there is a problem with your config. This should help.

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4528/how-to-create-a-working-config-for-absolute-beginners

[sdetweil]

@Mykle1 probably pm2 started instance

[Mykle1]

@sdetweil

Ah, my bad.