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    Installer scripts on Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

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      sdetweil @kribbitykrab
      last edited by sdetweil

      @kribbitykrab you can get an earlier release thru git by using the version tag

      do

      cd ~/MagicMirror 
      git fetch --tags
      git checkout v2.30.0
      npm run install-mm 
      

      you cannot upgrade from there

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        kribbitykrab @sdetweil
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        @sdetweil Thank you so much for the reply! I believe you are correct, I think this is indeed a Pi Zero W, not the 2W–thanks for getting me on the right track.

        I’ll give the v2.30.0 MM a shot, appreciate it! Will try to send the install log to you over email as well.

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          sdetweil @kribbitykrab
          last edited by sdetweil

          @kribbitykrab you can look at the log, search for armv6
          or do

          uname -a

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            kribbitykrab @sdetweil
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            @sdetweil Ok, so I got the v2.30.0 MM installed using your instructions above, thanks again.

            I also was able to get pm2 installed with a:
            sudo npm install -g pm2

            I was able to get pm2 to auto generate the ecosystem.config.js somehow. I also had to copy an index.js in from somewhere into the MagicMirror directory. I also made a copy of the sample_config.js and titled it config.js just for a dry run.

            But now when I try to do a:
            pm2 start

            I get a few warnings and errors:
            [PM2][WARN] Applications service-worker not running, starting…
            [PM2][ERROR] Error: Script not found: /home/./MagicMirror/service-worker

            I clearly need a service-worker script to start something, guessing something listed in the default config.js. When I do a pm2 list I see the v2.30.0 MM with PID 2444, which is neat I guess.

            How do I figure out what service-worker script I’m missing and how do I get it installed where I need to?

            I should mention at this point I was hoping to use this project to self-host and display a calendar on a display via MM. I’m starting to think I may need to upgrade to a beefier pi than the Zero W given the challenges so far, but want to see how far I can get first given that this is the hardware I already have on hand.

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              sdetweil @kribbitykrab
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              @kribbitykrab just run the fixuppm2 script from my scripts repo

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                sdetweil @kribbitykrab
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                @kribbitykrab pi 0w is a tough env now.

                i think the next challenge is lack of the electron browser on armv6l processors

                in my installer script when run on armv6l, i setup server mode and launch a browser over it.

                you can run the setup_browser_over_server script to do that outside install

                see the scripts repo readme for the browsers supported and how to inform the startup script which to use

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                  kribbitykrab @sdetweil
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                  @sdetweil I executed the following commands one after the other according to the readme:

                  export external_browser=midori
                  DISPLAY=:0 npm start

                  This gives me the following readout:


                  magicmirror@2.30.0 start
                  npm run start:x11

                  magic mirror@2.30.0 start:x11
                  DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

                  sh: 1: ./node_modules/.bin/electron: not found


                  I had though that Midori supported electron, and I am (barely) able to get Midori to boot from the desktop environment. Advice?

                  Thanks!

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                    sdetweil @kribbitykrab
                    last edited by sdetweil

                    @kribbitykrab if you ran the setup _over_server
                    it should have changed the start script in
                    package.json to

                    "start":"./run-start.sh",
                    

                    can you confirm that

                    looks like i had a bug in the script, run it again

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                      kribbitykrab @sdetweil
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                      @sdetweil Ah! I had thought I had to do those steps in the other order so I hadn’t ran the setup_over_server script yet–I have ran it now.

                      The readout after DISPLAY=:0 npm start is not much more promising. Can’t quite share a screenshot from here, but it has gotten to the point where it says “Ready to go! Please point your browser to” and it’s trying to start Midori!

                      Now the waiting game.

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                        sdetweil @kribbitykrab
                        last edited by sdetweil

                        @kribbitykrab did you install midori?
                        can you launch midori from the commandline

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