Recently updated MagicMirror and noticed the News Feed Title and Publish date are now running together – there is a space missing after the comma after the Title, so it looks like this:

New York Times,2 hours ago:

when it should look like this (space after the comma):

New York Times, 2 hours ago:

I haven’t noticed this in the older version I was running; Was showPublishDate used to be handled differently (via CSS and/or a div/span) instead of being inline with the showSourceTitle?

Can anyone help with getting the missing space back into this News Feed module output?

I see there are several old spam posts in the forum, and there are a lot of old threads about trying to stop the onslaught of spam bots.

The reason I ask is I’ve “Reported” old spam posts from a few months ago like this one:

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10455/buy-counterfeit-100-high-undetectable-banknotes-https-globalcountertrades-com-whatsapp-12092481680

and wondered if they are being seen or if the Admin(s) of the Forum want those reported? I know it’s hard to manage spam in forums, and wanted to know if there is anything that can be done to help.

Appreciate any help/info.

@sdetweil Yup, it’s working now. Awesome, thank you so much.

(The translations/en.json is just a single word change, so easy to fix manually without being stashed.)

Any follow-up or information on this by admin(s)? Would like to be able to help with this forum spam problem. Reporting/flagging spam messages doesn’t seem to be helping.

@sdetweil Yup, it’s working now. Awesome, thank you so much.

(The translations/en.json is just a single word change, so easy to fix manually without being stashed.)

@jca2112 when did you run it? today?

I ran the script yesterday (04/05/2026).

can you look at ~/MagicMirror/installers/mm.sh

and see if
npm run start:x11

is present on line 9

Here is the mm.sh:

#!/bin/bash
cd /home/dietpi/MagicMirror

if [ $(ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -i -e xway -e labwc | wc -l) -ne 0 ]; then 
   # if WAYLAND_DISPLAYis set, use it, else set to -0
   export WAYLAND_DISPLAY=${WAYLAND_DISPLAY:=wayland-0}
   npm run start:wayland
else
   DISPLAY=:0 npm start
fi 

#DISPLAY=:0 npm start

also, can you do

pm2 stop all
cd ~/MagicMirror

and try either

npm start 

npm output:

> magicmirror@2.35.0 start
> node --run start:wayland

[2026-04-06 09:08:03.511] [LOG]   [app] Starting MagicMirror: v2.35.0
[2026-04-06 09:08:03.549] [LOG]   [utils] Loading config ...
[2026-04-06 09:08:03.567] [INFO]  [utils] Checking config file /home/dietpi/MagicMirror/config/config.js ...
[2026-04-06 09:08:03.945] [INFO]  [utils] Your configuration file doesn't contain syntax errors :)
[2026-04-06 09:08:03.949] [INFO]  [utils] Checking modules structure configuration ...
[2026-04-06 09:08:04.360] [INFO]  [utils] Your modules structure configuration doesn't contain errors :)
[2026-04-06 09:08:04.369] [LOG]   [app] Loading module helpers ...
[2026-04-06 09:08:04.377] [LOG]   [app] No helper found for module: alert.
[2026-04-06 09:08:04.408] [LOG]   [node_helper] Initializing new module helper ...
[2026-04-06 09:08:04.413] [LOG]   [node_helper] Module helper loaded: updatenotification
[2026-04-06 09:08:04.417] [LOG]   [app] No helper found for module: clock.
[2026-04-06 09:08:05.284] [LOG]   [node_helper] Initializing new module helper ...
[2026-04-06 09:08:05.286] [LOG]   [node_helper] Module helper loaded: calendar
[2026-04-06 09:08:05.297] [LOG]   [node_helper] Initializing new module helper ...
[2026-04-06 09:08:05.300] [LOG]   [node_helper] Module helper loaded: weather
[2026-04-06 09:08:05.615] [LOG]   [node_helper] Initializing new module helper ...
[2026-04-06 09:08:05.619] [LOG]   [node_helper] Module helper loaded: newsfeed
[2026-04-06 09:08:06.334] [INFO]  [systeminformation] 
####  System Information  ####
- SYSTEM:   manufacturer: Raspberry Pi Foundation; model: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3; virtual: false; MM: v2.35.0
- OS:       platform: linux; distro: Debian GNU/Linux; release: 13; arch: arm64; kernel: 6.12.75+rpt-rpi-v8
- VERSIONS: electron: 41.1.0; used node: 25.2.1; installed node: 25.2.1; npm: 11.6.2; pm2: 6.0.14
- ENV:      XDG_SESSION_TYPE: undefined; MM_CONFIG_FILE: undefined
            WAYLAND_DISPLAY:  wayland-1; DISPLAY: undefined; ELECTRON_ENABLE_GPU: undefined
- RAM:      total: 905.98 MB; free: 524.54 MB; used: 381.45 MB
- OTHERS:   uptime: 1192 minutes; timeZone: America/New_York
[2026-04-06 09:08:06.353] [LOG]   [node_helper] Initializing new module helper ...
[2026-04-06 09:08:06.355] [LOG]   [node_helper] Module helper loaded: MMM-Sonos
[2026-04-06 09:08:06.356] [LOG]   [app] All module helpers loaded.
[2026-04-06 09:08:06.385] [LOG]   [server] Starting server on port 8080 ... 
[2026-04-06 09:08:06.415] [ERROR] [unknown] (node:605210) [DEP0040] DeprecationWarning: The `punycode` module is deprecated. Please use a userland alternative instead.
(Use `electron --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)
[2026-04-06 09:08:06.477] [LOG]   [app] Server started ...
[2026-04-06 09:08:06.480] [LOG]   [node_helper] Connecting socket for: updatenotification
[2026-04-06 09:08:06.481] [LOG]   [node_helper] Starting module helper: updatenotification
[2026-04-06 09:08:06.483] [LOG]   [node_helper] Connecting socket for: calendar
[2026-04-06 09:08:06.485] [LOG]   [calendar] Starting node helper for: calendar
[2026-04-06 09:08:06.486] [LOG]   [node_helper] Connecting socket for: weather
[2026-04-06 09:08:06.488] [LOG]   [weather] Starting node helper for: weather
[2026-04-06 09:08:06.490] [LOG]   [node_helper] Connecting socket for: newsfeed
[2026-04-06 09:08:06.491] [LOG]   [newsfeed] Starting node helper for: newsfeed
[2026-04-06 09:08:06.493] [LOG]   [node_helper] Connecting socket for: MMM-Sonos
[2026-04-06 09:08:06.495] [LOG]   [MMM-Sonos] Sonos helper started ...
[2026-04-06 09:08:06.496] [LOG]   [app] Sockets connected & modules started ...
error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is invalid or not set in the environment.
[605210:0406/090806.501637:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/host/wayland_connection.cc:202] Failed to connect to Wayland display: No such file or directory (2)
[605210:0406/090806.502006:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/ozone_platform_wayland.cc:281] Failed to initialize Wayland platform
[605210:0406/090806.502155:ERROR:ui/aura/env.cc:246] The platform failed to initialize.  Exiting.
/home/dietpi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGSEGV

is this really a dietpi? what OS version is running

DietPi v10.2.3 (I believe that is the latest version)

also, can you send me ~/MagicMirror/installers/upgrade.log
same userid at gmail

Email sent.

Thanks for all your help!

@sdetweil I ran your upgrade script as well and I also see electron errors in the pm2 logs. The system just loads to a blank/black screen (with cursor), but fails to load beyond that.

0|mm  | /home/dietpi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGSEGV

@karsten13 Thank you for the update.

@karsten13 Thanks for letting me know. If you could open the issue that would be great. (I’m in the middle of rebuilding my MM install from scratch, so my config/details for a bug post are not reliable at the moment.)

Am I right about the showPublishDate not being inline with showSourceTitle in past versions? (And therefore can’t target the two separately via CSS.)

Recently updated MagicMirror and noticed the News Feed Title and Publish date are now running together – there is a space missing after the comma after the Title, so it looks like this:

New York Times,2 hours ago:

when it should look like this (space after the comma):

New York Times, 2 hours ago:

I haven’t noticed this in the older version I was running; Was showPublishDate used to be handled differently (via CSS and/or a div/span) instead of being inline with the showSourceTitle?

Can anyone help with getting the missing space back into this News Feed module output?

@sdetweil said in Pi loses WiFi connection after a few hours:

@jca2112 are you running pihole as an advert filter? seem to see this a lot with pihole servers…

Yes, I am running a pihole – thanks for suggesting that. (I should have mentioned it.) I’ve not had any issues with the magicmirror + pihole setup in the past, but just to make sure I whitelisted the magicmirror so it would bypass the pihole altogether. It didn’t seem to affect the problem, so I’m not sure that it is a factor.

This Github post seems to describe the same (or similar) issue:

https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues/218

I wanted to revive this topic, as I am having the same issue.

After a day or two, the Raspberry Pi 3 B+ seems to lose it’s connection. I’m not able to connect to it via SSH, and the Weather module stops updating temp/forecast/etc. The news headline module and calendar module seem to continue to update, however.

This problem goes away (temporarily) after a reboot.

Looking at the error logs, I only see this:

[ERROR] fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror.git/': Could not resolve host: github.com

I’ve made sure the Pi is updated, and I’m able to ping sites (like github) after the reboot.

Any ideas? I haven’t had any problems until the past month or two.

@sdetweil said in Calender updated to show 2021 holidays?:

@jca2112 https://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/holidays/

That link points to a list of holidays for different countries, with a link leading back to the same US holidays page with the previously used link:

https://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/holidays/us-holidays-76/