nvm install 22.22.1
nvm use 22.22.1
hash -r
node -v

if 22.22.1

cd ~/MagicMirror
rm -rf node_modules
npm run install-mm

if successful

npm run start:wayland

advise results

Backup/restore should work if you can run it from the nas command line (it’s all bash) and if git is there you could push to a repo of yours

https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror-backup-restore

This takes optional parm’s for the folder name of MagicMirror and the place to put the backup

Best thing to do for things in main.css

Do a git diff main.css

It will show you all the changes and adds

If you used my backup restore it can help you move versions and systems, backup here restore there

My installer creates custom.css if it doesn’t exist
My updater would have moved things around for you

@nobbie35 said: node 22, awesome
hmmm this says wayland

 ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -i -e xway -e labwc 

can you show its output

note we moved (user controlled files) like css to the config folder
IF you used my installer script, it would have moved everything other than the MM owned css contents

please don’t edit main.css

all USER css goes in custom.css
that way when we install updates, we dont overwrite your stuff…

Thank you for the assist. Much appreciated

nvm install 22.22.1
nvm use 22.22.1
hash -r
node -v

if 22.22.1

cd ~/MagicMirror
rm -rf node_modules
npm run install-mm

if successful

npm run start:wayland

advise results

~/Dashboard/MagicMirror $ which node
/home/pi/.nvm/versions/node/v24.16.0/bin/node

do

which node

it will give you the path to the node executable
using n, it should be

which node
/usr/local/bin/node

npm install electron@41.3.0

added 488 packages in 30s

246 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

After running installing that and then trying to start MM it still gave me the same error

I ran the following

/Dashboard/MagicMirror $ sudo n 22.22.1
     copying : node/22.22.1
   installed : v22.22.1 (with npm 10.9.4)
/Dashboard/MagicMirror $ hash -r
/Dashboard/MagicMirror $ node -v
v24.16.0

Still got the same error and it says im running node 24 still running

Output of the commands

/Dashboard/MagicMirror $ ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -i -e xway -e labwc | wc -l
2

cd ~/MagicMirror
rm -rf node_modules/electron
npm install electron@41.3.0

what is the result of that?
show the terminal output
this is what I see

npm install electron@41.3.0

added 1 package in 3s

240 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details
npm notice
npm notice New major version of npm available! 10.9.4 -> 11.16.0
npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v11.16.0
npm notice To update run: npm install -g npm@11.16.0
npm notice

I am on node 22.22.1
you are on node 24

maybe try node 22…

sudo npm install n -g
sudo n 22.22.1
hash -r
node -v
cd ~/MagicMirror
rm -rf node_modules
npm run install-mm

if you have wayland as window manager do

npm run start:wayland

else do

npm run start:x11

if you don’t know, run this command stream (from my mm.sh in the scripted install at https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts)

ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -i -e xway -e labwc | wc -l

if it returns 1, its wayland, otherwise x11

please advise results along the way… don’t try other things than this