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    cowboysdude Module Developer @Usrnme2Lng
    last edited by Jul 23, 2017, 12:16 PM

    @Usrnme2Lng said in MagicMirror Weather:

    @Mykle1 I think I made a mistake by putting similar code in the wrong file I put it into the other config file by doing ‘sudo nano /boot/config.txt’

    How to I get to the config file you’re talking about?

    I would in a terminal window go to:
    ~MagicMirror/config
    type: cp config.js.sample config.js

    That will give you your config file.

    Then you can sudo nano config.js and enter the weather info.

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      Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer
      last edited by Jul 23, 2017, 12:34 PM

      OR

      My suggestion, because it helped me, is, don’t do your editing in the terminal. Do it in the graphical user interface (GUI). Navigate your desktop as you would on a PC with Windows or a Mac’s Finder.

      Click on File Manager (the folder at the top left of your desktop, usually)
      Double click the MagicMirror folder
      Double click the config folder
      Right click the config.js.sample file - select Copy
      Right click again somewhere else in that same window - select Paste
      Rename the file you just pasted to config.js and click the Rename button
      The new config.js file that you just pasted is now your working config file for MagicMirror
      Double click it and it should open in a text editor.

      This is one of the places where you will customize your MM. It’s actually good enough to run your MM, although it will only show some of the modules but you’ll be encouraged by the fact that it is at least working. Every module folder has a ReadMe file that instructs you on what to add to your config.js file to get that module up and running.

      Create a working config
      How to add modules

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        Usrnme2Lng @strawberry 3.141
        last edited by Jul 23, 2017, 12:58 PM

        @strawberry-3.141 Thank you!! That worked!

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          Usrnme2Lng @Mykle1
          last edited by Jul 23, 2017, 3:45 PM

          @Mykle1 Thanks! This helped a lot. I am trying to get more comfortable with the terminal, but I think that in this case, it was best to use a text editor.

          Also, I followed the instructions in the guide but for some reason, my screen is still going blank.

          I edited the autostart file, as below:

          sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
          
          @xset s noblank
          @xset s off
          @xset -dpms
          

          I also edited the lightdm.conf file, as seen below:

          sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
          

          I edited the xserver-command bit to look like this:

          xserver-command=X -s 0 -dpms
          

          Any ideas of what I can do next? For what it’s worth, it is a flatscreen TV, so it has a remote and I also tried going through the settings and made sure that sleep mode was off.

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            cowboysdude Module Developer @Usrnme2Lng
            last edited by Jul 23, 2017, 5:40 PM

            @Usrnme2Lng Install xscreensaver and save yourself a lot of time and headache…

            Install it on the pi then disable screensaver… easiest way to do it.

            https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/install-autostart-xscreensaver-ubuntu-16-04-16-10

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              Usrnme2Lng @cowboysdude
              last edited by Jul 23, 2017, 9:04 PM

              @cowboysdude Thank you! That seems to have fixed the issue!

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