Black Screen after Booting Up

[j.e.f.f]

@nickymac12 maybe try connecting a LAN cable. it should work with DHCP by default

[nickymac12]

@j.e.f.f I was able to connect but it still shows a black screen and I still cannot control it.

[j.e.f.f]

@nickymac12 is SSH enabled? if so try to connect that way. That will allow you to check MM’s logs

[nickymac12]

I am able to connect via SSH now. How do I check the MM’s logs?

[j.e.f.f]

@nickymac12 type pm2 logs mm

[j.e.f.f]

@nickymac12 Also, at this point, you can start disabling modules one by one until MM starts. That should help you figure out the culprit.

[nickymac12]

@j.e.f.f all it responded with was
“Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=/home/pi/.pm2”

[j.e.f.f]

@nickymac12 ok. Try installing the sample config file.
Type:

cd ~/MagicMirror/config

mv config.js config.js.bak (this will back up your existing config)

cp config.js.sample config.js

pm2 restart mm

If magic mirror starts, then you either have a problem with your config or with a module.

[nickymac12]

So, unfortunately, I only had an 8gb sd card so I used that in my Pi and it is full so it will not write config.js.sample because there is not enough room…

[j.e.f.f]

@nickymac12 Aha! I’d say that might be your problem. See if you can free up some space, then restore your config file, and restart MM