<![CDATA[MMM-Weather-Now is borking my MagicMirror after v2.13.0 update]]>Context: I am a noob but seriously addicted to the Raspberry Pi platform. I am learning about Git, javascript, and CSS little by little and am by no means expert with any of those languages so apologies for any basic questions.

Here are the steps I performed that created a blank (black) screen after MagicMirror v2.13.0 update.

  • I first backed up previous version of MagicMirror build

  • Tried to perform update via the MMM-Remote-Control module - update failed

  • Tried to perform update via RPi terminal command git pull - received the “Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge” and didn’t know how to stash and pop so I didn’t know how to get past this error

  • Removed all 3rd party modules and tried git pull again - received the “Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge” because I must have changed some details in the js of a few of the default modules, oops, I thought that is how to customize colors and padding when tinkering.

  • Deleted current build of MagicMirror (since I already had a backup) and started fresh by following the basic installation instructions and then added config file and all 3rd party modules form backup - resulted in blank (black) screen when I execute npm start

  • After fresh install of MagicMirror, I then tried adding back all of the 3rd party modules and executed npm install on each module to make sure they were updated - resulted in blank (black) screen when I execute npm start

  • I then removed all 3rd party modules (again) and added them back one-by-one figuring it would help identify the issue since I never received errors upon starting MagicMirror during any of these steps so my config file syntax must be fine. I found that the MMM-Weather-Now module is causing the blank (black) screen somehow, otherwise without that module the MagicMirror starts up fine.

Any thoughts how I can troubleshoot the MMM-Weather-Now module to fix the issue?

My config file for reference (private info obfuscated) sorry for the messy code:

 *
 * By Michael Teeuw https://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 *
 * For more information on how you can configure this file
 * See https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#configuration
 *
 */

var config = {
	address: "0.0.0.0",
		// 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 or empty, is "localhost"
	port: 8080,
	basePath: "/", 		
		// The URL path where MagicMirror is hosted. If you are using a Reverse proxy
		// you must set the sub path here. basePath must end with a /
	ipWhitelist: [],
		// 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:192.168.1.218"],
		// 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"],

	useHttps: false, 	// Support HTTPS or not, default "false" will use HTTP
	httpsPrivateKey: "", 	// HTTPS private key path, only require when useHttps is true
	httpsCertificate: "", 	// HTTPS Certificate path, only require when useHttps is true

	language: "en",
	logLevel: ["INFO", "LOG", "WARN", "ERROR"],
	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-MyCalendar",
			position: "top_left",	// This can be any of the regions. Best results in left or right regions.
			config: {
				colored: false,
				fade: true,
				maximumEntries: 25,
				fadePoint: 0.75,
				useRelativeDates: false,
				urgency: 30,
				maxTitleLength: 50,
				calendars: [
			{
				url: 'obfuscated-info',
			symbol: 'calendar',
				auth: {
			    		user: 'obfuscated-info',
			    		pass: 'obfuscated-info',
			    		method: 'basic'
					}
			},
		],
		}
		},
		{
			module: "alert",
		},
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_right"
		},
		{
	    		module:     'MMM-3Day-Forecast',
			header: "3-day Forecast",
	    		position:   'top_right',
			config: {
				api_key:    'obfuscated-info',
				lat:        obfuscated-info,
				lon:        obfuscated-info,
				units:      'I',
				lang:       'en',
				horizontalView: true,
				interval:   900000
				}
		},
		{
			module: "newsfeed",
			position: "bottom_bar",
			config: {
				feeds: [
					{
						title: "New York Times",
						url: "https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
					}
				],
				showSourceTitle: true,
				showPublishDate: true,
				broadcastNewsFeeds: true,
				broadcastNewsUpdates: true
			}
		},
		{
			module: "MMM-MyStandings",
			header: "Standings",
			position: "top_right",
			config: {
				updateInterval: 60 * 60 * 1000, // every 60 minutes
				rotateInterval: .5 * 60 * 1000, // every 30 sec
				sports: [
					{ league: "NBA", groups: ["Atlantic"] },
					{ league: "MLB", groups: ["American League East"] },
					{ league: "NFL", groups: ["AFC East"] },
					{ league: "NHL", groups: ["Atlantic Division"] },
					{ league: "MLS", groups: ["Eastern Conference"] },
					],
				nameStyle: "short",
				showLogos: true,
				useLocalLogos: true,
				showByDivision: true,
				fadeSpeed: 1000,
				}
		},
		{
		    module: 'MMM-Remote-Control',
		    	// uncomment the following line to show the URL of the remote control on the mirror
		    	// position: "bottom_left",
		    	// you can hide this module afterwards from the remote control itself
		    config: {
			customCommand: {},  // Optional, See "Using Custom Commands" below
			customMenu: "custom_menu.json", // Optional, See "Custom Menu Items" below
			showModuleApiMenu: true, // Optional, Enable the Module Controls menu
			apiKey: "",         // Optional, See API/README.md for details
		    		}
		},
		{
			module: 'MMM-PIR-Sensor',
			position: "top_center", // Remove this line to avoid having an visible indicator		
			config: {
				sensorPin: 22,
				powerSavingDelay: 60, // Turn HDMI OFF after 60 seconds of no motion, until motion is detected again
				preventHDMITimeout: 10, // Turn HDMI ON and OFF again every 10 minutes when power saving, to avoid LCD/TV timeout
				supportCEC: true, 
				presenceIndicator: "fa-eye", // Customizing the indicator
				presenceOffIndicator: "fa-eye", // Customizing the indicator
				presenceIndicatorColor: "#2AE9F9", // Customizing the indicator
				presenceOffIndicatorColor: "#2b271c" // Customizing the indicator
		}
		
	},

		
	]
};
]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/13771/mmm-weather-now-is-borking-my-magicmirror-after-v2-13-0-updateRSS for NodeFri, 12 Jun 2026 05:09:13 GMTSun, 04 Oct 2020 14:19:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to MMM-Weather-Now is borking my MagicMirror after v2.13.0 update on Sun, 04 Oct 2020 20:05:02 GMT]]>@sdetweil nice thanks

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/82861https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/82861Sun, 04 Oct 2020 20:05:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to MMM-Weather-Now is borking my MagicMirror after v2.13.0 update on Sun, 04 Oct 2020 19:52:33 GMT]]>see the sticky topic at the top of the troubleshooting section
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/13774/2-13-back-screen

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/82860https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/82860Sun, 04 Oct 2020 19:52:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to MMM-Weather-Now is borking my MagicMirror after v2.13.0 update on Sun, 04 Oct 2020 15:06:03 GMT]]>@schrutesbeets glad it worked… don’t see the change that caused that yet…

it would always fail with that comment, so it wasn’t parsed for some reason, and now is…

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/82833https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/82833Sun, 04 Oct 2020 15:06:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to MMM-Weather-Now is borking my MagicMirror after v2.13.0 update on Sun, 04 Oct 2020 15:02:52 GMT]]>@sdetweil that worked… I removed the comment line in the da.json file and it runs like normal now. Much appreciated.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/82832https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/82832Sun, 04 Oct 2020 15:02:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to MMM-Weather-Now is borking my MagicMirror after v2.13.0 update on Sun, 04 Oct 2020 14:51:18 GMT]]>@sdetweil thanks for looking into this for me… I owe you a coffee or beer.

This is the log from npm start

> DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

[2020-10-04 10:44:51.126] [LOG]    Starting MagicMirror: v2.13.0
[2020-10-04 10:44:51.133] [LOG]    Loading config ...
[2020-10-04 10:44:51.138] [LOG]    Loading module helpers ...
[2020-10-04 10:44:51.506] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
[2020-10-04 10:44:51.506] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: MMM-MyCalendar
[2020-10-04 10:44:51.508] [LOG]    No helper found for module: alert.
[2020-10-04 10:44:51.544] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
[2020-10-04 10:44:51.544] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: updatenotification
[2020-10-04 10:44:51.545] [LOG]    No helper found for module: clock.
[2020-10-04 10:44:51.849] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
[2020-10-04 10:44:51.850] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: MMM-Weather-Now
[2020-10-04 10:44:51.852] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
[2020-10-04 10:44:51.852] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: MMM-3Day-Forecast
[2020-10-04 10:44:51.874] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
[2020-10-04 10:44:51.874] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: newsfeed
[2020-10-04 10:44:51.876] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
[2020-10-04 10:44:51.877] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: MMM-MyStandings
[2020-10-04 10:44:51.994] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
[2020-10-04 10:44:51.994] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: MMM-Remote-Control
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.024] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.024] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: MMM-PIR-Sensor
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.025] [LOG]    All module helpers loaded.
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.149] [LOG]    Starting server on port 8080 ... 
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.154] [INFO]   You're using a full whitelist configuration to allow for all IPs
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.159] [LOG]    Server started ...
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.160] [LOG]    Connecting socket for: MMM-MyCalendar
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.161] [LOG]    Starting node helper for: MMM-MyCalendar
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.162] [LOG]    Connecting socket for: updatenotification
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.163] [LOG]    Connecting socket for: MMM-Weather-Now
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.164] [LOG]    MMM-Weather-Now helper, started...
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.165] [LOG]    Connecting socket for: MMM-3Day-Forecast
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.166] [LOG]    MMM-3Day-Forecast helper, started...
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.167] [LOG]    Connecting socket for: newsfeed
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.168] [LOG]    Starting node helper for: newsfeed
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.169] [LOG]    Connecting socket for: MMM-MyStandings
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.169] [LOG]    MMM-MyStandings helper started ...
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.170] [LOG]    Connecting socket for: MMM-Remote-Control
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.171] [LOG]    Starting node helper for: MMM-Remote-Control
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.179] [LOG]    Connecting socket for: MMM-PIR-Sensor
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.180] [LOG]    Sockets connected & modules started ...
[2020-10-04 10:44:52.298] [LOG]    Launching application.
[2020-10-04 10:45:01.780] [LOG]    Shutting down server...
[2020-10-04 10:45:01.781] [LOG]    Stopping module helper: MMM-MyCalendar
[2020-10-04 10:45:01.782] [LOG]    Stopping module helper: updatenotification
[2020-10-04 10:45:01.782] [LOG]    Stopping module helper: MMM-Weather-Now
[2020-10-04 10:45:01.782] [LOG]    Stopping module helper: MMM-3Day-Forecast
[2020-10-04 10:45:01.783] [LOG]    Stopping module helper: newsfeed
[2020-10-04 10:45:01.783] [LOG]    Stopping module helper: MMM-MyStandings
[2020-10-04 10:45:01.784] [LOG]    Stopping module helper: MMM-PIR-Sensor

This is the log from npm start dev

loader.js:195 Load stylesheet: vendor/css/font-awesome.css
loader.js:155 Styles loaded for: MMM-MyCalendar
loader.js:157 Translations loaded for: MMM-MyCalendar
loader.js:176 Load script: modules/default/alert//alert.js
module.js:513 Module registered: alert
loader.js:148 Bootstrapping module: alert
loader.js:176 Load script: modules/default/alert/notificationFx.js
loader.js:153 Scripts loaded for: alert
loader.js:195 Load stylesheet: modules/default/alert/notificationFx.css
loader.js:236 File already loaded: font-awesome.css
loader.js:155 Styles loaded for: alert
translator.js:102 alert - Load translation fallback: translations/en.json
/home/pi/Desktop/MM …rity-warnings.js:95 Electron Security Warning (Insecure Resources) This renderer process loads resources using insecure
  protocols.This exposes users of this app to unnecessary security risks.
  Consider loading the following resources over HTTPS or FTPS. 
 - http://0.0.0.0:8080/css/main.css
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/fonts/roboto.css
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/socket.io/socket.io.js
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/vendor/node_modules/nunjucks/browser/nunjucks.min.js
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/js/defaults.js
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/config/config.js
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/vendor/vendor.js
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/modules/default/defaultmodules.js
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/js/logger.js
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/translations/translations.js
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/js/translator.js
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/js/class.js
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/js/module.js
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/js/loader.js
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/js/socketclient.js
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/js/main.js
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/fonts/node_modules/roboto-fontface/fonts/roboto-condensed/Roboto-Condensed-Regular.woff2
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/translations/en.json
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/translations/en.json
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/modules/MMM-MyCalendar//MMM-MyCalendar.js
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/vendor/node_modules/moment/min/moment-with-locales.js
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/modules/MMM-MyCalendar/MMM-MyCalendar.css
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/vendor/css/font-awesome.css
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/vendor/node_modules/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/css/all.min.css
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/vendor/node_modules/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/css/v4-shims.min.css
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/modules/default/alert//alert.js
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/modules/default/alert/notificationFx.js
- http://0.0.0.0:8080/modules/default/alert/notificationFx.css
  
 
For more information and help, consult
https://electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/security.
 This warning will not show up
once the app is packaged.
/home/pi/Desktop/MM …ity-warnings.js:145 Electron Security Warning (Insecure Content-Security-Policy) This renderer process has either no Content Security
    Policy set or a policy with "unsafe-eval" enabled. This exposes users of
    this app to unnecessary security risks.
 
For more information and help, consult
https://electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/security.
 This warning will not show up
once the app is packaged.
loader.js:157 Translations loaded for: alert
loader.js:176 Load script: modules/default/updatenotification//updatenotification.js
module.js:513 Module registered: updatenotification
loader.js:148 Bootstrapping module: updatenotification
loader.js:153 Scripts loaded for: updatenotification
loader.js:155 Styles loaded for: updatenotification
loader.js:157 Translations loaded for: updatenotification
loader.js:176 Load script: modules/default/clock//clock.js
module.js:513 Module registered: clock
loader.js:148 Bootstrapping module: clock
loader.js:236 File already loaded: moment.js
loader.js:176 Load script: vendor/node_modules/moment-timezone/builds/moment-timezone-with-data.js
loader.js:176 Load script: vendor/node_modules/suncalc/suncalc.js
loader.js:153 Scripts loaded for: clock
loader.js:195 Load stylesheet: modules/default/clock/clock_styles.css
loader.js:155 Styles loaded for: clock
loader.js:157 Translations loaded for: clock
loader.js:176 Load script: modules/MMM-Weather-Now//MMM-Weather-Now.js
module.js:513 Module registered: MMM-Weather-Now
loader.js:148 Bootstrapping module: MMM-Weather-Now
loader.js:153 Scripts loaded for: MMM-Weather-Now
loader.js:195 Load stylesheet: modules/MMM-Weather-Now/weather-now.css
loader.js:236 File already loaded: font-awesome.css
loader.js:155 Styles loaded for: MMM-Weather-Now
translator.js:100 MMM-Weather-Now - Load translation: translations/en.json
translator.js:102 MMM-Weather-Now - Load translation fallback: translations/da.json
VM143:2 Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token / in JSON at position 6
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at XMLHttpRequest.xhr.onreadystatechange (translator.js:22)
]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/82831https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/82831Sun, 04 Oct 2020 14:51:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to MMM-Weather-Now is borking my MagicMirror after v2.13.0 update on Sun, 04 Oct 2020 14:37:05 GMT]]>@schrutesbeets

looks like its the translation file
translations/da.json

which has a comment in it… not allowed in json


{
    /* NOW key can be translated to "Lige nu", please provide footage or description of where and how it's used */
    "NOW":          "Nu",
    "FEELS_LIKE":   "Føles som"
}

remove that line.

I opened issue https://github.com/nigel-daniels/MMM-Weather-Now/issues/6

but its been 2 years since update, so unlikely

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/82829https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/82829Sun, 04 Oct 2020 14:37:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to MMM-Weather-Now is borking my MagicMirror after v2.13.0 update on Sun, 04 Oct 2020 14:29:59 GMT]]>@schrutesbeets show the messages from the place where u start MM

npm start
or
pm2

if pm2, then pm2 logs --lines=???
where ??? is a number, default is 15

also, open the developers window, ctrl-shift-i on the mm keyboard, select the tab labeled ‘console’ and scroll up to see that errors

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/82828https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/82828Sun, 04 Oct 2020 14:29:59 GMT