<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Black screen on Surface RT running Raspbian OS (for ARM).]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hi.</p>
<p dir="auto">I recently respun a Microsoft Surface RT and installed Raspbian on it.  The Surface RT runs Linux just fine, so I went and installed MM2 on it, however when I start it (npm start), I get a black screen with the mouse/cursor on it.  I’ve waited a long time, but the screen stays black, however something is running because if I hit Q, MM2 quits gracefully.</p>
<p dir="auto">I’ve tried Googling for answer, and the closest I found was when someone got a black screen at startup (they were installing on a RPW, I believe), and they just had to wait a while for various packages and such to be downloaded.  I waited and waited (like an hour), but when I came back, I still saw the black screen.</p>
<p dir="auto">I also went into the config file and disabled (commented out) all the modules except one, and the system still gave me the black screen.  I also commented out that last one and uncommented a different one (so I would have at least one module), but alas, still I get the black screen.</p>
<p dir="auto">Also, I didn’t see any obvious things in the logs that were displayed to the screen.</p>
<p dir="auto">Any idea what might be going on or how I should go about debugging it?</p>
<p dir="auto">Thank you for your time.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/19784/black-screen-on-surface-rt-running-raspbian-os-for-arm-.</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:35:17 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/19784.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 05:57:59 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Black screen on Surface RT running Raspbian OS (for ARM). on Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:02:43 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/js999" aria-label="Profile: JS999">@<bdi>JS999</bdi></a> if you have ssh enabled you can do it over the ssh session</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/127490</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/127490</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sdetweil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:02:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Black screen on Surface RT running Raspbian OS (for ARM). on Tue, 22 Jul 2025 19:42:41 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> - Interesting…  Sure, I’ll copy and paste the output (from the Surface RT to this computer so I can paste it).</p>
<p dir="auto">I’ll be back…  :-)</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/127489</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/127489</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[JS999]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 19:42:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Black screen on Surface RT running Raspbian OS (for ARM). on Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:12:29 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/js999" aria-label="Profile: JS999">@<bdi>JS999</bdi></a> how did you install MagicMirror ?</p>
<p dir="auto">can you look at the messages output from the npm start  command</p>
<p dir="auto">typically the black screen means some missing fonts</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/127454</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/127454</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sdetweil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:12:29 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>