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    Complete Walkthrough - Install MagicMirror on a PC - Windows 7/10

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    • mumblebajM Offline
      mumblebaj Module Developer @sdetweil
      last edited by

      @sdetweil Don’t think it is an easy straight forward setup for PM2 on Windows to launch the mirror or am I mistaken? Would he have to setup pm2-windows-service and then perform some other setups to get PM2 to work to launch MM on Windows at startup?

      Check out my modules at: https://github.com/mumblebaj?tab=repositories
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        sdetweil @mumblebaj
        last edited by

        @mumblebaj pm2 setup does all that …

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        • mumblebajM Offline
          mumblebaj Module Developer @sdetweil
          last edited by

          @sdetweil :thumbs_up:

          Check out my modules at: https://github.com/mumblebaj?tab=repositories
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            sdetweil @mumblebaj
            last edited by sdetweil

            @mumblebaj I was wrong for windows, and setup
            see here
            https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42758985/windows-auto-start-pm2-and-node-apps

            still pm2 is the easiest and same on every platform…

            Sam

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            • mumblebajM Offline
              mumblebaj Module Developer @sdetweil
              last edited by

              @CheapDad Here is a great tutorial to set up PM2 on Windows.
              https://blog.cloudboost.io/nodejs-pm2-startup-on-windows-db0906328d75

              Check out my modules at: https://github.com/mumblebaj?tab=repositories
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                Bobrae
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                When following your instructions on both Windows 7 and 10 machines, I get the following error message:

                magicmirror@2.20.0 start C:\Users\Admin\MagicMirror
                DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
                ‘DISPLAY’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
                operable program or batch file.

                The error log gives the following:
                0 info it worked if it ends with ok
                1 verbose cli [
                1 verbose cli ‘C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe’,
                1 verbose cli ‘C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js’,
                1 verbose cli ‘start’
                1 verbose cli ]
                2 info using npm@6.14.4
                3 info using node@v13.14.0
                4 verbose run-script [ ‘prestart’, ‘start’, ‘poststart’ ]
                5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~prestart: magicmirror@2.20.0
                6 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: magicmirror@2.20.0
                7 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
                8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: PATH: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin;C:\Users\Admin\MagicMirror\node_modules.bin;C:\Users\Admin\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\local\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin;C:\Users\Admin\bin;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel® Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel® Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel® Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel® Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\php;C:\Program Files\Calibre2;C:\Program Files\nodejs;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\npm;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\vendor_perl;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\core_perl
                9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: CWD: C:\Users\Admin\MagicMirror
                10 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: Args: [
                10 silly lifecycle ‘/d /s /c’,
                10 silly lifecycle ‘DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js’
                10 silly lifecycle ]
                11 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: Returned: code: 1 signal: null
                12 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: Failed to exec start script
                13 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.20.0 start: DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
                13 verbose stack Exit status 1
                13 verbose stack at EventEmitter. (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\index.js:332:16)
                13 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:315:20)
                13 verbose stack at ChildProcess. (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\lib\spawn.js:55:14)
                13 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
                13 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1026:16)
                13 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:286:5)
                14 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.20.0
                15 verbose cwd C:\Users\Admin\MagicMirror
                16 verbose Windows_NT 6.1.7601
                17 verbose argv “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe” “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js” “start”
                18 verbose node v13.14.0
                19 verbose npm v6.14.4
                20 error code ELIFECYCLE
                21 error errno 1
                22 error magicmirror@2.20.0 start: DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
                22 error Exit status 1
                23 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.20.0 start script.
                23 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
                24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

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                  sdetweil @Bobrae
                  last edited by

                  @Bobrae see
                  https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4089/complete-walkthrough-install-magicmirror-on-a-pc-windows-7-10/225?_=1659891805957

                  Sam

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                    Cliff365 @Mykle1
                    last edited by

                    @Mykle1 First off, thanks so much for a great guide. I’m having what is likely a simple issue, but I can’t figure out how to resolve it. I am getting the following error message with the npm start command. Not concerned about the warnings, but how do resolve the DISPLAY issue?

                    $ npm start
                    npm WARN config global `--global`, `--local` are deprecated. Use `--location=global` instead.
                    
                    > magicmirror@2.20.0 start
                    > DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
                    
                    'DISPLAY' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
                    operable program or batch file.
                    
                    cliff@BNC-LAB01 MINGW64 ~/MagicMirror (master)
                    $
                    
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                      sdetweil @Cliff365
                      last edited by sdetweil

                      @Cliff365 see the end of the post I just linked to in the prior post

                      also, do not run under mingw… just cmd.exe

                      Sam

                      How to add modules

                      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      • Cliff365C Offline
                        Cliff365 @Mykle1
                        last edited by

                        @Mykle1 Thanks for your help on the DISPLAY issue. I changed the line in packages.json file to:

                        “start”: “node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js”,

                        I get the following error message back:

                        > magicmirror@2.20.0 start
                        > node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
                        
                        'node_modules' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
                        operable program or batch file.
                        
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