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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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                  piziie @bhepler
                  last edited by piziie Jan 15, 2017, 5:04 PM Jan 15, 2017, 5:01 PM

                  @bhepler pm2 doesnt appear to be installed, however i do have npm installed. Could that cause a conflict?

                  Any way to the sources from which start the mirror process is starting?

                  Also i may have created a conflict by following the OP steps as well as the steps outlined by @kobie

                  Also…
                  
                  Instead of adding start.sh to the end of .bashrc, it’s better practice to have the
                  script run automatically on start-up. To do this:
                  
                  sudo mv /home/pi/start.sh /etc/init.d/startMagicMirror.sh
                  sudo update-rc.d startMagicMirror.sh defaults 100
                  
                  This moves the script to the standard location for start-up scripts and tells the
                  system to run it after each boot.
                  

                  I went back and deleted the startMagicMirror.sh file, however. Does update-rc.d need to be rolled back as well?

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                    bhepler Module Developer @piziie
                    last edited by bhepler Jan 15, 2017, 6:53 PM Jan 15, 2017, 6:52 PM

                    @piziie That sounds right. Without tracing too closely, it sounds like your startMagicMirror.sh scripts and your start.sh script are both starting the mirror process.

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                      piziie @bhepler
                      last edited by Jan 15, 2017, 6:56 PM

                      @bhepler after deleting startMagicMirror.sh the same problem exists

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