multiple error in magic mirror after update from 2.28.0 to 2.36.0

[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

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a ok, lets test

pm2 stop all

bash -x mm.sh

where ever mm.sh is, mine is usually in ~/MagicMirror/installers

pm2 status
pm2 info xx

where xx is the line number of the MagicMirror instance you are starting

to see which mm.sh it is using , for example

│ script path       │ /home/sam/MagicMirror/installers/mm.sh    

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil mm.sh is the same location as yours. this is the bash result

hsa@HSA:~/MagicMirror/installers $ bash -x mm.sh

+ cd /home/hsa/MagicMirror
++ ps -ef
++ grep -v grep
++ wc -l
++ grep -i -e xway -e labwc
+ '[' 1 -ne 0 ']'
+ export WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-1
+ WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-1
+ npm run start:wayland

> magicmirror@2.36.0 start:wayland
> WAYLAND_DISPLAY="${WAYLAND_DISPLAY:=wayland-1}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js --ozone-platform=wayland

[2026-05-02 01:18:20.742] [LOG]   [app] Starting MagicMirror: v2.36.0
[2026-05-02 01:18:20.750] [LOG]   [utils] Loading config ...
[2026-05-02 01:18:20.754] [INFO]  [utils] Checking config file /home/hsa/MagicMirror/config/config.js ...
[2026-05-02 01:18:20.822] [INFO]  [utils] Your configuration file doesn't contain syntax errors :)
[2026-05-02 01:18:20.822] [INFO]  [utils] Checking modules structure configuration ...
[2026-05-02 01:18:20.880] [INFO]  [utils] Your modules structure configuration doesn't contain errors :)
[2026-05-02 01:18:20.883] [LOG]   [app] Loading module helpers ...
[2026-05-02 01:18:20.883] [LOG]   [app] No helper found for module: alert.
[2026-05-02 01:18:20.887] [LOG]   [node_helper] Initializing new module helper ...
[2026-05-02 01:18:20.887] [LOG]   [node_helper] Module helper loaded: updatenotification
[2026-05-02 01:18:20.888] [LOG]   [app] No helper found for module: clock.
[2026-05-02 01:18:21.199] [LOG]   [node_helper] Initializing new module helper ...
[2026-05-02 01:18:21.206] [LOG]   [node_helper] Module helper loaded: MMM-Jast
[2026-05-02 01:18:21.682] [INFO]  [systeminformation]
####  System Information  ####
- SYSTEM:   manufacturer: Raspberry Pi Foundation; model: Raspberry Pi 5 Model B Rev 1.0; virtual: false; MM: v2.36.0
- OS:       platform: linux; distro: Debian GNU/Linux; release: 12; arch: arm64; kernel: 6.12.47+rpt-rpi-2712
- VERSIONS: electron: 41.3.0; used node: 22.21.1; installed node: 22.21.1; npm: 10.9.4; pm2: 6.0.14
- ENV:      XDG_SESSION_TYPE: tty; MM_CONFIG_FILE: undefined
            WAYLAND_DISPLAY:  wayland-1; DISPLAY: undefined; ELECTRON_ENABLE_GPU: undefined
- RAM:      total: 8059.14 MB; free: 6835.58 MB; used: 1223.56 MB
- OTHERS:   uptime: 201889 minutes; timeZone: Asia/Singapore
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.054] [LOG]   [node_helper] Initializing new module helper ...
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.054] [LOG]   [node_helper] Module helper loaded: MMM-GoogleDocs-Notes
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.080] [LOG]   [node_helper] Initializing new module helper ...
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.081] [LOG]   [node_helper] Module helper loaded: newsfeed
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.087] [LOG]   [node_helper] Initializing new module helper ...
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.087] [LOG]   [app] Check MagicMirror² version for node helper 'MMM-NewsAPI' - Minimum version: 2.21.0 - Current version: 2.36.0
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.087] [LOG]   [app] Version is ok!
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.088] [LOG]   [node_helper] Module helper loaded: MMM-NewsAPI
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.089] [LOG]   [node_helper] Initializing new module helper ...
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.089] [LOG]   [node_helper] Module helper loaded: MMM-MyScoreboard
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.096] [LOG]   [node_helper] Initializing new module helper ...
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.097] [LOG]   [app] Check MagicMirror² version for node helper 'MMM-SoccerLiveScore' - Minimum version: 2.1.0 - Current version: 2.36.0
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.097] [LOG]   [app] Version is ok!
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.097] [LOG]   [node_helper] Module helper loaded: MMM-SoccerLiveScore
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.192] [LOG]   [node_helper] Initializing new module helper ...
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.193] [LOG]   [node_helper] Module helper loaded: MMM-OneDrive
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.193] [LOG]   [node_helper] Initializing new module helper ...
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.194] [LOG]   [node_helper] Module helper loaded: MMM-CalendarExt3Agenda
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.265] [LOG]   [node_helper] Initializing new module helper ...
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.265] [LOG]   [node_helper] Module helper loaded: calendar
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.266] [LOG]   [node_helper] Initializing new module helper ...
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.266] [LOG]   [node_helper] Module helper loaded: MMM-CalendarExt3
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.266] [LOG]   [app] All module helpers loaded.
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.270] [LOG]   [server] Starting server on port 8080 ...
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.280] [ERROR] [unknown] (node:1996838) [DEP0040] DeprecationWarning: The `punycode` module is deprecated. Please use a userland alternative instead.
(Use `electron --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.394] [LOG]   [app] Server started ...
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.395] [LOG]   [node_helper] Connecting socket for: updatenotification
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.396] [LOG]   [node_helper] Starting module helper: updatenotification
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.397] [LOG]   [node_helper] Connecting socket for: MMM-Jast
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.397] [LOG]   [MMM-Jast] MMM-Jast helper method started...
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.397] [LOG]   [node_helper] Connecting socket for: MMM-GoogleDocs-Notes
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.398] [LOG]   [node_helper] Connecting socket for: newsfeed
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.398] [LOG]   [newsfeed] Starting node helper for: newsfeed
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.399] [LOG]   [node_helper] Connecting socket for: MMM-NewsAPI
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.399] [LOG]   [MMM-NewsAPI] Starting node_helper for module: MMM-NewsAPI
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.399] [LOG]   [node_helper] Connecting socket for: MMM-MyScoreboard
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.399] [LOG]   [MMM-MyScoreboard] Starting node_helper for module [MMM-MyScoreboard]
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.491] [LOG]   [node_helper] Connecting socket for: MMM-SoccerLiveScore
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.492] [LOG]   [MMM-SoccerLiveScore] Starting node helper for: MMM-SoccerLiveScore
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.492] [LOG]   [node_helper] Connecting socket for: MMM-OneDrive
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.493] [INFO]  [MMM-OneDrive] [MMM-OneDrive] [node_helper] Starting module helper
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.494] [INFO]  [lib] [DiskCaching] Initialized in directory: /home/hsa/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-OneDrive/cache/photos
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.495] [INFO]  [MMM-OneDrive] [MMM-OneDrive] [node_helper] Started
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.495] [LOG]   [node_helper] Connecting socket for: MMM-CalendarExt3Agenda
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.496] [LOG]   [node_helper] Connecting socket for: calendar
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.497] [LOG]   [calendar] Starting node helper for: calendar
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.497] [LOG]   [node_helper] Connecting socket for: MMM-CalendarExt3
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.498] [LOG]   [app] Sockets connected & modules started ...
[2026-05-02 01:18:22.508] [LOG]   [electron] Launching application.
/home/hsa/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGTRAP

[sdetweil]

which means it THINKS you are running wayland…

crtl-c in that window just to make sure its stopped

if you do

npm run start:x11

does MM come up?

if so, change the

npm run start:wayland
to
npm run start:x11

and then pm2 start MagicMirror

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil i have change mm.sh to

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:x11
else
   DISPLAY=:0 npm run start:x11
fi

pm2 start Magicmirror does not start still

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a ok, lets reboot once

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil ok done. same. black screen with mouse > wall paper > continue looping

the funny thing is that when i do the bash, it works. just pm2 start doesnt.