rookie question: "builder encountered a problem, see MagicMirror messages for info"

rkorell

Hi gurus,

I’ve just found MMM-config and tried - but get this error messsage:
“builder encountered a problem, see MagicMirror messages for info”…
Where I can find “Magic Mirror Messages”?
Nothing on the screen, nothing on (pm2 logs) log…

Any hint would be appreciated!

Regards,
Ralf

sdetweil

@rkorell hm… second time in a week the trap output not found…
(when did you install it? today?? one fix for this was 2 days ago)

should look something like this (just to force an error)

--------------------MMM-Config
module MMM-OpenWeatherMapForecast has an error in the construction of its defaults section
the error line is         maxHourliesToShow:fred,
please change it to the literal value of the referenced variable
and restart MagicMirror
--------------------MMM-Config

email me the ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config/defaults_???.js
??? is some number
you will have to rename the file to .txt to send via email

rkorell

@sdetweil , Dear Sam,
I’ve installed your module today (just an hour or so ago).

Where did you get the above posted “MMM-Config” outputs?
As I wrote I do not know where to look…

The requested javascript is named "defaults_19492568968080.js " .
I’ve seen your mail address in the past somewhere - I remember it’s your username here at a public mail provider.
But I forgot, which one - was it gmx.com ?

Again thanks for your kind help.
Regards,
Ralf

sdetweil

@rkorell that output would be displayed in the output of npm start, or pm2 logs

the default number of lines for pm2 logs is only 15 , so more might be necessary
(the number is the end of the log output, most recent lines)

pm2 logs --lines=100

my email is the same userid as here at gmail

rkorell

@sdetweil
O.K., than I was at the right place…
No message found in this output.
Just sent you an email with the .js file attached - renamed with a .txt suffix.
Thanks and warm regards,
Ralf

sdetweil

@rkorell ok, fixed

do this

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config
git pull

then restart MagicMirror
(using pm2, its

pm2 restart x

where x
is the name/number of the line for this app , in the output of

pm2 status

rkorell

Dear Sam, (@sdetweil),
thanks a LOT.
Now it works (at least I get the console without an error), not tried to make any changes.

As message from git pull shows, some work for you - THANKS.

Just being curious: Is something special in my environment which causes this unexpected and obviously not omnipresent issue?
What have you fixed?
(If narrated in a feasible amount of time/words) :-)

Warmest regards,
Ralf

sdetweil

@rkorell the module ‘discovers’ the variables defined in other modules to be configurable.

they can BE ANYTHING… over many lines, or constructed from other variables

you found another case that I didn’t cover…

there are only a 1000 modules, and you tried one I hadn’t seen before… which was different

I fixed that, which broke something else

I expect more troubles as time goes by

rkorell

@sdetweil , O.K, understood.
Thanks for explanation - this makes sense.

Again: incredible work from you for the community: Many thanks!

Ralf