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    • N Offline
      nowayto
      last edited by

      Hi,
      I have an issue, appeared after MMM-SolarPicture installation but I don’t think it’s related to it. Maybe an error on my configuration.

      pm2 logs is this one below

      0|mm | [2025-05-08 21:00:29.772] [ERROR] _ is not defined
      0|mm | [2025-05-08 21:00:29.826] [ERROR] _ is not defined
      0|mm | [2025-05-08 21:01:53.233] [ERROR] _ is not defined
      0|mm | [2025-05-08 21:01:53.327] [ERROR] _ is not defined
      0|mm | [2025-05-08 21:03:16.264] [ERROR] _ is not defined
      0|mm | [2025-05-08 21:03:16.440] [ERROR] _ is not defined
      0|mm | [2025-05-08 21:04:39.584] [ERROR] _ is not defined
      0|mm | [2025-05-08 21:04:39.676] [ERROR] _ is not defined
      0|mm | sh: 1: ./node_modules/.bin/electron: not found
      0|mm | sh: 1: ./node_modules/.bin/electron: not found
      0|mm | sh: 1: sh: 1: ./node_modules/.bin/electron: not found
      0|mm | ./node_modules/.bin/electron: not found
      0|mm | sh: 1: ./node_modules/.bin/electron: not found
      0|mm | sh: 1: ./node_modules/.bin/electron: not found
      0|mm | sh: 1: ./node_modules/.bin/electron: not found

      0|mm | > magicmirror@2.31.0-develop start
      0|mm | > npm run start:x11
      0|mm | > magicmirror@2.31.0-develop start:x11
      0|mm | > DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
      0|mm | sh: 1: ./node_modules/.bin/electron: not found
      PM2 | App [mm:0] exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT]
      PM2 | App [mm:0] starting in -fork mode-
      PM2 | App [mm:0] online
      0|mm | > magicmirror@2.31.0-develop start
      0|mm | > npm run start:x11
      0|mm | > magicmirror@2.31.0-develop start:x11
      0|mm | > DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
      0|mm | sh: 1: ./node_modules/.bin/electron: not found
      PM2 | App [mm:0] exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT]
      PM2 | App [mm:0] starting in -fork mode-
      PM2 | App [mm:0] online

      npm run config:check gave me that result:

      magicmirror@2.31.0-develop config:check
      node js/check_config.js

      node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1228
      throw err;
      ^

      Error: Cannot find module ‘eslint’
      Require stack:

      • /home/MYMIRRORNAME/MagicMirror/js/check_config.js
        at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1225:15)
        at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1051:27)
        at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1311:19)
        at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:179:18)
        at Object. (/home/MYMIRRNAME/MagicMirror/js/check_config.js:6:20)
        at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1469:14)
        at Module._extensions…js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1548:10)
        at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1288:32)
        at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1104:12)
        at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:173:12) {
        code: ‘MODULE_NOT_FOUND’,
        requireStack: [ ‘/home/MYMIRRORNAME/MagicMirror/js/check_config.js’ ]
        }

      Node.js v20.18.1

      thank you for your help

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      • N Offline
        nowayto @sdetweil
        last edited by

        @sdetweil
        Sam… I don’t know how to saying it.
        I figure out the issue.

        After your last message I tried what you suggest.
        With the default cfg I had no errors, with mine I had errors.

        So I checked again and again the config…
        and I find an underscore _ right at the start of the config

        npm config:check told me “no syntax errors” and that confusing me.

        When I edit it I use nano editor
        I do “sudo nano config.js” and I press CTRL + _ to jump at the 250 line.
        Might be one of the latest time I opened it and press _ a bit faster than CTRL and I add it for error.

        In addition I notice that when I open config.js with nano editor the green cursor is, clearly, at the start of the first line… EXACTLY on the undescore _ and it hides it.

        I’m really sorry for bothering you with that.
        How can I buy you a coffee ?
        Thanks

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        • S Offline
          sdetweil @nowayto
          last edited by sdetweil

          @nowayto >Node.js v20.18.1

          2.31.0 requires node 22.14 or above

          how did you get here?

          also you are on 2.31.0-develop

          so you had a temp fix
          and didn’t read the post i put out

          https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/19561/version-2.31.0-april-1-2025-upgrade-reminder

          Sam

          How to add modules

          learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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          • N Offline
            nowayto @sdetweil
            last edited by

            @sdetweil I didn’t update MM since I’ve installed it months ago, so I suppose it wasn’t that. Might be it updated automatically?

            I remember you told me to use a “temp fix” to solve a problem.
            Now I’ll follow your guide in the post to update it.
            Thanks

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              nowayto @sdetweil
              last edited by

              @sdetweil Do you suggest to update manually or auto? Thanks

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                sdetweil @nowayto
                last edited by sdetweil

                @nowayto i never suggest update automatically.
                use my script

                Sam

                How to add modules

                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                • N Offline
                  nowayto @sdetweil
                  last edited by

                  @sdetweil I’m sorry for the question: that script?

                  bash -c “$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/upgrade-script.sh)”

                  Thanks

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                  • S Offline
                    sdetweil @nowayto
                    last edited by

                    @nowayto yes, but its two steps

                    one time without any parameters (test mode)
                    and one time with apply

                    all you have to do is click/copy the first time and run it
                    then do the same on the second if the first ends successfully

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      nowayto @sdetweil
                      last edited by

                      @sdetweil MM doesn’t work.

                      I tried a config check but I have this error now.
                      I tried to “npm install eslint -g” but the error persist

                      npm run config:check

                      magicmirror@2.31.0 config:check
                      node js/check_config.js

                      node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1404
                      throw err;
                      ^

                      Error: Cannot find module ‘eslint’
                      Require stack:

                      • /home/MYMIRR/MagicMirror/js/check_config.js
                        at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1401:15)
                        at defaultResolveImpl (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1057:19)
                        at resolveForCJSWithHooks (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1062:22)
                        at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1211:37)
                        at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:322:14)
                        at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:235:24)
                        at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1487:12)
                        at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:135:16)
                        at Object. (/home/MYMIRR/MagicMirror/js/check_config.js:6:20)
                        at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1730:14) {
                        code: ‘MODULE_NOT_FOUND’,
                        requireStack: [ ‘/home/MYMIRR/MagicMirror/js/check_config.js’ ]
                        }

                      Node.js v22.15.0

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                      • S Offline
                        sdetweil @nowayto
                        last edited by sdetweil

                        @nowayto show me the ~/MagicMirror/installers/upgrade.log

                        note: I had a typo in log filename

                        and then do

                        cd ~/MagicMirror
                        npm install
                        

                        Sam

                        How to add modules

                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                          nowayto @sdetweil
                          last edited by

                          @sdetweil

                          Upgrade started - Sat May 10 00:06:51 CEST 2025
                          system is Linux magicmirror2 6.1.21-v7+ #1642 SMP Mon Apr 3 17:20:52 BST 2023 armv7l GNU/Linux
                          doing test run = true, NO updates will be applied!
                          the os is PRETTY_NAME=“Raspbian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)” NAME=“Raspbian GNU/Linux” VERSION_ID=“11” VERSION=“11 (bullseye)” VERSION_CODENAME=bullseye ID=raspbian ID_LIK>
                          architecture from dpkg is armhf
                          ^[[96mCheck current Node installation …^[[0m
                          ^[[0mNode currently installed. Checking version number.
                          ^[[0mMinimum Node version: ^[[1mv22.14.0^[[0m
                          ^[[0mInstalled Node version: ^[[1mv22.15.0^[[0m
                          ^[[92mNo Node.js upgrade necessary.^[[0m
                          ^[[96mCheck current NPM installation …^[[0m
                          ^[[0mNPM currently installed. Checking version number.
                          ^[[0mMinimum npm version: ^[[1mV10.9.2^[[0m
                          ^[[0mInstalled npm version: ^[[1mV11.3.0^[[0m
                          ^[[92mNo npm upgrade necessary.^[[0m

                          saving custom.css
                          remote name = origin
                          upgrading from version 2.31.0 to 2.31.0
                          fetching latest revisions
                          git fetch rc=0
                          current branch = master
                          On branch master
                          Your branch is up to date with ‘origin/master’.

                          Untracked files:
                          (use “git add …” to include in what will be committed)
                          core
                          errorcal.txt
                          errorcal2.txt
                          errorcal3.txt
                          errorcal4.txt
                          errorcal5.txt
                          nohup.out
                          run-start.sh
                          splashscreen/

                          nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use “git add” to track)
                          no files different from github version

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                            nowayto @sdetweil
                            last edited by

                            @sdetweil npm install results

                            ~/MagicMirror $ npm install
                            npm error code ENOTEMPTY
                            npm error syscall rename
                            npm error path /home/MYMIRR/MagicMirror/node_modules/es-abstract
                            npm error dest /home/MYMIRR/MagicMirror/node_modules/.es-abstract-fSsKyNTi
                            npm error errno -39
                            npm error ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rename ‘/home/MYMIRR/MagicMirror/node_modules/es-abstract’ -> ‘/home/MYMIRR/MagicMirror/node_modules/.es-abstract-fSsKyNTi’
                            npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/MYMIRR/.npm/_logs/2025-05-10T06_40_55_661Z-debug-0.log

                            Tried with sudo

                            ~/MagicMirror $ sudo npm install
                            npm error code EBADENGINE
                            npm error engine Unsupported engine
                            npm error engine Not compatible with your version of node/npm: magicmirror@2.31.0
                            npm error notsup Not compatible with your version of node/npm: magicmirror@2.31.0
                            npm error notsup Required: {“node”:“>=22.14.0”}
                            npm error notsup Actual: {“npm”:“11.2.0”,“node”:“v20.18.1”}
                            npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /root/.npm/_logs/2025-05-10T06_41_52_949Z-debug-0.log

                            npm seems to see an old version of nodejs but:

                            ~/MagicMirror $ node -v
                            v22.15.0

                            I don’t know what happened.
                            If it can help I had first problem after the MMM-SolarPicture
                            but I’ve just installed it and configured it through config.js… nothing more than usual…

                            but the actual behaviour is that pm2 status says it’s running, but on the monitor I see just the raspbian desktop

                            │ id │ name │ namespace │ version │ mode │ pid │ uptime │ ↺ │ status │ cpu │ mem │ user │ watching │
                            ├────┼───────┼─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼──────────┼────────┼──────┼───────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┤
                            │ 0 │ mm │ default │ N/A │ fork │ 4311 │ 19s │ 64 │ online │ 0% │ 2.6mb │ ber… │ disabled │

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                            • S Offline
                              sdetweil @nowayto
                              last edited by

                              @nowayto two things

                              doing test run = true, NO updates will be applied!
                              upgrading from version 2.31.0 to 2.31.0

                              doing test run changes nothing, its a safety check

                              and i wont let you upgrade over the same release accidentally

                              so you need to rerun the command and add

                              force
                              

                              to the end

                              Sam

                              How to add modules

                              learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                sdetweil @sdetweil
                                last edited by sdetweil

                                @nowayto NEVER use sudo with any npm command

                                the number in the pm2 status 4311 is the number of restarts

                                youve got a mess

                                now we HAVE to use sudo to undo it

                                cd ~/MagicMirror 
                                sudo rm -rf node_modules
                                cd fonts
                                sudo rm -rf node_modules
                                cd ..\vendor
                                sudo rm-rf node_modules
                                cd ..
                                

                                lets see about node

                                which node
                                n 
                                q to quit
                                nvm 
                                

                                dont do anything else til we figure out the nodejs problem

                                Sam

                                How to add modules

                                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                  nowayto @sdetweil
                                  last edited by

                                  @sdetweil I’m sorry :(

                                  I did it what you suggest and config:check gave me a module error again. Different than one before

                                  npm run config:check

                                  magicmirror@2.31.0 config:check
                                  node js/check_config.js

                                  node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1404
                                  throw err;
                                  ^

                                  Error: Cannot find module ‘ajv’
                                  Require stack:

                                  After “require stack” there are other lines, if you need it, tell me.
                                  Thanks

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                                    sdetweil @nowayto
                                    last edited by sdetweil

                                    @nowayto

                                    i said stop

                                    we need to fix nodejs so npm install will work

                                    node -v

                                    says something
                                    and npm install says node is different

                                    i am trying to figure out where node is installed and by who
                                    system, nvm or n

                                    you didn’t give me answers to the commands i provided

                                    Sam

                                    How to add modules

                                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                      nowayto @sdetweil
                                      last edited by

                                      @sdetweil

                                      which node gave me
                                      /home/MYMIRR/.nvm/versions/node/v22.15.0/bin/node

                                      n gave me
                                      node/20.18.1

                                      Use up/down arrow keys to select a version, return key to install, d to delete, q to quit

                                      nvm gave me

                                      Node Version Manager (v0.39.5)

                                      Note: refers to any version-like string nvm understands. This includes :

                                      • full or partial version numbers, starting with an optional “v” (0.10, v0.1.2 , v1)
                                      • default (built-in) aliases: node, stable, unstable, iojs, system
                                      • custom aliases you define with nvm alias foo

                                      followed by a lot of options

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                                        sdetweil @nowayto
                                        last edited by sdetweil

                                        @nowayto ok nvm and n do the same function but differently

                                        i use n in my scripts because it runs everywhere

                                        so lets turn off nvm

                                        nvm deactivate
                                        nvm unload
                                        cd ~
                                        rm -rf  .nvm
                                        

                                        now which node
                                        should find /usr/local/bin/node

                                        now we need n to get to node 22.14.0

                                        sudo n 22.14.0
                                        

                                        now node -v

                                        should return 22.14.0

                                        if so, do

                                        cd  ~/MagicMirror 
                                        npm install
                                        

                                        now MagicMirror should run

                                        Sam

                                        How to add modules

                                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                          nowayto @sdetweil
                                          last edited by

                                          @sdetweil Thank you a lot Sam.

                                          I did everything but
                                          I have an [ERROR] _ is not defined

                                          magicmirror@2.31.0 start:x11
                                          DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

                                          [2025-05-11 15:39:26.429] [LOG] Starting MagicMirror: v2.31.0
                                          [2025-05-11 15:39:26.527] [LOG] Loading config …
                                          [2025-05-11 15:39:26.537] [LOG] config template file not exists, no envsubst
                                          [2025-05-11 15:39:28.154] [INFO] Checking config file /home/MYMIRR/MagicM irror/config/config.js …
                                          [2025-05-11 15:39:28.478] [INFO] Your configuration file doesn’t contain syntax errors :)
                                          [2025-05-11 15:39:28.482] [INFO] Checking modules structure configuration …
                                          [2025-05-11 15:39:28.793] [ERROR] _ is not defined

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                                            sdetweil @nowayto
                                            last edited by sdetweil

                                            @nowayto so that sounds like the npm install failed again

                                            do it again and show the output

                                            Sam

                                            How to add modules

                                            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                              nowayto @sdetweil
                                              last edited by

                                              @sdetweil

                                              installer didn’t failed, but this is the result now

                                              npm install

                                              magicmirror@2.31.0 postinstall
                                              npm run install-vendor && npm run install-fonts && echo "MagicMirror² installation finished successfully!
                                              "

                                              magicmirror@2.31.0 install-vendor
                                              echo "Installing vendor files …
                                              " && cd vendor && npm install --loglevel=error --no-audit --no-fund --no-update-notifier

                                              Installing vendor files …

                                              up to date in 7s

                                              magicmirror@2.31.0 install-fonts
                                              echo "Installing fonts …
                                              " && cd fonts && npm install --loglevel=error --no-audit --no-fund --no-update-notifier

                                              Installing fonts …

                                              up to date in 3s
                                              MagicMirror² installation finished successfully!

                                              magicmirror@2.31.0 prepare
                                              [ -f node_modules/.bin/husky ] && husky || echo no husky installed.

                                              up to date in 45s

                                              285 packages are looking for funding
                                              run npm fund for details

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