So I went in this morning and made the corrections, but instead of the typical error, when I started MagicMirror it was black screen that had my mouse cursor on it. The code i used is:

{
  			"module": "MMM-awesome-alexa",
  			"position": "bottom_bar",
  			"config": {
    				"wakeWord": "Alexa",
    				"clientId": "amzn1.application-oa2-client.54a08c41875f4xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    				"clientSecret": "8ce8425cb89e02a7302a60d27d10b51d2f137d8fxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    				"deviceId": "MagicMirror_1"
			  }

@stalker401 said in Help figuring out what portion of this code is erroring out?:

MMM-awesome-alexa

Thanks everyone ill try it after work today

@sdetweil

Thanks. Any idea why it might be causing an error when i start mm though?

I can’t figure out what portion of the MMM-awesome-alexa code is causing my MM error:

		/*{
  			"module": "MMM-awesome-alexa",
  			"position": "bottom_bar",
  			"config": {
    				"wakeWord": "Alexa",
    				"clientId": amzn1.application-oa2-client.54a08c41875f4xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
    				"clientSecret": 8ce8425cb89e02a7302a60d27d10b51d2f137d8fxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
    				"deviceId": MagicMirror_1
			  }
		},*/
		]

};

I put it in as a comment for now, so the MM will work but I’d like to try the magic mirror with alexa…

So ive started setting up my mirror and ran into some issues but ive enjoyed it. Im currently running weather (current and forcast), clock, mmm scoreboard, and im working on getting mmmm awesome alexa. Are there any really cool mods im over looking or any of them that have better options?

So does anyone actually have a step by step directions on how to set this up? Sorry i’m a huge noob, and I’m lost (which is probably due to the noob part). I do understand this is a difficult set up, but i’m kind of hoping there might be a detailed guide on this or even a youtube video (including how Amazon Developer should be set up).

EDIT:

I’m able to get to the auth request as most people, and I get the error: We’re sorry!
An error occurred when we tried to process your request. Rest assured, we’re already working on the problem and expect to resolve it shortly.

I understand this could either by my settings, or something on the amazon side, but has anyone gotten past this recently? Or is there another module I should be using?

My RPi3 froze last night. It did this a couple times before and im wondering i anyone has had and fixed the issue. Im running MM when it does this. The mods i have are core mods and scoreboard. I started aetting up awesome alexa last night before i ran into issues and gave up. (Edit… I shouldn’t have said “gave up”, more like took a break to do more research).

@Mykle1 wow i’m an idiot… I even looked into the code and saw where it said Sunrise and sunset, and it still didn’t dawn on me… I just couldn’t piece together how it was 48 mins off and than like half a day about an hour later. Sorry for the stupid question.

does anyone know how to fix the time over the current weather module? It’s off by like 48 minutes or something odd.

Here’s what the log gave me:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pm2 log 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 | No helper found for module: clock.
0|MagicMir | Initializing new module helper ...
0|MagicMir | Module helper loaded: calendar
0|MagicMir | No helper found for module: currentweather.
0|MagicMir | No helper found for module: weatherforecast.
0|MagicMir | All module helpers loaded.
0|MagicMir | Starting server on port 8080 ... 
0|MagicMir | Server started ...
0|MagicMir | Connecting socket for: updatenotification
0|MagicMir | Connecting socket for: calendar
0|MagicMir | Starting node helper for: calendar
0|MagicMir | Sockets connected & modules started ...
0|MagicMir | [SIGINT] Received. Shutting down server...
0|MagicMir | Stopping module helper: updatenotification
0|MagicMir | Stopping module helper: calendar

/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:439:3)
0|MagicMir |     at Object.readFileSync (fs.js:344:35)
0|MagicMir |     at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js:15:32)
0|MagicMir |     at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:689:30)
0|MagicMir |     at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:700:10)
0|MagicMir |     at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:599:32)
0|MagicMir |     at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:538:12)
0|MagicMir |     at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:530:3)
0|MagicMir |     at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
0|MagicMir |     at Module.Hook._require.Module.require (/usr/local/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' }

when i put pm2 start MagicMirror - it looks like it started the pm2 sequence, but the MagicMirror never starts:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pm2 list
┌─────────────┬────┬──────┬────────┬─────┬─────┬───────────┐
│ Name        │ id │ mode │ status │ ↺   │ cpu │ memory    │
├─────────────┼────┼──────┼────────┼─────┼─────┼───────────┤
│ MagicMirror │ 0  │ fork │ online │ 182 │ 0%  │ 20.0 MB   │
└─────────────┴────┴──────┴────────┴─────┴─────┴───────────┘
 Use `pm2 show <id|name>` to get more details about an app
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pm2 stop MagicMirror
[PM2] Applying action stopProcessId on app [MagicMirror](ids: 0)
[PM2] [MagicMirror](0) ✓
┌─────────────┬────┬──────┬─────────┬─────┬─────┬────────┐
│ Name        │ id │ mode │ status  │ ↺   │ cpu │ memory │
├─────────────┼────┼──────┼─────────┼─────┼─────┼────────┤
│ MagicMirror │ 0  │ fork │ stopped │ 184 │ 0%  │ 0 B    │
└─────────────┴────┴──────┴─────────┴─────┴─────┴────────┘
 Use `pm2 show <id|name>` to get more details about an app

I tried looking at the one that said pm2 mm.sh issues, but I’m struggling to interpret into my issue (also they could be different).

So basically this worked earlier today, and than all of a sudden I changed my time on my clock of the raspberry pi, and it no longer works after reboot. I’m sure I did something, but I don’t know what.

So, I just started Utilizing Amazon Photo’s and I"m about to move all my girlfriends photos on there. My original goal was to make a mirror that would show photos in the back of the mirror, and I’m still trying to find a good one, but I wasn’t sure if there was one that pulled from a specific folder off Amazon Photo’s and did a background slideshow? I tried looking, but couldn’t find anything.

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone. This is an awesome project that even a n00b like me can do (with your help of course). I got the basic set up programming mostly done for my first one, and i’m now looking at experimenting with it. But you all made it so easy with the open source download, and of course how quick you all are to respond on the forums. I’m sure I’ll have more questions, which means I’ll live on these forums for a while.

I’m wanting to get into programming, and even though i’m not programming on this project (just following your all’s great directions), i’m really enjoying the possibilities.

I’m looking into doing the Software development program at WGU, and i’m learning on Udemy to take the MTA network cert, to give me experience for the school. In all honesty the few things I’ve picked up from here, have already helped me learn more than a networking cert feels like it will teach me about Software Development.

I’m hoping to be able to give back one day, by creating a couple mods or donate (when i get out of a dead end job). But that’s down the road, and i’ll always remember creating my very first “Tech” project.

Right now, i’m working on my first mirror. it’s at the very basic stage, but i’m hoping to incorporate the photo slide show on it (so it looks like a picture frame in our living room). This is far down the road, but i’m wanting to install a wireless camera (or even the ring doorbell) on our front door, and hopefully somehow incorporate it into showing on the mirror when someone is there. We live in a split foyer home, and it’d be very handy to have this extra security.

Eventually, it’d like to make other mirrors for the rest of the family. I know my daughter would love a mirror with the Pokemon module, and my girlfriends son would enjoy the Fortnite, Apex Legends, & Overwatch mods. Also I’d like to make one for my bathroom, as i’m about to remodel it, and I think it’d be awesome to have one there.

The work done by everyone is awesome. The amount of mods is so incredible, and there is so many, it’s almost over whelming. I’ll continue to look through everything and try to answer my own questions before bothering you all, but your all’s help is already appreciated it, and I really just wanted to show my appreciation and make sure you all know how much something like this means to other people.

Ok so here’s what I got:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo npm i -g npm
/usr/bin/npx -> /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js
/usr/bin/npm -> /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
+ npm@6.10.1
added 433 packages from 823 contributors in 44.875s
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo npm -v
6.10.1

Do I just need to change the name of hte MagicMirror folder and rerun the bash again?

Ok figured out I’m an idiot:

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ sudo npm i -g npm
(node:2766) [DEP0022] DeprecationWarning: os.tmpDir() is deprecated. Use os.tmpdir() instead.
npm WARN package.json path-is-inside@1.0.2 No README data
npm WARN package.json sorted-object@2.0.1 No README data
npm WARN package.json config-chain@1.1.12 No license field.
npm WARN package.json cyclist@0.2.2 No license field.
npm WARN package.json json-schema@0.2.3 No license field.
npm WARN package.json punycode@1.4.1 punycode is also the name of a node core module.
npm WARN package.json qrcode-terminal@0.12.0 No license field.
npm WARN package.json string_decoder@1.2.0 string_decoder is also the name of a node core module.
/usr/local/bin/npm -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
/usr/local/bin/npx -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js
npm@6.10.1 /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ sudo npm -v
6.10.1

I’m guessing I need to run this not from MagicMirror and rerun the bash for MagicMirror again?

I ran it, and I have a feeling I screw up:

Not from MagicMirror:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm i -g npm
(node:2262) [DEP0022] DeprecationWarning: os.tmpDir() is deprecated. Use os.tmpdir() instead.
npm ERR! tar.unpack untar error /home/pi/.npm/npm/6.10.1/package.tgz
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm'
npm ERR!  { Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm'
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'mkdir',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm',
npm ERR!   fstream_type: 'Directory',
npm ERR!   fstream_path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm',
npm ERR!   fstream_class: 'DirWriter',
npm ERR!   fstream_stack: 
npm ERR!    [ '/usr/lib/nodejs/fstream/lib/dir-writer.js:35:25',
npm ERR!      '/usr/lib/nodejs/mkdirp/index.js:46:53',
npm ERR!      'FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:152:21)' ] }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! System Linux 4.19.57-v7+
npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "i" "-g" "npm"
npm ERR! cwd /home/pi
npm ERR! node -v v8.11.1
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.21
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
npm ERR! syscall mkdir
npm ERR! fstream_path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
npm ERR! fstream_type Directory
npm ERR! fstream_class DirWriter
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm'
npm ERR! fstream_stack /usr/lib/nodejs/fstream/lib/dir-writer.js:35:25
npm ERR! fstream_stack /usr/lib/nodejs/mkdirp/index.js:46:53
npm ERR! fstream_stack FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:152:21)
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, open 'npm-debug.log'
npm ERR!  { Error: EACCES: permission denied, open 'npm-debug.log'
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'open',
npm ERR!   path: 'npm-debug.log' }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! System Linux 4.19.57-v7+
npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "i" "-g" "npm"
npm ERR! cwd /home/pi
npm ERR! node -v v8.11.1
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.21
npm ERR! path npm-debug.log
npm ERR! syscall open
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, open 'npm-debug.log'
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm -v
1.4.21
(node:2273) [DEP0022] DeprecationWarning: os.tmpDir() is deprecated. Use os.tmpdir() instead.

and than from MagicMirror:

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm i -g npm
(node:2633) [DEP0022] DeprecationWarning: os.tmpDir() is deprecated. Use os.tmpdir() instead.
npm ERR! tar.unpack untar error /home/pi/.npm/npm/6.10.1/package.tgz
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm'
npm ERR!  { Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm'
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'mkdir',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm',
npm ERR!   fstream_type: 'Directory',
npm ERR!   fstream_path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm',
npm ERR!   fstream_class: 'DirWriter',
npm ERR!   fstream_stack: 
npm ERR!    [ '/usr/lib/nodejs/fstream/lib/dir-writer.js:35:25',
npm ERR!      '/usr/lib/nodejs/mkdirp/index.js:46:53',
npm ERR!      'FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:152:21)' ] }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! System Linux 4.19.57-v7+
npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "i" "-g" "npm"
npm ERR! cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
npm ERR! node -v v8.11.1
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.21
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
npm ERR! syscall mkdir
npm ERR! fstream_path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
npm ERR! fstream_type Directory
npm ERR! fstream_class DirWriter
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm'
npm ERR! fstream_stack /usr/lib/nodejs/fstream/lib/dir-writer.js:35:25
npm ERR! fstream_stack /usr/lib/nodejs/mkdirp/index.js:46:53
npm ERR! fstream_stack FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:152:21)
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/MagicMirror/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm -v
1.4.21
(node:2688) [DEP0022] DeprecationWarning: os.tmpDir() is deprecated. Use os.tmpdir() instead.

So I ran from the MagicMirror directory and not from it:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm -v
1.4.21
(node:1633) [DEP0022] DeprecationWarning: os.tmpDir() is deprecated. Use os.tmpdir() instead.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ node -v
v8.11.1
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cd MagicMirror
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm -v
1.4.21
(node:1641) [DEP0022] DeprecationWarning: os.tmpDir() is deprecated. Use os.tmpdir() instead.
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ node -v
v8.11.1

I hope this helps. If I screwed up somehow let me know.

@tcsabina awesome thanks. Ill get on that after work today

@sdetweil im sorry im just so new to this. How do i get that info and show it?

I’m a complete noob at this, so if this is actually the same, I apologize, but to my very untrained eye, it looks different:

Cloning MagicMirror Done!
Installing dependencies ...
(node:5030) [DEP0022] DeprecationWarning: os.tmpDir() is deprecated. Use os.tmpdir() instead.
npm WARN deprecated time-grunt@2.0.0: Deprecated because Grunt is practically unmaintained. Move on to something better. This package will continue to work with Grunt v1, but it will not receive any updates.
npm WARN engine grunt-markdownlint@2.5.0: wanted: {"node":">=6","npm":">=3"} (current: {"node":"8.11.1","npm":"1.4.21"})
npm ERR! Error: Method Not Allowed
npm ERR!     at errorResponse (/usr/share/npm/lib/cache/add-named.js:260:10)
npm ERR!     at /usr/share/npm/lib/cache/add-named.js:120:12
npm ERR!     at saved (/usr/share/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-client/lib/get.js:167:7)
npm ERR!     at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:135:15)
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this *entire* log,
npm ERR! including the npm and node versions, at:
npm ERR!     <http://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

npm ERR! System Linux 4.19.57-v7+
npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
npm ERR! node -v v8.11.1
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.21
npm ERR! code E405
|
> electron-chromedriver@1.8.0 install /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/spectron/node_modules/electron-chromedriver
> node ./download-chromedriver.js

successfully dowloaded and extracted!
npm WARN deprecated left-pad@1.3.0: use String.prototype.padStart()
npm ERR! tar.unpack untar error /home/pi/.npm/postcss-jsx/0.36.1/package.tgz
npm ERR! tar.unpack untar error /home/pi/.npm/table/5.4.1/package.tgz
npm ERR! error rolling back Error: ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/stylelint/node_modules/postcss/lib'
npm ERR! error rolling back  stylelint@10.1.0 { Error: ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/stylelint/node_modules/postcss/lib'
npm ERR! error rolling back   errno: -39,
npm ERR! error rolling back   code: 'ENOTEMPTY',
npm ERR! error rolling back   syscall: 'rmdir',
npm ERR! error rolling back   path: '/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/stylelint/node_modules/postcss/lib' }
npm ERR! tar.unpack untar error /home/pi/.npm/log-symbols/2.2.0/package.tgz
npm ERR! tar.unpack untar error /home/pi/.npm/postcss-selector-parser/3.1.1/package.tgz
npm ERR! tar.unpack untar error /home/pi/.npm/camelcase-keys/4.2.0/package.tgz
npm ERR! tar.unpack untar error /home/pi/.npm/is-fullwidth-code-point/3.0.0/package.tgz
npm ERR! tar.unpack untar error /home/pi/.npm/autoprefixer/9.6.1/package.tgz
npm ERR! tar.unpack untar error /home/pi/.npm/minimist-options/3.0.2/package.tgz
npm ERR! tar.unpack untar error /home/pi/.npm/braces/3.0.2/package.tgz
npm ERR! tar.unpack untar error /home/pi/.npm/ansi-regex/4.1.0/package.tgz
npm ERR! error rolling back Error: ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/stylelint/node_modules/micromatch/node_modules/picomatch'
npm ERR! error rolling back  micromatch@4.0.2 { Error: ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/stylelint/node_modules/micromatch/node_modules/picomatch'
npm ERR! error rolling back   errno: -39,
npm ERR! error rolling back   code: 'ENOTEMPTY',
npm ERR! error rolling back   syscall: 'rmdir',
npm ERR! error rolling back   path: '/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/stylelint/node_modules/micromatch/node_modules/picomatch' }
npm ERR! tar.unpack untar error /home/pi/.npm/emoji-regex/8.0.0/package.tgz
npm ERR! tar.unpack untar error /home/pi/.npm/yargs-parser/10.1.0/package.tgz
npm ERR! error rolling back Error: ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/stylelint/node_modules/meow/node_modules/normalize-package-data/lib'
npm ERR! error rolling back  meow@5.0.0 { Error: ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/stylelint/node_modules/meow/node_modules/normalize-package-data/lib'
npm ERR! error rolling back   errno: -39,
npm ERR! error rolling back   code: 'ENOTEMPTY',
npm ERR! error rolling back   syscall: 'rmdir',
npm ERR! error rolling back   path: '/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/stylelint/node_modules/meow/node_modules/normalize-package-data/lib' }
npm ERR! error rolling back Error: ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/stylelint/node_modules/postcss-markdown/node_modules/unist-util-find-all-after'
npm ERR! error rolling back  postcss-markdown@0.36.0 { Error: ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/stylelint/node_modules/postcss-markdown/node_modules/unist-util-find-all-after'
npm ERR! error rolling back   errno: -39,
npm ERR! error rolling back   code: 'ENOTEMPTY',
npm ERR! error rolling back   syscall: 'rmdir',
npm ERR! error rolling back   path: '/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/stylelint/node_modules/postcss-markdown/node_modules/unist-util-find-all-after' }
\
> core-js@2.6.9 postinstall /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/spectron/node_modules/webdriverio/node_modules/babel-runtime/node_modules/core-js
> node scripts/postinstall || echo "ignore"

npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/MagicMirror/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0
Unable to install dependencies!

Any help would be great, but I’ll be honest I need step by step instructions but yeah, I don’t know squat. Thanks a ton for your help!