Update Electron failed - MagicMirror is broken on physical screen only

sdetweil

@Pade2204 can you show the messages from where npm start is issued?

Pade2204

@sdetweil Im not that experienced in Linux, so Im not sure what you mean here.

sdetweil

@Pade2204 how do you start MagicMirror?

if it starts at boot, do you use the MagicMirror instructions to create a service or something else?
if you start it manually, what do you do

all things lead to the command
npm start
in the MagicMirror folder

that command starts MagicMirror and it outputs a bunch of messages when it’s running. including error messages from some modules

Pade2204

Thanks.

I had to reinstall MagicMirror.

sdetweil

@Pade2204 did u reinstall the same version?

Pade2204

@sdetweil I reinstalled using the guide inhere. So latest version I’m sure.

sdetweil

@Pade2204 i’m surprized that its running…

just to check

output of

grep version ~/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/package.json

casper1

The outdated Electron version is causing the broken screen. Update to ^23.0.0, run npm install, rebuild with npm run rebuild, and restart Magic Mirror with npm start to fix it.

sdetweil

@casper1 can you explain more??

what did you do? update node??