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      smithdsl @MichMich
      last edited by

      @MichMich How do I dump the log file?

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      • MichMichM Offline
        MichMich Admin
        last edited by

        It’s not the node log. It’s the console log you can see in the developers tools. A screenshot (with the red error messages) is enough.

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        • MichMichM Offline
          MichMich Admin
          last edited by

          I just pushed a possible fix to the develop branch. Please let me know if this solves the issue.

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            dejayou
            last edited by

            Hi MichMich- I am using the new develop branch and whatever the fix was is not working for me. I am still getting the blank black screen. I also wasn’t able to fix it with changing the naming conventions related to the language settings that worked for others.

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            • MichMichM Offline
              MichMich Admin
              last edited by

              In your case its probably an other issue. Could you share your config.js (don’t forget to take out sensitive info)?

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                dejayou
                last edited by MichMich

                Hi MichMich,
                Thank you for continuing to work with me on this matter. Here is the config file:

                /* Magic Mirror Config Sample
                 *
                 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
                 * MIT Licensed.
                 */
                var config = {
                    port: 8080,
                
                    language: "nl",
                    timeFormat: 24,
                    units: "metric",
                
                    modules: [{
                        module: "alert"
                    },
                            {
                        module: "wuforecast",
                        position: "top_right", // This can be any of the regions.
                        // Best results in left or right regions.
                        config: {
                            // See ‘Configuration options’ for more information.
                            location: "Cleveland",
                            appid: "5095830b868b90bcc31affdad4911325" //wunderground.com API key.
                        }
                    },
                            {
                        module: "clock",
                        position: "top_left"
                    },
                            {
                        module: "calendar",
                        header: "US Holidays",
                        position: "top_left",
                        config: {
                            calendars: [{
                                symbol: "calendar-check-o",
                                url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics"
                            }]
                        }
                    },
                            {
                        module: "compliments",
                        position: "lower_third"
                    },
                            {
                        module: "currentweather",
                        position: "top_right",
                        config: {
                            location: "Cleveland",
                            locationID: "4614088", //ID from bulk.openweather.org/sample/
                            appid: "5095830b868b90bcc31affdad4911325"
                        }
                    },
                            {
                        module: "weatherforecast",
                        position: "top_right",
                        header: "Weather Forecast",
                        config: {
                            location: "Cleveland",
                            locationID: "4614088", //ID from bulk.openweather.org/sample/
                            appid: "5095830b868b90bcc31affdad4911325"
                        }
                    },
                            {
                        module: "newsfeed",
                        position: "bottom_bar",
                        config: {
                            feeds: [{
                                title: "New York Times",
                                url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
                            }],
                            showSourceTitle: true,
                            showPublishDate: true
                        }
                    }]
                
                };
                
                /*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
                if (typeof module !== "undefined") {
                    module.exports = config;
                }
                
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                • MichMichM Offline
                  MichMich Admin
                  last edited by

                  @dejayou: could you try your magic mirror without the wuforecast module?

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                    dejayou
                    last edited by

                    That did it! Amazing thank you!

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                      spazehorst
                      last edited by spazehorst

                      Hello @MichMich and everyone!

                      First of all big thanks for this really cool project, my bathroom mirror is progressing well ;-)

                      Unfortunately I cannot confirm that this issue here is solved.

                      After succeeding to set up a Pi 1 with the serveronly feature, I ordered a Pi 3, did almost the same but maybe not thoroughly, thought I messed up, and started over from scratch:

                      I ran the automatic installer and left the config.js.sample as it was (this was the lucky move!). I started the mirror with DISPLAY=:0 npm start. The interface shows up and gives the message: please create a config.js file.
                      But when I do mv config.js.sample config.js and restart the mirror, I get a black screen. When I now set the language to ‘’, it works as supposed.
                      So maybe also one of the default modules messes up (like the “wuforecast”)?
                      Anyhow may I suggest to just set the language field blank in the config.js.sample, so that others don’t stumble upon this?

                      Thank you and Cheers, Patrick

                      PS:
                      Pi 3 Model B v1.2
                      $uname -a
                      Linux raspberrypi 4.4.11-v7+ #888 SMP Mon May 23 20:10:33 BST 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux

                      The only commands I ever executed after reinstall were:
                      sudo su
                      sudo apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade -y
                      sudo apt-get install -y x11-xserver-utils unclutter matchbox vim
                      curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/master/installers/raspberry.sh | bash
                      cd MagicMirror/
                      DISPLAY=:0 npm start

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                        MichMich Admin @spazehorst
                        last edited by

                        @spazehorst could you try it with The sample config? Especially no 3rd party modules.

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