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    sdetweil @davidgagne
    last edited by May 28, 2024, 8:17 PM

    @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

    How to add modules

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    D 1 Reply Last reply May 29, 2024, 3:42 AM Reply Quote 1
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      davidgagne @sdetweil
      last edited by May 29, 2024, 3:42 AM

      @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!

      S 1 Reply Last reply May 29, 2024, 3:49 AM Reply Quote 0
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        sdetweil @davidgagne
        last edited by May 29, 2024, 3:49 AM

        @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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        D 1 Reply Last reply May 29, 2024, 5:25 AM Reply Quote 0
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          davidgagne @sdetweil
          last edited by May 29, 2024, 5:25 AM

          @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?

          S 1 Reply Last reply May 29, 2024, 10:52 AM Reply Quote 0
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            sdetweil @davidgagne
            last edited by May 29, 2024, 10:52 AM

            @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

            D 1 Reply Last reply May 29, 2024, 11:43 AM Reply Quote 0
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              davidgagne @sdetweil
              last edited by May 29, 2024, 11:43 AM

              @sdetweil Here’s what I got after running your fixup script:

              [PM2] Applying action restartProcessId on app [MagicMirror](ids: [ 0 ])
              [PM2] [MagicMirror](0) ✓
              ┌────┬────────────────┬─────────────┬─────────┬─────────┬──────────┬────────┬──────┬───────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┐
              │ id │ name           │ namespace   │ version │ mode    │ pid      │ uptime │ ↺    │ status    │ cpu      │ mem      │ user     │ watching │
              ├────┼────────────────┼─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼──────────┼────────┼──────┼───────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┤
              │ 0  │ MagicMirror    │ default     │ 2.27.0  │ fork    │ 27952    │ 0s     │ 1    │ online    │ 0%       │ 2.5mb    │ dvg      │ enabled  │
              └────┴────────────────┴─────────────┴─────────┴─────────┴──────────┴────────┴──────┴───────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┘
              [PM2] Saving current process list...
              [PM2] Successfully saved in /home/dvg/.pm2/dump.pm2
              

              I’ll email install.log to you as soon as I can figure out how to … find and copy the install log.

              S 2 Replies Last reply May 29, 2024, 11:55 AM Reply Quote 0
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                sdetweil @davidgagne
                last edited by May 29, 2024, 11:55 AM

                @davidgagne and MagicMirror should have come up using firefox

                Sam

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                  sdetweil @davidgagne
                  last edited by sdetweil May 29, 2024, 12:02 PM May 29, 2024, 12:01 PM

                  @davidgagne said in Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W for Magic Mirror:

                  I’ll email install.log to you as soon as I can figure out how to … find and copy the install log.

                  you should install one of the windows ssh clients tools. Winscp or Bitvise ssh clients.
                  they provide the typical ssh terminal AND also a windows file manager view of the remote system.
                  so you can double click to edit on windows and automatically save the file back.

                  bitvise also provides drag and drop file copy support to/from the remote system… for logs and credential files

                  I use notepad++ or visual studio code to edit on windows.

                  such a time saver!!

                  Sam

                  How to add modules

                  learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

                  D 1 Reply Last reply May 29, 2024, 12:47 PM Reply Quote 0
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                    davidgagne @sdetweil
                    last edited by May 29, 2024, 12:01 PM

                    @sdetweil I am not going to bother sending you the install log because it worked!

                    It took a long time to launch, but now I can see MagicMirror running when I VNC into the Pi.

                    After running your fixuppm2 script I executed pm2 start MagicMirror and got this:

                    [PM2] Applying action restartProcessId on app [MagicMirror](ids: [ 0 ])
                    [PM2] [MagicMirror](0) ✓
                    [PM2] Process successfully started
                    ┌────┬────────────────┬─────────────┬─────────┬─────────┬──────────┬────────┬──────┬───────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┐
                    │ id │ name           │ namespace   │ version │ mode    │ pid      │ uptime │ ↺    │ status    │ cpu      │ mem      │ user     │ watching │
                    ├────┼────────────────┼─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼──────────┼────────┼──────┼───────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┤
                    │ 0  │ MagicMirror    │ default     │ 2.27.0  │ fork    │ 28553    │ 0s     │ 2    │ online    │ 0%       │ 2.5mb    │ dvg      │ disabled │
                    └────┴────────────────┴─────────────┴─────────┴─────────┴──────────┴────────┴──────┴───────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┘
                    

                    Now when I VNC into the Pi I see it running! So far the date and time is the only thing correctly displaying, but at least now MagicMirror is running. Thank you!

                    S 2 Replies Last reply May 29, 2024, 12:05 PM Reply Quote 0
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                      sdetweil @davidgagne
                      last edited by May 29, 2024, 12:05 PM

                      @davidgagne I am interested in the log to see why the inline pm2 setup failed.

                      yes, pi0w is not fast.

                      the default calendar and weather take configuration before they produce output.

                      Sam

                      How to add modules

                      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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