Modifying the Config File

sdetweil

@jimb np, but you should be able to change it from the preferences without knowing it

jimb

Sam, I know the name assigned to the rasberry. I now know the password as I have changed it. SSH is not resolving the hostname. So, what is the proper way to populate the following-

ssh {what goes here}@{what goes here}

Example: ssh {{hostname} @ {password} ???

sdetweil

@jimb ssh user @ hostname

every command supports help

command_name -h or --h

jimb

Sam, the username seems to be OK, but the hostame doesn’t resolve. Even though it shows in preference. Am I missing something

sdetweil

@jimb try adding .local after the hostname

or use the IP address of the pi.

jimb

Sam, beating head against rock… local host didn’t work. I was able to resolve an IP address, but it appeared to be a v6 that would.t work with ssh. I don’t know the next step.

jimb

Sam, since I’m not making any progress on the weather module I’m going to remark all the lines out for now and move on to other modules.

sdetweil

@jimb ok the address was probably raspberrypi.local

you need to disable ipv6 on the pi, in the network settings of the pi config under the desktop menu
no reason to have ipv6 in a home environment

jimb

Sam, no joy on either suggestion. Would it be worth it to start the MM install over again. I couldn’t ‘remark’ out the lines, just caused an error with the config file.

I bought the Rasberry Pi with a pre-populated SIM. Not how to get it in virgin state.

sdetweil

@jimb you can just copy the config.js.sample over/instead of config.js

cd ~/MagicMirror/config
mv config.js config.js.save
cp config.js.sample config.js

now MM is back to new, and we saved the config you have