Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Raspberry Pi Zero W for Magic Mirror
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Mine works with a pi zero w 2 and I am very satisfied with the way it performs. I followed the official procedure as described in the forums and got it working on buster os desktop which is essential for some modules. Used to run the project on pi zero w with buster os lite and for basic and simple stuff the project used to run fine minus some lags when refreshing modules but nothing special.
As I decided to run more demanding modules running pi zero w 2 was the only solution to keep the project small and low cost. For the modules I am using I’m for than satisfied with the way it performs.
Anyway, all I can confirm is that magic mirror on pi zero w 2 with buster os desktop can perform nice. -
I recently got a RPi Zero 2W and installed Raspberry Pi OS (latest legacy version from the RPi Imager) and then installed MM2 using the script (which worked really well). But Chromium will not run for me. Everything I read says that Chromium will not work on the RPi Zero 2 because it’s not fast enough or doesn’t have enough memory. Chromium absolutely will not start on mine. What am I missing here?
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@Jakobud hm… try the not legacy image, runs great on my pi02w
legacy really for armv6l
are you using the full image?
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After choosing RPi Zero 2 W it recommends this one to me, which is what I used. What version should I be using instead exactly?
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@Jakobud I don’t use the raspberry imager cause of problems and this filtering
I use the list and then image myself
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@sdetweil Okay which one do you use specifically?
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@Jakobud the top one on that page
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@sdetweil I am ripping my hair out trying to get MM running on a Pi Zero W. I’ve followed all of your (super helpful) suggestions across multiple posts, but no matter what I do, I keep getting:
[PM2][ERROR] File ecosystem.config.js not foundany time I try to execute pm2 start.
I’ve run your upgrade / update scripts from github, I’ve removed Chromium and replaced it with Firefox, I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled ten different flavors of the PiOS, I’ve tried the MagicMirrorOS that someone else posted, etc. All with no luck.
Do you have any ideas what could be the problem here?
Thanks in advance,
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@davidgagne said in Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W for Magic Mirror:
File ecosystem.config.js no found
well, I haven’t seen that…, BUT it sounds like from a google search thgat you have the wrong node js version installed…
but
flash the sd card… its a pi02W, a 3 in pi0 form factor
then run my install script. don’t dop anything else first
you can try to see if you can fixup pm2 first…
pm2 stop all
pm2 status
this will display a linepi@raspberrypi42:~ $ pm2 status ┌────┬────────────────────┬──────────┬──────┬───────────┬──────────┬──────────┐ │ id │ name │ mode │ ↺ │ status │ cpu │ memory │ ├────┼────────────────────┼──────────┼──────┼───────────┼──────────┼──────────┤ │ 0 │ MagicMirror │ fork │ 0 │ online │ 0% │ 2.7mb │ └────┴────────────────────┴──────────┴──────┴───────────┴──────────┴──────────┘you can use the name or number on any line
pm2 delete 0
pm2 save -f
then run
bash -c “$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/fixuppm2.sh)”to recreate the app in pm2.
lets see…
else redo the install as above
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@sdetweil said in Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W for Magic Mirror:
flash the sd card… its a pi02W, a 3 in pi0 form factor
I’m sorry but I don’t understand what this means. Which PiOS should I flash? I have been trying with the Legacy, 32-bit.
(If it makes a difference, I actually have a Raspberry Pi Zero W Rev 1.1. I don’t think it’s a 2.)
Thank you!
