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    How I got my Magic Mirror working on a Raspberry Pi 0 (zero)

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      Mar @SebTota
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      @SebTota I currently have a 32 in there but the final im hoping will go on a 16 at least. Will the file you’re sending over be a clean first install for the zero?

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        SebTota @Mar
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        @Mar it is an install or Raspbian lite with magic mirror for RPI zero. There is some other alterations but not much. Would you like me to share the file?

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          Mar @SebTota
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          @SebTota Please I would appreciate that so much. Im on the verge of giving up and sticking with p3’s. I was really excited about being able to create a few mirrors with the cheaper board, so thanks again for sharing.

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            SebTota @Mar
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            @Mar I’ll send you the link to the mega file download. You will have to unzip it and write the ISO file onto your SD card. I also have a version that has amazon Alexa built in but that takes a little bit of setup.

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              Mar @SebTota
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              @SebTota Thanks so much!!! I’ll download it over night and try it in the morning and get back to you. Hopefully there is no difference between pi zeros?

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                SebTota @Mar
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                @Mar I have shared it with someone else already and it worked completely fine. I have PM you the download link.

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                  Mar @SebTota
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                  @SebTota Thats good to know, downloading now but its quite slow on mega for some reason. Will report back in the morning as its 2am here on a work night ;( though you saved me another night of hopeless tinkering lol

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                    Mar @SebTota
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                    @SebTota Thanks somuch Seb everything works amazing!! I owe you a beer!

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                      SebTota @Mar
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                      @Mar Not quite old enough to take you up on that offer yet. :) Really glad to hear that its working. Like I said if anyone needs the image of just the MagicMirror, MagicMirror with Alexa, and hopefully soon MagicMirror with Jasper AI just let me know and I can send you a link to my download.

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                        Mar @SebTota
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                        @SebTota Great job with all these Seb! Suppose I’ll drink your beer for you right now ;) I’d love to give the AI one a chance once everything is up and running.

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                          bmarofsky @Kobie
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                            ottobot
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                            sorry for asking something that I can google, but I’m on lunch and trying to be quick. after I have everything up and running can I:

                            dd if=/dev/sdf of=/functioning_mm_image.iso
                            

                            that way I only have to fiddle with a few config options for the rest of the mirrors that I’m making?

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                              FallandeGubbe @Wieber
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                              @Wieber Thanks a lot for this tutorial! Now I have my Raspberry Pi 1 up and running with Magic mirror. … with some inspiration from https://maxkorlaar.com/post/?i=43&lang=en
                              I also added the functionality to have the monitor to shut down when no one is using the mirror i.e. during night and when no one is at home! :)

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                                Mitchfarino Module Developer @SebTota
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                                @SebTota
                                Do you still have the image you can share? I’m struggling to follow the guide here…

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                                  ArkantosArk
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                                  @SebTota

                                  I tried to follow your guide (which is really well explained) but for some reason I´m having a few errors at the last step…Could you share your “Magic Mirror” only image with me please?

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                                    braik @Mar
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                                    @Mar
                                    Hi there,
                                    I had the same problem and the I have realized that node serveronly was not launched.
                                    The problem is that the command :
                                    cd ~/MagicMirror was not working, so I have changed it for
                                    cd /home/pi/MagicMirror
                                    and that’s it.
                                    Hope this can help

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                                      bmarofsky
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                                      OK, so i am trying this again on a Pi Zero W

                                      I got stuck on Step 4
                                      so I ran:

                                      sudo apt-get remove nodered
                                      sudo apt-get remove nodejs nodejs-legacy
                                      sudo apt-get remove npm   # if you installed npm
                                      
                                      wget http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/node_archive_armhf.deb
                                      sudo dpkg -i node_archive_armhf.deb
                                      sudo apt-get install -y build-essential python-dev npm
                                      

                                      then again on Step 5 i got a ton of these:

                                      pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ sudo npm install
                                      npm WARN engine feedme@1.0.0: wanted: {"node":">=0.12"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})
                                      npm WARN engine grunt-eslint@19.0.0: wanted: {"node":">=4"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})
                                      npm WARN engine request@2.81.0: wanted: {"node":">= 4"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})
                                      npm WARN engine eslint@3.17.1: wanted: {"node":">=4"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})
                                      
                                      

                                      Are the updated steps or an Image that can be downloaded?

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                                        Hawking @bmarofsky
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                                        @bmarofsky
                                        I’m also trying to install Magic Mirror on a Pi Zero W.

                                        I think one reason for the problems might be that as far as I can tell

                                        sudo wget http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/node_latest_armhf.deb
                                        sudo dpkg -i node_latest_armhf.deb
                                        

                                        got me node v4.2.1 which is quite outdated (the regular installer of MM2 updates nodes if the version of node is below 5.1.0).
                                        I therefore tried to install a more recent version of node following the commands here
                                        https://github.com/sdesalas/node-pi-zero
                                        However, the compilation of Magic Mirror worked neither with node 7.7.1 nor with node 6.9.1.

                                        Before I go into details, did anybody got Magic Mirror working on Raspberry Pi Zero W?
                                        Which node version (and npm version) did you use and how you he install it? Which browser did you use (I read that Midori has some problems)?

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                                          Mitchfarino Module Developer @ArkantosArk
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                                          @ArkantosArk

                                          This is @SebTota 's link https://mega.nz/#!XlIU3QjI!QSdvAE3yXp1oMsdRGNte6lt4SncgvfozSDU7xhxtbbM

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                                            Hawking
                                            last edited by

                                            I could fix my issue with the blank screen by simply doing

                                            cd ~/MagicMirror/vendor
                                            npm install
                                            

                                            Then it seem to work (even with the node v 4.2.1). Nevertheless I will try to update to a more recent version of node, just to avoid other problems that are likely to exist in this old node version.

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