MM will not start

[bworch]

I have been having issues updating my MM and modules. I was getting the error below
“Please, commit your changes or stash them before you can merge.
Aborting” I could not get anything to work. si I tried this and was able to update everything

git reset --hard
git pull
npm install

Now my mirror will not stat. I also seem to have 2 instances.

any ideas, thanks

[sdetweil]

@bworch if you used my script then
the instance is labeled MagicMirror

the other instance , mm is not running and could be deleted

pm2 delete xx
pm2 save

xx is name or number

now

let’s fix the mm start problem

pm2 stop all
pm2 flush
pm2 start MagicMirror

wait 15 seconds

pm2 stop all

show the results of

pm2 logs --lines=50

[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.