# Blank web page starting Node-Red

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/blank-web-page-starting-node-red/80047>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [25 July 2023 07:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/blank-web-page-starting-node-red/80047 "2023-07-25T07:03:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![ScheepersJohan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/scheepersjohan/32/39556_2.png) [@ScheepersJohan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ScheepersJohan)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2023 07:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/blank-web-page-starting-node-red/80047/1 "2023-07-25T07:03:08Z")

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Hi,

When I start a web browser on my laptop and navigate to the Raspberr PI ip:1880 I can access node-red.

When I am starting Chromium from the PI I get a blank page.

> [@\[new user\] Blank screen upon starting node-red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/new-user-blank-screen-upon-starting-node-red/62425):
>
> Upon starting node-red, it comes out to be a blank page. Fairly new with little knowledge on OS, help please!. pi@raspberrypi:~ $ node-red-start Start Node-RED Once Node-RED has started, point a browser at 192.168.0.102:1880 On Pi Node-RED works better with the Firefox or Chrome browser Use node-red-stop to stop Node-RED Use node-red-start to start Node-RED again Use node-red-log to view the recent l…

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/4/1/410bb876870cf33ead980821eb730b35fc009b4c.png)

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/b/6/b67aaad966982a9ef73005769d52c59dd0dbc6b6.png)

When I run

```auto
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser -y

```

It say that I am on the latest version.

```auto
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
chromium-browser is already the newest version (72.0.3626.121-0+rpt4).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

```

I have tried Firefox but same results, blank screen.

Any advise will be appreciated, thank you

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2023 09:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/blank-web-page-starting-node-red/80047/2 "2023-07-25T09:03:21Z")

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When you look at the browser console when it is working from the PC do you see the Monaco error there?

Did you wait quite a long time when running the browser on the Pi? Some models of the Pi are underpowered for driving a browser.

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**Author:** ![ScheepersJohan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/scheepersjohan/32/39556_2.png) [@ScheepersJohan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ScheepersJohan)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2023 09:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/blank-web-page-starting-node-red/80047/3 "2023-07-25T09:31:49Z")

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Waited some time, I know the PI are lacking horse to do the job.

Only error from the PC is map

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/c/c/cc923ee28e5922e530026326f2c5d116e41e53dc.png)

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2023 09:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/blank-web-page-starting-node-red/80047/4 "2023-07-25T09:39:56Z")

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Are you absolutely certain that you are connecting remotely to the correct pi? I have several times had strange issues, only to realise the Pi I am connecting to is not the one I thought it was. Stop node red on the locally connected screen and make sure the remote one fails.

A long shot, but is your pi all up to date? Run this to make sure  
`sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade`  
then reboot and try again.

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**Author:** ![ScheepersJohan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/scheepersjohan/32/39556_2.png) [@ScheepersJohan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ScheepersJohan)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2023 11:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/blank-web-page-starting-node-red/80047/5 "2023-07-25T11:06:49Z")

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> [@Colin](#):
>
> absolutely certain

I have only one active, and have rebooted it several times.

> [@Colin](#):
>
> A long shot, but is your pi all up to date? Run this to make sure  
> `sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade`  
> then reboot and try again.

This install is +/-3 days old (OS + Node-red + Grafana + InluxDB), have run both those today.

```auto
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian stretch InRelease               
Hit:2 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian stretch InRelease        
Hit:3 https://repos.influxdata.com/debian stretch InRelease
Hit:4 https://packages.grafana.com/oss/deb stable InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo apt full-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ 

```

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2023 11:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/blank-web-page-starting-node-red/80047/6 "2023-07-25T11:11:21Z")

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If it is a new install, why are you using an out-of-support version of raspbian?

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**Author:** ![ScheepersJohan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/scheepersjohan/32/39556_2.png) [@ScheepersJohan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ScheepersJohan)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2023 11:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/blank-web-page-starting-node-red/80047/7 "2023-07-25T11:21:00Z")

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32  
armv7l

```auto
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)"
NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="9"
VERSION="9 (stretch)"
VERSION_CODENAME=stretch
ID=raspbian
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"

```

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2023 11:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/blank-web-page-starting-node-red/80047/8 "2023-07-25T11:24:34Z")

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Stretch is out of support.

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**Author:** ![ScheepersJohan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/scheepersjohan/32/39556_2.png) [@ScheepersJohan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ScheepersJohan)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2023 11:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/blank-web-page-starting-node-red/80047/9 "2023-07-25T11:26:24Z")

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Thank you my bad

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2023 11:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/blank-web-page-starting-node-red/80047/10 "2023-07-25T11:29:36Z")

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Are you going to upgrade and see if that fixes it?

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**Author:** ![ScheepersJohan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/scheepersjohan/32/39556_2.png) [@ScheepersJohan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ScheepersJohan)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2023 11:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/blank-web-page-starting-node-red/80047/11 "2023-07-25T11:35:03Z")

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Rewrite the image and just reload every thing

Thanks for your help @Colin

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**Author:** ![ScheepersJohan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/scheepersjohan/32/39556_2.png) [@ScheepersJohan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ScheepersJohan)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2023 13:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/blank-web-page-starting-node-red/80047/12 "2023-07-25T13:00:55Z")

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Thank you

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [8 August 2023 13:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/blank-web-page-starting-node-red/80047/13 "2023-08-08T13:01:36Z")

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