MM only server version working due to issues with config file

[legan]

Hey guys
right now I am setting up my Magic Mirror for the second time. The first time everything worked smoothly and first modules were running without any problems. But now after installing it for the second time, I cannot start the mirror with “npm start”. It always says I have to create a config file. But I already did as described in the instructions. I also set up a copy of it as recommended. However, the server version is working and I also can add new modules which are running on the server version without any problems.

Do you have an idea what I did wrong or how I can solve this issue?

Thank you in advance! :)

[sdetweil]

@legan if the server ver runs, then its not a config.js problem, but most likely a failure to run npm install in some module folder…

npm start messages should show you ‘unable to locate module’

[legan]

@sdetweil thank you so much for your fast reply!
Attached you will find a screenshot of the whole response

Do you have an concrete idea what I should do to fix it?

[sdetweil]

@legan i don’t see the config error…

[sdetweil]

@legan you are connected via ssh, and using DISPLAY=:0, so should be displaying on pi monitor

[legan]

exactly and I got the config error on the monitor which is connected to the pi

[sdetweil]

@legan eh? take a pic?

[legan]

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[sdetweil]

@legan pic the icon with the sun over the mountain, folded upper right corner

[legan]

@sdetweil

[sdetweil]

@legan weird, can u show results of

ls ~/MagicMirror/config -laF

[legan]

@sdetweil

Of course, here you are :)

[sdetweil]

@legan ok, on that error screen, ctrl-shift-i to open the developers window, then select the console tab and scroll up there should be an error at the top…
the code does

try {
			fs.accessSync(configFilename, fs.F_OK);  // make sure we have permission to access file
			var c = require(configFilename);    // load and parse config 
			checkDeprecatedOptions(c);   
			var config = Object.assign(defaults, c);   // overlay defaults with config
			callback(config);   // send back the loaded config 
		} catch (e) {  // some error above
			if (e.code === "ENOENT") {    // if file not found
				Log.error(Utils.colors.error("WARNING! Could not find config file. Please create one. Starting with default configuration."));
			} else if (e instanceof ReferenceError || e instanceof SyntaxError) {  // got a syntax error
				Log.error(Utils.colors.error("WARNING! Could not validate config file. Starting with default configuration. Please correct syntax errors at or above this line: " + e.stack));
			} else {  // everything else
				Log.error(Utils.colors.error("WARNING! Could not load config file. Starting with default configuration. Error found: " + e));    
			}
			callback(defaults);    // < this is sending back the module config that displays the error you see
		}

[legan]

@sdetweil thanks you very much! Ok, I opened the developer window as you suggested and attached the screenshots of the errors. Where exactly should I paste your code snippet?

[sdetweil]

@legan I was just showing what the code DOES…

custom.css error is because its not there by default…

[legan]

@sdetweil ok sorry, I am not very familiar with java script yet…

[sdetweil]

very weird… lets do this

cd ~/MagicMirror
npm run config:check 

[legan]

@sdetweil no syntax errors…

[sdetweil]

@legan said in MM only server version working due to issues with config file:

@sdetweil no syntax errors…

thx… as expected…

can u check the filename , rename config.js and make sure no leading/trailing space

also can u try with a browser on pi to open

file:///home/pi/MagicMirror/config/config.js