4. MagicMirror fails to be started via SSH console
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MagicMirror fails to be started via SSH console

  • W

    Hello,

    I installed MagicMirror according the guide from github. MagicMirror can be started without problems from the GUI terminal. But it fails to start if I am not using the GUI but a SSH console connection instead.

    Here is the command to start MagicMirror and the resulting error message.

    user@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ DISPLAY=:0 npm start

> magicmirror@2.1.0 start /home/user/MagicMirror
> electron js/electron.js


npm ERR! Linux 4.4.38-v7+
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
npm ERR! node v6.9.2
npm ERR! npm  v4.0.5
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! magicmirror@2.1.0 start: `electron js/electron.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.1.0 start script 'electron js/electron.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the magicmirror package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     electron js/electron.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs magicmirror
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls magicmirror
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/user/MagicMirror/npm-debug.log

    Here you find the log file mentioned in the error message: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/wewa00/c61b27dc4991e94ccc78880e25afaa89/raw/f94ec26139a7afd47add78fdc8c92b56cd45d103/npm-debug.log
    How can I get MagicMirror started from SSH console?

    Regards, wewa00

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    @wewa00

    Shouldn’t Display=:0 come after npm start?

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  • W

    See here: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#manual-installation

    Important: npm start does not work via SSH, use DISPLAY=:0 nohup npm start & instead. This starts the mirror on the remote display.

    And if I execute DISPLAY=:0 nohup npm start &, I get the same error message, but logged to nohup.out.

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    J
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  • J

    @wewa00 what do you see on your display before starting up?
    (Text console or graphical)

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  • W

    Hello jag,

    my Raspberry is configured for Desktop boot (without Autologin). During boot I see the text console for some seconds but then I see the MagicMirror splash screen.

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    J
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  • J

    @wewa00 Have you tried enable auto login?
    Can be configured with raspi-config.

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