Third-Party Module - how to get help?

ember1205

@sdetweil said in Third-Party Module - how to get help?:

git checkout modules/node_modules/node_helper/index.js

yeah, I get into the habit of installing add-ons this way and I did the npm install.

Your fix cleaned it right up and it started up. But, guess what? Out of memory again.

Seems that I have bigger issues here…

sdetweil

@ember1205 show me the output of

node-v 
npm -v
lsb_release -a
uname -a

and other than image, you are running default modules, correct?

I’m gonna be out for a couple hours, running xmas errands. will try to look in on my phone

ember1205

@sdetweil

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ node -v
v10.17.0

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm -v
6.11.3

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Raspbian
Description:    Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Release:        10
Codename:       buster

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 4.19.75-v7+ #1270 SMP Tue Sep 24 18:45:11 BST 2019 armv7l GNU/Linux

ember1205

@sdetweil said in Third-Party Module - how to get help?:

and other than image, you are running default modules, correct?

I have installed your MMM-ImagesPhotos and MMM-BackgroundSlideshow. Even paring the configuration down to ONLY one third-party module running, it will die unless I have the http cache disabled.

I have changed the swap size from the default of 100 to 250 and when it crashed, there was only a small portion of swap being used.

sdetweil

@ember1205 hm

my uname -a

Linux raspberrypi4 4.19.75-v7l+ #1270 SMP Tue Sep 24 18:51:41 BST 2019 armv7l GNU/Linux

we have different kernels… wonder why
just got the pi4 yesterday

ember1205

@sdetweil Possibly because you’re running on a 4 and I’m on a 3?

sdetweil

are u using pm2 to manage? if so, do a pm2 logs --lines=100 >somefile

I’d like to see the error

sdetweil

@ember1205 ok, from my pi3

Linux raspberrypi 4.19.75-v7+ #1270 SMP Tue Sep 24 18:45:11 BST 2019 armv7l GNU/Linux

ember1205

I just did an apt-get update and apt-get upgrade. I then flushed the PM2 logs and restarted. When it crashes again, I’ll post the log info as you asked.

ember1205

At a minimum, the apt-get update / upgrade seems to have at least helped. After installing the updates and restarting, I’ve been running this module with clock, calendar, current weather, and weather forecast all enabled and it hasn’t crashed in about an hour.

I stopped everything and reverted to the BackgroundSlideshow module to see if it would also run clean, but it died pretty quickly. I’ve flushed the logs again (although I did capture their contents from the other module’s crash) and once again changed over to ImagesPhotos to see what happens after another run.

While I’m waiting to see if it will crash, I have some questions about the rendering configuration.

I’ve tried both the “fullscreen” and “middle_center” settings and the photos are not constrained to the screen (in terms of the actual image, not where it’s shown). I can change the details so that I use less than full height and/or width, and there is a black border. However, the image itself is getting cropped - badly.

How can I get this to display the entire image on the screen like I can with the other module?