@sdetweil, i just kinda kept trying random things, including your script and I think I made things worse. I did try to update node and npm, but something is really out of whack.

The error I keep seeing over and over again is

npm WARN npm npm does not support Node.js v10.24.0
npm WARN npm You should probably upgrade to a newer version of node as we
npm WARN npm can't make any promises that npm will work with this version.

when I run “node -v”, i see v19.8.1, so I have no idea where 10.24.0 is coming from. I am close to just nuking my pi and starting from scratch.

I don’t know what I am doing wrong, but every time I try to make any kinds of changes, I end up breaking the mirror.

I would be greatful if someone could help me get the mirror running again

Here are some logs

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ cat /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2023-04-02T14_45_07_527Z-debug.log
0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/node', '/usr/local/bin/npm', 'start' ]
2 info using npm@6.14.4
3 info using node@v10.15.2
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.22.0~prestart: magicmirror@2.22.0
6 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.22.0~start: magicmirror@2.22.0
7 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.22.0~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.22.0~start: PATH: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/node-gyp-bin:/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.22.0~start: CWD: /home/pi/MagicMirror
10 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.22.0~start: Args: [ '-c',
10 silly lifecycle   'DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js' ]
11 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.22.0~start: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
12 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.22.0~start: Failed to exec start script
13 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.22.0 start: `DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js`
13 verbose stack Exit status 1
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/index.js:332:16)
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:189:13)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/lib/spawn.js:55:14)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:189:13)
13 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:970:16)
13 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:259:5)
14 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.22.0
15 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
16 verbose Linux 4.19.97-v7+
17 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "start"
18 verbose node v10.15.2
19 verbose npm  v6.14.4
20 error code ELIFECYCLE
21 error errno 1
22 error magicmirror@2.22.0 start: `DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js`
22 error Exit status 1
23 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.22.0 start script.
23 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ tail -f /home/pi/.pm2/logs/MagicMirror-error.log
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! magicmirror@2.22.0 start: `DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.22.0 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2023-04-02T14_44_34_392Z-debug.log
/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/index.js:17
    throw new Error('Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again');
    ^

Error: Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again
    at getElectronPath (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/index.js:17:11)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/index.js:21:18)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:689:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:700:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:599:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:538:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:530:3)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:22:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/cli.js:3:18)

@sdetweil, that’s great to know. I will see what I can find.

Raspberry Pi is sold out everywhere. I’d like to build another MagicMirror, but don’t want to shell out $150 to a scalper for the hardware. Can I run this software on anything else?

Never mind, it’s too late, and my brain isn’t working.
I had the module commented out :(
Still, I am seeing those errors in my logs.

Well, I managed to get it up and running, and the script you provided seems to be a lot less finicky that my last install process. However, one of my modules MMM-CalendarExt is currently not showing. Trying to troubleshoot this, but here’s the log in case anyone wants to help out.

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/modules $ cat /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2020-04-10T02_27_39_057Z-debug.log
0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/node', '/usr/local/bin/npm', 'start' ]
2 info using npm@6.14.4
3 info using node@v10.15.2
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~prestart: magicmirror@2.11.0
6 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: magicmirror@2.11.0
7 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: PATH: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/node-gyp-bin:/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: CWD: /home/pi/MagicMirror
10 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: Args: [ '-c',
10 silly lifecycle   'DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js' ]
11 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
12 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: Failed to exec start script
13 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.11.0 start: `DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js`
13 verbose stack Exit status 1
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/index.js:332:16)
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:189:13)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/lib/spawn.js:55:14)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:189:13)
13 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:970:16)
13 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:259:5)
14 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.11.0
15 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
16 verbose Linux 4.19.97-v7+
17 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "start"
18 verbose node v10.15.2
19 verbose npm  v6.14.4
20 error code ELIFECYCLE
21 error errno 1
22 error magicmirror@2.11.0 start: `DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js`
22 error Exit status 1
23 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.11.0 start script.
23 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/modules $

Messed with it too much and broke something. Time for another fresh install.
Sigh…
Every time I update the mirror, something breaks.

@sdetweil, I’ll be trying your install script and update script from now on. Hopefully it will be a smoother experience that usual.

This is why I’ve never built a MagicMirror as a gift. I can barely maintain my own mirror.

I updated MagicMirror as well as all the modules using git pull. I then ran npm update. Now my mirror is blank. Here are some errors I am seeing. I’d appreciate any help.

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ cat /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2020-04-08T15_04_37_921Z-debug.log
0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/node', '/usr/bin/npm', 'start' ]
2 info using npm@6.4.1
3 info using node@v10.14.1
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~prestart: magicmirror@2.11.0
6 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: magicmirror@2.11.0
7 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: PATH: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/node-gyp-bin:/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: CWD: /home/pi/MagicMirror
10 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: Args: [ '-c',
10 silly lifecycle   'DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js' ]
11 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: Failed to exec start script
12 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.11.0 start: `DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js`
12 verbose stack spawn ENOENT
12 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/lib/spawn.js:48:18)
12 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13)
12 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:962:16)
12 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:251:5)
13 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.11.0
14 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
15 verbose Linux 4.14.79-v7+
16 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
17 verbose node v10.14.1
18 verbose npm  v6.4.1
19 error file sh
20 error code ELIFECYCLE
21 error errno ENOENT
22 error syscall spawn
23 error magicmirror@2.11.0 start: `DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js`
23 error spawn ENOENT
24 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.11.0 start script.
24 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
25 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

The Operating System is linux.
MagicMirror is just an application that runs on linux.
The application itself is electron, which It’s basically just a web browser.
So, when you look at your mirror, you are just looking at a webpage with a bunch of components.
Those components are written in JavaScript.

Is there a way to show the event start time in the same space as the even name?
Like 6p Swim Lesson