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

Andrius ok · Feb 10, 2018, 12:57 PM

@lasharor yes of course, no problems? Did you? Having issues?

patoberli · Feb 17, 2018, 3:57 PM

@Andrius-ok said in How I got my Magic Mirror working on a Raspberry Pi 0 (zero):

Hi @lasharor , my apologies. Yes I have forgotten, very sorry was on long vacation.
So there is my MM image with Chromium for Raspberry Pi Zero W

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kdo5q1pxjluca49/AACvP81YjZik6R90BHZNiSZ5a?dl=0

note: you have to configure WiFi by yoursefl and also all modules to work properly in Yours language.

Thanks! Worked nice, until I updated and Chromium 56 (or so) got installed.
That version can’t connect (for whatever reason) connect to http://localhost:8080/.
Because of this, I had to change the file /home/pi/startMirror.sh and replace the word localhost with the word 127.0.0.1 and reboot.
Now it’s working again :)

Next thing I’m going to try is to update the MagicMirror installation.
Thanks for your image!

tbanzato · Mar 5, 2018, 12:38 AM

@Andrius-ok

I used your image and works quite well, only one issue.
The server doesn’t star till I SSH it.
What I’m saying the Pi Zero W boots and keeps on the prompt but doesn’t start the magic mirror till I ssh the Pi.
Any hints?

greenwaydev · Apr 8, 2018, 5:32 PM

Great tutorial but when I booted up my pi I got this:

-bash: xset: command not found
-bash: xset: command not found
-bash: xset: command not found
-bash: midori: command not found
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ matchbox: can’t open display! check your DISPLAY variable.

I do not know what to do to fix this.

Mikgabo · Apr 8, 2018, 5:56 PM

@greenwaydev

Hey!
Try this link to a disc image from Andrius:

So there is my MM image with Chromium for Raspberry Pi Zero W
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kdo5q1pxjluca49/AACvP81YjZik6R90BHZNiSZ5a?dl=0

Works amazing for me, and I’m sure for you too!

Cheers

greenwaydev · Apr 8, 2018, 6:17 PM

@Mikgabo Should I flash this to the SD card on my pi?

Mikgabo · Apr 8, 2018, 6:31 PM

@greenwaydev
I did, worked great for me.

greenwaydev · Apr 8, 2018, 6:33 PM

Awesome! Last question. Do I have to remove the other things I have put on the SD card in my pi? Like everything other than raspbian and jessie? Im kind of new to this stuff

Mikgabo · Apr 8, 2018, 6:38 PM

@greenwaydev
So what I did was format the sd card and use win32 disc imager to flash the sd card, put it my my Pi Zero and it worked.
After install I got rid of some stuff via the config file as I didn’t want all that stuff on my MM.
Cheers!

greenwaydev · Apr 8, 2018, 7:07 PM

Changed the display_rotate setting back to 0 but the display is still turned. Any suggestions?