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    Losing display output after 5 minutes

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      danjvd @sdetweil
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      @sdetweil I have not tried that. I will let you know later today of the outcome.

      Thanks Sam!

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        Zoltan @danjvd
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        @danjvd It sounds as if your screen saver wasn’t disabled correctly?

        https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Configuring-the-Raspberry-Pi

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          sdetweil @Zoltan
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          @zoltan if u run my install script it will turn off screensavers if u say yes.

          also a separate script if u change your mind

          we are still waiting to see if it’s mm related or not

          Sam

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            danjvd @sdetweil
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            @sdetweil With MM turned off, the Pi keep display HDMI without issues. Are there any error logs that I should look at?

            @Zoltan Thanks for the steps. I did complete this when I first created the MM pi over a year ago. It always a good thing to veirfy!

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              sdetweil
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              @danjvd ok so this means one of the modules you are using is turning off the display

              can you do

              grep module: ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js
              

              to show us a list of the modules used

              Sam

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                danjvd @sdetweil
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                @sdetweil said in Losing display output after 5 minutes:

                grep module: ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js

                Here are the modules that I have been using for the past 6 months before the issues started. I have not added/removed any modules after this setup, only updates.

                  module: "alert",
                  module: 'MMM-BackgroundSlideshow',
                  module: "updatenotification",
                  module: "clock",
                  module: 'MMM-CalendarExt2',
                  module: "MMM-OpenWeatherMapForecast",
                
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                  sdetweil @danjvd
                  last edited by

                  @danjvd weird.

                  so next I would disable one module at a time.
                  (not the defaults)

                  add

                  disabled:true,
                  

                  after the module: line

                  Sam

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                    danjvd @sdetweil
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                    @sdetweil

                    Before I was able to start disabling modules, MM would not start this morning. There are the logs that I got from pm2:

                    0 info it worked if it ends with ok
                    1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/node', '/usr/bin/npm', 'start' ]
                    2 info using npm@6.14.12
                    3 info using node@v10.24.1
                    4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
                    5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.17.1~prestart: magicmirror@2.17.1
                    6 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.17.1~start: magicmirror@2.17.1
                    7 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.17.1~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
                    8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.17.1~start: PATH: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/node-gyp-bin:/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/.bin:/usr/bin:/bin
                    9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.17.1~start: CWD: /home/pi/MagicMirror
                    10 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.17.1~start: Args: [ '-c',
                    10 silly lifecycle   'DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js' ]
                    11 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.17.1~start: Failed to exec start script
                    12 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.17.1 start: `DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js`
                    12 verbose stack spawn ENOENT
                    12 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/lib/spawn.js:48:18)
                    12 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:198:13)
                    12 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:982:16)
                    12 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:259:5)
                    13 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.17.1
                    14 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
                    15 verbose Linux 5.10.63-v7l+
                    16 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
                    17 verbose node v10.24.1
                    18 verbose npm  v6.14.12
                    19 error code ELIFECYCLE
                    20 error syscall spawn
                    21 error file sh
                    22 error errno ENOENT
                    23 error magicmirror@2.17.1 start: `DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js`
                    23 error spawn ENOENT
                    24 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.17.1 start script.
                    24 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
                    25 verbose exit [ 1, true ]
                    
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                      danjvd @danjvd
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                      @sdetweil

                      Give you a little update after finding the error above. I have reinstalled dependency and built electron.

                      cd ~/MagicMirror
                      npm install
                      cd ~/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/
                      node install.js
                      

                      The reinstall came with the following warnings

                      npm WARN tsutils@3.21.0 requires a peer of typescript@>=2.8.0 || >= 3.2.0-dev || >= 3.3.0-dev || >= 3.4.0-dev || >= 3.5.0-dev || >= 3.6.0-dev || >= 3.6.0-beta || >= 3.7.0-dev || >= 3.7.0-beta but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
                      npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@2.3.2 (node_modules/fsevents):
                      npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@2.3.2: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"arm"})
                      

                      I restarted MM with npm start, now getting the following:

                      [24.11.2021 17:34.23.187] [ERROR] WARNING! Could not load config file. Starting with default configuration. Error found: Error: Cannot find module 'valid-url'
                      Require stack:
                      - /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-CalendarExt2/node_helper.js
                      - /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js
                      - /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/electron.js
                      - /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/default_app.asar/main.js
                      

                      I disable that mode and was able to get MM restarted. I’m guessing there is an issue with MMM-CalendarExt2.

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                        sdetweil @danjvd
                        last edited by sdetweil

                        @danjvd valid-url see
                        https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/15778/fix-for-black-screen-in-2-16-and-later

                        Sam

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