Changing compliments

[doubleT]

That’s the correct file.
Try sudo nano MagicMirror/config/config.js if you haven’t used sudo, that gives you advanced rights.

Did you create config.js? I have a suspicion. At the beginning, there’s no config.js, you have to create it. But there’s a sample file.

Let’s check.
You’re in the dir MagicMirror,
cd config change the directory to config
ls list the dir contents. There should be a config.js.sample. If there is also a config.js, ignore the next step.
sudo cp config.js.sample config.js makes a copy of config.js.sample and creates config.js
ls should now show both files.
sudo nano config.js to edit the config.js

[Mykle1]

2 cents:

If you are struggling with using the terminal (I did) then I highly recommend that you download any one of the many free text editors for code. I use notepad++ (notepadqq for linux). Using such an editor makes a world of difference when editing MM files. You navigate to the file just as you would on your Windows or Mac (by clicking through your folders) and open the file using the text editor. Make your edits. Save. Done. They color the code, making it easy to see mistakes and they keep track of your brackets and such. They should eliminate your quote problem as well.

Peace

[Mykle1]

This should help you. It’s a pretty damn good tutorial for getting started with your config. :-)

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4528/how-to-create-a-working-config-for-absolute-beginners

[Stacy]

@doubleT First of all, many thanks to everyone helping.

I do have a config.js file, I checked using the tutorial you gave.

This time i used sudo and it atii won’t let me save, but the changes we made earlier are still in the file. They are not showing up in the MM program, though.

Curious.

[doubleT]

So there’s a config and when you run the MagicMirror it says there’s a config error. And sudo nano config.js from within MagicMirror/config/ doesn’t work? Cann you go to MagicMirror/config/ and show us what it says when you put in ls -l? (that’s a small letter ‘L’) which will list files with their rights/owners.

[Stacy]

@doubleT it does not list anything. 

[Mykle1]

@Stacy

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4528/how-to-create-a-working-config-for-absolute-beginners

[Stacy]

@doubleT pi owns both config.js and config.js.sample

[doubleT]

Weird, it sounds like there shouldn’t be a problem at all.
Do you have the possibility to edit the file externally and replace it? For example via FTP.
Btw. how do you save the file?

[Stacy]

@doubleT I save from the terminal with ctrl o. Have also tried ctrl x, y.

When I get to the folders through the GUI, I can change the file and save it. I have uncomment ed the calendar, and moved things around, but when I add the configure script for new compliments I get the error message need a config file. I checked it using a terminal command someone gave me here and every line that I added it did not like, even though my code was exactly like the example.

Weird. However, I am learning a lot troubleshooting this issue and I appreciate all the help.