So ... to update MagicMirror I would ... ??

Harry

Yep. I see I’m not the only one with a blank screen…
I did the git pull && npm install. It went through with only two warnings. Then after pm2 restart mm.sh I got the blank screen. I see that there is an npm-debug.log that contains some errors:

14 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.3.0 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@2.3.0
16 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
17 error Linux 4.4.43-v7+
18 error argv “/usr/bin/node” “/usr/bin/npm” “start”
19 error node v6.12.3
20 error npm v3.10.10
21 error code ELIFECYCLE
22 error magicmirror@2.3.0 start: sh run-start.sh
22 error Exit status 1
23 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.3.0 start script ‘sh run-start.sh’.

Any help would be appreciated.
Harry

Charley

I returned from a copied img from my sd card to an older version and only did

git pull

didn’t do the

npm install

at least now it works again

chef

strange I’m not seeing a black screen.

Perhaps an issue with the auto start script? But I’m unsure.

Electron was updated in this release as well.

MichMich

In most cases it’s because the port is still in use. First thing to try if it fails to start after an update: reboot the pi.

Richard238

Power off & on restores VNC, and LAN access displaying MM. (Hurrah!).

Pi. Electron window is black, but shows cursor.

Cyberwrights

One more for blank screen, no joy after update per the instructions. Restarted MM using pm2, then rebooted the Pi. Ran the git reset --hard command, still nothing.

NoNameRo

for me it worked without problems as follows

pm2 stop mm

then

git pull && npm install

and then

pm2 restart mm

maybe it works for one or the other

Cyberwrights

@NoNameRo Intuition tells me I should have stopped the service before applying the update, but unfortunately the instructions do not…

NoNameRo

I do not know if it is absolutely necessary to stop the service, for me it was obvious to do it

chef

Perhaps try stopping all instances of electron and node.

Stop pm2

Then try the install again.

Reboot the Pi.

MichMich

Could everyone state what version of node you are running? (And if it works or not).

Harry

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

Could everyone state what version of node you are running? (And if it works or not).

Mine is v6.12.3
Not working…

Richard238

Node version = v6.9.5

Cyberwrights

v6.12.3
Not working

btw that command if anyone else needs to look it up is just
$ node -v

Charley

I am on v6.12.3

And not working when I update npm install

Cyberwrights

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

Perhaps try stopping all instances of electron and node.

Stop pm2

Then try the install again.

Reboot the Pi.

Tried this, same result. Blank mirror although pm2 reports it is online.

chef

Working on node version 6.13.1

I think I can see where this is going… The blank screen is the mirror running, but there could be an issue with loading the page data? …

chef

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

v6.12.3
Not working

btw that command if anyone else needs to look it up is just
$ node -v

@Cyberwrights thanks for that … I just used ‘dpkg -l | grep ii | less’, and that took forever to find node … lol

MichMich

My first thought there is an issue with electron. Looking into it.

MichMich

Could someone try the following in the MagicMirror folder:

npm install electron@1.4.15

If this works, please state your Node version as well. (node -v)