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node serveronly works, but npm start doesn't

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    nealterrell
    last edited by Jan 2, 2020, 12:05 AM

    How can I go about diagnosing an issue where node serveronly works fine, but npm start (whether on a terminal or via pm2) fails silently? The only log information from npm is this:

    > magicmirror@2.10.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
    > ./run-start.sh
    [15:42:38.586] [LOG]    Starting MagicMirror: v2.10.0
    [15:42:38.595] [LOG]    Loading config ...
    [15:42:38.600] [LOG]    Loading module helpers ...
    [15:42:38.689] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
    [15:42:38.690] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: MMM-Remote-Control
    
    (process terminates)
    

    It’s something to do with the MMM-PIR-Sensor module – removing it from config fixes npm start – but the module works fine in node serveronly mode, so I am having trouble identifying the problem.

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      sdetweil @nealterrell
      last edited by sdetweil Jan 2, 2020, 12:37 AM Jan 2, 2020, 12:36 AM

      @nealterrell did u install 2.10 or upgrade? Did u use one of the scripts?

      What pi is this

      run-start.sh had been updated to auto detect serveronly in config.js, or on systems where electron doesn’t work.

      Edit the run-start.sh and add a space and -x to the first line

      And then do npm start

      Sam

      How to add modules

      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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        nealterrell @sdetweil
        last edited by nealterrell Jan 2, 2020, 1:22 AM Jan 2, 2020, 1:21 AM

        @sdetweil Thank you for your reply. Raspberry Pi 4. Initially I upgraded with git pull && npm install, but I found your upgrade script and ran that. Now I added -x to run-start, and this is the output:

        > magicmirror@2.10.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
        > ./run-start.sh
        
        + ./untrack-css.sh
        + '[' -z :0.0 ']'
        ++ uname -m
        + arch=armv7l
        + false=false
        ++ grep -v '^\s//' config/config.js
        ++ grep -i serveronly:
        ++ awk '{print tolower($2)}'
        ++ tr -d ',"'\'''
        + serveronly=
        + serveronly=false
        ++ pgrep Xorg
        + xorg=454
        ++ uname
        + mac=Linux
        + '[' false. '!=' false. -o armv7l == armv6l ']'
        + '[' 454. == . -a Linux '!=' Darwin ']'
        + electron js/electron.js
        [17:16:24.796] [LOG]    Starting MagicMirror: v2.10.0
        [17:16:24.810] [LOG]    Loading config ...
        [17:16:24.820] [LOG]    Loading module helpers ...
        [17:16:24.948] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
        [17:16:24.949] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: MMM-Remote-Control
        

        I added some logging to app.js where it loads modules, and the process terminates on the line Module = require(helperPath) when helperPath is the MMM-PIR-Sensor module.

        I don’t expect you to diagnose every misbehaving module, so I’ll continue to dig and see what went wrong. Any advice would be appreciated; especially regarding why there’s no issue with node serveronly.

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          nealterrell @sdetweil
          last edited by Jan 2, 2020, 1:30 AM

          @sdetweil I found that MMM-PIR-Sensor was failing when requiring onoff, so I wiped its node_modules, npm install, and now everything is fine. Sorry for wasting your time!

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            sdetweil @nealterrell
            last edited by sdetweil Jan 2, 2020, 1:53 AM Jan 2, 2020, 1:40 AM

            @nealterrell but my script was supposed to run the npm install for you.

            Can u send me the installers/upgrade.log

            Same Id as here on Gmail. Thx

            Sam

            How to add modules

            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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