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    MagicMirror fails to be started via SSH console

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    • W Offline
      wewa00
      last edited by wewa00

      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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      • brobergB Offline
        broberg Project Sponsor @wewa00
        last edited by

        @wewa00

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

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        • W Offline
          wewa00
          last edited by

          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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            jag @wewa00
            last edited by

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

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              wewa00
              last edited by

              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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                jag @wewa00
                last edited by jag

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

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