<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Alexa not working]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hello. My Awesome Alexa is not working. All i see is a black screen. A dont know much of programming so please HELP.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/15184/alexa-not-working</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 01:38:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/15184.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2021 06:14:34 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Alexa not working on Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:47:32 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/sdetweil" aria-label="Profile: sdetweil">@<bdi>sdetweil</bdi></a> Thank You. I Reinstalled for the second time. Now it work just fine.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/92399</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/92399</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[laluromeo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:47:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Alexa not working on Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:42:56 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/laluromeo" aria-label="Profile: laluromeo">@<bdi>laluromeo</bdi></a> from the doc linked to at that url<br />
3rd party takes you to the item in the list, click that link takes u to the module home page on github, then</p>
<pre><code>How to
Check out the documentation for installation and usage: https://awesome-alexa.js.org
</code></pre>
<p dir="auto">which then says</p>
<pre><code>Installing
First you have to setup your speakers and microphone correctly: Audio setup

After you have done audio setup you can install Awesome Alexa module to your MagicMirror: Installation
</code></pre>
<p dir="auto">which then says</p>
<pre><code>Raspberry Pi Specific Dependencies
If you are using Raspberry Pi install the following:

$ sudo apt-get install swig3.0 python-pyaudio python3-pyaudio sox
$ pip install pyaudio
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Note: You may need these to get python-pyaudio to work as mentioned here:

$ sudo apt-get install libasound-dev portaudio19-dev libportaudio2 libportaudiocpp0 ffmpeg libav-tools
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Then install the atlas matrix computing library:

$ sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev
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Step 2. Install Module
Execute the following commands to install the module:

Originally from: https://github.com/dolanmiu/MMM-awesome-alexa/issues/164#issuecomment-492951739

$ cd ~/MagicMirror/modules # Navigate to module folder
$ git clone https://github.com/dolanmiu/MMM-awesome-alexa.git # Clone this repository
$ cd MMM-awesome-alexa # go into the module directory
$ npm install --only=prod # Install depdendencies
$ cd node_modules
$ rm -rf snowboy # Remove the installed snowboy
$ git clone https://github.com/Kitt-AI/snowboy.git # Manually get snowboy from git
$ cd snowboy # Go into the /snowboy directory
$ rm -rf node_modules
$ npm install nan --save # Make sure you install this in the /snowboy directory
$ npm install node-pre-gyp@0.12.0 --save # Make sure you install this in the /snowboy directory
$ npm install # Make sure you install in the /snowboy directory
$ npm run prepublish # Make sure you run this in the /snowboy directory
$ npm install --save-dev electron-rebuild # Make sure you install this in the /snowboy directory
$ npm install nan # Make sure you install this in the /snowboy directory
$ ./node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild # Build snowboy to your device specifications, in the /snowboy directory
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]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/92395</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/92395</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sdetweil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:42:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Alexa not working on Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:39:30 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/sdetweil" aria-label="Profile: sdetweil">@<bdi>sdetweil</bdi></a><br />
Never worked, I just installed awesome alexa. The method to install is from MMM-awesome-alexa from modules section @ <a href="https://magicmirror.builders/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">https://magicmirror.builders/</a></p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/92394</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/92394</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[laluromeo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:39:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Alexa not working on Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:38:14 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/laluromeo" aria-label="Profile: laluromeo">@<bdi>laluromeo</bdi></a> said in <a href="/post/92391">Alexa not working</a>:</p>
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<p dir="auto">node-pre-gyp</p>
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<p dir="auto">missing dependency, sound like installation not complete</p>
<p dir="auto">you had to do the 14 step install process listed on the wiki, right?</p>
<p dir="auto">I have a script that does those , I just copy/pasted and made it a script so I didn’t have to type…<br />
ignore the errors til; the last step</p>
<p dir="auto"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/omrx3vztjp738hf/do-install.sh?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">https://www.dropbox.com/s/omrx3vztjp738hf/do-install.sh?dl=0</a></p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/92393</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/92393</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sdetweil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:38:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Alexa not working on Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:32:27 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/sdetweil" aria-label="Profile: sdetweil">@<bdi>sdetweil</bdi></a><br />
Thankyou for answear.<br />
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cd MagicMirror<br />
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm run start</p>
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<p dir="auto">magicmirror@2.15.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror<br />
DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">[28.06.2021 17:27.55.653] [LOG]   Starting MagicMirror: v2.15.0<br />
[28.06.2021 17:27.55.673] [LOG]   Loading config …<br />
[28.06.2021 17:27.55.692] [LOG]   Loading module helpers …<br />
[28.06.2021 17:27.58.698] [ERROR] WARNING! Could not load config file. Starting with default configuration. Error found: Error: Cannot find module ‘node-pre-gyp’<br />
Require stack:</p>
<ul>
<li>/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/snowboy/lib/node/index.js</li>
<li>/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-awesome-alexa/node_helper.js</li>
<li>/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js</li>
<li>/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/electron.js</li>
<li>/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/default_app.asar/main.js</li>
<li></li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto">[28.06.2021 17:27.58.703] [LOG]   Loading module helpers …<br />
[28.06.2021 17:27.58.720] [ERROR] App threw an error during load<br />
[28.06.2021 17:27.58.725] [ERROR] Error: Cannot find module ‘node-pre-gyp’<br />
Require stack:</p>
<ul>
<li>/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/snowboy/lib/node/index.js</li>
<li>/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-awesome-alexa/node_helper.js</li>
<li>/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js</li>
<li>/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/electron.js</li>
<li>/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/default_app.asar/main.js</li>
<li>at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:972:15)<br />
at Function.n._resolveFilename (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:249:921)<br />
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/module-alias/index.js:49:29)<br />
at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:848:27)<br />
at Function.f._load (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:12738)<br />
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1032:19)<br />
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:72:18)<br />
at Object. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/snowboy/lib/node/index.js:6:16)<br />
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1152:30)<br />
at Object.Module._extensions…js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1173:10)<br />
[28.06.2021 17:27.58.731] [ERROR] Whoops! There was an uncaught exception…<br />
[28.06.2021 17:27.58.749] [ERROR] Error: Cannot find module ‘node-pre-gyp’<br />
Require stack:</li>
<li>/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/snowboy/lib/node/index.js</li>
<li>/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-awesome-alexa/node_helper.js</li>
<li>/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js</li>
<li>/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/electron.js</li>
<li>/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/default_app.asar/main.js</li>
<li>at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:972:15)<br />
at Function.n._resolveFilename (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:249:921)<br />
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/module-alias/index.js:49:29)<br />
at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:848:27)<br />
at Function.f._load (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:12738)<br />
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1032:19)<br />
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:72:18)<br />
at Object. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/snowboy/lib/node/index.js:6:16)<br />
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1152:30)<br />
at Object.Module._extensions…js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1173:10) {<br />
code: ‘MODULE_NOT_FOUND’,<br />
requireStack: [<br />
‘/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/snowboy/lib/node/index.js’,<br />
‘/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-awesome-alexa/node_helper.js’,<br />
‘/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js’,<br />
‘/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/electron.js’,<br />
‘/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/default_app.asar/main.js’,<br />
undefined<br />
]<br />
}<br />
[28.06.2021 17:27.58.757] [ERROR] MagicMirror will not quit, but it might be a good idea to check why this happened. Maybe no internet connection?<br />
[28.06.2021 17:27.58.759] [ERROR] If you think this really is an issue, please open an issue on GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues</a><br />
[28.06.2021 17:27.59.662] [LOG]   Launching application.</li>
</ul>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/92391</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/92391</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[laluromeo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:32:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Alexa not working on Sun, 27 Jun 2021 11:18:12 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/laluromeo" aria-label="Profile: laluromeo">@<bdi>laluromeo</bdi></a> tell me more.<br />
was it working?<br />
how did u install it?</p>
<p dir="auto">can you show the messages from where u start mm?</p>
<p dir="auto">if npm start, then that terminal window<br />
if pm2, then pm2 logs–lines=100</p>
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