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    • evroomE Online
      evroom
      last edited by yawns

      Hi,

      Investigating crashes and freezes, etc, can be very difficult.
      When everything is running fine and you collect data, you will see that everything is more or less okay.
      When it crashed or is frozen, you are too late.

      Since a few weeks I had the problem that my MM was frozen and I could not enter any commands or a command took painstakingly long to return output.
      A command like top was out of the question for example.
      Using a script running as a cron job, I was able to identify a memory issue with electron.js.
      I then decide to use a usb stick on which I created a swap device.
      Since then my MM is not freezing anymore.
      And I am able to see electron.js using up my memory and sometimes I see spikes in CPU usage.

      Mind you, that crashing is something different then freezing, but the tools to use are more or less the same, provided the MM application or a MM module is not the culprit.

      My script to check memory usage, very basic and simple:

      pi@MagicPi:~ $ cat top.sh
      #!/bin/sh
      
      date >> /home/pi/top.txt
      top -b -o +%MEM | head -n 22 >> /home/pi/top.txt
      echo "=============================================" >> /home/pi/top.txt
      

      The cron job:

      00,05,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /home/pi/top.sh >/dev/null 2>&1
      

      %CPU will sort on CPU usage.

      Concerning swap space, top will show the usage, but this gives a quick view:

      $ free -h
      

      Swap details via:

      $ swapon -s
      

      There are many more commands and settings to look at, but one has to start somewhere :-)

      Good luck.

      MagicMirror version: 2.33.0
      Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 (8 GB RAM)
      Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

      Test environment:
      MagicMirror version: v2.33.0
      Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3 (1 GB RAM)
      Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

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      • richland007R Offline
        richland007
        last edited by

        @evroom Thank you for your reply and i want to try all that you have written as i really feel it may help my case … but i am having a hard time decoding your steps.

        Please walk me through it, on a step by step all the way to the end on how to even increase the swap file, and what to put on my scrip and make it executable and what is a cron job?? that will be my first one actually :)

        Denis

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        • evroomE Online
          evroom
          last edited by

          @richland007
          Since you managed to setup MM to the point that it is running, but crashing, I take it you know a little bit of Linux.
          Otherwise it will be more like a Linux workshop.

          Do you know how to use nano and/or vi to edit files?
          Know what for example cat, tail and head does?
          Just some Linux basics.

          I do not want to sound like a smartarse and knowitall, am a hobbyist just like you.
          Just to know the level of describing that is needed.

          MagicMirror version: 2.33.0
          Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 (8 GB RAM)
          Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

          Test environment:
          MagicMirror version: v2.33.0
          Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3 (1 GB RAM)
          Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

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          • richland007R Offline
            richland007
            last edited by

            @evroom Hahah dont’ worry about coming out the wrong way … i know a little bit and i do know what nano and vi does …i use nano.
            I am not familiar with cats and tails etc but i am a fast learner and i have set up quite a bit of MM modules some stubborn ones as well but i am no expert by all means.

            I couldn’t read your first response at the beginning for some reason it wasn’t structured properly or my browser wasn’t reading it right now its a bit better but i still need some guidance

            So i need to set up a script called “top” and make it executable right??
            Than i have no idea what to do with cron :) !!!

            Lets start somewhere :)

            Denis

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            • evroomE Online
              evroom
              last edited by

              @richland007

              Then let’s give it a try :slightly_smiling_face:

              First create the script:

              pi@MagicPi:~ $ cd
              pi@MagicPi:~ $ nano top.sh
              

              Copy-paste this:

              !/bin/sh
              
              date >> /home/pi/top.txt
              top -b -o +%MEM | head -n 22 >> /home/pi/top.txt
              top -b -o +%MEM | head -n 22 >> /home/pi/top.txt
              echo "=============================================" >> /home/pi/top.txt
              

              Make it executable:

              pi@MagicPi:~ $ chmod 755 top.sh
              

              Perhaps a good idea to prepare the output file in order to be sure the cron user can write in it:

              pi@MagicPi:~ $ touch /home/pi/top.txt
              pi@MagicPi:~ $ chmod 666 /home/pi/top.txt
              

              Now we add a cronjob:

              pi@MagicPi:~ $ crontab -e
              

              Add this line at the end:

              00,05,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /home/pi/top.sh >/dev/null 2>&1
              

              To verify:

              pi@MagicPi:~ $ crontab -l
              

              To verify if the cronjob is actually running:

              pi@MagicPi:~ $ tail -F /var/log/syslog
              

              To check if something comes in your output file:

              pi@MagicPi:~ $ tail -F top.txt
              

              The script will run every 5 minutes, every hour, every day.
              It will output the top 15 MEMory usage and the top 15 CPU usage.

              In your case, it will be interesting to look at the last entries before the crash.
              Need to identify first if it is an CPU or MEM issue, or both.
              Then we can modify the script.

              Please do not post lengthy output.
              Better we minimise the output by grepping and sorting, etc.

              Success!

              MagicMirror version: 2.33.0
              Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 (8 GB RAM)
              Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

              Test environment:
              MagicMirror version: v2.33.0
              Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3 (1 GB RAM)
              Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

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              • richland007R Offline
                richland007
                last edited by

                @evroom Ahhh you are a great man
                I will set it up as soon as i get home
                thanks in advance
                Denis

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                • evroomE Online
                  evroom
                  last edited by

                  Ha ha, not that great, my MM is as slow as a turtle again.
                  The used swap on my USB stick in the meanwhile is 1GB.
                  Cannot use any commands to investigate further.
                  Not very satisfactory. :frowning_face:

                  MagicMirror version: 2.33.0
                  Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 (8 GB RAM)
                  Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

                  Test environment:
                  MagicMirror version: v2.33.0
                  Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3 (1 GB RAM)
                  Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

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                  • richland007R Offline
                    richland007 @evroom
                    last edited by

                    @evroom Mine is not slow it works “fine” it just keeps restarting
                    I am really curious to see the output of that file and see whats causing this behavior
                    D

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                    • V Offline
                      vinp Module Developer
                      last edited by

                      If previous suggestions dont help, try removing the MMM-WatchDog module and see if it crashes anymore.

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                      • evroomE Online
                        evroom
                        last edited by evroom

                        @richland007
                        I re-read your first post and your problem is more restarting then actual crashing.
                        Of course a restart can be caused by a crash …
                        MMM-WatchDog tends to restart MM, so I too would suggest to remove this module.
                        In principle all it does is sending a ping and restarting MM using pm2 when a timeout occurs.
                        I also would expect to see some lines in the pm2 logs on WatchDog.
                        Can you do ?:

                        pi@MagicPi:~ $ grep -i watchdog /home/pi/.pm2/logs/mm-out.log
                        pi@MagicPi:~ $ grep -i watchdog /home/pi/.pm2/logs/mm-error.log
                        

                        What is alo a good package to install is sysstat:

                        pi@MagicPi:~ $ sudo apt-get install sysstat
                        

                        This allows for commands like iostat and sar.

                        vmstat 10 10
                        iostat 10 10
                        sar 10 10
                        

                        MagicMirror version: 2.33.0
                        Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 (8 GB RAM)
                        Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

                        Test environment:
                        MagicMirror version: v2.33.0
                        Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3 (1 GB RAM)
                        Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

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                        • richland007R Offline
                          richland007 @evroom
                          last edited by

                          @evroom Ok so here is whats writen on that top.txt file

                          pi@SmartMirror:~ $ tail -F top.txt
                            834 pi        20   0  155396  17884   8104 S   0.0  1.9  23:20.77 lxpanel
                            582 root      20   0  211836  13576   2440 S   0.0  1.4 418:48.14 Xorg
                            457 alexapi   20   0  218108  10768   4772 S  47.4  1.1 878:20.67 python
                            721 pi        20   0  122032  10600   4792 S   0.0  1.1   8:34.40 PM2 v3.0.3+
                            835 pi        20   0  154056   5184   4016 S   0.0  0.5   0:43.57 pcmanfm
                          18753 pi        20   0   47692   4896   3996 S   0.0  0.5   0:03.94 lxterminal
                            829 pi        20   0   53536   4432   3556 S   0.0  0.5   0:13.22 openbox
                            100 root      20   0   35220   3140   2980 S   0.0  0.3   2:16.35 systemd-jo+
                           7236 pi        20   0    8112   3140   2712 R  15.8  0.3   0:00.07 top
                          =============================================
                          Sat Nov 17 11:25:01 CST 2018
                          top - 11:25:01 up 3 days, 15:28,  1 user,  load average: 0.56, 2.88, 4.35
                          Tasks: 135 total,   1 running,  89 sleeping,   0 stopped,   1 zombie
                          %Cpu(s): 21.4 us,  5.5 sy,  0.0 ni, 69.4 id,  2.3 wa,  0.0 hi,  1.5 si,  0.0 st
                          KiB Mem :   949452 total,   493928 free,   157456 used,   298068 buff/cache
                          KiB Swap:   949440 total,   777124 free,   172316 used.   727276 avail Mem 
                          
                            PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
                            582 root      20   0  218840  24540  12364 S  10.5  2.6 419:19.31 Xorg
                            502 root      20   0   45188  23400  14452 S  36.8  2.5  27:20.07 vncserver-+
                            834 pi        20   0  155396  21680  10616 S   0.0  2.3  23:23.35 lxpanel
                           7558 pi        20   0   77052  21140  18404 S   0.0  2.2   0:03.37 leafpad
                            835 pi        20   0  154156  16420  13232 S   0.0  1.7   0:46.57 pcmanfm
                            721 pi        20   0  122032  14004   7360 S   0.0  1.5   8:34.81 PM2 v3.0.3+
                            457 alexapi   20   0  218108  10772   4772 S  36.8  1.1 880:07.93 python
                            636 root      20   0   15416   9020   8820 S   0.0  1.0   3:55.73 vncagent
                          18753 pi        20   0   47692   8484   7164 S   0.0  0.9   0:04.22 lxterminal
                            829 pi        20   0   53724   5888   4220 S   0.0  0.6   0:13.49 openbox
                            953 pi        20   0   27236   5312   4812 S   0.0  0.6   0:03.05 vncserverui
                            873 pi        20   0   27816   4328   3676 S   0.0  0.5   0:40.96 vncserverui
                            804 pi        20   0   39468   3288   3000 S   0.0  0.3   0:02.79 gvfsd
                            100 root      20   0   35220   3196   3036 S   0.0  0.3   2:16.50 systemd-jo+
                           7603 pi        20   0    8112   3180   2752 R  10.5  0.3   0:00.05 top
                          top - 11:25:01 up 3 days, 15:28,  1 user,  load average: 0.56, 2.88, 4.35
                          Tasks: 135 total,   1 running,  89 sleeping,   0 stopped,   1 zombie
                          %Cpu(s): 21.4 us,  5.5 sy,  0.0 ni, 69.4 id,  2.3 wa,  0.0 hi,  1.5 si,  0.0 st
                          KiB Mem :   949452 total,   493776 free,   157600 used,   298076 buff/cache
                          KiB Swap:   949440 total,   777124 free,   172316 used.   727128 avail Mem 
                          
                            PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
                            582 root      20   0  218840  24540  12364 S  11.1  2.6 419:19.33 Xorg
                            502 root      20   0   45188  23400  14452 S  50.0  2.5  27:20.16 vncserver-+
                            834 pi        20   0  155396  21680  10616 S   0.0  2.3  23:23.36 lxpanel
                           7558 pi        20   0   77052  21140  18404 S   0.0  2.2   0:03.37 leafpad
                            835 pi        20   0  154156  16420  13232 S   0.0  1.7   0:46.57 pcmanfm
                            721 pi        20   0  122032  14004   7360 S   0.0  1.5   8:34.81 PM2 v3.0.3+
                            457 alexapi   20   0  218108  10772   4772 S  61.1  1.1 880:08.05 python
                            636 root      20   0   15416   9020   8820 S   0.0  1.0   3:55.73 vncagent
                          18753 pi        20   0   47692   8484   7164 S   0.0  0.9   0:04.24 lxterminal
                            829 pi        20   0   53724   5888   4220 S   0.0  0.6   0:13.49 openbox
                            953 pi        20   0   27236   5312   4812 S   0.0  0.6   0:03.05 vncserverui
                            873 pi        20   0   27816   4328   3676 S   0.0  0.5   0:40.96 vncserverui
                            804 pi        20   0   39468   3288   3000 S   0.0  0.3   0:02.79 gvfsd
                            100 root      20   0   35220   3196   3036 S   0.0  0.3   2:16.50 systemd-jo+
                           7608 pi        20   0    8112   3180   2752 R  22.2  0.3   0:00.07 top
                          =============================================
                          
                          
                          

                          I use the command

                          tail -F top.txt
                          

                          right?? i dont know how to read the above file so let me know if you see anything strange …i have increased the swap file to install opencv a while back for facial recognition to install rapidly but i do not use a usb …i could if i have to.

                          As far as taking out the watchdog…commenting it out of the config.js should do the trick or do i have to uninstall it form the modules??

                          Will pm2 still restart the MM if it crashes without the watchdog (it does if you do ctrl+q) ??

                          D

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                          • evroomE Online
                            evroom
                            last edited by

                            Okay, this calls for some more basics.

                            Print the whole file:
                            $ cat top.txt

                            Load the file in an editor:
                            $ nano top.txt
                            $ vi top.txt

                            I am old-school, so I use vi, but nano is more Word-like.

                            To show the last 50 lines:
                            $ tail -50 top.txt

                            To show the first 50 lines:
                            $ head -50 top.txt

                            Where of course 50 is just an example.

                            To show text that is appending:
                            $ tail -f top.txt

                            To show text that is appending and re-open the file when necessary (useful for rotating log files):
                            $ tail -F top.txt

                            On disabling a module see the next reply.

                            MagicMirror version: 2.33.0
                            Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 (8 GB RAM)
                            Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

                            Test environment:
                            MagicMirror version: v2.33.0
                            Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3 (1 GB RAM)
                            Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

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                            • evroomE Online
                              evroom
                              last edited by

                              To disable MMM-WatchDog, edit the config.js file.
                              Locate:

                              module: 'MMM-WatchDog',
                              

                              Edit this like this:

                              module: 'MMM-WatchDog',
                              disabled: true,
                              

                              and restart MM:

                              $ pm2 restart mm
                              

                              Use

                              pm2 list
                              

                              to check if your application name actually is mm, or something else.

                              Later you can enable it again by updating config.js like this:

                              disabled: false,
                              

                              This works for all modules.
                              When I test modules I normally leave the config lines and disable a module in this fashion.

                              MagicMirror version: 2.33.0
                              Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 (8 GB RAM)
                              Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

                              Test environment:
                              MagicMirror version: v2.33.0
                              Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3 (1 GB RAM)
                              Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

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                              • evroomE Online
                                evroom
                                last edited by evroom

                                @richland007
                                On pm2 and restarting I cannot say many.
                                On using ctrl+q neither, as I only access my MM via ssh.

                                Can you send the output of the following commands:

                                $ uname -a
                                $ swapon -s
                                $ free -h
                                $ cat /etc/dphys-swapfile | egrep -v ‘#|^$’
                                $ sudo service dphys-swapfile status

                                I just learned that swap is handled as a service.
                                Being old-school, this is something new to me :-)

                                MagicMirror version: 2.33.0
                                Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 (8 GB RAM)
                                Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

                                Test environment:
                                MagicMirror version: v2.33.0
                                Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3 (1 GB RAM)
                                Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

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                                • evroomE Online
                                  evroom
                                  last edited by

                                  @richland007
                                  Concerning your top.txt, was that the output on the moment that MM was restarted ?
                                  I do not see obvious memory issues.
                                  Only that vncserver and python are CPU hungry, but within limits.
                                  And I do not see any electron processes.

                                  MagicMirror version: 2.33.0
                                  Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 (8 GB RAM)
                                  Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

                                  Test environment:
                                  MagicMirror version: v2.33.0
                                  Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3 (1 GB RAM)
                                  Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

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                                  • cowboysdudeC Offline
                                    cowboysdude Module Developer @OceanK
                                    last edited by

                                    @oceank The BIGGEST problem that nobody either wants to admit or doesn’t realize is that the pi wasn’t made to be pounded on this hard.

                                    It’s a simple computer…when you start adding constant pulls for data and scrolling text, etc it over heats and overloads the pi.

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                                    • richland007R Offline
                                      richland007
                                      last edited by

                                      @evroom I appologise on the delay at answering i was at work during the weekend

                                      here is the autput from

                                      pi@MagicPi:~ $ grep -i watchdog /home/pi/.pm2/logs/mm-out.log
                                      pi@MagicPi:~ $ grep -i watchdog /home/pi/.pm2/logs/mm-error.log
                                      

                                      a bunch of these almost every 10-15 minutes

                                      Fri Nov 09 2018 09:52:50 GMT-0600 (CST) - WatchDog: Heartbeat timeout. Frontend might have crashed. Exit now.
                                      Fri Nov 09 2018 10:06:24 GMT-0600 (CST) - WatchDog: Heartbeat timeout. Frontend might have crashed. Exit now.
                                      
                                      
                                      WatchDog started. Maximum timeout: 20s.
                                      Module helper loaded: MMM-WatchDog
                                      Connecting socket for: MMM-WatchDog
                                      Starting module helper: MMM-WatchDog
                                      WatchDog started. Maximum timeout: 20s.
                                      Module helper loaded: MMM-WatchDog
                                      Connecting socket for: MMM-WatchDog
                                      Starting module helper: MMM-WatchDog
                                      
                                      

                                      Here is some sysstat output from the following commands

                                      vmstat 10 10
                                      iostat 10 10
                                      sar 10 10
                                      
                                      r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa st
                                       1  0  63744 209036  34364 567792    0    6    82    12  778  312 18  3 78  1  0
                                       0  0  63744 209036  34372 567824    0    0     0     2 2431  278  4  0 96  0  0
                                      
                                      avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
                                                17.75    0.00    3.32    0.57    0.00   78.36
                                      
                                      Device:            tps    kB_read/s    kB_wrtn/s    kB_read    kB_wrtn
                                      mmcblk0          13.75       311.58        45.87     821628     120969
                                      zram0             1.77         0.95         6.13       2504      16164
                                      zram1             1.73         0.78         6.12       2068      16132
                                      zram2             1.70         0.74         6.08       1952      16028
                                      zram3             1.74         0.94         6.02       2480      15880
                                      
                                      
                                      06:44:46 PM     all      3.17      0.00      0.08      0.00      0.00     96.76
                                      06:44:56 PM     all      4.12      0.00      0.25      0.03      0.00     95.60
                                      
                                      
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                                      • richland007R Offline
                                        richland007 @evroom
                                        last edited by

                                        @evroom here is the rest of the commands you asked me to do :)

                                        pi@SmartMirror:~ $ uname -a
                                        Linux SmartMirror 4.14.52-v7+ #1123 SMP Wed Jun 27 17:35:49 BST 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux
                                        pi@SmartMirror:~ $ swapon -s
                                        Filename				Type		Size	Used	Priority
                                        /dev/zram0                             	partition	237360	15596	5
                                        /dev/zram1                             	partition	237360	15636	5
                                        /dev/zram2                             	partition	237360	15612	5
                                        /dev/zram3                             	partition	237360	15364	5
                                        pi@SmartMirror:~ $  free -h
                                                      total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
                                        Mem:           927M        135M        166M         16M        624M        718M
                                        Swap:          927M         60M        866M
                                        pi@SmartMirror:~ $ cat /etc/dphys-swapfile | egrep -v ‘#|^$’
                                        bash: ^$’: command not found
                                        
                                        pi@SmartMirror:~ $ sudo service dphys-swapfile status
                                        ● dphys-swapfile.service - LSB: Autogenerate and use a swap file
                                           Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/dphys-swapfile; generated; vendor preset: enabled
                                           Active: active (exited) since Sun 2018-11-18 17:49:07 CST; 1h 36min ago
                                             Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
                                          Process: 358 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/dphys-swapfile start (code=exited, status=0
                                           CGroup: /system.slice/dphys-swapfile.service
                                        
                                        Nov 18 17:49:06 SmartMirror systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Autogenerate and use a swa
                                        Nov 18 17:49:06 SmartMirror dphys-swapfile[358]: Starting dphys-swapfile swapfil
                                        Nov 18 17:49:07 SmartMirror dphys-swapfile[358]: want /var/swap=100MByte, checki
                                        Nov 18 17:49:07 SmartMirror dphys-swapfile[358]: done.
                                        Nov 18 17:49:07 SmartMirror systemd[1]: Started LSB: Autogenerate and use a swap
                                        lines 1-12/12 (END)
                                        

                                        And on the top.txt file neither the first 50 nor the last 50 are not saying much about magic mirror but i am going to start it again and tail top.txt again once it crashes.

                                        Here is the output any how for the first and last 50 lines of the top.txt file

                                        pi@SmartMirror:~ $ tail -50 top.txt
                                          848 pi        20   0   27796   8972   8052 S   0.0  0.9   0:01.61 vncserverui
                                          809 pi        20   0   42752   8256   8116 S   0.0  0.9   0:00.09 lxpolkit
                                          890 pi        20   0   74324   7768   7596 S   0.0  0.8   0:00.15 gvfs-udisk+
                                        =============================================
                                        Sun Nov 18 19:25:01 CST 2018
                                        top - 19:25:01 up  1:25,  1 user,  load average: 0.39, 0.39, 0.37
                                        Tasks: 134 total,   1 running,  88 sleeping,   0 stopped,   1 zombie
                                        %Cpu(s): 12.5 us,  1.5 sy,  0.0 ni, 85.3 id,  0.3 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.3 si,  0.0 st
                                        KiB Mem :   949452 total,   169780 free,   140140 used,   639532 buff/cache
                                        KiB Swap:   949440 total,   887232 free,    62208 used.   734220 avail Mem 
                                        
                                          PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
                                          553 root      20   0  214532  54136  35564 S   0.0  5.7   3:10.64 Xorg
                                          719 pi        20   0  120620  28044  15252 S   0.0  3.0   0:06.59 PM2 v3.0.3+
                                          814 pi        20   0  144716  27976  24560 S   0.0  2.9   0:12.95 pcmanfm
                                          455 alexapi   20   0  191228  27236  13820 S   5.6  2.9  21:37.81 python
                                          481 root      20   0   45136  22548  13788 S   0.0  2.4   3:25.82 vncserver-+
                                         1840 pi        20   0   77044  21280  18496 S   0.0  2.2   0:08.20 leafpad
                                          812 pi        20   0  138632  20484  18116 S   0.0  2.2   0:21.17 lxpanel
                                         1656 pi        20   0   49308  20328  16408 S   0.0  2.1   0:40.59 lxterminal
                                          868 pi        20   0   27820  14160  12840 S   0.0  1.5   0:00.35 vncserverui
                                          806 pi        20   0   53684  13080  10916 S   0.0  1.4   0:02.33 openbox
                                          557 root      20   0   15416  10640  10312 S   5.6  1.1   0:29.86 vncagent
                                          673 pi        20   0   52180  10472  10140 S   0.0  1.1   0:00.85 lxsession
                                          848 pi        20   0   27796   8972   8052 S   0.0  0.9   0:01.61 vncserverui
                                          809 pi        20   0   42752   8256   8116 S   0.0  0.9   0:00.09 lxpolkit
                                          890 pi        20   0   74324   7768   7596 S   0.0  0.8   0:00.15 gvfs-udisk+
                                        top - 19:25:01 up  1:25,  1 user,  load average: 0.39, 0.39, 0.37
                                        Tasks: 134 total,   1 running,  88 sleeping,   0 stopped,   1 zombie
                                        %Cpu(s): 12.5 us,  1.5 sy,  0.0 ni, 85.3 id,  0.3 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.3 si,  0.0 st
                                        KiB Mem :   949452 total,   170032 free,   139888 used,   639532 buff/cache
                                        KiB Swap:   949440 total,   887232 free,    62208 used.   734472 avail Mem 
                                        
                                          PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
                                          553 root      20   0  214532  54136  35564 S   0.0  5.7   3:10.64 Xorg
                                          719 pi        20   0  120620  28044  15252 S   0.0  3.0   0:06.59 PM2 v3.0.3+
                                          814 pi        20   0  144716  27976  24560 S   0.0  2.9   0:12.96 pcmanfm
                                          455 alexapi   20   0  191228  27236  13820 S   0.0  2.9  21:37.81 python
                                          481 root      20   0   45136  22548  13788 S   0.0  2.4   3:25.82 vncserver-+
                                         1840 pi        20   0   77044  21280  18496 S   0.0  2.2   0:08.20 leafpad
                                          812 pi        20   0  138632  20484  18116 S   0.0  2.2   0:21.17 lxpanel
                                         1656 pi        20   0   49308  20328  16408 S   0.0  2.1   0:40.59 lxterminal
                                          868 pi        20   0   27820  14160  12840 S   0.0  1.5   0:00.35 vncserverui
                                          806 pi        20   0   53684  13080  10916 S   0.0  1.4   0:02.33 openbox
                                          557 root      20   0   15416  10640  10312 S   0.0  1.1   0:29.86 vncagent
                                          673 pi        20   0   52180  10472  10140 S   0.0  1.1   0:00.85 lxsession
                                          848 pi        20   0   27796   8972   8052 S   0.0  0.9   0:01.61 vncserverui
                                          809 pi        20   0   42752   8256   8116 S   0.0  0.9   0:00.09 lxpolkit
                                          890 pi        20   0   74324   7768   7596 S   0.0  0.8   0:00.15 gvfs-udisk+
                                        =============================================
                                        pi@SmartMirror:~ $ head -50 top.txt
                                        Fri Nov 16 22:55:01 CST 2018
                                        top - 22:55:02 up 3 days,  2:58,  1 user,  load average: 0.18, 0.31, 0.21
                                        Tasks: 132 total,   1 running,  88 sleeping,   0 stopped,   1 zombie
                                        %Cpu(s): 18.3 us,  4.2 sy,  0.0 ni, 74.3 id,  2.0 wa,  0.0 hi,  1.2 si,  0.0 st
                                        KiB Mem :   949452 total,   276412 free,   169288 used,   503752 buff/cache
                                        KiB Swap:   949440 total,   825760 free,   123680 used.   687104 avail Mem 
                                        
                                          PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
                                          582 root      20   0  219092  34684  17284 S   0.0  3.7 302:37.78 Xorg
                                          457 alexapi   20   0  210684  27312  13416 S   0.0  2.9 799:59.04 python
                                          834 pi        20   0  152648  26352  11692 S   0.0  2.8  19:11.56 lxpanel
                                          502 root      20   0   45188  23764  14620 S   0.0  2.5  26:30.86 vncserver-+
                                          835 pi        20   0  154056  17252  14084 S   0.0  1.8   0:33.17 pcmanfm
                                          721 pi        20   0  127960  16648   7700 S   0.0  1.8   6:21.25 PM2 v3.0.3+
                                         2011 pi        20   0   48208  12352  10328 S   0.0  1.3   0:10.66 lxterminal
                                          100 root      20   0   35220   9068   8840 S   0.0  1.0   2:10.19 systemd-jo+
                                          636 root      20   0   15416   9048   8840 S   0.0  1.0   3:51.37 vncagent
                                          829 pi        20   0   53536   6128   4664 S   0.0  0.6   0:09.74 openbox
                                          953 pi        20   0   27236   4904   4428 S   0.0  0.5   0:02.30 vncserverui
                                          873 pi        20   0   27816   4280   3616 S   0.0  0.5   0:32.84 vncserverui
                                            1 root      20   0   27024   3680   2972 S   0.0  0.4   0:12.38 systemd
                                          598 root      20   0    7272   3464   3192 S   0.0  0.4   0:01.09 bluetoothd
                                          979 raspoti+  20   0   18924   3432   3036 S   0.0  0.4   1:10.74 librespot
                                        top - 22:55:02 up 3 days,  2:58,  1 user,  load average: 0.18, 0.31, 0.21
                                        Tasks: 132 total,   1 running,  88 sleeping,   0 stopped,   1 zombie
                                        %Cpu(s): 18.3 us,  4.2 sy,  0.0 ni, 74.3 id,  2.0 wa,  0.0 hi,  1.2 si,  0.0 st
                                        KiB Mem :   949452 total,   276684 free,   168980 used,   503788 buff/cache
                                        KiB Swap:   949440 total,   825760 free,   123680 used.   687416 avail Mem 
                                        
                                          PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
                                          582 root      20   0  219092  34684  17284 S   0.0  3.7 302:37.78 Xorg
                                          457 alexapi   20   0  210684  27312  13416 S   5.9  2.9 799:59.05 python
                                          834 pi        20   0  152648  26352  11692 S   0.0  2.8  19:11.56 lxpanel
                                          502 root      20   0   45188  23764  14620 S   0.0  2.5  26:30.86 vncserver-+
                                          835 pi        20   0  154056  17252  14084 S   0.0  1.8   0:33.18 pcmanfm
                                          721 pi        20   0  127960  16648   7700 S   0.0  1.8   6:21.25 PM2 v3.0.3+
                                         2011 pi        20   0   48208  12352  10328 S   0.0  1.3   0:10.66 lxterminal
                                          100 root      20   0   35220   9068   8840 S   0.0  1.0   2:10.19 systemd-jo+
                                          636 root      20   0   15416   9048   8840 S   0.0  1.0   3:51.37 vncagent
                                          829 pi        20   0   53536   6128   4664 S   0.0  0.6   0:09.74 openbox
                                          953 pi        20   0   27236   4904   4428 S   0.0  0.5   0:02.30 vncserverui
                                          873 pi        20   0   27816   4280   3616 S   0.0  0.5   0:32.84 vncserverui
                                            1 root      20   0   27024   3680   2972 S   0.0  0.4   0:12.38 systemd
                                          598 root      20   0    7272   3464   3192 S   0.0  0.4   0:01.09 bluetoothd
                                          979 raspoti+  20   0   18924   3432   3036 S   0.0  0.4   1:10.74 librespot
                                        =============================================
                                        Fri Nov 16 23:00:01 CST 2018
                                        top - 23:00:01 up 3 days,  3:03,  1 user,  load average: 3.02, 1.49, 0.69
                                        Tasks: 138 total,   4 running,  91 sleeping,   0 stopped,   1 zombie
                                        %Cpu(s): 18.4 us,  4.2 sy,  0.0 ni, 74.3 id,  2.0 wa,  0.0 hi,  1.2 si,  0.0 st
                                        

                                        Thank you
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                                          Its holding better i haven’t seen it restart in the past few hours i think MMM-watchdog was the problem

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                                          • evroomE Online
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                                            @richland007
                                            Unless someone tells different, from my point of view you do not have any CPU or memory issues.
                                            In fact, it makes me wonder why I am seeing the electron.js processes so high in my output.

                                            I do not use MMM-watchdog and I do not know exactly what it is doing.
                                            Do not know what it is pinging, but something on your MM makes it time out and as a cause it restarts mm.
                                            The log only tells you that it failed, but not what exactly failed.
                                            Would be nice to know how you can send this ping manually, then you can observe the behavior yourself.

                                            I take it, that you have your monitor connected to your Pi.
                                            So MM not running as server only and the display not on a client.

                                            Anyway, good to hear that you potentially have found the issue and you learned a bit of Linux on the side.

                                            MagicMirror version: 2.33.0
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                                            Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

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                                            MagicMirror version: v2.33.0
                                            Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3 (1 GB RAM)
                                            Raspbian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

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