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    Electron CPU usage

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    • K Offline
      Kugelfang @Mr.Sponti
      last edited by Kugelfang

      @Mr.Sponti

      I tried your precise instructions but my system still installed electron 1.7.9

      i started with a fresh jessy install on my raspberry pi 3. i then installed the latest version of node.js and copied the MM 2.10 folder to my pi. I then modified the dependancy for electron to 1.4.15 in the package.json and run the installation. However i still ended up with electron 1.7.9 which runns really bad…

      it would be great if someone could help me

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      • Mykle1M Offline
        Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @Kugelfang
        last edited by

        @Kugelfang said in Electron CPU usage:

        it would be great if someone could help me

        npm install electron@1.4.15

        Create a working config
        How to add modules

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          Mr.Sponti
          last edited by

          @Kugelfang said in Electron CPU usage:

          I tried your precise instructions but my system still installed electron 1.7.9

          cd $HOME/MagicMirror
          npm uninstall -g electron
          npm uninstall electron
          npm install electron@1.4.15 
          
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            Kugelfang
            last edited by Kugelfang

            @Mykle1: that seems to have worked. I just entered the MagicMirror folder and ran the command! thanks a lot! the animations are a lot better now!

            However, now i have another problem: it seems that the weather forecast module does not work. All other modules work as expected but the forecast does not show up. I double checked all the settings in the config.js and they seem ok.

            @Mr-Sponti: thanks for the input but it seems that simply installing 1.4.15 over the 1.7.9 seems to have already working

            Could it be that the weatherforecast plugin comming with MM 2.10 is the problem?

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            • Mykle1M Offline
              Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @Kugelfang
              last edited by

              @Kugelfang said in Electron CPU usage:

              Could it be that the weatherforecast plugin comming with MM 2.10 is the problem?

              I don’t think so. It’s more of an API key issue. The newer API keys are being rejected by the API source. You can search this forum. I don’t know if there is a fix. Or, try another weather module in the meantime

              Create a working config
              How to add modules

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                Kugelfang
                last edited by

                That is odd, my current config.js was working with my API keys for both actual weather and weather forecast modules brilliantly with the most recent mm version (the slow one)

                With 2.10/1.4.15 the actual weather module still works but the weather forecast modules simply does not show up on the screen although it’s fully setup in the config file including the proper API key

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                • Mykle1M Offline
                  Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @Kugelfang
                  last edited by

                  @Kugelfang

                  This is just one result of searching the forum for “Weather Not Showing”

                  https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4822/no-weather-showing

                  Create a working config
                  How to add modules

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                    Kugelfang
                    last edited by

                    ok, thanks a lot, this was quite helpfull!

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                      CGabo
                      last edited by

                      Hi
                      This is with an clean install from scratch:

                      Version: raspbian stretch and current updates
                      Linux mmbs 4.9.61-v7+ #1049 SMP Fri Nov 10 15:32:51 GMT 2017 armv7l GNU/Linux

                      MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/version
                      v1.7.9

                      and MM default config.js
                      -> Issue stille here

                      Increased default GPU Memory 64mb to 128mb
                      -> Issue stille here

                      0_1510489152844_Screen Shot 17-11-12_10-25.PNG

                      0_1510489173654_Screen Shot 17-11-12_10-25 001.PNG

                      No cpu problem with
                      Linux mmbs 4.9.57-v7+ #1045 SMP Fri Oct 20 11:44:49 BST 2017 armv7l GNU/Linux
                      and electron v1.6.2

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                        astrakid
                        last edited by

                        i am running magicmirror only as client (via webbrowser) on a raspberry pi zero. have only a few modules installed (newsfeed, calendar, currentwheather, 2 wheather forecasts, bergfex, mmm-syslog), and don’t have any performance issues while displaying (resolution 1080x1920).
                        can’t tell you the main difference in cpu load between electron and midori (which i am using), but i guess there must be something else causing this trouble.

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