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      sdetweil @mumblebaj
      last edited by sdetweil

      @mumblebaj good catch

      also the direct reference
      https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/15778/fix-for-black-screen-in-2-16-and-later

      Sam

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        ankonaskiff17 @sdetweil
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        @sdetweil I did use your install script for the core installation and that is all fine and functional. I decided to give 64 bit a try because figured if the base MM didn’t like it, just reformat card and do 32 bit.
        Hoping I can put MM SD card in laptop card reader and portable drive with files plug in to USB on laptop and it just be a copy/paste exercise in VSC.

        Most of modules I use are pretty basic. I had found a setup I liked and hoping it’s plug and play.

        @sdetweil Glad you made it out of hospital.

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          sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
          last edited by sdetweil

          @ankonaskiff17 that should work…

          u might want to look at my backup/restore scripts.

          they backup config.js and custom.css and the URLs of all the modules u have installed

          so 3 small files.

          and then on restore copies back the 2 files and uses the URLs to reinstall all the modules and (fix the missing dependencies too)…

          https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror-backup-restore

          I need to make them so they can be executed from the repo… but haven’t done that yet…

          i made it so the 3 files are in a git repo, so you version them and then can restore any particular version…
          and push the git repo to your github (in a private repo)

          Sam

          How to add modules

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            ankonaskiff17 @sdetweil
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            @sdetweil I was just reading the topic about fix for black screen and while I need to read several more times to get my arms around it, I was wondering if I can do those scripts on the files before I copy them over. Instead of ssh’ing in to Pi open terminal go to drive and see if they are problematic before moving?
            I would back up exiting files in case I blew something up.

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              sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
              last edited by sdetweil

              @ankonaskiff17 u can run the backup script on your sd folder… it takes a -s parm for source
              (-h shows the syntax)

              this would create the 3 files…

              then u could run the restore on the new system by copying the backup folder to the new system
              (and -h shows syntax)

              this reinstalls the modules from github… not copies any of their files…

              Sam

              How to add modules

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                ankonaskiff17 @sdetweil
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                @sdetweil Found my first 3rd party module lacking “request”. Your tutorial worked like a charm

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                  ankonaskiff17 @ankonaskiff17
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                  @ankonaskiff17 @sdetweil Found a new way scorch a Pi on this project.
                  Had a snap together case I put Pi in, snapped closed and I’ll admit, it to some muscle to snap case closed.
                  Shortly thereafter I caught the unmistakable odor of burning electronics.
                  I snapped the SD card so it was bent like 90°
                  The Pi did not like that.

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                    sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
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                    @ankonaskiff17 same here, oops… just snap the cover on…

                    Sam

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                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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