I'm new. Trying to understand and have a few questions....

noviceuser

@sdetweil Also, I am using Ubuntu Server so no GUI.

The MMM-Config module does not work, I’m guessing because it is a docker installation and maybe permissions are a thing?

 [11.03.2025 11:44.21.236] [ERROR] (node:1) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: ReferenceError: fetch is not defined
magicmirror  |     at buildFormData (/opt/magic_mirror/modules/MMM-Config/module_installer/runserver.js:135:20)
magicmirror  |     at module.exports (/opt/magic_mirror/modules/MMM-Config/module_installer/runserver.js:73:3)
magicmirror  |     at Class.startit (/opt/magic_mirror/modules/MMM-Config/node_helper.js:329:5)
magicmirror  |     at Class.setConfig (/opt/magic_mirror/modules/MMM-Config/node_helper.js:163:10)
magicmirror  |     at Class.start (/opt/magic_mirror/modules/MMM-Config/node_helper.js:169:10)
magicmirror  |     at /opt/magic_mirror/js/app.js:232:18
magicmirror  |     at new Server (/opt/magic_mirror/js/server.js:93:3)
magicmirror  |     at /opt/magic_mirror/js/app.js:226:20
magicmirror  |     at loadNextModule (/opt/magic_mirror/js/app.js:171:5)
magicmirror  |     at /opt/magic_mirror/js/app.js:166:6
magicmirror  | [11.03.2025 11:44.21.236] [ERROR] (node:1) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag `--unhandled-rejections=strict` (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 1)
magicmirror  | [11.03.2025 11:44.21.237] [ERROR] (node:1) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.
magicmirror  | [11.03.2025 11:44.22.054] [ERROR] stderr 2: grep: ../../js/animateCSS.js: No such file or directory
magicmirror  | cp: cannot stat '../../js/animateCSS.js': No such file or directory

That is from the docker compose up command.

Then when I hit: http://ip:2222/configure I am greeted with this:
2025-03-11 11_46_04-Window.png

Also to prove I’m not doing anything, crazy… I removed the custom.css file I had that I was looking at and here is what it looks like (this is what it looked like default:

2025-03-11 11_47_07-Window.png

As you can see, lots of room to breathe for those modules. Here is what the config.js looks like:

/* Magic Mirror Config Sample
 *
 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 *
 * For more information how you can configurate this file
 * See https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#configuration
 *
 */

var config = {
  address: "0.0.0.0", // Address to listen on, can be:
  // - "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1" to listen on loopback interface
  // - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface
  // - "0.0.0.0" to listen on any interface
  // Default, when address config is left out, is "localhost"
  port: 8080,
  ipWhitelist: [], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses
  // or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
  // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.1.5"],
  // or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15 use CIDR format :
  // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.3.0/28"],

  language: "en",
  timeFormat: 12,
  units: "imperial",

  modules: [
    {
      module: "alert",
    },
    {
      module: "updatenotification",
      position: "top_bar"
    },
    {
      module: "clock",
      position: "top_center"
    },
    {
      module: "calendar",
      header: "US Holidays",
      position: "bottom_left",
      config: {
        calendars: [
          {
            symbol: "calendar-check",
            url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/76/US_Holidays.ics"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      module: "compliments",
      position: "middle_center"
    },
    {
      module: "currentweather",
      position: "top_right",
      config: {
        location: "Lutz",
        locationID: "4163033",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
        appid: "YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY"
      }
    },
    {
      module: "weatherforecast",
      position: "top_right",
      header: "Weather Forecast",
      config: {
        location: "Lutz",
        locationID: "4163033",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/city.list.json.gz; unzip the gz file and find your city
        appid: "YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY"
      }
    },
    {
      module:"MMM-Config",
      position:"top_right",
            // the QR code (if requested) will appear here
      showQR:"True",
      config:{

      }
    },
    {
      module: "newsfeed",
      position: "bottom_bar",
      config: {
        feeds: [
          {
            title: "New York Times",
            url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
          }
        ],
        showSourceTitle: true,
        showPublishDate: true,
        broadcastNewsFeeds: true,
        broadcastNewsUpdates: true
      }
    },
  ]

};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== "undefined") { module.exports = config; }

This is the config that comes with the docker-compose that I posted earlier. I’m guessing someone made this and there is issues and really I need to do a default install and try from there.

sdetweil

@noviceuser that docker container is quite old

see the doc for the link to the current one

https://docs.magicmirror.builders/getting-started/installation.html#automatic-installation-scripts

i strongly suggest NOT using docker til you know what it all takes

sdetweil

@noviceuser

Then when I hit: http://ip:2222/configure I am greeted with this:

yes, a module problem I guess…

see the output of npm start (harder to see in docker)

there are no module standards, and no program checking, so MMM-Config tries to discover everything… in config and out… and sometimes it encounters something that is unable to be worked around

sdetweil

@noviceuser yes, latest MagicMirror requires nodejs v20.18.1

and node 18+ has fetch built in

noviceuser

@sdetweil Yes, looking at this, I’ve never built my own container like that. If it was a simple pull and then run it then that is one thing. I haven’t gone that far with Docker yet.

I’ll just have to find a machine that I can run this on. That is one good thing about docker is that I don’t have to dedicate an entire VM to the software on it.

sdetweil

@noviceuser MagicMirror will run anywhere…

windows, linux, mac,

my automated installed handles linux and mac

sdetweil

@noviceuser I just updated MMM-Config to depend on a certain version or higher to stop the fetch failure

sdetweil

@noviceuser

note for native running, including windows

in 2.30 we added start commands for the different mgrs
see

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/19269/new-magicmirror-start-options-in-version-2-30-0

noviceuser

@sdetweil So where is your install script? If you linked it already I apologize I missed it.

sdetweil

@noviceuser in the doc again

https://docs.magicmirror.builders/getting-started/installation.html#alternative-installation-methods

noviceuser

@sdetweil Thank you. I will take a look.

I figure once I get a healthy install I can work with that and see how dumb I am to this whole thing. I think part of my problem was the old docker image just not working right. I may be closer than I believe I am.

sdetweil

@noviceuser i also have backup/restore scripts where you can replicate a saved environment to a new platform (not windows)

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

I’m starting to think i should create a windows restore