UNSOLVED MMM-BackgroundSlideshow just shows black screen

CliffordW

To start, I just copy/pasted the code directly from the page. I have checked and I have the sample images in the folder. Any ideas what I’m doing wrong?

var config = {
	address: "localhost", // Address to listen on, can be:
	                      // - "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1" to listen on loopback interface
	                      // - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface
	                      // - "", "0.0.0.0", "::" to listen on any interface
	                      // Default, when address config is left out, is "localhost"
	port: 8080,
	ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1"], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses
	                                                       // or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.1.5"],
	                                                       // or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15 use CIDR format :
	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.3.0/28"],

	language: "en",
	timeFormat: 24,
	units: "metric",
	// serverOnly:  true/false/"local" ,
			     // local for armv6l processors, default 
			     //   starts serveronly and then starts chrome browser
			     // false, default for all  NON-armv6l devices
			     // true, force serveronly mode, because you want to.. no UI on this device
	
	modules: [
		{
			
			module: 'MMM-BackgroundSlideshow',
			position: 'fullscreen-below',
			config: {
				imagePaths: ['modules/MMM-BackgroundSlideshow/exampleImages/'],
				transitionImages: true,
				slideshowSpeed: 1000, // 1000 is 10 seconds
				randomizeImageOrder: true
			}
		}
		
	]

};

sdetweil

@CliffordW said in MMM-BackgroundSlideshow just shows black screen:

MMM-BackgroundSlideshow

did u do the npm install in the module folder? it has required dependencies…

usually black screen means something missing

CliffordW

I thought I had, but I did it again. Does the message mean something is ‘wrong’?

https://imgur.com/ERqHlS6

sdetweil

@CliffordW no. That’s ok.

If you do, npm start dev
Select the console tab and scroll up to see any errors

Do u see anything in red?

CliffordW

@sdetweil Considering how early on I am, I’m just going to wipe it clean and start again. Thanks for your help, I’ll be back to let you know either way.

CliffordW

@sdetweil As I suspected. I rebuilt it, and it’s working now. Obviously some kind of newbie error. Thanks again!

sdetweil

@CliffordW glad u got it working!!