upgrading to latest MM version

[sdetweil]

@JMac yes, run the apply version

things will be ok

always backup first

https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror-backup-restore

[JMac]

out of curiosity, what would I do if I needed to retrieve the back up, do I need a GitHub account?

[sdetweil]

@JMac it depends on what you want to do
if you are just upgrading MM and don’t expect any sd card or OS issues
– no ‘need’ to copy
otherwise
– at minimum you can copy the ~/MM-backup folder to some other media

if you want you can use a githib PRIVATE repo for that
(private only because it contains private info)
its free, just takes a login and create a repo

then use the repo name in the backup
(git will prompt for the password, not my code)

by using git and github, i also version the backup too(using git tags)
so todays may be different than yesterday or last week…
you can restore ANY of those…
(and you didn’t lose a usb stick, or sd card… or whatever)
(AND you can tell the difference between versions)

the MM source is also tagged (git term for labeled) at each release,
so we can get bback there pretty easily

[sdetweil]

@JMac to restore, you run the restore script . it takes parameters to tell it what to do

[JMac]

@sdetweil This is useful to know.

Just add, I’ve had the same Issue as the last MM update, Calendar EXT3 is no longer pulling information from the base calendar module.

[sdetweil]

@JMac did you put on the fix

see https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/19282/version-2-30-0-calendar-fix-for-clipping-broadcast-events

[JMac]

@sdetweil I hadn’t seen that, I was about to update the module individually then do some digging on here to see if others had had the issue.

do I use the list of commands in the link above, or the ones in this link?
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/14327/testing-new-fixes-or-solving-current-problems-with-next-release-code

[JMac]

@sdetweil I’ve hit this at the 3 command,
MagicMirror@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ git switch _fix_clipping
error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout:
package-lock.json
Please commit your changes or stash them before you switch branches.
Aborting

[sdetweil]

@JMac rm package-lock.json

[JMac]

@sdetweil do I run that in just the MagicMirror directory or the Calendar EXT3 module directory?

Below was your guidance from another of my topics with issues with this module, will it work?

(#)put package-lock.json back to last git clone state
git reset package-lock.json
(#) update the module
git pull
(#) rerun npm install with new code
npm install

had to put the # in () to stop the font going enormous

[sdetweil]

@JMac in the folder you are in!

[JMac]

@sdetweil
MagicMirror@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ rm package-lock.json
rm: cannot remove ‘package-lock.json’: No such file or directory

guessing I’m not doing this right

[sdetweil]

@JMac but your prior message said

@sdetweil I’ve hit this at the 3 command,
MagicMirror@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ git switch _fix_clipping
error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout:

package-lock.json

Please commit your changes or stash them before you switch branches.
Aborting

so it HAS to be there
ls and see if you see it
once you have it so it is NOT there
then do the switch again

[JMac]

@sdetweil
getting this now,
MagicMirror@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ git switch _fix_clipping
Already on ‘_fix_clipping’

so assuming I can now restart mm?

[sdetweil]

@JMac correct, thats what the instructions say

[JMac]

@sdetweil restarted the MM with PM2, still no info being displayed in the CalendarEXT3 module.

edit to add, after letting the mirror settle down, it’s now pulling the data

[sdetweil]

@JMac Ext3 tries NOT to to flash on every update so the screen doesn’t flicker

he has parameters you can change to adjust the timing

the base cal module does take a little longer to process large calendars