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      sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
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      @ankonaskiff17 sorry no idea.

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        ankonaskiff17
        last edited by ankonaskiff17

        Regarding yesterdays change of subject question, my concern was if somehow a virus was loading itself on my Pi.

        I kind of think I know what the problem is but it seems like an install problem because 1) it is repeatable and 2) it is like this straight from the install.

        I don’t know the official name for the “bar” but it is missing.
        This is from am MM I built a couple of years ago.

        Missing Bar.jpg

        Non-existent in this most recent install. I saw it missing yesterday. That missing bar was what prompted my question.
        I’ve installed via @sdetweil script

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          sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
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          @ankonaskiff17 which os?

          lsb_release -a
          uname -a

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            ankonaskiff17 @sdetweil
            last edited by ankonaskiff17

            @sdetweil
            ~ $ lsb_release -a
            No LSB modules are available.
            Distributor ID: Debian
            Description: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
            Release: 11
            Codename: bullseye

            ~ $ uname -a
            Linux PiPics 6.1.21-v8+ #1642 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 3 17:24:16 BST 2023 aarch64 GNU/Linux

            My installation process amounts to formating micro-sd card, firing up Raspberry Pi’s installer, install their posted software.
            Immediately do apt update, apt full-upgrade then head to the MM link to your Github based installer. Copy your script, hit enter.
            When asked about screensaver & pm2 I answer yes to both.

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              sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
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              @ankonaskiff17 yes, it’s the 64 bit os… SOOOOO we don’t know… we don’t test there. but it’s electron that is managing the keyboard in the browser

              alt-spacebar has been working for 30 years.

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                ankonaskiff17 @sdetweil
                last edited by ankonaskiff17

                @sdetweil is the aarch64 what is telling you 64 bit?

                I am about 95% sure that the other MM I referenced having built a couple of years ago is 64 bit also.
                ALT on that MM brings up the toolbar as expected.
                BUT…when I do ALT+Spacebar it does not give the same result.
                The way I’m reading your comments ALT and ALT+Spacebar should give the same result, or did in the past.

                Not being a programmer many of these commands I am unaware of.

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                  sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
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                  @ankonaskiff17 I never tried alt by itself, ever.

                  yes aarch64 is 64 bit, armv7l is 32 bit

                  raspi 64 bit came out last year. was a beta before that… beta pretty unstable

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                    bugsounet Banned @sdetweil
                    last edited by bugsounet

                    @sdetweil no,no it’s a 32Bits OS with X64 kernel

                    It’s now the new rule for 32Bits version

                    you can have 32bits kernel with 32bits Os by editing /boot/config.txt

                    and adding this line at the end:
                    arm_64bit=0

                    result is:

                    pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ uname -a
                    Linux raspberrypi 6.1.21-v7l+ #1642 SMP Mon Apr  3 17:22:30 BST 2023 armv7l GNU/Linux
                    

                    by default arm_64bit=1 for apply x64 kernel

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                      ankonaskiff17 @sdetweil
                      last edited by ankonaskiff17

                      @sdetweil This is why ALT
                      Using Alt.jpg

                      In any case neither ALT, ALT+Spacebar or CTL+m allow me to easily move back and forth between configuring and checking the Magic Mirror.

                      This is all being done on Pi4B’s BTW.
                      I have formatted the sd card on the original Pi4B now 4 times and installed MM 4 times right behing the Pi OS fresh install. 64 bit

                      After you made mention of 32 bit I took a second Pi 4B, installed 32 bit Pi OS and then right behind I installed MM

                      The existing, functioning MM is fine. I hit ALT and it does just what the attached picture says it should do.

                      So I have two Pi 4B’s, one of which is running 32 bit Pi OS and one running 64 bit Pi OS.
                      Neither will let me get access to the toolbar in any combination of keystrokes.

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                        sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
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                        @ankonaskiff17 “usage”, oh you mean the DOC… hahaha…

                        things change way too fast

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