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  • J Offline
    jimb
    last edited by Nov 30, 2023, 11:13 PM

    Gents, my goal was not to build a watch, only to tell the time. I have bit the bullet and will be building a new image of the OS and setting it up to run from my PC. That way I’ll be able to copy configs for all to peruse, trying to get Magic Mirror up and running. Thanks for your continued support!

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      jimb
      last edited by Dec 1, 2023, 8:23 PM

      Sam, et all: I have installed a fresh copy of the OS to a new SD card , booted up the Pi, and installed a new copy of the MM2 files, etc. from Sam’s installation script. The only mistake I made was making the MM auto-install. I attempted SSH into the Pi to modify the config on my PC. Had the same “no connnection” issue I had before. However, I now have the IP address of the Pi and I’m not able to ping it from my PC. When the Pi boots this IP address is displayed in the upper right corner for a few seconds so I know it’s correct. An IP config /all display shows-

      C:\Users\Owner>ipconfig /all

      Windows IP Configuration

      Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DESKTOP-LE5LUCM
      Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
      Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
      IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
      WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
      DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : attlocal.net

      Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

      Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : attlocal.net
      Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller
      Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 78-E7-D1-C8-69-02
      DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
      Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
      IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2600:1700:d10:2900::681(Preferred)
      Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, November 29, 2023 1:44:08 AM
      Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, December 28, 2023 6:10:32 PM
      IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2600:1700:d10:2900:17cb:6c66:31f8:87bb(Preferred)
      Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2600:1700:d10:2900:3974:7e8b:2c4:8999(Preferred)
      Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2600:1700:d10:2900:e81f:6b5c:4ac6:b88d(Deprecated)
      Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2600:1700:d10:2900:f895:4134:2f63:7933(Deprecated)
      Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3b70:ff2e:ecd1:4297%12(Preferred)
      IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.65(Preferred)
      Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
      Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, November 29, 2023 1:44:03 AM
      Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, December 2, 2023 1:44:06 PM
      Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::3a3b:c8ff:fe33:13d9%12
      192.168.1.254
      DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
      DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 158918609
      DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-25-B7-F6-59-78-E7-D1-C8-69-02
      DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 2600:1700:d10:2900::1
      192.168.1.254
      2600:1700:d10:2900::1
      NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

      Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

      Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
      Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
      Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 802.11n Wireless LAN Card
      Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 68-A3-C4-EA-95-83
      DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
      Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

      Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 1:

      Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
      Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
      Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
      Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 68-A3-C4-EA-95-85
      DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
      Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

      Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 2:

      Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
      Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
      Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #2
      Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 68-A3-C4-EA-95-86
      DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
      Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

      Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

      Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
      Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
      Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter
      Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 68-A3-C4-EA-95-84
      DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
      Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

      C:\Users\Owner>

      Does anyone see anything weird?

      B S 2 Replies Last reply Dec 1, 2023, 9:17 PM Reply Quote 0
      • B Offline
        BKeyport Module Developer @jimb
        last edited by Dec 1, 2023, 9:17 PM

        @jimb that appears to be your windows computer, not the pi.

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          sdetweil @jimb
          last edited by Dec 1, 2023, 9:18 PM

          @jimb said in Modifying the Config File:

          only mistake I made was making the MM auto-install.

          u mean auto start??? install was my script

          ssh doesn’t work unless you enable it on the pi

          desktop, menu top left,
          preferences
          raspberry pi configuration
          then the itnerfaces tab, click the slide on the ssh row,
          then press ok…

          if latest os, then you don’t have to boot

          open a terminal window on pi
          type

          ip addr
          

          you should see like this

          pi@raspberrypi4:~ $ ip addr
          1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
              link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
              inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
                 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
              inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
                 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
          2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
              link/ether dc:a6:32:20:b0:94 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
              inet 192.168.2.44/24 brd 192.168.2.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute eth0
                 valid_lft 50521sec preferred_lft 36219sec
              inet6 fe80::a5a6:f1d1:50e7:1c5/64 scope link 
                 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
          3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN group default qlen 1000
              link/ether dc:a6:32:20:b0:95 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
          

          in this setup my wifi (wlan0) is not connected but my ethernet (eth0) is

             inet 192.168.2.44
          

          doesn’t matter what the PC says…

          do you have a guest network at home and did u connect the pi to that?

          can’t connect to it from home network if so… intentional firewall…

          Sam

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          • J Offline
            jimb
            last edited by Dec 1, 2023, 11:41 PM

            Sam, the Pi is connected via wireless. Yes, I meant autorun on my first post. I did change the Pi configuration to allow SSH. I have Eero mesh AP’s connected to my home network. I don’t know how to check if access is being blocked to the Pi. Since everything is fresh on the install it makes sense that the network is the culprit. The reason I went with a new install was to enable pasting config, etc. files here on the forum.

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              sdetweil @jimb
              last edited by sdetweil Dec 1, 2023, 11:44 PM Dec 1, 2023, 11:43 PM

              @jimb i understand… if you can use a terminal window on the pi, can you ping xxxx, where xxxx is the hostname or ip address of the windows pc?

              what is the output of ip addr ?

              i know it stinks, but you can post a pic, third icon from the right above the forum post editor

              Sam

              How to add modules

              learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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              • S Offline
                sdetweil @sdetweil
                last edited by sdetweil Dec 1, 2023, 11:58 PM Dec 1, 2023, 11:47 PM

                @jimb I’d also suggest trying my MMM-Config module, which presents a form for config.js including outside modules… all done with discovery of the installed modules and there parms…

                some modules cause trouble… but there are ways around with some extra work… it may not be for you… another pile of work to learn, it it doesn’t work…

                https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-Config

                it doesn’t help with module install, only configure

                Sam

                How to add modules

                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                • J Offline
                  jimb
                  last edited by Dec 3, 2023, 6:22 PM

                  Sam,
                  OK progress on the network front. I spent some time yesterday on the phone with eero tech support. At rhe end they suggested connecting my PC wirelessly and seeing if I could ping the rasberry. It works. I can ping and SSH/Putty into the pi, but have an additional snag. It accepts the login and sends a password request. BUT, I can’t enter anything- the keyboard is dead at that point.

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                  • S Offline
                    sdetweil @jimb
                    last edited by sdetweil Dec 3, 2023, 8:43 PM Dec 3, 2023, 6:27 PM

                    @jimb ok, sounds like the wifi network is a guest, not connected to the regular ethernet network…

                    don’t use putty

                    open a cmd.exe window

                    ssh user_name@machine_ip
                    

                    add one of the tools

                    winscp or bitvise ssh clients

                    they will give you a filemanager view of the files and an ssh window ,
                    per system you connect to…

                    bitvise also provides a filemanager view of the pc filesystem , so you can drag/drop files in either direction… (you would only do that for logs to pc, of special bug fix file , to pi)

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                    • J Offline
                      jimb
                      last edited by sdetweil Dec 3, 2023, 8:37 PM Dec 3, 2023, 8:16 PM

                      Sam, success! I have d/l’d the SSH gui program and here is my config.js file. I have deleted my apiKey

                      modules: [
                      		{
                      			module: "alert",
                      		},
                      		{
                      			module: "updatenotification",
                      			position: "top_bar"
                      		},
                      		{
                      			module: "clock",
                      			position: "top_left"
                      		},
                      		{
                      			module: "calendar",
                      			header: "US Holidays",
                      			position: "top_left",
                      			config: {
                      				calendars: [
                      					{
                      						fetchInterval: 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
                      						symbol: "calendar-check",
                      						url: "https://ics.calendarlabs.com/76/mm3137/US_Holidays.ics"
                      					}
                      				]
                      			}
                      		},
                      		{
                      			module: "compliments",
                      			position: "lower_third"
                      		},
                      		{
                      			module: "weather",
                      			position: "top_right",
                      			config: {
                      				weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
                      				apiVersion: "3.0",
                      				lat: 33.50872,
                      				lon: -96.612213,
                      				weatherEndpoint: "/onecall",
                      				type: "current",
                      				location: "Houston",
                      				locationID: "4699066", //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
                      				apiKey: "8eca2aec"
                      			}
                      		},
                      		{
                      			module: "weather",
                      			position: "top_right",
                      			header: "Weather Forecast",
                      			config: {
                      				weatherProvider: "openweathermap",
                      				apiVersion: "3.0",
                      				lat: 33.50872,
                      				lon: -96.612213,
                      				weatherEndpoint: "/onecall",
                      				type: "forecast",
                      				location: "Houston",
                      				locationID: "4699066", //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
                      				apiKey: "8
                      "
                      			}
                      		},
                      		{
                      			module: "newsfeed",
                      			position: "bottom_bar",
                      			config: {
                      				feeds: [
                      					{
                      						title: "New York Times",
                      
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