MM won't update after config file changes

GRR

hello, new user here
I installed MM and attempted to add modules. After I updated and saved the config file, I restarted MM to find the default modules still present. None of my config file changes appeared on the MM. I searched the troubleshooting forum and ran ‘npm run config:check’ and it said there were no syntax errors on the configuration and modules portion. Any thoughts? Thanks everyone!

GRR

@sdetweil Hi sam, thanks for the reply, I think I figured out my problem with the config file and I’m starting to see changes take effect. Thank you so much for your timely response.

sdetweil

@GRR can you show the messages produced by

npm start

in the MagicMirror folder

You can capture the output by using the redirect symbols

npm start >sonefile.txt 2>&1

Wait 15 seconds
Press ctrl-c

And then you can examine the contents of somefile.txt

Note: if you are using pm2 to autolaunch at boot
You may need to use the pm2 command to restart MagicMirror

pm2 status

Will show you the state of the managed apps

pm2 stop xx
pm2 start xx
pm2 restart xx

xx is the name or number of the row displayed in the output of pm2 status

How did you install the apps and edit config.js

GRR

@sdetweil Hi sam, thanks for the reply, I think I figured out my problem with the config file and I’m starting to see changes take effect. Thank you so much for your timely response.

sdetweil

@GRR can you tell us generally what it was, that way we might know for other users that encounter the same issue…

thanks for the feedback regardless…

GRR

@sdetweil embarrassingly, I was editing the wrong config file. I was editing a copy and dummy me didn’t update the config file being used by MM.

sdetweil

@GRR I’ve been there many times.
amazing how you dont see it.

thanks for sharing that.

GRR

@sdetweil Thanks for your patience and understanding and for your willingness to help. When I read your thread about which editor I was using for the config file something hit me mentally to check those config files and there it was, hit me like a frying pan. ha ha.

sdetweil

@GRR lol, yeh does whack you.

im the moderator here. as well as user. module author