<![CDATA[Magic Mirror black screen Pi Zero W]]>My magic is not working, and it’s driving me insane.
When MagicMirror launches automatically, (when the gui is disabled) it simply gives me a black screen, and when I launch it manually I get the following code:

/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron: error while loading shared libraries: libnss3.so: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory
npm ERR! file sh
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno EN0ENT
npm ERR! syscall spawn
npm ERR! magicmirror@1.2.1 start: 'sh run-start.sh' 
npm ERR! spawn EN0ENT
npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@1.2.1 start script. 
npm ERR! This is probably not an error with npm. There is a likely additional logging output above.

I’m a complete noon when it comes to Linux please help me!!

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4430/magic-mirror-black-screen-pi-zero-wRSS for NodeFri, 08 May 2026 15:12:33 GMTTue, 11 Jul 2017 00:07:12 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Magic Mirror black screen Pi Zero W on Tue, 11 Jul 2017 04:48:34 GMT]]>@bhepler
SSH wasn’t working, (hence the crappy pictures and retyped code in lieu of screenshots and copy pasting) so I’ve been working directly on my pi zero.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25198https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25198Tue, 11 Jul 2017 04:48:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Magic Mirror black screen Pi Zero W on Tue, 11 Jul 2017 03:35:24 GMT]]>Heh. Well, I recognize which thread you used as a basis.
Okay, one last stupid question: Are you SSH into your Pi Zero, or are you working directly on it with it connected to a monitor right in front of you?

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25194https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25194Tue, 11 Jul 2017 03:35:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Magic Mirror black screen Pi Zero W on Tue, 11 Jul 2017 02:59:44 GMT]]>@bhepler
Thanks, I’m in no rush to finish this so take your time :)

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25193https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25193Tue, 11 Jul 2017 02:59:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Magic Mirror black screen Pi Zero W on Tue, 11 Jul 2017 02:53:38 GMT]]>@Zelocked No worries. We all were where you are at some point. Let me take a look.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25192https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25192Tue, 11 Jul 2017 02:53:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Magic Mirror black screen Pi Zero W on Tue, 11 Jul 2017 02:20:07 GMT]]>@bhepler

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dw_VsG9mw-WzDcwY85wxJHyPgMcCszr0yAopafe_Y_k/edit?usp=drivesdk

I took notes of everything I did and all the complications. These are the exact steps I took, to the letter. This was about the sixth attempt at a fresh installation, and I’m at my wit’s end. Thank you sooo much for taking the time to help me and for being patient with me :)

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25191https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25191Tue, 11 Jul 2017 02:20:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Magic Mirror black screen Pi Zero W on Tue, 11 Jul 2017 02:06:05 GMT]]>Let’s back up a bit. How did you install the Mirror on your Pi Zero? Which steps did you follow?

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25189https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25189Tue, 11 Jul 2017 02:06:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Magic Mirror black screen Pi Zero W on Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:29:50 GMT]]>@bhepler

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByTeJ1TSWiaqQ2Frc2xJN2hQT2c/view?usp=drivesdk

There’s a picture of the error log (can’t screenshot, ssh not working)
I’m not sure how to check electron version.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25186https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25186Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:29:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Magic Mirror black screen Pi Zero W on Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:03:08 GMT]]>@Zelocked Can you expand on the log messages you receive? What versions of electron and node did you install?

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25184https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25184Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:03:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Magic Mirror black screen Pi Zero W on Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:57:59 GMT]]>@bhepler
Yes to both of those.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25181https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25181Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:57:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Magic Mirror black screen Pi Zero W on Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:57:27 GMT]]>@Zelocked Well. Let’s start with some basic questions:

  • How did you install the Magic Mirror framework?
  • Did you install node and electron separately?
  • Did you run npm install in the /home/pi/MagicMirror folder?
  • Did you copy config.js.sample to config.js in the /home/pi/MagicMirror/config folder?
]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25180https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/25180Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:57:27 GMT