<?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[Black screen]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I have the dreaded black screen.  The output of pm2 logs is below.</p>
<pre><code>/home/pi/.pm2/logs/MagicMirror-error.log last 100 lines:
0|MagicMir |     at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:732:27)
0|MagicMir |     at Function.f._load (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:12913)
0|MagicMir |     at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:19)
0|MagicMir |     at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18)
0|MagicMir |     at Object.&lt;anonymous&gt; (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js:1:17)
0|MagicMir |     at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1078:30)
0|MagicMir |     at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1108:10)
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:52.42.139] [ERROR] Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:52.42.156] [ERROR] Error: Cannot find module 'simple-git'
0|MagicMir | Require stack:
0|MagicMir | - /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js
0|MagicMir | - /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js
0|MagicMir | - /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/electron.js
0|MagicMir | - /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/default_app.asar/main.js
0|MagicMir | - 
0|MagicMir |     at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:887:15)
0|MagicMir |     at Function.n._resolveFilename (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:257:1128)
0|MagicMir |     at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/module-alias/index.js:49:29)
0|MagicMir |     at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:732:27)
0|MagicMir |     at Function.f._load (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:12913)
0|MagicMir |     at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:19)
0|MagicMir |     at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18)
0|MagicMir |     at Object.&lt;anonymous&gt; (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js:1:17)
0|MagicMir |     at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1078:30)
0|MagicMir |     at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1108:10) {
0|MagicMir |   code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
0|MagicMir |   requireStack: [
0|MagicMir |     '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/updatenotification/node_helper.js',
0|MagicMir |     '/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js',
0|MagicMir |     '/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/electron.js',
0|MagicMir |     '/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/default_app.asar/main.js',
0|MagicMir |     undefined
0|MagicMir |   ]
0|MagicMir | }
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:52.42.158] [ERROR] MagicMirror will not quit, but it might be a good idea to check why this happened. Maybe no internet connection?
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:52.42.160] [ERROR] If you think this really is an issue, please open an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues
0|MagicMir | npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
0|MagicMir | npm ERR! errno 1
0|MagicMir | npm ERR! magicmirror@2.17.1 start: `DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js`
0|MagicMir | npm ERR! Exit status 1
0|MagicMir | npm ERR! 
0|MagicMir | npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.17.1 start script.
0|MagicMir | npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
0|MagicMir | 
0|MagicMir | npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
0|MagicMir | npm ERR!     /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2021-12-20T02_15_41_536Z-debug.log
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.26.632] [ERROR] WARNING! Could not load config file. Starting with default configuration. Error found: Error: Cannot find module 'valid-url'
0|MagicMir | Require stack:
0|MagicMir | - /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/calendar/node_helper.js
0|MagicMir | - /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js
0|MagicMir | - /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/electron.js
0|MagicMir | - /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/default_app.asar/main.js
0|MagicMir | - 
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.26.646] [ERROR] App threw an error during load
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.26.651] [ERROR] Error: Cannot find module 'valid-url'
0|MagicMir | Require stack:
0|MagicMir | - /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/calendar/node_helper.js
0|MagicMir | - /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js
0|MagicMir | - /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/electron.js
0|MagicMir | - /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/default_app.asar/main.js
0|MagicMir | - 
0|MagicMir |     at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:887:15)
0|MagicMir |     at Function.n._resolveFilename (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:257:1128)
0|MagicMir |     at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/module-alias/index.js:49:29)
0|MagicMir |     at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:732:27)
0|MagicMir |     at Function.f._load (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:12913)
0|MagicMir |     at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:19)
0|MagicMir |     at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18)
0|MagicMir |     at Object.&lt;anonymous&gt; (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/calendar/node_helper.js:9:16)
0|MagicMir |     at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1078:30)
0|MagicMir |     at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1108:10)
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.26.654] [ERROR] Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.26.665] [ERROR] Error: Cannot find module 'valid-url'
0|MagicMir | Require stack:
0|MagicMir | - /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/calendar/node_helper.js
0|MagicMir | - /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js
0|MagicMir | - /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/electron.js
0|MagicMir | - /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/default_app.asar/main.js
0|MagicMir | - 
0|MagicMir |     at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:887:15)
0|MagicMir |     at Function.n._resolveFilename (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:257:1128)
0|MagicMir |     at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/module-alias/index.js:49:29)
0|MagicMir |     at Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:732:27)
0|MagicMir |     at Function.f._load (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:12913)
0|MagicMir |     at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:19)
0|MagicMir |     at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18)
0|MagicMir |     at Object.&lt;anonymous&gt; (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/calendar/node_helper.js:9:16)
0|MagicMir |     at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1078:30)
0|MagicMir |     at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1108:10) {
0|MagicMir |   code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
0|MagicMir |   requireStack: [
0|MagicMir |     '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/calendar/node_helper.js',
0|MagicMir |     '/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js',
0|MagicMir |     '/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/electron.js',
0|MagicMir |     '/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/default_app.asar/main.js',
0|MagicMir |     undefined
0|MagicMir |   ]
0|MagicMir | }
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.26.668] [ERROR] MagicMirror will not quit, but it might be a good idea to check why this happened. Maybe no internet connection?
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.26.669] [ERROR] If you think this really is an issue, please open an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues

/home/pi/.pm2/logs/MagicMirror-out.log last 100 lines:
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:13.05.229] [LOG]   No helper found for module: weather.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:13.05.307] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:13.05.309] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: newsfeed
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:13.05.310] [LOG]   All module helpers loaded.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:13.05.596] [LOG]   Starting server on port 8080 ... 
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:13.05.639] [LOG]   Server started ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:13.05.641] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: updatenotification
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:13.05.644] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: calendar
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:13.05.645] [LOG]   Starting node helper for: calendar
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:13.05.647] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: newsfeed
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:13.05.648] [LOG]   Starting node helper for: newsfeed
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:13.05.649] [LOG]   Sockets connected &amp; modules started ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:13.06.847] [LOG]   Launching application.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:13.13.741] [LOG]   Create new calendarfetcher for url: http://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/76/US_Holidays.ics - Interval: 300000
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:13.13.947] [LOG]   Create new newsfetcher for url: https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml - Interval: 300000
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:13.14.021] [INFO]  Checking git for module: default
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:13.14.762] [INFO]  Calendar-Fetcher: Broadcasting 10 events.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:13.16.845] [INFO]  Newsfeed-Fetcher: Broadcasting 53 items.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:18.15.285] [INFO]  Calendar-Fetcher: Broadcasting 10 events.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:18.19.265] [INFO]  Newsfeed-Fetcher: Broadcasting 53 items.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:23.15.841] [INFO]  Calendar-Fetcher: Broadcasting 10 events.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:23.20.160] [INFO]  Newsfeed-Fetcher: Broadcasting 53 items.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:28.16.431] [INFO]  Calendar-Fetcher: Broadcasting 10 events.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:28.22.395] [INFO]  Newsfeed-Fetcher: Broadcasting 53 items.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:33.16.913] [INFO]  Calendar-Fetcher: Broadcasting 10 events.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:33.25.392] [INFO]  Newsfeed-Fetcher: Broadcasting 53 items.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:38.17.430] [INFO]  Calendar-Fetcher: Broadcasting 10 events.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:38.26.122] [INFO]  Newsfeed-Fetcher: Broadcasting 53 items.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:39.03.828] [LOG]   Shutting down server...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:39.03.832] [LOG]   Stopping module helper: updatenotification
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:39.03.833] [LOG]   Stopping module helper: calendar
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:39.03.834] [LOG]   Stopping module helper: newsfeed
0|MagicMir | 
0|MagicMir | &gt; magicmirror@2.17.1 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
0|MagicMir | &gt; DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
0|MagicMir | 
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:39.08.654] [LOG]   Starting MagicMirror: v2.17.1
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:39.08.668] [LOG]   Loading config ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:39.08.681] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:39.08.685] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:39.08.688] [LOG]   No helper found for module: clock.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:39.08.690] [LOG]   No helper found for module: calendar_monthly.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:39.08.708] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:39.08.710] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:39.08.712] [LOG]   No helper found for module: clock.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:39.08.714] [LOG]   No helper found for module: calendar_monthly.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:39.09.222] [LOG]   Launching application.
0|MagicMir | 
0|MagicMir | &gt; magicmirror@2.17.1 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
0|MagicMir | &gt; DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
0|MagicMir | 
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:44.13.732] [LOG]   Starting MagicMirror: v2.17.1
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:44.13.747] [LOG]   Loading config ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:44.13.790] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:44.13.794] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:44.13.797] [LOG]   No helper found for module: clock.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:44.13.801] [LOG]   No helper found for module: calendar_monthly.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:44.13.823] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:44.13.826] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:44.13.828] [LOG]   No helper found for module: clock.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:44.13.830] [LOG]   No helper found for module: calendar_monthly.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:44.14.855] [LOG]   Launching application.
0|MagicMir | 
0|MagicMir | &gt; magicmirror@2.17.1 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
0|MagicMir | &gt; DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
0|MagicMir | 
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:51.49.259] [LOG]   Starting MagicMirror: v2.17.1
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:51.49.277] [LOG]   Loading config ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:51.49.292] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:51.49.297] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:51.49.313] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:51.49.316] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert.
0|MagicMir | 
0|MagicMir | &gt; magicmirror@2.17.1 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
0|MagicMir | &gt; DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
0|MagicMir | 
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:52.42.062] [LOG]   Starting MagicMirror: v2.17.1
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:52.42.079] [LOG]   Loading config ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:52.42.097] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:52.42.102] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:52.42.118] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:52.42.121] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 20:52.43.154] [LOG]   Launching application.
0|MagicMir | 
0|MagicMir | &gt; magicmirror@2.17.1 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
0|MagicMir | &gt; DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
0|MagicMir | 
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.26.099] [LOG]   Starting MagicMirror: v2.17.1
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.26.114] [LOG]   Loading config ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.26.131] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.26.135] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.26.619] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.26.621] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: updatenotification
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.26.624] [LOG]   No helper found for module: clock.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.26.634] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.26.637] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.26.638] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.26.640] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: updatenotification
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.26.642] [LOG]   No helper found for module: clock.
0|MagicMir | [19.12.2021 21:16.27.690] [LOG]   Launching application.

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]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/16042/black-screen</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:40:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/16042.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 02:31:54 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Black screen on Mon, 20 Dec 2021 02:34:21 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/theaddies" aria-label="Profile: theaddies">@<bdi>theaddies</bdi></a> looks like you didnt do the npm install in the MagicMirror folder</p>
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