Are you tired of editing config.js, or have trouble doing it, see my new module

[IamWayne]

Hello, Newbie here, how do you go about using this? What do I need to get started? Do I need Node.js? Have it installed, yet completely lost. How about a guide or video. Thanks

[sdetweil]

@IamWayne did you add the module to config.js?
and restart MagicMirror?

if so then the url from the doc

http://ip:mm_port/configure

but by default the MagicMirror config only allows apps from inside the same system to connect, so you would have to minimize MagicMirror then launch a browser to

http://localhost:8080/configure

or for the module installer

http://localhost:8080/installer

[IamWayne]

Oh I think that I understand now. I have to add this to the MM installer in the correct folder, correct?

[sdetweil]

@IamWayne this is an add on module, not part of the base

see the 1st link in my signature below for short topic about installing modules

[citizendevpi]

this module works very well , thanks for the hard work and time . makes this project simple and fun !!

[DarkV]

@sdetweil Still no joy, I am going to reinstall.I cannot display the QR code as I do not have any zones left and cannot load the web page

[sdetweil]

@DarkV you dont need the qr code

can you show the messages from npm start?
if using pm2 then

pm2 logs --lines=100

[DarkV]

@sdetweil How do I get logs? I am a noob regarding MM
I found this

[08.01.2025 00:49.42.199] [ERROR] Failed to retrieve repo info for MMM-Tools: Error: Command failed: cd /home/junior/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Tools && git fetch -n --dry-run
fatal: unable to access ‘https://github.com/bugsounet/MMM-Tools/’: Could not resolve host: github.com

[DarkV]

This post is deleted!

[sdetweil]

@DarkV way back further in the log, back 50 lines maybe

as using pm2 the good and error lines are separated into two lists

none of the bugsounet repos are online any more
so if you dont want to see those errors, you can exclude them from the updatenotification module scans

[DarkV]

@sdetweil SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier 'config’
 at internalCompileFunction (node:internal/vm:73:18)
 at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1185:20)
 at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1227:27)
 at Object…js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1326:10)
 at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1126:32)
 at node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:967:12
 at Function._load (node:electron/js2c/node_init:2:13357)
 at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1150:19)
 at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:121:18)
 at loadConfig (/home/junior/MagicMirror/js/app.js:118:14)
 at App.start (/home/junior/MagicMirror/js/app.js:248:18)
 at Object. (/home/junior/MagicMirror/js/electron.js:192:7)
 at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1271:14)
 at Object…js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1326:10)
 at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1126:32)
 at node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:967:12
/home/junior/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGINT
[27.03.2025 09:44.46.126] [WARN] Version is incorrect. Skip module: ‘MMM-Config’
Warning: vkCreateInstance: Found no drivers!
Warning: vkCreateInstance failed with VK_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_DRIVER
at CheckVkSuccessImpl (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/VulkanError.cpp:88)
at CreateVkInstance (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:458)
at Initialize (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:344)
at Create (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:266)
at operator() (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:521)

[27.03.2025 09:46.55.825] [ERROR] WARNING! Could not validate config file. Starting with default configuration. Please correct syntax errors at or above this line: /home/junior/MagicMirror/config/config.js:122
 config: {
 ^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier 'config’
 at internalCompileFunction (node:internal/vm:73:18)
 at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1185:20)
 at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1227:27)
 at Object…js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1326:10)
 at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1126:32)
 at node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:967:12
 at Function._load (node:electron/js2c/node_init:2:13357)
 at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1150:19)
 at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:121:18)
 at loadConfig (/home/junior/MagicMirror/js/app.js:118:14)
 at App.start (/home/junior/MagicMirror/js/app.js:248:18)
 at Object. (/home/junior/MagicMirror/js/electron.js:192:7)
 at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1271:14)
 at Object…js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1326:10)
 at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1126:32)
 at node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:967:12
/home/junior/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGINT
[27.03.2025 09:47.26.134] [WARN] Version is incorrect. Skip module: ‘MMM-Config’
Warning: vkCreateInstance: Found no drivers!
Warning: vkCreateInstance failed with VK_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_DRIVER
at CheckVkSuccessImpl (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/VulkanError.cpp:88)
at CreateVkInstance (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:458)
at Initialize (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:344)
at Create (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:266)
at operator() (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:521)

/home/junior/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGINT
[27.03.2025 09:53.43.417] [WARN] Version is incorrect. Skip module: ‘MMM-Config’
Warning: vkCreateInstance: Found no drivers!
Warning: vkCreateInstance failed with VK_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_DRIVER
at CheckVkSuccessImpl (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/VulkanError.cpp:88)
at CreateVkInstance (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:458)
at Initialize (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:344)
at Create (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:266)
at operator() (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:521)

/home/junior/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGINT
[27.03.2025 09:59.04.576] [WARN] Version is incorrect. Skip module: ‘MMM-Config’
Warning: vkCreateInstance: Found no drivers!
Warning: vkCreateInstance failed with VK_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_DRIVER
at CheckVkSuccessImpl (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/VulkanError.cpp:88)
at CreateVkInstance (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:458)
at Initialize (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:344)
at Create (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:266)
at operator() (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:521)

/home/junior/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGINT
[27.03.2025 10:02.53.766] [WARN] Version is incorrect. Skip module: ‘MMM-Config’
Warning: vkCreateInstance: Found no drivers!
Warning: vkCreateInstance failed with VK_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_DRIVER
at CheckVkSuccessImpl (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/VulkanError.cpp:88)
at CreateVkInstance (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:458)
at Initialize (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:344)
at Create (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:266)
at operator() (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:521)

/home/junior/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGINT
[27.03.2025 10:15.08.770] [ERROR] WARNING! Could not validate config file. Starting with default configuration. Please correct syntax errors at or above this line: /home/junior/MagicMirror/config/config.js:130
 {
 ^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token '{'
 at internalCompileFunction (node:internal/vm:73:18)
 at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1185:20)
 at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1227:27)
 at Object…js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1326:10)
 at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1126:32)
 at node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:967:12
 at Function._load (node:electron/js2c/node_init:2:13357)
 at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1150:19)
 at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:121:18)
 at loadConfig (/home/junior/MagicMirror/js/app.js:118:14)
 at App.start (/home/junior/MagicMirror/js/app.js:248:18)
 at Object. (/home/junior/MagicMirror/js/electron.js:192:7)
 at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1271:14)
 at Object…js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1326:10)
 at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1126:32)
 at node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:967:12
/home/junior/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGINT
[27.03.2025 10:15.58.981] [WARN] Version is incorrect. Skip module: ‘MMM-Config’
Warning: vkCreateInstance: Found no drivers!
Warning: vkCreateInstance failed with VK_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_DRIVER
at CheckVkSuccessImpl (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/VulkanError.cpp:88)
at CreateVkInstance (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:458)
at Initialize (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:344)
at Create (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:266)
at operator() (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:521)

/home/junior/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGSEGV
[27.03.2025 10:22.57.762] [WARN] Version is incorrect. Skip module: ‘MMM-Config’
Warning: vkCreateInstance: Found no drivers!
Warning: vkCreateInstance failed with VK_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_DRIVER
at CheckVkSuccessImpl (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/VulkanError.cpp:88)
at CreateVkInstance (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:458)
at Initialize (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:344)
at Create (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:266)
at operator() (…/…/third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/vulkan/BackendVk.cpp:521)

/home/junior/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGINT
[27.03.2025 10:29.29.494] [ERROR] WARNING! Could not validate config file. Starting with default configuration. Please correct syntax errors at or above this line: /home/junior/MagicMirror/config/config.js:130
 {
 ^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token '{'
 at internalCompileFunction (node:internal/vm:73:18)
 at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1185:20)
 at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1227:27)
 at Object…js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1326:10)
 at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1126:32)
 at node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:967:12
 at Function._load (node:electron/js2c/node_init:2:13357)
 at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1150:19)
 at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:121:18)
 at loadConfig (/home/junior/MagicMirror/js/app.js:118:14)
 at App.start (/home/junior/MagicMirror/js/app.js:248:18)
 at Object. (/home/junior/MagicMirror/js/electron.js:192:7)
 at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1271:14)
 at Object…js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1326:10)
 at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1126:32)
 at node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:967:12
/home/junior/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGINT
[27.03.2025 10:30.26.627] [ERROR] WARNING! Could not validate config file. Starting with default configuration. Please correct syntax errors at or above this line: /home/junior/MagicMirror/config/config.js:130
 {
 ^

[sdetweil]

@DarkV mmm-config requires MagicMirror version 2.28 or higher

also, you have some syntax error around line 122 in config.js

pm2 flush to empty the logs

and see what hsppens after you fix that config.js error

[DarkV]

@sdetweil, I’m sorry. Can you please highlight where I have the error? I am considering reinstalling it as I cannot even update Magic Mirror. I want to back up Config.js, but if it contains faults, then I will be back to square one.

/*
* MagicMirror² Config Sample
 *
 * By Michael Teeuw https://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 *
 * For more information on how you can configure this file
 * see https://docs.magicmirror.builders/configuration/introduction.html
 * and https://docs.magicmirror.builders/modules/configuration.html
 */
let config = {
	address: "localhost", 	// 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 MagicMirror² 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 192.168.2.49 :
															// ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.1.5"],
															// 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",
	locale: "en-US",
	logLevel: ["INFO", "LOG", "WARN", "ERROR"], // Add "DEBUG" for even more logging
	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-MovieListings',
                                position: 'bottom_center',   // This can be any of the regions. Best results in left or$
                                config: {
					apiKey: '',
					region: 'GB',
					language: 'en-UK',
					interface: 'poster', //'list', 'poster', 'detailed'
					includeMoviePlot: false,
					maxPlotLength: 198,
					header: 'Kinofilme',
					moviesPerPage: 0,
					refreshInterval: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24, //Once a day
					baseUrl: 'https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/now_playing',
					animationSpeed: 2.5 * 1000,
					pageChangeInterval: 35 * 1000
	}
},
	
{
        module: 'MMM-Globe',
	position: 'bottom_left',
	config: {
		style: 'geoColor',
		imageSize: 300,
		ownImagePath:'',
		updateInterval: 10*60*1000
        }
    },

{
  module: 'MMM-Tools',
  position: 'bottom_right',
  config: {
    refresh: 1000 * 5,
    containerSize: null,
    itemSize: null
  }
},


         {
    module: "MMM-EyeCandy",
    position: "top_center",
    config: {
        maxWidth: "75%",       // Sizes the images. Retains aspect ratio.
        style: '1',            // Style number or use ownImagePath to override style
        ownImagePath: '',      // 'modules/MMM-EyeCandy/pix/name-graphics-lisa-596441.jpg'
        }
        },




		{
			module: "alert",
		},
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_right"
		},
		{
			module: "calendar",
			header: "UK Holidays",
			position: "top_right",
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: "calendar-check-o ",
                        url: "https://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/75/UK_Holidays.ics"
					}
				]
			}
		},
		{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
			module: "MMM-OpenmapWeather",
		position: "top_left",	// This can be any of the regions. Best results in left or right regions.
		header: "Current Weather", //Location is the default value if header is empty or not defined.
		config: {
			// See 'Configuration options' for more information.
			location: "CROYDON,LONDON",
			locationID: "2651817", //Location ID from http://openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
			appid: "",  //openweathermap.org API key
      			colorIcon: true
			}
		},

                {
		module:"MMM-Config",
		position:"top_left", 
			// the QR code (if requested) will appear here
		config:{
                        showQR: true
		}
	        },


		{
			module: "weather",
			position: "top_left",
			header: "Weather Forecast",
			config: {
				weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
				type: "forecast",
				location: "London",
				locationID: "2651817", //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
				apiKey: ""
			}
		},
		{
			module: "newsfeed",
			position: "bottom_bar",
			config: {
				feeds: [
					{
						title: "BBC UK News",
						url: "http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/uk/rss.xml"
					}
				],
				showSourceTitle: true,
				showPublishDate: true,
				broadcastNewsFeeds: true,
				broadcastNewsUpdates: true
			}
		},
	]
};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}

[sdetweil]

@DarkV i do not SEE anything, but i am away from my computer all day, driving.

so i cannot run it thru the

cd ~/MagicMirror 
npm run config:check

command

[DarkV]

@sdetweil said in Are you tired of editing config.js, or have trouble doing it, see my new module:

npm run config:check

[04.04.2025 16:09.03.683] [INFO] Checking file… /home/junior/MagicMirror/config/config.js
[04.04.2025 16:09.03.781] [INFO] Your configuration file doesn’t contain syntax errors :)
junior@MAGIC-MIRROR:~/MagicMirror $

[sdetweil]

@DarkV ok
now do

cd ~/MagicMirror/MMM-Config
./test-convert.sh override

you should get one message

completed

[DarkV]

@sdetweil
Results
junior@MAGIC-MIRROR:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config $ ./test-convert.sh override
-bash: ./test-convert.sh: No such file or directory
junior@MAGIC-MIRROR:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config $

I used a fresh SD card for the reinstallation, but some of her modules are incompatible with the new setup. Consequently, my wife has firmly decided to stick with the current version until her modules stop functioning. Unfortunately, since one of the modules doesn’t work with the old MagicMirror version, I’m at an impasse. It is a pity, I wanted this as due to dyslexia, this would have been perfect for my situation

[sdetweil]

@DarkV ok,my fault

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config
./test_convert.sh  override

[DarkV]

@sdetweil said in Are you tired of editing config.js, or have trouble doing it, see my new module:

./test_convert.sh override

junior@MAGIC-MIRROR:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config $ ./test_convert.sh overri de
--------------------MMM-Config
module updatenotification-defaults has an error in the construction of its defau lts section
the error line is disabled: true;
please change it to the literal value of the referenced variable
and restart MagicMirror
--------------------MMM-Config
junior@MAGIC-MIRROR:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config $

[sdetweil]

@DarkV can you show the top of the modules/defaul/updatenotification/updatenotification.js
make sure the defaults section is shown

you know you never edit any of the MagicMirror source or module source

all config goes in config/config.js and all css goes in css/custom.css