@sdetweil
That worked! Thanks much for the quick reply and the fix.

Being a noob, I probably wouldn’t understand the answer, but why did my basic installation work?

I’ve been fighting this issue for several days with a new installation. MMM with Hello-Lucy starts up normally, with several modules displayed. I trigger with HELLO LUCY, then say SHOW PAGE TWO (or any other page I have configured), I hear the “ding”, and I get a blank page. Even with SHOW PAGE ONE, I get a blank page. From there, only SHOW MODULES get me back to an active display.

Here’s what I get from the dev console. The error shown comes from saying SHOW PAGE TWO.

main.js:481 Initializing MagicMirror.
translator.js:128 Loading core translation file: translations/en.json
translator.js:146 Loading core translation fallback file: translations/en.json
loader.js:184 Load script: modules/Hello-Lucy/Hello-Lucy.js
module.js:509 Module registered: Hello-Lucy
loader.js:155 Bootstrapping module: Hello-Lucy
loader.js:160 Scripts loaded for: Hello-Lucy
loader.js:203 Load stylesheet: vendor/css/font-awesome.css
loader.js:203 Load stylesheet: modules/Hello-Lucy/Hello-Lucy.css
loader.js:162 Styles loaded for: Hello-Lucy
translator.js:107 Hello-Lucy - Load translationfalse: translations/en.json
VM4 sandbox_bundle:53 Electron Security Warning (Insecure Content-Security-Policy) This renderer process has either no Content Security
  Policy set or a policy with "unsafe-eval" enabled. This exposes users of
  this app to unnecessary security risks.

For more information and help, consult
https://electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/security.
This warning will not show up
once the app is packaged.
warnAboutInsecureCSP @ VM4 sandbox_bundle:53
loader.js:164 Translations loaded for: Hello-Lucy
loader.js:184 Load script: modules/MMM-EasyPix/MMM-EasyPix.js
module.js:509 Module registered: MMM-EasyPix
loader.js:155 Bootstrapping module: MMM-EasyPix
loader.js:160 Scripts loaded for: MMM-EasyPix
loader.js:203 Load stylesheet: modules/MMM-EasyPix/MMM-EasyPix.css
loader.js:162 Styles loaded for: MMM-EasyPix
loader.js:164 Translations loaded for: MMM-EasyPix
loader.js:184 Load script: modules/default/weather/weather.js
module.js:509 Module registered: weather
loader.js:155 Bootstrapping module: weather
loader.js:184 Load script: vendor/node_modules/moment/min/moment-with-locales.js
loader.js:184 Load script: modules/default/weather/weatherprovider.js
loader.js:184 Load script: modules/default/weather/weatherobject.js
loader.js:184 Load script: vendor/node_modules/suncalc/suncalc.js
loader.js:184 Load script: modules/default/weather/providers/openweathermap.js
loader.js:160 Scripts loaded for: weather
loader.js:244 File already loaded: font-awesome.css
loader.js:203 Load stylesheet: vendor/node_modules/weathericons/css/weather-icons.css
loader.js:203 Load stylesheet: modules/default/weather/weather.css
loader.js:162 Styles loaded for: weather
loader.js:164 Translations loaded for: weather
loader.js:184 Load script: modules/default/calendar/calendar.js
module.js:501 Check MagicMirror version for module 'calendar' - Minimum version:  2.1.0 - Current version: 2.18.0
module.js:503 Version is ok!
module.js:509 Module registered: calendar
loader.js:155 Bootstrapping module: calendar
loader.js:244 File already loaded: moment.js
loader.js:160 Scripts loaded for: calendar
loader.js:203 Load stylesheet: modules/default/calendar/calendar.css
loader.js:244 File already loaded: font-awesome.css
loader.js:162 Styles loaded for: calendar
loader.js:164 Translations loaded for: calendar
loader.js:203 Load stylesheet: css/custom.css
weatherprovider.js:35 Weather provider: OpenWeatherMap initialized.
weatherprovider.js:46 Weather provider: OpenWeatherMap started.
calendar.js:87 Starting module: calendar
main.js:499 All modules started!
module.js:202 MMM-EasyPix is resumed.
module.js:202 weather is resumed.
module.js:202 calendar is resumed.
weather.js:149 New weather information available.
Hello-Lucy.js:262 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'speed')
    at Hello-Lucy.js:262
    at main.js:456
    at Array.map (<anonymous>)
    at Array.enumerate (main.js:455)
    at Class.socketNotificationReceived (Hello-Lucy.js:259)
    at module.js:245
    at Socket.<anonymous> (socketclient.js:38)
    at Socket.Emitter.emit (index.js:143)
    at Socket.emitEvent (socket.js:276)
    at Socket.onevent (socket.js:263)
(anonymous) @ Hello-Lucy.js:262
(anonymous) @ main.js:456
enumerate @ main.js:455
socketNotificationReceived @ Hello-Lucy.js:259
(anonymous) @ module.js:245
(anonymous) @ socketclient.js:38
Emitter.emit @ index.js:143
emitEvent @ socket.js:276
onevent @ socket.js:263
MMSocket.socket.onevent @ socketclient.js:32
onpacket @ socket.js:228
Emitter.emit @ index.js:143
ondecoded @ manager.js:200
Emitter.emit @ index.js:143
add @ index.js:110
ondata @ manager.js:192
Emitter.emit @ index.js:143
onPacket @ socket.js:323
Emitter.emit @ index.js:143
onPacket @ transport.js:100
onData @ transport.js:92
ws.onmessage @ websocket.js:76
module.js:195 Hello-Lucy is suspended.
module.js:195 MMM-EasyPix is suspended.
module.js:195 weather is suspended.
module.js:195 calendar is suspended.

Well, I gave up on the Adafruit Voice Bonnet, and instead installed a USB microphone with output (Samson GoMic). Now, mic and speakers work every time whether MM/Hello-Lucy starts up automatically at boot, or if I start it using npm start.

I’ll probably mark it resolved, even thought the fundamental issue is not.

A BIG thanks to @sdetweil for all of his patience and help.

Just sent two additional files; one where the speaker worked, and one where it didn’t. As I explained in the email, this is an intermittent issue and it doesn’t matter how MM is started.

@sdetweil
Just sent it…

@sdetweil
Let me start by saying I really appreciate your help with this. You’ve given me a lot of your time, and clearly I couldn’t have made any progress without you. Thank you.

Running your fixupppm2 script fixes the microphone on a restart, but then there is no speaker output. If I stop MM, then manually restart it with npm start, the mic and speaker work fine, as before the fixup.

@sdetweil
I followed the instructions from https://www.magicmirrorcentral.com/complete-raspberry-pi-magic-mirror-tutorial/.
It included

type in the following command:

pm2 startup
 
A different command will appear. Run that command also.

Now create a shell script for startup. Open up the built-in text editor on the Pi by typing in:

cd ~
nano mm.sh
The lower line basically means, “open up a file called mm.sh in the nano text editor.”

When the text editor has opened, add this to the mm.sh file:

cd ~/MagicMirror
DISPLAY=:0 npm start
Make your shiny new script executable by typing in:

chmod +x mm.sh
Now start up Magic Mirror and make it start up on boot:

pm2 start mm.sh

pm2 save
Now, reboot your Pi by typing in

sudo reboot

The difference is how MM is started. If I do it the manual way, the microphone works (with or without debug enabled). If MM does its normal autostart, using mm.sh that includes DISPLAY=:0 npm start, then the microphone doesn’t work.

@sdetweil
WELL, now it seems to work. Running from command line w/ debug, I don’t get microphone with ERROR, and if I say “Hello Lucy”, it prompts for a command, then does it, and issues the “ding”. I’ve done this three times now, and its worked every time. Here’s the debug outout:

> magicmirror@2.18.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
> DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

[05.01.2022 11:55.24.384] [LOG]   Starting MagicMirror: v2.18.0
[05.01.2022 11:55.24.394] [LOG]   Loading config ...
[05.01.2022 11:55.24.404] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ...
[05.01.2022 11:55.26.860] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
[05.01.2022 11:55.26.864] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: Hello-Lucy
[05.01.2022 11:55.26.866] [LOG]   All module helpers loaded.
[05.01.2022 11:55.27.040] [LOG]   Starting server on port 8081 ...
[05.01.2022 11:55.27.066] [LOG]   Server started ...
[05.01.2022 11:55.27.069] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: Hello-Lucy
[05.01.2022 11:55.27.071] [LOG]   Starting module helper: Hello-Lucy
[05.01.2022 11:55.27.073] [LOG]   Sockets connected & modules started ...
[05.01.2022 11:55.27.482] [LOG]   Launching application.
[05.01.2022 11:55.37.133] [LOG]   Hello-Lucy has recognized: ALL IS THE
[05.01.2022 11:56.16.829] [LOG]   Hello-Lucy has recognized: NINE

@sdetweil
Yes, I did run it. Its been a while, and I remember warning about depreciated versions, but nothing that I thought could be an issue. OK to run it again?