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    Black screen after installation on Pi 2 model B V1.1

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    • V Offline
      vicdilou
      last edited by

      Hello,

      I use the auto install and after duplicate “config.js.sample” to “config.js” but when I launch “index.html” and I have a blackscreen. I did not change the “config.js”.

      Help me please ^^

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      • strawberry 3.141S Offline
        strawberry 3.141 Project Sponsor Module Developer @vicdilou
        last edited by

        @vicdilou what do you mean with launch index.html? did you open this file in a browser? or did you started with npm or node server only?

        Please create a github issue if you need help, so I can keep track

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          vicdilou
          last edited by

          I open the file in a browser. How i have to launch it ?

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          • strawberry 3.141S Offline
            strawberry 3.141 Project Sponsor Module Developer @vicdilou
            last edited by

            @vicdilou cd ~/MagicMirror then npm start

            Please create a github issue if you need help, so I can keep track

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              vicdilou
              last edited by vicdilou

              I tried this before but it doesn’t work and now it work !
              Thank you.

              edit : How to close it properly ?

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                PaulB
                last edited by

                @strawberry-3-141 thanks for the great advice.

                Ive tried your advise. Nevertheless my screen is now completely black, too.

                Ive tried it several times now, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t.

                After Ive changed the API Key of openwjeathermaps my screen went black again.

                So @strawberry-3-141 do you have and advise maybe? :-)

                Kind Regards from Germany,

                Paul

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                • bheplerB Offline
                  bhepler Module Developer @PaulB
                  last edited by

                  @PaulB A completely black screen usually means there is an error in the config.js file. Please post yours, (specifically the openweathermaps module entry) using the markdown features and we’ll take a look at it.

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                    PaulB
                    last edited by

                    @bhelper I am trying to :-D

                    /* Magic Mirror Config Sample
                    *

                    • By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
                    • MIT Licensed.
                      */

                    var config = {
                    port: 8080,

                    language: 'de',
                    timeFormat: 24,
                    units: 'metric',
                    
                    modules: [
                    	{
                    		module: 'alert',
                    	},
                    	{
                    		module: 'clock',
                    		position: 'top_left'
                    	},
                    	{
                    		module: 'calendar',
                    		header: 'US Holidays',
                    		position: 'top_left',
                    		config: {
                    			calendars: [
                    				{
                    					symbol: 'calendar-check-o ',
                    					url: 'webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics'
                    				}
                    			]
                    		}
                    	},
                    	{
                    		module: 'compliments',
                    		position: 'lower_third'
                    	},
                    	{
                    		module: 'Aktuelles Wetter',
                    		position: 'top_right',
                    		config: {
                    			location: 'Bayreuth,Germany',
                    			locationID: '5128581',  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org
                    			appid: '158010f0c45e255e6439eb1885b3482b'
                    		}
                    	},
                    	{
                    		module: 'Wettervorhersage',
                    		position: 'top_right',
                    		header: 'Wettervorhersage',
                    		config: {
                                location: 'Bayreuth,Germany',
                    			locationID: '5128581',  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org
                                appid: '158010f0c45e255e6439eb1885b3482b'
                    		}
                    	},
                    	{
                    		module: 'newsfeed',
                    		position: 'bottom_bar',
                    		config: {
                    			feeds: [
                    				{
                    					title: "New York Times",
                    					url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
                    				}
                    			],
                    			showSourceTitle: true,
                    			showPublishDate: true
                    		}
                    	},
                    ]
                    

                    };

                    /*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
                    if (typeof module !== ‘undefined’) {module.exports = config;}

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                    • bheplerB Offline
                      bhepler Module Developer
                      last edited by

                      At a guess, it looks like you put the header for your module in the module name specification. The module: [name] lines must match the name of the module. These names also correspond with folders in the ~/MagicMirror/modules path. The modules that are installed with the MagicMirror code (which I believe you are trying to use) will be in ~/MagicMirror/modules/default/[module name]

                      So try this instead:

                      {
                      		module: 'currentweather',
                      		position: 'top_right',
                      		config: {
                      			location: 'Bayreuth, Germany',
                      			locationID: '5128581', 
                      			appid: '158010f0c45e255e6439eb1885b3482b'
                      		}
                      	},
                      	{
                      		module: 'weatherforecast',
                      		position: 'top_right',
                      		header: 'Wettervorhersage',
                      		config: {
                                           location: 'Bayreuth, Germany',
                      		     locationID: '5128581',  
                                           appid: '158010f0c45e255e6439eb1885b3482b'
                      		}
                      	},
                      
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                        PaulB
                        last edited by

                        @bhepler You are a Genius! Thanks a lot. :-)

                        Changing the module names was not my best idea, I guess :D

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