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<pre>
~/MagicMirror$ npm start

&gt; magicmirror@2.29.0 start
&gt; DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

node:events:496
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: spawn /home/ysh/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron ENOENT
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:285:19)
    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:483:16)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:90:21)
Emitted 'error' event on ChildProcess instance at:
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:291:12)
    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:483:16)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:90:21) {
  errno: -2,
  code: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'spawn /home/ysh/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron',
  path: '/home/ysh/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron',
  spawnargs: [ 'js/electron.js' ]
}
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<p dir="auto">I use XFCE4 but this error shows both on SSH and on XFCE4-Terminal. Is my DE the issue? I wish to use OpenBox alone though but this is just for testing purposes.<br />
Thank you!</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/19264/electron-error</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:47:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/19264.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 15:26:31 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Electron Error on Tue, 31 Dec 2024 23:57:25 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/ysh" aria-label="Profile: ysh">@<bdi>ysh</bdi></a> I don’t use mirror either …  just info panel…</p>
<p dir="auto">I have not tried alpine in a while now…</p>
<p dir="auto">this sounds like an electron problem</p>
<p dir="auto">if you start in server mode</p>
<p dir="auto">npm run server<br />
can you access with browser<br />
<a href="http://localhost:8080" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">http://localhost:8080</a><br />
(with default settings)</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/122354</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/122354</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sdetweil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 23:57:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Electron Error on Tue, 31 Dec 2024 23:30:11 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/sdetweil" aria-label="Profile: sdetweil">@<bdi>sdetweil</bdi></a> I use PostMarketOS (Alpine), i am not planning to use MM as an actual mirror. By DE I mean Desktop Enviroment which in my case is XFCE4.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/122353</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/122353</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ysh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 23:30:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Electron Error on Tue, 31 Dec 2024 17:47:43 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/ysh" aria-label="Profile: ysh">@<bdi>ysh</bdi></a> what do you mean by DE  and openbox means in VM?</p>
<p dir="auto">what os are you running?</p>
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