MM always black screen with cursor

[sdetweil]

@nowayto i would wait a little longer, web app not open yet

or npm start dev, in the dev window select the console tab

see if there is an error displayed

[nowayto]

After 1 millions of tests and trying… now it works.
It seems it start to work using “raspbian bookworm 32bit legacy”.
I tried with the non-legacy too and it didn’t work.
Is that possible?
I’m asking that because I know my 3 model A+ is 64bit capable.
Honestly, without your advice… I’ll never though it could be the OS.
Thank you a lot, now I’ll start a new chapter: the configuration

[sdetweil]

@nowayto i think 64 bit is ok, IF you have the physical memory
3A doesnt

[sdetweil]

@nowayto configuration, try my MMM-Config module. also supports installing modules

https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-Config

[nowayto]

@sdetweil
very interesting. I’ve installed it, but I can’t access to webpanel.
Tried with:
http://IP:PORT/configure
http://LOCALHOST:PORT/configure
no access.
tried with standard 8080 and another port chosen by me.
computer IP is whitelisted, and clearly on same network.
config check is OK

~/MagicMirror/config $ npm run config:check

magicmirror@2.30.0 config:check
node js/check_config.js
[2025-02-26 15:19:04.776] [INFO] Checking config file /home/PINAME/MagicM irror/config/config.js …
[2025-02-26 15:19:04.960] [INFO] Your configuration file doesn’t contain syntax errors :)
[2025-02-26 15:19:04.962] [INFO] Checking modules structure configuration …
[2025-02-26 15:19:05.229] [INFO] Your modules structure configuration doesn’t c ontain errors :)

Another little issues: sometimes I got black screen with cursor after “npm run start”
I have to restart it in order to making it work

[sdetweil]

@nowayto did you add my module to config.js

{
        module:"MMM-Config",
        position:"....one_of the positions",
         config:{
          }
},

[sdetweil]

@nowayto

on the startup, can you show the output of
npm run start

also show output of
free -m

[nowayto]

@sdetweil
Yes i did and the config checker gave me the OK

this is the startup
npm run start

magicmirror@2.30.0 start
npm run start:x11

magicmirror@2.30.0 start:x11
DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

[2025-02-26 15:00:59.702] [LOG] Starting MagicMirror: v2.30.0
[2025-02-26 15:01:01.515] [LOG] Loading config …
[2025-02-26 15:01:01.525] [LOG] config template file not exists, no envsubst
[2025-02-26 15:01:10.865] [INFO] Checking config file /home/MYRASPBERRYNAME/MagicM irror/config/config.js …
[2025-02-26 15:01:11.018] [INFO] Your configuration file doesn’t contain syntax errors :)
[2025-02-26 15:01:11.020] [INFO] Checking modules structure configuration …
[2025-02-26 15:01:11.253] [INFO] Your modules structure configuration doesn’t c ontain errors :)
[2025-02-26 15:01:12.473] [LOG] Loading module helpers …
[2025-02-26 15:01:12.480] [LOG] No helper found for module: alert.

[nowayto]

@sdetweil
free -m
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 426 180 91 81 155 112
Swap: 1023 225 798

[sdetweil]

@nowayto more log info, i dont see info for mmm-config

[nowayto]

@sdetweil

npm run start

magicmirror@2.30.0 start
npm run start:x11

magicmirror@2.30.0 start:x11
DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

[2025-02-26 15:00:59.702] [LOG] Starting MagicMirror: v2.30.0
[2025-02-26 15:01:01.515] [LOG] Loading config …
[2025-02-26 15:01:01.525] [LOG] config template file not exists, no envsubst
[2025-02-26 15:01:10.865] [INFO] Checking config file /home/MYRASPBNAME/MagicM irror/config/config.js …
[2025-02-26 15:01:11.018] [INFO] Your configuration file doesn’t contain syntax errors :)
[2025-02-26 15:01:11.020] [INFO] Checking modules structure configuration …
[2025-02-26 15:01:11.253] [INFO] Your modules structure configuration doesn’t c ontain errors :)
[2025-02-26 15:01:12.473] [LOG] Loading module helpers …
[2025-02-26 15:01:12.480] [LOG] No helper found for module: alert.
[2025-02-26 15:01:12.519] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[2025-02-26 15:01:12.522] [LOG] Module helper loaded: updatenotification
[2025-02-26 15:01:12.525] [LOG] No helper found for module: clock.
[2025-02-26 15:01:13.000] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[2025-02-26 15:01:13.001] [LOG] Module helper loaded: calendar
[2025-02-26 15:01:13.005] [LOG] No helper found for module: compliments.
[2025-02-26 15:01:13.007] [LOG] No helper found for module: weather.
[2025-02-26 15:01:42.730] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[2025-02-26 15:01:42.732] [LOG] Module helper loaded: MMM-Wallpaper
[2025-02-26 15:01:43.127] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[2025-02-26 15:01:43.128] [LOG] Module helper loaded: MMM-Config
[2025-02-26 15:01:43.437] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[2025-02-26 15:01:43.438] [LOG] Module helper loaded: newsfeed
[2025-02-26 15:01:43.439] [LOG] All module helpers loaded.
[2025-02-26 15:01:43.455] [LOG] Starting server on port **** …
[2025-02-26 15:02:26.268] [LOG] Server started …
[2025-02-26 15:02:26.271] [LOG] Connecting socket for: updatenotification
[2025-02-26 15:02:26.288] [LOG] Starting module helper: updatenotification
[2025-02-26 15:02:26.290] [LOG] Connecting socket for: calendar
[2025-02-26 15:02:26.291] [LOG] Starting node helper for: calendar
[2025-02-26 15:02:26.293] [LOG] Connecting socket for: MMM-Wallpaper
[2025-02-26 15:02:26.295] [LOG] Starting node helper for: MMM-Wallpaper
[2025-02-26 15:02:26.306] [LOG] Connecting socket for: MMM-Config
[2025-02-26 15:02:27.236] [LOG] Connecting socket for: newsfeed
[2025-02-26 15:02:27.237] [LOG] Starting node helper for: newsfeed
[2025-02-26 15:02:27.258] [LOG] Sockets connected & modules started …
[2025-02-26 15:02:44.884] [LOG] Launching application.

[sdetweil]

@nowayto then you should be able to access the mmm-config urls

[nowayto]

@sdetweil

Exactly but I can’t access.
Now I’m trying give a whitelist complete access.

The only error I see is a GPU process error but I don’t think is connected to the web server.

[2025-02-26 22:43:49.784] [LOG] Launching application.
[7194:0226/224359.949078:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(1007)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=512
[2025-02-26 22:44:42.117] [LOG]
[7194:0226/224442.468308:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(1007)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=512
[7194:0226/224504.822973:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(1007)] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=512
[2025-02-26 22:45:56.193] [INFO] System information:

SYSTEM: manufacturer: Raspberry Pi Foundation; model: Raspberry Pi 3 Model A Plus Rev 1.1; virtual: false

OS: platform: linux; distro: Raspbian GNU/Linux; release: 11; arch: arm; kernel: 6.1.21-v7+

VERSIONS: electron: 32.3.1; used node: 20.18.1; installed node: 20.18.1; npm: 10.8.2; pm2: 5.4.3

OTHER: timeZone: Europe/Rome; ELECTRON_ENABLE_GPU: undefined

[2025-02-26 22:45:56.931] [LOG] Create new calendarfetcher for url: https://ics.calendarlabs.com/76/****MYCAL***** - Interval: 604800000
[2025-02-26 22:45:57.049] [LOG] Create new newsfetcher for url: http://www.MYRSS**- Interval: 300000
[2025-02-26 22:45:57.118] [INFO] updatenotification: Updater Class Loaded!
[2025-02-26 22:45:57.123] [INFO] updatenotification: Checking PM2 using…
[2025-02-26 22:45:57.125] [INFO] updatenotification: [PM2] You are not using pm2
[2025-02-26 22:45:57.128] [INFO] Checking git for module: MMM-Wallpaper
[2025-02-26 22:45:57.591] [INFO] Checking git for module: MMM-Config
[2025-02-26 22:45:57.893] [INFO] Checking git for module: MagicMirror
[2025-02-26 22:45:58.426] [INFO] Calendar-Fetcher: Broadcasting 10 events from https://ics.calendarlabs.com*****MYCAL****.
[2025-02-26 22:45:58.443] [INFO] Newsfeed-Fetcher: Broadcasting 10 items.

[nowayto]

@sdetweil
My fault. In config.js the adress was set in “localhost”… Sorry.
Now I set the IP and I granted the access

[sdetweil]

@nowayto yes, the doc mentions this, and if you had set

showQR:true

it would have displayed a message about localhost