MMM-GoogleAssistant autostart

[poopyurinal]

I have been trying without success to get the MMM-GoogleAssistant module to autostart upon boot. I have followed so many tutorials down the rabbit hole I am not sure where I have ended up. I know that to start the module successfully, I can enter the following 3 commands:

source env/bin/activate
cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-GoogleAssistant/pi
python3 assistant.py

Every method I have tried to do this upon boot has failed. Can anyone provide a simple tutorial on how to do this via, well, ANY method? I am beyond newbie in Linux, but still very much a beginner. If you need more details about my assistant.py, please let me know. I am not particular to any one method as long as it works.

Thanks!

[sdetweil]

what is the reported problem? and where?

[poopyurinal]

I don’t get a reported problem (or don’t know where to look). I just don’t have an active module upon boot. Where can I look for a reported problem?

[sdetweil]

starting a pgm at boot

https://timleland.com/how-to-run-a-linux-program-on-startup/

you might need two? on the py and one the mirror app?

[sdetweil]

@poopyurinal so, does mirror app start? but assistant doesn’t work ? are you using pm2? to control Mirror autostart?

[sdetweil]

auto install script sets up a pm2 module to start mirror app

[poopyurinal]

yes, the mirror app starts flawlessly with all installed modules. The assistant icon appears on the mirror, but is not activated by “Ok google” unless I type the commands in my OP. I believe pm2 is controlling the Mirror autostart.

[sdetweil]

@poopyurinal ok, but if yoiu start it manually does it work?

pm2 stop MagicMirror
open a terminal window (ctrl-alt-t)
cd MagicMirror
npm start

does it all work?
I don’t know assistant.py I assume it runs in the background… and somehow talks to the module…

[sdetweil]

and with mirror running on boot, press ctrl-shit-i to open the developers window, and select the console tab, and scroll up to find any module errors

there is also a pm2 command to show its log… (I don’t use pm2 myself).

[sdetweil]

@poopyurinal said in MMM-GoogleAssistant autostart:

I know that to start the module successfully, I can enter the following 3 commands:
source env/bin/activate
cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-GoogleAssistant/pi
python3 assistant.py

you are not starting the module… you are starting a background application
that is included in the module folder

the ‘module’ only runs inside the MagicMirror environment

so, you need to create a command that does the startup…
start the py and then start MM

and then automate that

if u stop MM manually and restart it (without doing the assistant.py step) do the GA work thru mirror as u expect?