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    Raspberry Pi Zero W for Magic Mirror

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    • JakobudJ Offline
      Jakobud @sdetweil
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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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        sdetweil @Jakobud
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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
        https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/operating-systems/#raspberry-pi-os-64-bit

        Sam

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          Jakobud @sdetweil
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          @sdetweil Okay which one do you use specifically?

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            sdetweil @Jakobud
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            @Jakobud the top one on that page

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              davidgagne @sdetweil
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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 found
              

              any 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,
              dvg

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                sdetweil @davidgagne
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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 line

                pi@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

                Sam

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                  davidgagne @sdetweil
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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!

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                    sdetweil @davidgagne
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                    @davidgagne ok, if it IS a pi0W, then 32 bit legacy image

                    flash sd card, boot to the desktop, use terminal window or ssh

                    then my install script.

                    they have removed the chromium browser, for armv6l, so you will have to use firefox or one of the others… midori or surf

                    so YOU MUST use the environment variable in
                    ~/MagicMirror/installers/mm.sh to set the browser to use ( all have to be installed manually)

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

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                      davidgagne @sdetweil
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                      @sdetweil Okay. I’m doing this right now.

                      1. Flashed card with Legacy 32-bit.
                      2. Connected via ssh to run your script.
                        bash -c  "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/raspberry.sh)"
                        

                        Answered yes to disable screen saver and use pm2 questions.

                      3. Removed chromium with:
                        sudo apt-get remove chromium-browser
                        sudo apt autoremove
                        
                      4. Added Firefox with:
                        sudo apt-get update
                        sudo apt-get install firefox-esr
                        
                      5. Enabled VNC using sudo raspi-config GUI
                      6. Connect via TigerVNC
                      7. Edit mm.sh via VNC in Pi's baked-in text editor by adding:
                        cd ~/MagicMirror
                        export external_browser=firefox
                        DISPLAY=:0 npm start
                        
                      8. sudo reboot

                      9. Connect via ssh
                      10. cd MagicMirror
                        pm2 start MagicMirror
                        
                      11. And now -- finally! -- some progress:
                        [PM2] Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=/home/dvg/.pm2
                        [PM2] PM2 Successfully daemonized
                        [PM2][ERROR] Script not found: /home/dvg/MagicMirror/MagicMirror
                        

                      So … now what have I done wrong? What script is missing?

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                        sdetweil @davidgagne
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                        @davidgagne well…

                        it seems the pm2 setup failed for some reason

                        can you send me the ~/install.log

                        my same userid at Gmail.

                        you didn’t have to vnc to edit, nano works over ssh.

                        because the pm2 setup was not completed,
                        when you did pm2 start from the MagicMirror folder, it was trying to create the app MagicMirror command
                        /home/username/MagicMirror/MagicMirror

                        can you try to run the fixuppm2 script from my scripts page

                        Sam

                        How to add modules

                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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