multiple error in magic mirror after update from 2.28.0 to 2.36.0

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a need 2 dashes in front of trace

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a change the npm start to npm run start:x11

If you had used my upgrade script it would have fixed that

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil i did use your upgrade script.

do you mean change it inside mm.sh?

currently its

#!/bin/bash
# This file is still here to keep PM2 working on older installations.
cd ~/MagicMirror
DISPLAY=:0 npm start

change it to

#!/bin/bash
# This file is still here to keep PM2 working on older installations.
cd ~/MagicMirror
DISPLAY=:0 npm run start:x11

correct?

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a correct…

in version 2.35 we documented that we changed the default to

npm run start:wayland

for npm start

see package,json, scripts: section for the command options

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil same thing

NODE_OPTIONS=--trace-deprecation npm run start:x11

[2026-05-02 00:31:24.574] [LOG]   [node_helper] Module helper loaded: MMM-CalendarExt3
[2026-05-02 00:31:24.574] [LOG]   [app] All module helpers loaded.
[2026-05-02 00:31:24.592] [LOG]   [server] Starting server on port 8080 ...
[2026-05-02 00:31:24.602] [ERROR] [unknown] (node:1985687) [DEP0040] DeprecationWarning: The `punycode` module is deprecated. Please use a userland alternative instead.
    at node:punycode:7:10
    at BuiltinModule.compileForInternalLoader (node:internal/bootstrap/realm:398:7)
    at BuiltinModule.compileForPublicLoader (node:internal/bootstrap/realm:337:10)
    at loadBuiltinModule (node:internal/modules/helpers:126:7)
    at loadBuiltinWithHooks (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1229:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1320:48)
    at c._load (node:electron/js2c/node_init:2:18060)
    at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:262:19)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1583:12)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:153:16)
[2026-05-02 00:31:24.702] [LOG]   [app] Server started ...
[2026-05-02 00:31:24.703] [LOG]   [node_helper] Connectin```
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[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil i have change my mm.sh to

#!/bin/bash
# This file is still here to keep PM2 working on older installations.
cd ~/MagicMirror
DISPLAY=:0 npm run start:x11

but when i do pm2 start MagicMirror, it doesnt start still.

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a SO much fun

do this and give me the output

grep "module:" ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js | sort | uniq

and I’ll look thru them

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil here you go

[hsa@HSA:~ $ grep "module:" ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js
                        module: "alert",
                        module: "updatenotification",
                        module: "clock",
        module: "MMM-Jast",
  module: 'MMM-GoogleDocs-Notes',
                        module: "newsfeed",
                module: "MMM-NewsAPI",
  module: "MMM-MyScoreboard",
  module: "MMM-SoccerLiveScore",
//  module: "MMM-GooglePhotos",
// module: "MMM-ImagesPhotos",
//   module: "MMM-Wallpaper",
//    module: 'MMM-BackgroundSlideshow',
  module: "MMM-OneDrive",
  module: "MMM-CalendarExt3Agenda",
                        module: "calendar",
                         module: "MMM-CalendarExt3",
                        module: "calendar",](link url)

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a ok, I didn’t find it the easy way

lets try the easier way

find ~/MagicMirror/modules -type d | grep punycode | sort

each module listed has it as a dependency either directly or indirectly
on my system (with a lot of modules installed, but most not used)

/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/Hello-Lucy/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-BMI/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-CalvinAndHobbes/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-FinParcel/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-GoogleCalendar/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-HomeAssistantDisplay/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-homeassistant-sensors/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-json/node_modules/npm/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-json/node_modules/npm/node_modules/uri-js/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-json/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Lottery/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-MARS/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-NOAA3/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-OnSpotify/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Reddit/node_modules/psl/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Reddit/node_modules/request/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Reddit/node_modules/uri-js/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-SmartWebDisplay/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Strava/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Surf/node_modules/punycode
/home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Todoist/node_modules/punycode

because its not listed in one of the modules directly, its a dependency of a dependency

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil can we fix the pm2 please?

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a use my mm.sh

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/MagicMirror

if [ $(ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -i -e xway -e labwc | wc -l) -ne 0 ]; then 
   # if WAYLAND_DISPLAYis set, use it, else set to -0
   export WAYLAND_DISPLAY=${WAYLAND_DISPLAY:=wayland-0}
   npm run start:wayland
else
   DISPLAY=:0 npm run start:x11
fi 

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil

hsa@HSA:~ $ find ~/MagicMirror/modules -type d | grep punycode | sort
/home/hsa/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Jast/node_modules/punycode

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil it doesnt work still unfortunately. it goes into a black screen then back to wallpaper and keep looping in this manner…

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a yep, its a dependency 3 layers down…

“node_modules/yahoo-finance2”

only thing is to open an issue on the module github page and see if the author can/will fix it

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil ok got it. thanks. since the punycode is not material lets ignore it for now and focus on the pm2 haha.

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a use my mm.sh

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil i did. i copied your code as suggest and paste it into my mm.sh and it the same issue.

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a which issue?

the punycode will still be reported…

it should start mm with the appropriate start command

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil the pm2 issue.

im not able to pm2 start magicmirror

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil i use your mm.sh code.
then i ran pm2 start MagicMirror

then i get this

(node:1995398) [DEP0044] DeprecationWarning: The `util.isArray` API is deprecated. Please use `Array.isArray()` instead.
(Use `node --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)
[PM2] Applying action restartProcessId on app [MagicMirror](ids: [ 0 ])
[PM2] [MagicMirror](0) ✓
[PM2] Process successfully started

and the mirror just go into a blackscreen then loop back to wallpaper then loop back again to blackscreen and it keeps going back and forth