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    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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    Black screen after MM v2.4.0 update.

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    • KimzerK Offline
      Kimzer
      last edited by

      Anyone else struggling with using MMM-Pir-Sensor after the new update?

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        thenameiwantedwastaken @Kimzer
        last edited by

        Yes, I am having the same black screen. I have to disable PIR to be able to use MM at all. I also noted that after I installed PIR I could no longer SSH into the Pi from my desktop computer, whereas I could from my mobile phone. Anyway, the black screen is the main concern right now. I’ll post if I discover anything helpful.

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        • G Offline
          grantc66
          last edited by grantc66

          Not sure if I’m having the same issue, stupidly updated electron as npm was claiming 1.7.13 had a critical vulnerability (after installing MMM-voice) Then got the backscreen issue. rolled back electron to 1.7.13 & the issue persists.

          Node v9.11.1
          npm 6.1.0

          Thought I’d uploaded the log file but not sure if others can see it. That snippet below is the first error after ALL_MODULES_STARTED

          13:01:19.440 main.js:40 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ‘appendChild’ of undefined
          at main.js:40
          at Array.forEach ()
          at createDomObjects (main.js:24)
          at Object.modulesStarted (main.js:471)
          at startModules (loader.js:59)
          at loader.js:40
          at HTMLLinkElement.stylesheet.onload (loader.js:203)
          (anonymous) @ main.js:40
          createDomObjects @ main.js:24
          modulesStarted @ main.js:471
          startModules @ loader.js:59
          (anonymous) @ loader.js:40
          stylesheet.onload @ loader.js:203

          13:01:20.056 TypeError: Cannot read property ‘getElementsByClassName’ of null
          at moduleNeedsUpdate (main.js:176)
          at main.js:144
          at Promise ()
          at updateDomWithContent (main.js:137)
          at main.js:119
          at
          Promise rejected (async)
          (anonymous) @ main.js:121
          Promise resolved (async)
          (anonymous) @ main.js:118
          updateDom @ main.js:109
          updateDom @ main.js:514
          updateDom @ module.js:358

          Any pointers as to how to get it working again? It was working perfectly before MMM-voice & buggering around with electron.
          Tried a fresh install with the same result :(

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          • S Offline
            shane1234
            last edited by shane1234

            I’m also having the black screen of death. I tried both overlay options, and I tried commenting it out alltogether. I also ran the 2.4.1 update, but still getting black screen. Runs normally with the new update though when I comment out the PIR module in the config.js file.

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              sdetweil @shane1234
              last edited by

              @shane1234 if u have the PIR module loaded, and do ctrl-shift-i (lower case letter i), it will open the debug env, and then select the console tab… do you see any errors?

              also, if u start from a terminal window, alt-spacebar, n will minimze the mirror screen so you can see the terminal window node_helper outputs… anything there?

              usually a module.js error kills with MM screen…

              Sam

              How to add modules

              learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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              • S Offline
                Sun
                last edited by

                Mine after upgrade it’s freezing when trying to run magicmirror. Also try both kms driver and fake kms driver.

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                • D Offline
                  Dom1n1c
                  last edited by

                  mine is also freezing after the update.
                  No difference if i connect via vnc or using the monitor.

                  The only thing that does work, is opening the mirror in another browser (http://magicmirror:8080)

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                  • KimzerK Offline
                    Kimzer
                    last edited by

                    Is there a different way to turn the screen on/off with the fake kms driver maybe? :s

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                    • KimzerK Offline
                      Kimzer @Kimzer
                      last edited by

                      @kimzer replying to myself. I just had to chmod the new pir script i made to make it work duhhh. :p

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                        bwente @joela85
                        last edited by

                        @joela85
                        Are you using MMM-PIR-Sensor?
                        https://github.com/paviro/MMM-PIR-Sensor/issues/49

                        I needed to delete the node_modules directory first. Then I ran npm install and the issue was gone.

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                        • joela85J Offline
                          joela85 @bwente
                          last edited by

                          @bwente
                          I’m not currently using MMM-PIR-Sensor.
                          My problem was Enabling the Open GL driver. Using “dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d” or “dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d” did not work. Remove the line and it was fine. (Temps seem reasonable 62deg)

                          "Enable the Open GL driver to decrease Electron’s CPU usage.
                          The latest versions of electron use an extreme amount of CPU power when no Open GL driver is loaded. This will result in an overheating Raspberry Pi. To solve this issue, use the experimental desktop Open GL driver by adding the following line to /boot/config.txt:

                          sudo nano /boot/config.txt
                          Add the following line:

                          dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d
                          ℹ️ Activating the Open GL drive can also be accomplished by using the raspi-config tool by running sudo raspi-config. Go to the Advanced Options menu and select A7 GL Driver. Next, select the G1 GL (Full KMS) OpenGL desktop driver with full KMS. Note that this option will be selected in the menu even when the GL drive is not yet configured."

                          Not sure what the issue is. But at least it works.

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                            shane1234
                            last edited by

                            Ok, I cheated a little bit and completly wiped my SD card. Reinstalled Raspian, Magic Mirror and everything else from scratch, working great now!

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                              thenameiwantedwastaken
                              last edited by

                              I got mine working by following the advice in the second post on this thread:

                              https://github.com/paviro/MMM-PIR-Sensor/issues/39

                              Hope that helps others too.

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                              • bheplerB Offline
                                bhepler Module Developer @joela85
                                last edited by bhepler

                                @joela85 - I found that if you pull the SD card and plug it into a windows box, you can access the /boot path. That will allow you to edit the /boot/config.txt file and comment out the dtoverlay line. Edit in WordPad. Do not edit in Notepad.

                                Save the file, eject the SD card, put it back into your Pi. You should be able to SSH into your Pi once it boots.

                                I haven’t tried this procedure using an Ubuntu box, but it most likely will work.

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                                • joela85J Offline
                                  joela85 @bhepler
                                  last edited by

                                  @bhepler Ye, I had a play around last week and managed to do just this. All back up and running now.
                                  Thank you for the reply though.

                                  Regards,
                                  Joel

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