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  • K

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  • yawns
    Moderator

    Hi Kurt,

    before you run npm start you need to change into the right directory. Default would be

    cd MagicMirror
npm install
npm start

    The npm install command only needs to be run first time after you downloaded the MagicMirror package. If you have already done that you can skip this step.

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  • K

    @yawns
    Thank you for the immediate answer.
    This is what happend
    ‘’’
    npm ERR! Linux 4.4.38-v7+
    npm ERR! argv “/usr/bin/nodejs” “/usr/bin/npm” “start”
    npm ERR! node v6.9.4
    npm ERR! npm v3.10.10
    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/pi/MagicMirror/npm-debug.log
    ‘’’
    Please include the following file with any support request:
    npm ERR! /home/pi/MagicMirror/npm-debug.log

    * 0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/nodejs', '/usr/bin/npm', 'start' ]
2 info using npm@3.10.10
3 info using node@v6.9.4
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.0~prestart: magicmirror@2.1.0
6 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.0~prestart: no script for prestart, continuing
7 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.0~start: magicmirror@2.1.0
8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.0~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.0~start: PATH: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/node-gyp-bin:/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
10 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.0~start: CWD: /home/pi/MagicMirror
11 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.0~start: Args: [ '-c', 'electron js/electron.js' ]
12 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.0~start: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
13 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.0~start: Failed to exec start script
14 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.1.0 start: `electron js/electron.js`
14 verbose stack Exit status 1
14 verbose stack     at EventEmitter. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:255:16)
14 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
14 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:191:7)
14 verbose stack     at ChildProcess. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:40:14)
14 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
14 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
14 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:877:16)
14 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:226:5)
15 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.1.0
16 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
17 error Linux 4.4.38-v7+
18 error argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
19 error node v6.9.4
20 error npm  v3.10.10
21 error code ELIFECYCLE
22 error magicmirror@2.1.0 start: `electron js/electron.js`
22 error Exit status 1
23 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.1.0 start script 'electron js/electron.js'.
23 error Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
23 error If you do, this is most likely a problem with the magicmirror package,
23 error not with npm itself.
23 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
23 error     electron js/electron.js
23 error You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
23 error     npm bugs magicmirror
23 error Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
23 error     npm owner ls magicmirror
23 error There is likely additional logging output above.
24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]
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  • yawns
    Moderator

    Are you working on your raspberry? Or are you connected via ssh?
    If you are connected via ssh you need to run DISPLAY=:0 npm start instead to tell the raspberry to use the display connected to the raspberry instead of the not working ssh connection

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  • K

    I’m working via ssh, I can see the starter Logo, but thats’it
    ‘’’
    pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ DISPLAY=:0 npm start

    magicmirror@2.1.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
    electron js/electron.js

    Starting MagicMirror: v2.1.0
    Loading config …
    WARNING! Could not find config file. Please create one. Starting with default configuration.
    Loading module helpers …
    Initializing new module helper …
    No helper found for module: helloworld.
    All module helpers loaded.
    Starting server op port 8080 …
    Server started …
    Connecting socket for: updatenotification
    Sockets connected & modules started …
    Launching application.

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  • strawberry 3.141
    Project Sponsor Module Developer

    @kurt WARNING! Could not find config file. Please create one. Starting with default configuration.

    are you sure you renamed the file correctly?

    cd ~/MagicMirror/config
ls

    if not then copy the sample again

    cp config.js.sample config.js
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  • K

    Thanks a lot once more!
    There was a point behind my “config.js” !
    I deletet that point and tryed again with
    DISPLAY=:0 npm start
    this is what happened:

    pi@raspberrypi:~ $ DISPLAY=:0 npm start
npm ERR! Linux 4.4.38-v7+
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
npm ERR! node v6.9.4
npm ERR! npm  v3.10.10
npm ERR! path /home/pi/package.json
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! syscall open

npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/pi/package.json'
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/pi/package.json'
npm ERR! enoent This is most likely not a problem with npm itself
npm ERR! enoent and is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent 

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/npm-debug.log
'''
    0 strawberry 3.141 1 Reply
  • strawberry 3.141
    Project Sponsor Module Developer

    @kurt you are in the wrong directory again cd ~/MagicMirror

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  • K

    I’m in the /home/pi/MagicMirror/config - file
    Is this the wrong one?
    and what does it mean “cd ~/Magic Mirror”

    0 strawberry 3.141 tosti007 2 Replies
  • strawberry 3.141
    Project Sponsor Module Developer

    @kurt

    your logs show what you are not in /home/pi/MagicMirror/config with the terminal console

    if you type in that command you will be in the correct directory cd means change directory

    after that do DISPLAY=:0 npm start

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