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    • S Do not disturb
      sdetweil
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      @madoXX said in Problems with starting pm2 start mm.sh:

      /home/pi/mm.sh

      what does this file look like? can u copy the content here?

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        madoXX @CyruS1337
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        @CyruS1337 said in Problems with starting pm2 start mm.sh:

        Did you also follow this point:

        Starting PM2 on boat
        To make sure PM2 can do it’s job when (re) booting your operating system, it needs to be started on boot. Luckily, PM2 has a handy helper for this.

        pm2 startup
        PM2 wants to show you a command you need to execute.

        Thanks for your reply. For the moment i want to know why it doesn’t even start, when i try to start it manually.

        Moreover, here the content of the file mm.sh (saved in /home/pi)

        cd ~/MagicMirror
        DISPLAY=:0 npm start

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          sdetweil @madoXX
          last edited by

          @madoXX said in Problems with starting pm2 start mm.sh:

          cd ~/MagicMirror

          change that 1st line to be

          cd /home/pi/MagicMirror
          

          pm2 is running under root at the time of startup

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            madoXX @sdetweil
            last edited by

            @sdetweil said in Problems with starting pm2 start mm.sh:

            @madoXX said in Problems with starting pm2 start mm.sh:

            cd ~/MagicMirror

            change that 1st line to be

            cd /home/pi/MagicMirror
            

            pm2 is running under root at the time of startup

            changed it, saved and made a reboot. nothing changed.

            when i write pm2 start i receive the following message:

            [PM2][ERROR] File ecosystem.config.js not found
            ┌──────────┬────┬─────────┬──────┬─────┬────────┬─────────┬────────┬─────┬──────────┬──────┬──────────┐
            │ App name │ id │ version │ mode │ pid │ status │ restart │ uptime │ cpu │ mem │ user │ watching │
            ├──────────┼────┼─────────┼──────┼─────┼────────┼─────────┼────────┼─────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┤
            │ mm │ 0 │ N/A │ fork │ 838 │ online │ 0 │ 3m │ 0% │ 2.4 MB │ pi │ disabled │
            └──────────┴────┴─────────┴──────┴─────┴────────┴─────────┴────────┴─────┴──────────┴──────┴──────────┘
            Use pm2 show <id|name> to get more details about an app

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              sdetweil @madoXX
              last edited by sdetweil

              @madoXX said in Problems with starting pm2 start mm.sh:

              File ecosystem.config.js not found

              ok, seems pm2 is not setup right

              1st make sure script works
              is it executable?
              chmod +x mm.sh

              /home/pi/mm.sh &
              (and stop it)
              then 
              
              pm2 remove 0
              pm2 startup
                 this will return a command u need to execute (cut/paste)
              pm2 start /home/pi/mm.sh
              pm2 save
              

              then

              pm2 list
              

              nothing running

              pm2 start mm
              

              should start ok

              reboot

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                madoXX
                last edited by

                @sdetweil said in Problems with starting pm2 start mm.sh:

                1st make sure script works
                is it executable?
                chmod +x mm.sh

                ok, done

                @sdetweil said in Problems with starting pm2 start mm.sh:

                /home/pi/mm.sh &
                (and stop it)
                then

                don’t get this…
                should i enter
                pm2 stop /home/pi/mm.sh &

                @sdetweil said in Problems with starting pm2 start mm.sh:

                pm2 remove 0

                when i enter this, this appears:
                [PM2] Command not found

                usage: pm2 [options]

                pm2 -h, --help all available commands and options
                pm2 examples display pm2 usage examples
                pm2 -h help on a specific command

                Access pm2 files in ~/.pm2
                [1]+ Fertig pm2 stop /home/pi/mm.sh

                @sdetweil said in Problems with starting pm2 start mm.sh:

                pm2 startup
                ok, had to enter this one:
                sudo env PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin /usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 startup systemd -u pi --hp /home/pi

                After the enter this one appeared:
                [PM2] Init System found: systemd
                Platform systemd
                Template
                [Unit]
                Description=PM2 process manager
                Documentation=https://pm2.keymetrics.io/
                After=network.target

                [Service]
                Type=forking
                User=pi
                LimitNOFILE=infinity
                LimitNPROC=infinity
                LimitCORE=infinity
                Environment=PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
                Environment=PM2_HOME=/home/pi/.pm2
                PIDFile=/home/pi/.pm2/pm2.pid
                Restart=on-failure

                ExecStart=/usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 resurrect
                ExecReload=/usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 reload all
                ExecStop=/usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 kill

                [Install]
                WantedBy=multi-user.target

                Target path
                /etc/systemd/system/pm2-pi.service
                Command list
                [ ‘systemctl enable pm2-pi’ ]
                [PM2] Writing init configuration in /etc/systemd/system/pm2-pi.service
                [PM2] Making script booting at startup…

                Executing: systemctl enable pm2-pi…

                [PM2] [v] Command successfully executed.
                ±--------------------------------------+
                [PM2] Freeze a process list on reboot via:
                $ pm2 save

                [PM2] Remove init script via:
                $ pm2 unstartup systemd

                @sdetweil said in Problems with starting pm2 start mm.sh:

                pm2 start /home/pi/mm.sh

                here this is the result:
                [PM2] Applying action restartProcessId on app [mm](ids: 0)
                [PM2] mm ✓
                [PM2] Process successfully started
                ┌──────────┬────┬─────────┬──────┬───────┬────────┬─────────┬────────┬─────┬──────────┬──────┬──────────┐
                │ App name │ id │ version │ mode │ pid │ status │ restart │ uptime │ cpu │ mem │ user │ watching │
                ├──────────┼────┼─────────┼──────┼───────┼────────┼─────────┼────────┼─────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┤
                │ mm │ 0 │ N/A │ fork │ 15797 │ online │ 0 │ 0s │ 0% │ 2.4 MB │ pi │ disabled │
                └──────────┴────┴─────────┴──────┴───────┴────────┴─────────┴────────┴─────┴──────────┴──────┴──────────┘
                Use pm2 show <id|name> to get more details about an app

                @sdetweil said in Problems with starting pm2 start mm.sh:

                pm2 save

                Result
                [PM2] Saving current process list…
                [PM2] Successfully saved in /home/pi/.pm2/dump.pm2

                @sdetweil said in Problems with starting pm2 start mm.sh:

                pm2 list

                nothing running

                Yes there is the mm running:
                ┌──────────┬────┬─────────┬──────┬───────┬────────┬─────────┬────────┬─────┬──────────┬──────┬──────────┐
                │ App name │ id │ version │ mode │ pid │ status │ restart │ uptime │ cpu │ mem │ user │ watching │
                ├──────────┼────┼─────────┼──────┼───────┼────────┼─────────┼────────┼─────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┤
                │ mm │ 0 │ N/A │ fork │ 15797 │ online │ 0 │ 103s │ 0% │ 2.4 MB │ pi │ disabled │
                └──────────┴────┴─────────┴──────┴───────┴────────┴─────────┴────────┴─────┴──────────┴──────┴──────────┘
                Use pm2 show <id|name> to get more details about an app

                @sdetweil said in Problems with starting pm2 start mm.sh:

                pm2 start mm

                should start ok

                perhaps no…
                [PM2] Applying action restartProcessId on app [mm](ids: 0)
                [PM2] mm ✓
                [PM2] Process successfully started
                ┌──────────┬────┬─────────┬──────┬───────┬────────┬─────────┬────────┬─────┬──────────┬──────┬──────────┐
                │ App name │ id │ version │ mode │ pid │ status │ restart │ uptime │ cpu │ mem │ user │ watching │
                ├──────────┼────┼─────────┼──────┼───────┼────────┼─────────┼────────┼─────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┤
                │ mm │ 0 │ N/A │ fork │ 16995 │ online │ 1 │ 0s │ 0% │ 2.5 MB │ pi │ disabled │
                └──────────┴────┴─────────┴──────┴───────┴────────┴─────────┴────────┴─────┴──────────┴──────┴──────────┘
                Use pm2 show <id|name> to get more details about an app

                Thanks anyway for your help!

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                  sdetweil @madoXX
                  last edited by

                  @madoXX does it restart on boot?

                  pm2 remove 0
                  should have been
                  pm2 delete 0

                  and yep, needed a stop after the pm2 save

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                    madoXX @sdetweil
                    last edited by

                    @sdetweil said in Problems with starting pm2 start mm.sh:

                    @madoXX does it restart on boot?

                    pm2 remove 0
                    should have been
                    pm2 delete 0

                    and yep, needed a stop after the pm2 save

                    no, the boot menu from the magic mirror appears (booting up), no error but it goes straight to the desktop.

                    something strang here

                    @sdetweil said in Problems with starting pm2 start mm.sh:

                    then
                    pm2 list

                    nothing running

                    In fact the themm.sh is running caus i startet it above

                    @sdetweil said in Problems with starting pm2 start mm.sh:

                    pm2 start /home/pi/mm.sh

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                      madoXX
                      last edited by

                      OK command back…

                      after a few reboots now everything is starting fine.
                      A big thanks to the community here!
                      Very helpfull people here!

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                        Gomalley
                        last edited by

                        I’m actually having thus EXACT problem and it is very frusterating. Im having a little trouble reading all of the instructions to fix it. Did you get yours fixed? If so exactly what did you do to fix it?

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                          sdetweil @Gomalley
                          last edited by

                          @Gomalley pm2 runs a script,
                          installers/mm.sh

                          It should read

                          cd /home/pi/MagicMirror
                          ...etc
                          

                          Change it if not.

                          Then

                          pm2 restart 0
                          

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                            Gomalley
                            last edited by

                            I tried it but I do not think that it worked. My code before I touched it read

                            cd ~/MagicMirror
                            

                            Now i tried two things both gave same output

                            cd ~/home/pi/MagicMirror
                            

                            and

                            cd /home/pi/MagicMirror
                            

                            It now says
                            [PM2] Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=/home/pi/.pm2
                            [PM2] PM2 Successfully daemonized
                            Use --update-env to update environment variables
                            [PM2] Applying action restartProcessId on app [0](ids: [ ‘0’ ])
                            [PM2] [ERROR] Process 0 not found

                            In my mm.sh the file currently reads this:
                            cd /home/pi/MagicMirror
                            DISPLAY=:0 npm start

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                              Gomalley
                              last edited by

                              And I tried restarting the pi and the “Booting up” MagicMirror2 showed but it never actually loaded.

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                                sdetweil @Gomalley
                                last edited by

                                @Gomalley ok

                                pm2 list
                                

                                If nothing

                                pm2 start installers/mm.sh
                                pm2 save
                                

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                                  Detto65 @madoXX
                                  last edited by

                                  @madoXX
                                  just did a fresh install of my magicmirror, because the sd card went corrupt.
                                  during the install procedure it somehwere asked me if i want to autostart MagicMirror.
                                  after that it started automatically after booting into the desktop first.
                                  When trying to use pm2, it shows me the process is already running, but it’s name is MagicMirror , not mm.
                                  MagicMirror version 2.8.0

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                                    sdetweil @Detto65
                                    last edited by

                                    @Detto65 yes, the install script uses a json file to configure the pm2 process

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                                      Gomalley
                                      last edited by

                                      When i do

                                      pm2 list
                                      

                                      The "name, id, mode, status, cpu, and memory chart shows up. It is all in blue.
                                      Below it, it says “use ‘pm2 show <id/name>~ to get more details about an app.’”

                                      When i type in

                                      pm2 start
                                      

                                      The same chart above displays along with a message saying
                                      [PM2] [ERROR] File ecosystem.config.js is not found

                                      What does this mean?

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                                        Raksasas
                                        last edited by Raksasas

                                        I am having the same problem: I did what was mentioned above and after the reboot it stll did not start automaticly. Running “pm2 list” after the reboot shows mm.sh is not runnning.

                                        permitted by applicable law.
                                        Last login: Sun Jul 28 20:48:49 2019
                                        pi@magicmirror:~ $ pm2 list
                                        [PM2] Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=/home/pi/.pm2
                                        [PM2] PM2 Successfully daemonized
                                        ┌──────────┬────┬─────────┬──────┬─────┬────────┬─────────┬────────┬─────┬─────┬──────┬──────────┐
                                        │ App name │ id │ version │ mode │ pid │ status │ restart │ uptime │ cpu │ mem │ user │ watching │
                                        └──────────┴────┴─────────┴──────┴─────┴────────┴─────────┴────────┴─────┴─────┴──────┴──────────┘
                                         Use `pm2 show <id|name>` to get more details about an app
                                        pi@magicmirror:~ $ pm2 start installers/mm.sh
                                        [PM2][ERROR] script not found : /home/pi/installers/mm.sh
                                        script not found : /home/pi/installers/mm.sh
                                        ┌──────────┬────┬─────────┬──────┬─────┬────────┬─────────┬────────┬─────┬─────┬──────┬──────────┐
                                        │ App name │ id │ version │ mode │ pid │ status │ restart │ uptime │ cpu │ mem │ user │ watching │
                                        └──────────┴────┴─────────┴──────┴─────┴────────┴─────────┴────────┴─────┴─────┴──────┴──────────┘
                                         Use `pm2 show <id|name>` to get more details about an app
                                        pi@magicmirror:~ $ pm2 start mm.sh
                                        [PM2] Starting /home/pi/mm.sh in fork_mode (1 instance)
                                        [PM2] Done.
                                        ┌──────────┬────┬─────────┬──────┬─────┬────────┬─────────┬────────┬─────┬──────────┬──────┬──────────┐
                                        │ App name │ id │ version │ mode │ pid │ status │ restart │ uptime │ cpu │ mem      │ user │ watching │
                                        ├──────────┼────┼─────────┼──────┼─────┼────────┼─────────┼────────┼─────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┤
                                        │ mm       │ 0  │ N/A     │ fork │ 718 │ online │ 0       │ 0s     │ 0%  │ 2.6 MB   │ pi   │ disabled │
                                        └──────────┴────┴─────────┴──────┴─────┴────────┴─────────┴────────┴─────┴──────────┴──────┴──────────┘
                                         Use `pm2 show <id|name>` to get more details about an app
                                        pi@magicmirror:~ $ pm2 save
                                        [PM2] Saving current process list...
                                        [PM2] Successfully saved in /home/pi/.pm2/dump.pm2
                                        pi@magicmirror:~ $ pm2 list
                                        ┌──────────┬────┬─────────┬──────┬─────┬────────┬─────────┬────────┬─────┬──────────┬──────┬──────────┐
                                        │ App name │ id │ version │ mode │ pid │ status │ restart │ uptime │ cpu │ mem      │ user │ watching │
                                        ├──────────┼────┼─────────┼──────┼─────┼────────┼─────────┼────────┼─────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────┤
                                        │ mm       │ 0  │ N/A     │ fork │ 718 │ online │ 0       │ 44s    │ 0%  │ 2.6 MB   │ pi   │ disabled │
                                        └──────────┴────┴─────────┴──────┴─────┴────────┴─────────┴────────┴─────┴──────────┴──────┴──────────┘
                                         Use `pm2 show <id|name>` to get more details about an app
                                        pi@magicmirror:~ $ pm2 save
                                        [PM2] Saving current process list...
                                        [PM2] Successfully saved in /home/pi/.pm2/dump.pm2
                                        pi@magicmirror:~ $ sudo reboot
                                        Connection to 192.168.138.28 closed by remote host.
                                        Connection to 192.168.138.28 closed.
                                        
                                        
                                        pi@magicmirror:~ $ cat mm.sh
                                        cd /home/pi/MagicMirror
                                        DISPLAY=:0 npm start
                                        pi@magicmirror:~ $ ls -lha mm.sh
                                        -rwxr-xr-x 1 pi pi 45 Jul 28 20:14 mm.sh
                                        pi@magicmirror:~ $ 
                                        
                                        
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                                          sdetweil @Raksasas
                                          last edited by sdetweil

                                          @Raksasas should be executing those while in the MagicMirror folder

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                                            Raksasas @sdetweil
                                            last edited by

                                            @sdetweil

                                            Looking over the “Auto Start” page I do not see where it states that the pm2 commands are to be run while inside the MagicMirror folder.

                                            With you stating that it seems to be saying that the “mm.sh” script needs to be ran from inside the “MagicMirror” too. Again the “Auto Start” page shows that it was created inside the ‘home’ (~) folder. So one would think/presume it can be ran from inside the “home” folder also.

                                            Either way I will give it a go.

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