@sdetweil Yes, you are right

on my sytem it was

sudo env PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin /usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 startup systemd -u pi --hp /home/pi

@bhepler Yes, you are right too.

My path above was relative, not absolute. But of course, it was wrong. I entered the absolute path. So I have improved it above

Thank you for your advice.

What exactly did I do?

I installed npm again with

sudo npm install -g pm2 

Then I entered

pm2 startup
pm2 start /home/pi/MagicMirror/installers/mm.sh 

Der MM startete. And then

sudo pm2 flush
pm2 flush
pm2 save
sudo pm2 save

And when I restart the PI, MM start automatically.

I do not know exactly what helped. But it works.

Thank you again

Thank you for your help.

But unfortunately it doesn´t work.

I cleared the logfiles and started the MM as you described. The MM also started. And so I saved the state. But after I restarted the Pi, the MM did not start automatically anymore.

PM2 status was empty

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pm2 status
[PM2] Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=/home/pi/.pm2
[PM2] PM2 Successfully daemonized
┌──────┬────┬──────┬────────┬───┬─────┬────────┐
│ Name │ id │ mode │ status │ ↺ │ cpu │ memory │
└──────┴────┴──────┴────────┴───┴─────┴────────┘
 Use `pm2 show ` to get more details about an app

Hello,

I installed a new MM and I got a problem with automatic start with pm2.
I take a freshly installed Raspbian Buster and installed the MM on it. The option of automatic start over pm2 I confirmed with “y”. After the installation, the MM also started automatically.
But when I restart the Pi now, the MM does not start automatically anymore. When I enter “pm2 status”, no application will appear. Of course, I try to start the MM via “pm2 start MagicMirror”. But it also fails. Although pm2 shows the application MagicMirror with the status “online”, but the MM does not start. “pm2 logs MagicMirror” gives the following problem

/home/pi/.pm2/logs/MagicMirror-error.log last 15 lines:
0|MagicMir | { Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'package.json'
0|MagicMir | at Object.openSync (fs.js:443:3)
0|MagicMir | at Object.readFileSync (fs.js:343:35)
0|MagicMir | at Object. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js:15:32)
0|MagicMir | at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:776:30)
0|MagicMir | at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:787:10)
0|MagicMir | at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
0|MagicMir | at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
0|MagicMir | at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)
0|MagicMir | at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:690:17)
0|MagicMir | at Module.Hook._require.Module.require (/usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/require-in-the-middle/index.js:70:37)
0|MagicMir | errno: -2,
0|MagicMir | syscall: 'open',
0|MagicMir | code: 'ENOENT',
0|MagicMir | path: 'package.json' }

The MM suddenly has a problem with the package.json file.

From the directory … \ MagicMirror I can start the MM manually via “npm start”. But of course I need the automatic start.

It would be really great if anyone could help me.
Thanks in advance

Hello,

unfortunately I have a problem with my PIR-Sensor.
I followed the instructions of MagicMirrorCentral (https://www.magicmirrorcentral.com/pir-sensor-raspberry-pi-magic-mirror/).
Now the PIR sensor also works. But after I installed that and restarted the Raspi, my desktop is black. But only the desktop. The application, MagicMirror, is displayed. When I minimize MM with Ctrl + M, I only see a black desktop. The mouse pointer is displayed and can be moved. But I can not click on anything.

Of course I already tried the option with “vcgencmd display_power 1”. Unfortunately with the same result.
I would really appreciate, if you could help me.

Thank you in advance.
Lars

Hello,

I have the same problem with the black screen and google maps.

Have you already found a solution?

Thank you.
Lars

Hello,

thank you for your help.

The changes works.

Lars

Hello,

my bathroom, where my MM is , is too bright. So I would like to have all fonts bright. No darker shades.
Unfortunately, I could not find anything to this in this forum.

I would be happy if someone could help me.

Thanks in advance.
Lars

Hello,

I have a problem with my two MMs. Both runs independently.

For both MMs, the monitor always turns off at the same time (MM one every day at about 8 a.m., MM two every day at about 21:30 p.m.) and stays off until the PI is restarted.

The monitor one turns off after about 3 hours after reboot, the other after about 16 hours after reboot.

For both PIs I installed the XScreensaver and deactivated the screensaver.

Monitor one has an installed PIR sensor but the other one does not.

When I connect via VNC, I can see the MM display. But not at the monitor.

I have unfortunately no idea, why the monitor turns off.

I would really appreciate if anyone have a good advice for me.

Thanks in advance.
Lars

Hello,

currently I am building a new MM and have at the beginning unusual problems.
I installed the MM blank and take my old config.js from my old MM. After that the MM starts normally via pm2.
As soon as I installed the first module, the MM does not start anymore via pm2.
The pm2-Logs are

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pm2 logs MagicMirror
[TAILING] Tailing last 15 lines for [MagicMirror] process (change the value with --lines option)
/home/pi/.pm2/logs/MagicMirror-out.log last 15 lines:
0|MagicMir | All module helpers loaded.
0|MagicMir | Starting server on port 8080 ... 
0|MagicMir | Server started ...
0|MagicMir | Connecting socket for: calendar
0|MagicMir | Starting node helper for: calendar
0|MagicMir | Connecting socket for: newsfeed
0|MagicMir | Starting module: newsfeed
0|MagicMir | Sockets connected & modules started ...
0|MagicMir | Launching application.
0|MagicMir | Create new calendar fetcher for url: https://calendar.google.com/…/…/private-xxxxxxxxxx/basic.ics - Interval: 300000
0|MagicMir | Create new calendar fetcher for url: https://calendar.google.com/…/…/private-xxxxxxxxxx/basic.ics - Interval: 300000
0|MagicMir | Create new news fetcher for url: http://www.tagesschau.de/xml/rss2 - Interval: 300000
0|MagicMir | Shutting down server...
0|MagicMir | Stopping module helper: calendar
0|MagicMir | Stopping module helper: newsfeed

/home/pi/.pm2/logs/MagicMirror-error.log last 15 lines:
0|MagicMir | { Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'package.json'
0|MagicMir | at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:660:18)
0|MagicMir | at Object.fs.readFileSync (fs.js:565:33)
0|MagicMir | at Object. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js:15:32)
0|MagicMir | at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:654:30)
0|MagicMir | at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:665:10)
0|MagicMir | at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:566:32)
0|MagicMir | at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:506:12)
0|MagicMir | at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:498:3)
0|MagicMir | at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:598:17)
0|MagicMir | at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:11:18)
0|MagicMir | errno: -2,
0|MagicMir | code: 'ENOENT',
0|MagicMir | syscall: 'open',
0|MagicMir | path: 'package.json' }

When the MM start via pm2 the package.json file seems to be corrupt. When I start with DISPLAY =: 0 it works.

I would be grateful if someone could help me.

Thanks in advance.