MagicMirror won't start after update

harrycool25

After the recent update (yes, I used the reccommeded command from the FAQ :) ), MagicMirror just won’t start. When attempting to start it using pm2 (previously worked normally), it says it’s started, but no windows show up whatsoever. Then, when I try to run

npm start

inside the /MagicMirror folder, this error pops up:

> magicmirror@2.10.1 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
> ./run-start.sh

App threw an error during load
/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/ws/lib/websocket.js:347
      ...options
      ^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token ...
    at createScript (vm.js:74:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:116:10)
    at Module._compile (module.js:533:28)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/ws/index.js:3:19)
A JavaScript error occurred in the main process
Uncaught Exception:
/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/ws/lib/websocket.js:347
      ...options
      ^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token ...
    at createScript (vm.js:74:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:116:10)
    at Module._compile (module.js:533:28)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/ws/index.js:3:19)

Can anyone assist me in diagnosing this mess? I am very new to Linux so I have zero idea what’s going on here.

Thank you all so much, and have a nice day.

sdetweil

@harrycool25 how did u update?

sdetweil

@harrycool25 said in MagicMirror won't start after update:

yes, I used the reccommeded command from the FAQ

i suspect you did

git pull

but did NOT do the

npm install

required for this update

harrycool25

@sdetweil
I’ve also run

npm install

inside the MagicMirror folder when updating. No idea what happened next. Is there anyway I could, I don’t know, revert changes?

sdetweil

@harrycool25 ok, let’s see if we can fix it

Do

cd ~/MagicMirror
rm -rf node_modules
npm install

Then
npm start