MM will not start

[bworch]

@sdetweil thanks for the info. I will try it and let you know. again thanks

[bworch]

@sdetweil once I delete the mm instance; can I rename the MagicMirror instance to mm. thanks

[sdetweil]

@bworch i do not know

but you could edit the installers/pm2_MagicMirror.json
(this is how I give the pretty name, not the script name)
file and change the name to mm (check the paths as well)

{
  "apps" : [{
    "name"        : "MagicMirror",
    "script"      : "/home/pi/MagicMirror/installers/mm.sh",
    "watch"       : ["/home/pi/MagicMirror/config/config.js"]
  }]
}

and then do (delete old, add new)

pm2 delete MagicMirror
pm2 save
pm2 start ~/MagicMirror/installers/pm2_MagicMirror.json
pm2 save

[bworch]

@sdetweil thanks for all your help.

[bworch]

I followed your instructions, and it still will not start. I also restart the pi. this is what I have now.

thanks

[bworch]

I did a pm2 show and this is what I got.

thanks

[bworch]

@sdetweil followed your instructions, still will not start. I have this now.

did a pm2 show

Thanks

[sdetweil]

@bworch do

pm2 logs --lines=100

may be better without pm2 for debug

pm2 stop all
cd ~/MagicMirror
npm start >somefile.txt 2>&1

wait 15 seconds
ctrl-c

edit the somefile.txt

[bworch]

@sdetweil couldn’t get the txt file to show. how would I edit it.

[sdetweil]

@bworch nano somefile.txt

or whatever text editor you like

[bworch]

@sdetweil

[sdetweil]

@bworch fun times…

cd ~/MagicMirror
npm install electron@19.0.15

[bworch]

@sdetweil

I thank you for sticking with me.

[sdetweil]

@bworch ok, I suggest you run my upgrade script

see https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

the upgrade script second pass with

force

instead of apply

[bworch]

@sdetweil which line

[bworch]

@sdetweil I accidently ran it as is, I then couldn’t find where to make the change. Sorry

[sdetweil]

@bworch

bash -c  "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/upgrade-script.sh)" force

[bworch]

@sdetweil My VNC terminal when Black, is that normal.

[sdetweil]

@bworch when? whouldn’t go black

i use SSH never VNC…

[bworch]

@sdetweil that command you gave me did a lot of stuff then went black, should I force a restart on the pi.