<![CDATA[Magic Mirror wont start]]>I cant get Magic Mirror to start…I am a novice. Im running 2019-07-10
Raspbian Buster with desktop and recommended software. I am using this guide https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/236/complete-setup-tutorial/6
Any help is greatly aprecciated!

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm start

magicmirror@2.8.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror

sh run-start.sh

/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/index.js:14

throw new Error(‘Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again’)

^

Error: Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again

at getElectronPath (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/index.js:14:11)

at Object. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/index.js:18:18)

at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:778:30)

at Object.Module._extensions…js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)

at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)

at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)

at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)

at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:692:17)

at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18)

at Object. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/cli.js:3:16)

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! errno 1

npm ERR! magicmirror@2.8.0 start: sh run-start.sh

npm ERR! Exit status 1

npm ERR!

npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.8.0 start script.

npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

npm ERR! /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2019-09-24T01_02_05_382Z-debug.log

r $ sudo npm start

magicmirror@2.8.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror

sh run-start.sh

/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/index.js:14

throw new Error(‘Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again’)

^

Error: Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again

at getElectronPath (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/index.js:14:11)

at Object. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/index.js:18:18)

at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:778:30)

at Object.Module._extensions…js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)

at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)

at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)

at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)

at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:692:17)

at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18)

at Object. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/cli.js:3:16)

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! errno 1

npm ERR! magicmirror@2.8.0 start: sh run-start.sh

npm ERR! Exit status 1

npm ERR!

npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.8.0 start script.

npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

npm ERR! /root/.npm/_logs/2019-09-24T00_41_40_033Z-debug.log

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ DISPLAY=:0 npm start

magicmirror@2.8.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror

sh run-start.sh

/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/index.js:14

throw new Error(‘Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again’)

^

Error: Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again

at getElectronPath (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/index.js:14:11)

at Object. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/index.js:18:18)

at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:778:30)

at Object.Module._extensions…js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)

at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)

at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)

at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)

at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:692:17)

at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18)

at Object. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/cli.js:3:16)

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! errno 1

npm ERR! magicmirror@2.8.0 start: sh run-start.sh

npm ERR! Exit status 1

npm ERR!

npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.8.0 start script.

npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

npm ERR! /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2019-09-24T00_50_26_474Z-debug.log

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/11210/magic-mirror-wont-startRSS for NodeMon, 11 May 2026 12:30:51 GMTTue, 24 Sep 2019 01:07:18 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Magic Mirror wont start on Tue, 24 Sep 2019 02:10:16 GMT]]>@everybodyfloats try my updated installer.

Rename the MagicMirror folder out of the way first

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10171/anyone-want-to-try-updated-installer

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/61589https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/61589Tue, 24 Sep 2019 02:10:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Magic Mirror wont start on Wed, 25 Sep 2019 23:42:44 GMT]]>@everybodyfloats cool… can u mark this issue closed (3 dots to the right of the message that solves if)

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/61713https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/61713Wed, 25 Sep 2019 23:42:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Magic Mirror wont start on Wed, 25 Sep 2019 22:33:01 GMT]]>@sdetweil OMG it works!!! Thank you!!!

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/61712https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/61712Wed, 25 Sep 2019 22:33:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Magic Mirror wont start on Tue, 24 Sep 2019 02:10:16 GMT]]>@everybodyfloats try my updated installer.

Rename the MagicMirror folder out of the way first

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10171/anyone-want-to-try-updated-installer

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/61589https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/61589Tue, 24 Sep 2019 02:10:16 GMT