3. Problem after installing MM on Pi Zero W
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Problem after installing MM on Pi Zero W

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    Hey ,

    I have installed MM on mir Pi Zero W with this tutorial :

    MagicMirror on Pi Zero W

    after that my Pi output is :

    pi@magicmirror:~/MagicMirror $ npm start

> magicmirror@2.1.2 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
> sh run-start.sh

/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron: error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

npm ERR! Linux 4.9.35+
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "start"
npm ERR! node v4.2.1
npm ERR! npm  v2.14.7
npm ERR! file sh
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall spawn
npm ERR! magicmirror@2.1.2 start: `sh run-start.sh`
npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.1.2 start script 'sh run-start.sh'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the magicmirror package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     sh run-start.sh
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls magicmirror
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/MagicMirror/npm-debug.log

    But the Midori starts and says that there is no config.js file. So it seems to be running ?!?

    If I move the config.js.sample to config.js the Midori screen ist completley black…

    Could please someone help me

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    Module Developer

    @abergy said in Problem after installing MM on Pi Zero W:
    You are missing some linux libraries. Look at this line:

    /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron: error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

    It says it is missing library libgconf-2.so.4, install it with sudo apt-get install libgconf-2-4.

    You are probably missing more libraries but it will only show 1 error at a time. So execute above command and then rerun MM. Look for the next missing library and install that. I had this error too and I was missing two libraries, I can’t remember what the other was tho.

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    Hey @Ultimatum22 ,

    thank you very much.

    I was missing two libaries as you said :

    • libgconf-2-4
    • libnss3

    no errors occur after installation.

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    Ok I was a bit too fast.

    After installing the libaries no errors occur, but after rebooting the PiZeroW this happens:

    pi@magicmirror:~ $ npm start
npm ERR! Linux 4.9.35+
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "start"
npm ERR! node v4.2.1
npm ERR! npm  v2.14.7
npm ERR! path /home/pi/package.json
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! syscall open

npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/pi/package.json'
npm ERR! enoent This is most likely not a problem with npm itself
npm ERR! enoent and is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/npm-debug.log

    I did not search for this in the forum yet, maybe you have a quick answer for this again.
    (maybe this is easy again, but I’m not good at debuging this error output)

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    @abergy

    Are you running npm start from your MagicMirror directory?

    pi@magicmirror~/MagicMirror

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    @Mykle1 said in Problem after installing MM on Pi Zero W:

    @abergy

    Are you running npm start from your MagicMirror directory?

    pi@magicmirror~/MagicMirror

    no I didn’t , now there are no errors. Thanks.

    But now the screen is black again.
    npm start works, … hmm …is the configsample.js maybe not working with the Pi Zero ?

    Is there a way to test the MM with an other method ? ( I’m using Midori, like in the tutorial)

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  • @abergy if there is a module using es6 features it could be a reason for the black screen. can you check the developer console in midori for errors?

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    Can I check the errorlog over the commandline somehow?

    If I google the “Black screen” problem with the Pi zero W, there are a lot of questions but now solutions.
    Someone said ist maybe because of the ARM6 Arch. on the Pi Zero!?

    Should I buy a Raspi3 to save my nerves ^^?

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    @abergy said in Problem after installing MM on Pi Zero W:

    Should I buy a Raspi3 to save my nerves ^^?

    There is certainly less trouble with a Pi3. Installation is more direct and you don’t need any work-arounds. Your nerves are another matter. :^)

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  • @abergy actually you can’t as the logs are related to your browser (midori)

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