MMM-GooglePhotos suddenly stopped working this morning

[Jabl0]

@sdetweil just to update you. Network share works great and the kids are loving the QR code :) So thank you.

One thing i have noticed this module doing that the MMM-GooglePhotos module did not do, is it just goes black with only the mouse curser showing. Nothing shows up in PM2 logs when this happens. I guess its because it runs from browser?

Anyway i can troubleshoot this and see what is causing it? Maybe my Pi is not powerful enough? Its a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B.

See screenshot below:

Thanks :)

[sdetweil]

@Jabl0 are you using my fork of the module? there was a bug handling restarting if one of the images failed to load

when you have the black screen you might be able to open the developers window , ctrl-shift-i, select the console tab

also i think there is a
debug:true
config option which will show the whole flow of getting files and selecting a file to display in the output of npm start

if you install MMM-Logging or MMM-LogExt it will capture the browser console and merge w the npm start console

[Jabl0]

@sdetweil apologies but i am not sure what you mean by fork :( however, i am using this one https://github.com/roramirez/MMM-ImagesPhotos and i see you are a contributor on there?

I will give the recommended debugging log methods you have suggested and see what i can find.

Thank you.

[sdetweil]

@Jabl0 fork, means i have a copy too

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

[Jabl0]

@sdetweil Ah, right! Learnt something new :) I am using the other one. One more thing, i did enable debugging yesterday and for some strange reason i have not seen the black screen since i have done this. Fingers crossed though.

I did see these errors:

Invalid SOS parameters for sequential JPEG

But the module kept running fine with no black screen.

I would like to use your version, will i have to completely remove the module and clone yours instead, or is there a quicker way to migrate?

Thanks.

[sdetweil]

@Jabl0 just rename the module folder out of the way
and install mine in its place. only change config for new parms if you want to use them

[Jabl0]

@sdetweil Legend! Thanks :)

[Jabl0]

said in MMM-GooglePhotos suddenly stopped working this morning:

@sdetweil Legend! Thanks :)

@sdetweil its been a few days and that black screen keeps persisting. Using your fork and the original one.

I am not seeing much from the logs, im keeping an eye on temperature as well. I do have over 3000 photos though. Dont know if that is an issue.

I’d appreciate if you can help me with this.

Let me know what i need to provide in order to be able to get this resolved.

Thanks :)

[sdetweil]

@Jabl0 did you add

debug:true,

to the module config, and add MMM-Logext

you should see logging where npm start is done

[Jabl0]

@sdetweil yes I did. That’s where have been checking the past few days and all the images load just fine, even when it goes black which why im baffled. Is there anything else I should be looking for in the logs?

I use pm2 logs to see the logs btw.

I also check in dmesg