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MM not starting after install

  • A

    Hey there,

    I have a freshly installed RPi3 with jessie-lite, with sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade done. I installed MM with bash -c "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/master/installers/raspberry.sh)" (without any errors) and tried to start with DISPLAY=:0 nohup npm start &
    The error in ~/MagicMirror/nohup.out shows the following:

    > magicmirror@2.1.3 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
> sh run-start.sh

/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

npm ERR! Linux 4.9.35-v7+
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
npm ERR! node v6.11.5
npm ERR! npm  v3.10.10
npm ERR! file sh
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall spawn
npm ERR! magicmirror@2.1.3 start: `sh run-start.sh`
npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.1.3 start script 'sh run-start.sh'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, 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 information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs magicmirror
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, 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

    npm-debug.log:

    0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/node', '/usr/bin/npm', 'start' ]
2 info using npm@3.10.10
3 info using node@v6.11.5
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~prestart: magicmirror@2.1.3
6 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~prestart: no script for prestart, continuing
7 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: magicmirror@2.1.3
8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: PATH: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/node-gyp-bin:/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bi$
10 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: CWD: /home/pi/MagicMirror
11 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: Args: [ '-c', 'sh run-start.sh' ]
12 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: Failed to exec start script
13 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.1.3 start: `sh run-start.sh`
13 verbose stack spawn ENOENT
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:33:16)
13 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
13 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:920:16)
13 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:230:5)
14 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.1.3
15 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
16 error Linux 4.9.35-v7+
17 error argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
18 error node v6.11.5
19 error npm  v3.10.10
20 error file sh
21 error code ELIFECYCLE
22 error errno ENOENT
23 error syscall spawn
24 error magicmirror@2.1.3 start: `sh run-start.sh`
24 error spawn ENOENT
25 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.1.3 start script 'sh run-start.sh'.
25 error Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
25 error If you do, this is most likely a problem with the magicmirror package,
25 error not with npm itself.
25 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
25 error     sh run-start.sh
25 error You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
25 error     npm bugs magicmirror
25 error Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
25 error     npm owner ls magicmirror
25 error There is likely additional logging output above.
26 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

    As the error ist talking about x11 I also tried to manually install x11vnc (see here: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Configuring-the-Raspberry-Pi), but that din’t change anything.

    Regards,
    AnduriI

    0 Mykle1 1 Reply
  • Mykle1
    Project Sponsor Module Developer

    @AnduriI said in MM not starting after install:

    /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron: error while loading shared libraries:

    I believe that your dependencies did not fully install for electron, based on the above error message. Try this:

    Move or rename or delete the electron folder from the /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/ directory.

    Then run npm install in the /home/pi/MagicMirror/ directory.

    Then run npm start in the /home/pi/MagicMirror/ directory

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  • A

    well that didn’t worked…
    I installed libgtk manually, now a new error: error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
    Again, installed that manually and found libnss3.soto be missing… let’s follow this route and see where it leads me…

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  • A

    well it looks like this was the last one missing, but still it does not work.
    npm-debug.log:

    0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/node', '/usr/bin/npm', 'start' ]
2 info using npm@3.10.10
3 info using node@v6.11.5
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~prestart: magicmirror@2.1.3
6 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~prestart: no script for prestart, continuing
7 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: magicmirror@2.1.3
8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: PATH: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/node-gyp-bin:/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/l$
10 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: CWD: /home/pi/MagicMirror
11 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: Args: [ '-c', 'sh run-start.sh' ]
12 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
13 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: Failed to exec start script
14 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.1.3 start: `sh run-start.sh`
14 verbose stack Exit status 1
14 verbose stack     at EventEmitter. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:255:16)
14 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
14 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:191:7)
14 verbose stack     at ChildProcess. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:40:14)
14 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
14 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
14 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:920:16)
14 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:230:5)
15 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.1.3
16 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
17 error Linux 4.9.35-v7+
18 error argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
19 error node v6.11.5
20 error npm  v3.10.10
21 error code ELIFECYCLE
22 error magicmirror@2.1.3 start: `sh run-start.sh`
22 error Exit status 1
23 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.1.3 start script 'sh run-start.sh'.
23 error Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
23 error If you do, this is most likely a problem with the magicmirror package,
23 error not with npm itself.
23 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
23 error     sh run-start.sh
23 error You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
23 error     npm bugs magicmirror
23 error Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
23 error     npm owner ls magicmirror
23 error There is likely additional logging output above.
24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

    I don’t see any message saying why it failed…

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  • Mykle1
    Project Sponsor Module Developer

    I’ve never used Jessie lite or run node server only so I am a bit at a loss here. Often, troubleshooting can take longer than re-installation. In which case, I usually recommend a manual install. That has always worked for me, although I only use the full version of Jessie

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  • A

    yeah I know what you mean… I will try a re-install with full jessie and manual install. I will report back after that… thanks a lot.

    0 bhepler 1 Reply
  • bhepler
    Project Sponsor

    @AnduriI If you’re worried about overhead and other useless applications on your Pi, the Complete Setup Tutorial has a useful command to uninstall a lot of the stuff you won’t use in a normal Raspbian image. It will pull out the Wolfram engine, LibreOffice, Minecraft, etc.

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  • A

    @bhepler well me using raspbian lite is just a habit and was not to decrease load. I have 3+ RPis all running headless with raspbian lite.
    But doing a re-install was a good idea. Have a full jessie installed now and setup of MM went fine the manuall way. Also it seems to be starting, but I can’t reach it from my pc. Monitor for MM has not yet arrived.

    pi@Spieglein:~/MagicMirror $  DISPLAY=:0 nohup npm start &
[1] 3579
pi@Spieglein:~/MagicMirror $ nohup: ignoriere Eingabe und hänge Ausgabe an „nohup.out“ an

    nohup.out:

    
> magicmirror@2.1.3 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
> sh run-start.sh

Starting MagicMirror: v2.1.3
Loading config ...
Loading module helpers ...
No helper found for module: alert.
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: updatenotification
No helper found for module: clock.
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: calendar
No helper found for module: compliments.
No helper found for module: currentweather.
No helper found for module: weatherforecast.
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: newsfeed
All module helpers loaded.
Starting server on port 8080 ...
You're using a full whitelist configuration to allow for all IPs
Server started ...
Connecting socket for: updatenotification
Connecting socket for: calendar
Starting node helper for: calendar
Connecting socket for: newsfeed
Starting module: newsfeed
Sockets connected & modules started ...
Launching application.
Create new calendar fetcher for url: http://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics - Interval: 300$
Create new news fetcher for url: http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml - Interval: 300000

    config.js:

    /* Magic Mirror Config Sample
 *
 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 *
 * For more information how you can configurate this file
 * See https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#configuration
 *
 */

var config = {
        address: "localhost", // Address to listen on, can be:
                              // - "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1" to listen on loopback interface
                              // - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface
                              // - "", "0.0.0.0", "::" to listen on any interface
                              // Default, when address config is left out, is "localhost"
        port: 8080,
        ipWhitelist: [], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses
                                                               // or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
                                                               // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::f$
                                                               // or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15$
                                                               // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::f$

        language: "de",
        timeFormat: 24,
        units: "metric",

        modules: [
[didn't changed anything below here yet]

    But there is no page available at Spieglein:8080 or [IP]:8080. Did I miss a point in the config?

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  • A

    adding an address: "0.0.0.0",did it, I can see the black page of MM in my browser… thanks a lot for your help. Now I’m even more waiting for my mirror and screen to arrive…

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