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    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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    can't run "npm run start"

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    • J Offline
      jefftse
      last edited by

      I can do “npm run server” but not “npm run start”

      Any takers?

      magicmirror@2.11.0 start /home/jeff/MagicMirror
      DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

      No protocol specified

      (electron:17603): Gtk-WARNING **: 18:42:53.065: cannot open display: :0.0
      npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
      npm ERR! errno 1
      npm ERR! magicmirror@2.11.0 start: DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
      npm ERR! Exit status 1
      npm ERR!
      npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.11.0 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/jeff/.npm/_logs/2020-06-23T22_42_53_102Z-debug.log

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        actimbar @jefftse
        last edited by

        @jefftse i had an error yesterday on a clean installation of raspberrian with npm and electron was involved, but I did it from another virtual desktop, (working with unencrypted VNC server) working on finding a solution.

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          sdetweil @jefftse
          last edited by

          @jefftse what os platform is this?

          did you do manual install or use the script?

          Sam

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            sdetweil @actimbar
            last edited by

            @actimbar did u use the install script?

            Sam

            How to add modules

            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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              actimbar @sdetweil
              last edited by

              @sdetweil by VNC desktop, I got stuck on step 4 of manual installation (npm install), I made a reboot before the error, now I’m trying (npm install) without VNC.
              Now installation ended successfully!

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                jefftse @sdetweil
                last edited by

                @sdetweil

                Raspberry pi 4 raspbrian

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                  jefftse @sdetweil
                  last edited by

                  @sdetweil

                  I did and the same thing

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                    sdetweil @jefftse
                    last edited by sdetweil

                    @jefftse are u doing this over vnc without a real display?

                    the start script assumes a real display
                    change the package.json start to match your config

                        "start": "DISPLAY=\"${DISPLAY:=:0}\" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js",
                    

                    the start command is

                    npm start 
                    

                    Sam

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                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      jefftse @sdetweil
                      last edited by

                      @sdetweil

                      I tried both. I even deleted the whole folder and reinstalled. Maybe electron is the problem.

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                        sdetweil @jefftse
                        last edited by sdetweil

                        @jefftse no, change the line in package.json
                        from

                         "start": "DISPLAY=\"${DISPLAY:=:0}\" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js",
                        

                        to

                         "start": "./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js",
                        

                        the error is " cannot open display: :0.0" typically, DISPLAY:0 is the physical display

                        Sam

                        How to add modules

                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                          jefftse @sdetweil
                          last edited by

                          @sdetweil

                          just did that and the error is below

                          magicmirror@2.11.0 start /home/jeff/MagicMirror
                          electron js/electron.js

                          No protocol specified

                          (electron:32527): Gtk-WARNING **: 21:53:58.634: cannot open display: :0.0
                          npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
                          npm ERR! errno 1
                          npm ERR! magicmirror@2.11.0 start: electron js/electron.js
                          npm ERR! Exit status 1
                          npm ERR!
                          npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.11.0 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/jeff/.npm/_logs/2020-06-24T01_53_58_663Z-debug.log

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                            sdetweil @jefftse
                            last edited by

                            @jefftse still trying to open display 0

                            what is the vnc display number? do

                            env | grep -i display
                            

                            Sam

                            How to add modules

                            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                              jefftse @sdetweil
                              last edited by

                              @sdetweil

                              XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0
                              XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
                              DISPLAY=:0.0

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                                sdetweil @jefftse
                                last edited by

                                @jefftse do u have a real display

                                Sam

                                How to add modules

                                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                  jefftse @sdetweil
                                  last edited by

                                  @sdetweil yes, in fact, i had it all working yesterday till I accident broken my sd card. I had to rebuild everything today.

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                                    sdetweil @jefftse
                                    last edited by

                                    @jefftse did u use my install script? can’t understand why u are having trouble

                                    Sam

                                    How to add modules

                                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                      jefftse @sdetweil
                                      last edited by

                                      @sdetweil sure did. I had to create an user to run your script since it wouldn’t allow me to do in root

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                                        sdetweil @jefftse
                                        last edited by sdetweil

                                        @jefftse not supposed to be root
                                        are u trying to run as root?

                                        can’t do that

                                        Sam

                                        How to add modules

                                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                          jefftse @sdetweil
                                          last edited by

                                          @sdetweil correct, and I created an user for the install. the install went fine. I just can’t run it!

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                                            sdetweil @jefftse
                                            last edited by

                                            @jefftse I don’t understand created a user.
                                            raspian installs and starts with user pi

                                            Sam

                                            How to add modules

                                            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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