MagicMirror is Failing to start at all

Sampleswow

This is my code line in terminal,
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm start

magicmirror@2.32.0 start
node --run start:x11

node: bad option: --run
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $

I checked my node version its v20.19.3
and my Npm version is 11.5.1
No idea’s whats going on here i know it pulled this after i did an update on something i don’t remember what though as i did it one day before leaving for work and then came back to this without time to dive into it

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ sudo npm run install-mm

magicmirror@2.32.0 install-mm
npm install --no-audit --no-fund --no-update-notifier --only=prod --omit=dev

npm error code EBADENGINE
npm error engine Unsupported engine
npm error engine Not compatible with your version of node/npm: magicmirror@2.32.0
npm error notsup Not compatible with your version of node/npm: magicmirror@2.32.0
npm error notsup Required: {“node”:“>=22.14.0”}
npm error notsup Actual: {“npm”:“10.9.2”,“node”:“v20.19.4”}
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /root/.npm/_logs/2025-07-27T18_19_13_346Z-debug-0.log
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $

sdetweil

@Sampleswow awesome

edit the package.json
and change the “start”
to “startx”
then add this line after

"start":"DISPLAY=${DISPLAY:=:0} ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js",

then

npm start

should start your MagicMirror

this was the way it was before this release

sdetweil

@Sampleswow we need node 22.14 minimum
You have node 20

See the release notes
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/127151

If you had used the upgrade script it would have done this for you

Sampleswow

@sdetweil
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ bash -c “$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/upgrade-script.sh)” apply
update log will be in /home/pi/MagicMirror/installers/upgrade.log
doing test run = false
Node currently installed. Checking version number.
Minimum Node version: v22.14.0
Installed Node version: v24.4.1
Check current Node installation …
Node currently installed. Checking version number.
Minimum Node version: v22.14.0
Installed Node version: v24.4.1
No Node.js upgrade necessary.
Check current NPM installation …
NPM currently installed. Checking version number.
Minimum npm version: V10.9.2
Installed npm version: V11.4.2
No npm upgrade necessary.

want /var/swap=200MByte, checking existing: keeping it
saving custom.css
local version 2.32.0 already same as master 2.32.0
restoring custom.css
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $

Still will not start

sdetweil

@Sampleswow

Because you did this manually the script will abort if the same version is already

I provide another option, instead of apply use
force
At the end of the command

I don’t document this because I dont want everyone using force and getting into more trouble.

Sampleswow

@sdetweil
So i used the force protocol and it took some time and did some things. after it was done i attempted to start the MM using both the old way and they way the release notes said and i still get this,

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cd MagicMirror
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm start

magicmirror@2.32.0 start
node --run start:x11

node: bad option: --run
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ node --run
node: --run requires an argument
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $

sdetweil

@Sampleswow can you show the output of

node -v

Sampleswow

@sdetweil
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ node -v
v24.4.1
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cd MagicMirror
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ node -v
v24.4.1

sdetweil

@Sampleswow thanks

Try this

sudo n 22.14
hash -r
node -v

You should get 22.14 or 22.15

Then try npm start in the MagicMirror folder

Sampleswow

@sdetweil
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo n 22.14
copying : node/22.14.0
installed : v22.14.0 (with npm 10.9.2)
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ hash -r
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ node -v
v22.14.0
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cd MagicMirror
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm start

magicmirror@2.32.0 start
node --run start:x11

node: bad option: --run
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $

sdetweil

@karsten13 have any debug advice here?