i used the sample doing install,
config.js for upgrade
and no confug for the screen saver and pm2 scripts at the end

upgrade does what u are supposed to do manually, but breaks running systems with lots of none-base modules

upgrade tries to detect and fix the breakage

run 1st time it will just check if its possible upgrade would work

second time with ‘apply’ parm will do the upgrade process. a log is kept of the process

but glad u got it working

BTW, I did not upgrade (was a bit worried)… not sure if should do that !

https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

My magicmirrior is DEAD !!! HELP !!! HELP !!!

This is STILL an issue … had the BLACK SCREEN after the npm pull && install npm

Now the mirror does not even start and I get a Javascript error !!!
I also got the 4 vulnerabilities (1 low, 2 high, 1 critical) after the install

@MichMich said in So ... to update MagicMirror I would ... ??:

@Richard238 Please share the steps you took to upgrade and the log files which shows errors.

I followed the usual update routine.
I don’t have any logs, as I’ve restored MM from an earlier SD card backup.

MM working OK everywhere, it’s just telling me I’m 150 commits out-of-date.
I’ll live with that until the electron black screen issue is resolved.

Found the error logs from a backup I forgot I’d taken:

[TAILING] Tailing last 15 lines for [mm] process (change the value with --lines option)
/home/pi/.pm2/logs/mm-error-0.log last 15 lines:
0|mm       |     at Function.Module._load (module.js:424:3)
0|mm       |     at Module.require (module.js:483:17)
0|mm       |     at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
0|mm       |     at bindings (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:81:44)
0|mm       | Error: Module version mismatch. Expected 50, got 57.
0|mm       |     at Error (native)
0|mm       |     at process.module.(anonymous function) [as dlopen] (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:173:20)
0|mm       |     at Object.Module._extensions..node (module.js:583:18)
0|mm       |     at Object.module.(anonymous function) [as .node] (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:173:20)
0|mm       |     at Module.load (module.js:473:32)
0|mm       |     at tryModuleLoad (module.js:432:12)
0|mm       |     at Function.Module._load (module.js:424:3)
0|mm       |     at Module.require (module.js:483:17)
0|mm       |     at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
0|mm       |     at bindings (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PIR-Sensor/node_modules/bindings/bindings.js:81:44)


/home/pi/.pm2/logs/mm-out-0.log last 15 lines:
0|mm       | Initializing new module helper ...
0|mm       | Module helper loaded: MMM-MyTemps
0|mm       | Initializing new module helper ...
0|mm       | Module helper loaded: updatenotification
0|mm       | No helper found for module: clock.
0|mm       | Initializing new module helper ...
0|mm       | Module helper loaded: calendar
0|mm       | No helper found for module: compliments.
0|mm       | No helper found for module: currentweather.
0|mm       | No helper found for module: weatherforecast.
0|mm       | No helper found for module: MMM-doomsDay.
0|mm       | Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
0|mm       | MagicMirror will not quit, but it might be a good idea to check why this happened. Maybe no internet connection?
0|mm       | If you think this really is an issue, please open an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues
0|mm       | Launching application.

I hope that helps find what’s wrong, and how to fix it.

Thanks!

Does that mean anything to anyone?

pi@ftpi:~/MagicMirror $ npm start

> magicmirror@2.3.1 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
> sh run-start.sh


npm ERR! Linux 4.14.32-v7+
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
npm ERR! node v6.14.1
npm ERR! npm  v3.10.10
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! magicmirror@2.3.1 start: `sh run-start.sh`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.3.1 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
pi@ftpi:~/MagicMirror $

I’ll live with that until the electron black screen issue is resolved.

It is resolved in V2.3.1

@Richard238 Please share the steps you took to upgrade and the log files which shows errors.

I followed the usual update routine.
I don’t have any logs, as I’ve restored MM from an earlier SD card backup.

MM working OK everywhere, it’s just telling me I’m 150 commits out-of-date.
I’ll live with that until the electron black screen issue is resolved.

Installed MM2.3.1, still got black screen
Installed earlier version electron, still got black screen.

Shutdown and restarted.

Now nothing on :8080 either :(

Same with me. I was not at home over Easter, had switched off the raspberry 3 days. Launched yesterday and just a black screen. :(
After that I read this with the new update and executed it, unfortunately without any changes. The downgrade of electron described above also brought no change. Still a black screen and no display via ip:8080.

Shutdown and restarted.

Now nothing on :8080 either :(

It’s alive again.

Thanks great job

Because of the incredible dependency chain involved for node packages, I can only assume that using a newer versions of one package, will also require a newer version of the package depending on it, and possibly vice versa. Of course when things are working, it all beautiful, but it seem very easy that it doesn’t.

You guys should probaly do pm2 stop mm; pm2 kill to make sure it’s not running in the background.

Also, AFAIK, I think if you do git reset --hard you’d loose all your old config settings and other changes you’ve made?

in MagicMirror Folder

npm install electron@1.4.15

It seems to fix the issue for others. Not sure why you are unable to downgrade electron.
https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues/1243

Could you reboot and try again @harry?

Yep. Reboot helped.
Rebooted, stopped MagicMirror and then the downgrade worked.
MagicMirror is up and running again!

Thanks a lot!