<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[MagicMirror keeps crashing within a minute of restart]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Getting the following error details:</p>
<pre><code>0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/node', '/usr/bin/npm', 'start' ]
2 info using npm@6.11.2
3 info using node@v10.15.3
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~prestart: magicmirror@2.11.0
6 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: magicmirror@2.11.0
7 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: PATH: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/node-gyp-bin:/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: CWD: /home/pi/MagicMirror
10 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: Args: [ '-c',
10 silly lifecycle   'DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js' ]
11 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
12 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: Failed to exec start script
13 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.11.0 start: `DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js`
13 verbose stack Exit status 1
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.&lt;anonymous&gt; (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/index.js:332:16)
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:189:13)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.&lt;anonymous&gt; (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/lib/spawn.js:55:14)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:189:13)
13 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:970:16)
13 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:259:5)
14 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.11.0
15 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
16 verbose Linux 4.14.98-v7+
17 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
18 verbose node v10.15.3
19 verbose npm  v6.11.2
20 error code ELIFECYCLE
21 error errno 1
22 error magicmirror@2.11.0 start: `DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js`
22 error Exit status 1
23 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.11.0 start script.
23 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

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<p dir="auto">I have watchdog running, so it keeps trying to restart, but I get the same error.  Visually, I see several modules load each time, but then it crashes.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/12755/magicmirror-keeps-crashing-within-a-minute-of-restart</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:11:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/12755.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2020 18:47:38 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to MagicMirror keeps crashing within a minute of restart on Sat, 23 May 2020 00:57:49 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/salbee" aria-label="Profile: salbee">@<bdi>salbee</bdi></a> glad u found it…</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/75782</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/75782</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sdetweil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2020 00:57:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to MagicMirror keeps crashing within a minute of restart on Sat, 23 May 2020 00:52:20 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/sdetweil" aria-label="Profile: sdetweil">@<bdi>sdetweil</bdi></a> After much troubleshooting, I’ve narrowed the problem down to only occur when I have screen rotation turned on (in the /boot/config.txt file).  Changing the rotation approach to use the custom.css file instead, the problem has gone away.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/75779</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/75779</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[salbee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2020 00:52:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to MagicMirror keeps crashing within a minute of restart on Sat, 09 May 2020 02:05:30 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/salbee" aria-label="Profile: salbee">@<bdi>salbee</bdi></a> how did u upgrade?  pull, &amp; npm install?</p>
<p dir="auto">also need to do npm install in every module folder that has a package.json file</p>
<p dir="auto">for future upgrades use the new upgrade script<br />
see <a href="https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts</a></p>
<p dir="auto">also, how did you do that start after uograde?  npm start or use pm2?</p>
<p dir="auto">if pm2, there might be something in the logs</p>
<pre><code>pm2 logs --lines=100
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]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/74887</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/74887</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sdetweil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2020 02:05:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to MagicMirror keeps crashing within a minute of restart on Sat, 09 May 2020 02:00:51 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/sdetweil" aria-label="Profile: sdetweil">@<bdi>sdetweil</bdi></a> it was an upgrade</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/74886</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/74886</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[salbee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2020 02:00:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to MagicMirror keeps crashing within a minute of restart on Sun, 03 May 2020 19:16:42 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/salbee" aria-label="Profile: salbee">@<bdi>salbee</bdi></a> how did u get to 2.11? install or upgrade?</p>
<p dir="auto">how did u install or upgrade</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/74543</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/74543</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sdetweil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2020 19:16:42 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>