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    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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    Starting MM Crontab

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    • mumblebajM Offline
      mumblebaj Module Developer @sdetweil
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      @sdetweil Hi Sam. I have always used npm. I have just been reading through the PR-3764 and i agree with your arguments in that it could have breaking affects for how we do things as both users and devs. Case in point.

      However, the forum is about new things and moving forward, so I agree with @KristjanESPERANTO on that point of view as well.

      I have now resolved my script issue and am now able to launch from the cron again. 😉

      For somebody who may have the same issue, this is how I solved for it.

      export DISPLAY=:0
      cd ~/MagicMirror
      npm run start:x11
      

      The above has solved it for me now.

      Check out my modules at: https://github.com/mumblebaj?tab=repositories
      Check my blog-post: https://mumblebaj.xyz/

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      • mumblebajM Offline
        mumblebaj Module Developer @sdetweil
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        @sdetweil Stupid question, how do I mark this as resolved?

        Check out my modules at: https://github.com/mumblebaj?tab=repositories
        Check my blog-post: https://mumblebaj.xyz/

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          sdetweil @mumblebaj
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          @mumblebaj you didn’t open it as an issue, so it can’t be resolved

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            sdetweil @mumblebaj
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            @mumblebaj what do you think fixed your problem?

            DISPLAY is set in package.json if not already
            folder of course

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            • mumblebajM Offline
              mumblebaj Module Developer @sdetweil
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              @sdetweil A few things:

              The main issue being:
              MagicMirror is now using a flat npm config, and the start scripts are handled differently, node --run start:x11 is not a valid Node.js command — unless you are using a custom wrapper or an internal script, this will fail silently or do nothing.

              As Crontab runs in a minimal environment, so any graphical (X11) application must explicitly export DISPLAY. Previously I had the command as DISPLAY=:0 npm start. Now, I had to export DISPLAY=:0 first and then start MM.

              Check out my modules at: https://github.com/mumblebaj?tab=repositories
              Check my blog-post: https://mumblebaj.xyz/

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