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How I got my Magic Mirror working on a Raspberry Pi 0 (zero)

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          SebTota
          last edited by Jan 15, 2017, 2:31 AM

          Alright after some time I figured it out.

          cd MagicMirror
          cd config
          sudo nano config.js
          then the file should open.

          This is for the noobs like me who might need that.

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            bhepler Module Developer @SebTota
            last edited by Jan 15, 2017, 3:34 AM

            @SebTota What @Wieber has forgotten to mention is that the config.js.sample file is the default configuration that is included with the mirror software. The mirror software itself is looking for config.js. So the step that is missing is to copy the sample to the end file name. Once you have it copied over, this will become the file that you use to change your mirror’s behavior.

            You copy the file with this command: cp ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js.sample ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js

            You can then edit the config.js command as you have already discovered: nano ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js Nano is the editor, config.js is the file you are editing.

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              piziie
              last edited by Jan 15, 2017, 3:19 PM

              Great guide!

              I have a quick question though. When my pi zero boots, it boots into a command line where i can see the modules are loading. It ends with

              Ready to go! Please point your browser to: http://localhost:8080
              Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
              { [Error: listen EADDRINUSE :::8080]
                code: 'EADDRINUSE',
                errno: 'EADDRINUSE',
                syscall: 'listen',
                address: '::',
                port: 8080 }
              

              any ideas what causes this and how it can be fixed?

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                SebTota @piziie
                last edited by Jan 15, 2017, 3:22 PM

                @piziie I believe my pi had the same response but after a few seconds it boots into the browser and shoes the mirror and works fine. Is it the same with you?

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                  piziie @SebTota
                  last edited by piziie Jan 15, 2017, 3:53 PM Jan 15, 2017, 3:44 PM

                  @SebTota
                  unfortunately no, it remains on the terminal. When i open a browser and go to localhost:8080 it does appear to be working so i know the MM and modules load correctly.

                  It seems to be an issue with the midori start script?

                  /home/pi/startMidori.sh

                  #!/bin/sh
                  xset -dpms # disable DPMS (Energy Star) features.
                  xset s off # disable screen saver
                  xset s noblank # don’t blank the video device
                  matchbox-window-manager &
                  unclutter &
                  midori -e Fullscreen -a http://localhost:8080
                  

                  My /home/pi/start.sh script:

                  #!/bin/bash
                  cd ~/MagicMirror
                  node serveronly &
                  sleep 45
                  sudo xinit /home/pi/startMidori.sh
                  

                  and the last line in .bashrc

                  /home/pi/start.sh
                  

                  another side note- on boot i get this error:

                  (EE) 
                  Fatal server error:
                  (EE) Server is already active for display 0
                          If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
                          and start again.
                  (EE) 
                  (EE) 
                  Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
                           at http://wiki.x.org
                   for help. 
                  (EE) 
                  Starting MagicMirror: v2.1.0
                  Loading config ...
                  Loading module helpers ...
                  No helper found for module: alert.
                  Initializing new module helper ...
                  No helper found for module: clock.
                  XIO:  fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0"
                        after 6 requests (6 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
                  

                  could this be the source of the error?

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                    bhepler Module Developer @piziie
                    last edited by bhepler Jan 15, 2017, 4:24 PM Jan 15, 2017, 4:23 PM

                    @piziie In my experience, this means that the mirror process is already running and you’ve attempted to start it again. Are you using PM2 to manage the mirror process? Is it possible that two of your scripts are both trying to start the mirror? Have you changed any init settings to auto-boot the mirror?

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                      SebTota @piziie
                      last edited by Jan 15, 2017, 4:27 PM

                      @piziie if you want I can post my image and you can write my image to your sd

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