Black Screen after Booting Up

nickymac12

@j.e.f.f I usually use VNC Connect to connect to it remotely, but since I moved into a new house it isn’t connected to the new wifi so it won’t work.

Mykle1

So the mirror has no internet connection?

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.