@dcarls91 said in Blank screen with error in terminal upon start.:

I went into all of my modules and and ran npm install as well

IF they do NOT have a package.json file as part of a module, then there is a bad side effect or a required file beging deleted

you can check

cd ~/MagicMirror ls modules/node_modules/node_helper/index.js

if the file is there, all good,
if not do this

cd ~/MagicMirror git checkout modules/node_modules/node_helper/index.js

@dcarls91 if u r going to use single quotes, you can’t include them in the string.

‘Drew’s Calendar’

Use double quotes

“Drew’s Calendar”

@dcarls91 i think you could override the regions sizings in custom.css

this is whats in main.css for the center

.region.third, .region.middle.center { width: 100%; text-align: center; transform: translateY(-50%); } .region.upper.third { top: 33%; } .region.middle.center { top: 50%; } .region.lower.third { top: 66%; }

and index.html (spaces after < because the viewer here does some funny stuff)

< div class="region upper third">< div class="container">< /div>< /div> < div class="region middle center">< div class="container">< /div>< /div> < div class="region lower third">< div class="container"><br/>< /div>< /div>

so, if u make upper a little smaller and middle a little bigger… it might work out

I posted this in another thread too.

Hi,

For beginners, the catchphrase is “JSON syntax”.
There are many articles to be found, both short and lengthy.
A small article would be:
https://restfulapi.net/json-syntax/

The main things to look for in your config.js file are:

does every [ have a matching ] are all arrays separated by a , (the last array does not need a ,) does every { have a matching } are all objects separated by a , (the last object does not need a ,) is every name value pair separated by a ,

The syntax checker will try to find out if this syntax is correct and tries to predict where the error could be.
So, when it says it saw a [ and it cannot find a matching ] it tells you what was expected and what it saw.

Try to format you config.js to make it more visible.
For example this:

[{},{}],[{},{[]}]

is better written like this:

[ {}, {} ], [ { }, { [ ] } ]

Pairs of [ ]and { } are better visible like this.

Good luck :-)

@dcarls91 It’s been a while since I played with this, but if I recall correctly, I had to use a Heroku app as a relay between the Alexa skill and the mirror. Then I had a module on the mirror subscribe to the notifications that the Heroku app was putting out and react accordingly on the display.

@j-e-f-f That is true…In my case I need more than the pi could handle.