Debian 9 as VM, running npm start makes it all "freeze" but...

[Mykle1]

Quoting @THeStigh from private message
THeStigh
After messing a lot, I kind of figured it out. I needed to install Linux for Windows, and got it all up ready to run.
Though, I havent figured out the microphone yet, but I cant either get the gif to show from Helly Lucy.
How should the entry in config.js look like?

{
module: ‘Hello-Lucy’,
position: ‘upper_third’
},

just gives a black screen…

T THeStigh
But I would like to move my PC to a linux installation, find it fun to play with, but what do you suggest? Ubuntu or Debian? 32 or 64 bit? I plan to mostly play with MagicMirror

[THeStigh]

@mykle1

I created the config.js and still it just stops after stating.
I’ve verified it doesn’t freeze, as I can use Alt-Tab.

See the Electron in the upper taskbar? But there is nothing opened.
Again, can this be a VM and/or 64 bit issue?

[Mykle1]

My friend, you have to follow the readme in Hello-Lucy

1. The gif from Hello-Lucy is displayed by MMM-EasyPix so you have to install that (It’s in the readme)

2. There is no entry for Hello-Lucy in the config.js. Lucy is an enhancement to MMM-voice so you’ll need your entry for MMM-voice

3. I’ve never used Debian so I can’t say about that

4. I use ubuntu 16.04LTS 64 bit

[THeStigh]

@mykle1

If there is any excuse… It’s 03:30 AM.

But still; the config.js in the Debian 9 installation is clean, it is default.
So that is not the issue (regarding the message you pasted; that is for me running Linux through Windows :) )

[Mykle1]

@thestigh said in Debian 9 as VM, running npm start makes it all "freeze" but...:

Again, can this be a VM and/or 64 bit issue?

I’ve never used a VM environment. I strictly run ubuntu on all my machines except for 1 Pi mirror It’s definitely NOT a 64 bit issue.

[Mykle1]

@thestigh said in Debian 9 as VM, running npm start makes it all "freeze" but...:

But still; the config.js in the Debian 9 installation is clean, it is default.

You copied and renamed it?

So that is not the issue (regarding the message you pasted; that is for me running Linux through Windows )

I don’t know about running Linux through windows because I don’t do that.

[Mykle1]

@thestigh said in Debian 9 as VM, running npm start makes it all "freeze" but...:

f there is any excuse… It’s 03:30 AM.

Go to sleep. This will all be here tomorrow. I promise. :-)

[THeStigh]

@mykle1 Could it be the output is wrong? Meaning - trying to output to a different display?

[A Former User]

@thestigh
I’m not sure this is exact solution. However,
Some system (like ATB) has an issue to execute Electron of MM (after 2.x - new GPU acceleration).
You can run MM as serveronly mode to use your existing Chrome Browser instead Electron.
You can make a script to execute MM serveronly mode and Chrome to display it.

Or you can try this to disable GPU.

npm start -- --disable-gpu