dedicated monitor for MM??

RonR

Thanks Sam, I have a smaller Dell monitor that I use for working and the 32" Philips TV/Monitor connected via HDMI. I want the large screen to have MagicMirror on it all the time but if I make a config change it restarts and put MM on the smaller Dell monitor. I do not understand the errors it is creating as I know literally nothing about java script.

sdetweil

@RonR both are attached hdmi?

is the pi desktop over both at once?

RonR

Yes, the desktop is spread over both monitors. The bar is on the little monitor and the big monitor only has wallpaper until MM loads at boot. When I restart MM it moves to the small monitor leaving the big one with just wall paper.

sdetweil

@RonR ok, electron remembers some things,

stop MagicMirror

cd ~
rm -rf  .config/Electron

before starting MagicMirror, make sure you have the

electronOptions:{ x:....}

in config.js
start MagicMirror

RonR

Sam,
I’m not trying to be difficult but you suggest I delete the config/electron directory? Does the system reconstruct that directory when MM is restarted?

As for the electronOptions {X: 1680} do I use the width of the monitor I want MM displayed on or is it the monitor I do not want it displayed on. The larger monitor has a width of 1920.

Sorry I don’t mean to be so dense but I want to understand what I’m doing.

Thanks

sdetweil

@RonR electron will rebuild the .config/Electron folder on 1st startup

you use the width of the ‘left’ monitor, to move the start of the MM page to the ‘right’ monitor

I do this on my dual screen system all the time.

funny, now mine is stuck on screen 2… lol…

RonR

OK, that helps make sense now.

Thanks