Getting started, numerous issues and questions doing the initial setup. First, I want to say that the overall docs for installing and configuring this appear to be reasonably solid and generally well-maintained - kudos for that! With that said, there appear to be some gaps that I’m falling into. The doc I’m using to get started is this one: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror I have an RPi3 with a 64G card. I am using the full Raspbian image and loaded it via NOOBS. After booting up and stepping through the few minimum steps that the device requires (including setting up WLAN and doing an OS update and then restart), I drop to a shell to begin the MM install and setup. For automatic installation, all I should have to issue (according to the docs) is bash -c "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/master/installers/raspberry.sh)" While that works, there are a LOT of warnings about things potentially not working. So, I opted to update node.js according to the next two steps: curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash - sudo apt install -y nodejs This clearly processes updates and “makes me feel better.” Was it a necessary step? Should this have been required given that I opted for the “automatic” install? Backing up just a bit, there appears to be no guidance in the install doc as to whether I should choose to allow the installer to set MM to autostart and/or whether I should disable the screensaver during the install process. I chose “N” and “Y” respectively. After the node.js updates and a restart, I moved on to the Configuration section and opted to follow this doc: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Configuring-the-Raspberry-Pi The information in the OpenGL driver section are very confusing. It states that you shouldn’t need to modify the OpenGL driver, then goes on to tell you to edit a file whose location has changed (but the commands still point to the old location - you have to find the info in the notes that the file has been moved), tells you to add a line for dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d Which looks IDENTICAL to the new default (which is already in the file) as dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d That is also referenced as an option later on in the doc, but there’s no commentary that I could find as to whether I should use one or the other for my specific hardware. Also, the file HAS the new default, but it’s in a RPi4 section. Again, very confusing here, and really don’t know what I should have opted for. I chose the full OpenGL and not the “fake” one. In the Screensaver section, the first portion is already present since I opted to let the installer disable the screensaver. The second portion, however (LightDM) is not only not present but there is no discussion of what this is. Is this actually a required piece? What does it do? The section for disabling WiFi Power Saving seems pretty broken, at least for my needs. The section about adding information for Pi3 (Jesse and below) will BREAK your setup if using a new release. If nothing else, I would say this entire doc would be immensely easier to follow if there were some direction provided for inspecting the /etc/os-release file to determine which build of Raspbian is being used along with some notes on which names were released in which order (so you know that buster is newer than Jesse, for example). For the VNC server section, it was quite simple for me to just “turn on” the SSH and VNC server options from the Options panel in the desktop on the RPi when doing initial setup. I also want to point out that doing it this way also requires that the security options on the server be changed from UNIX Password to VNC Password or at least some VNC clients won’t connect. If anyone has any thoughts on the pieces where I wasn’t sure what to do, I’d appreciate it. Thanks!

@ ember1205 the installer you used is WAY downlevel… I have created a new one that will be released on the next update see https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10171/anyone-want-to-try-updated-installer if u want to run it now, then rename the MagicMirror folder out of the way and use the command provided in the linked topic (note there is also a new script for updates, and a new script to fix PM2 should you change your mind or have trouble)… all added to the next release it solves most of the issues you mentioned… except for warnings… which were added to the npm install processes, and we have no control. they ARE Warnings… so unless u intend your mirror to be accessed from over the internet, i think most are not worth chasing down… (the updates to fix the ‘vulnerabilities’ MAY/have/will at some time, mess things up and the mirror won’t run. (due to somebody elses code being broken)… notice on the kms driver the F letter dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d means use the FAKE driver, not real… it MAY work, for portrait rotated displays it seems to have problems (search the forum)

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I believe the rules are less important than the consequences. I don’t believe WLAN has a good track record overall of waking up from a sleep state. And, regardless of how much it’s directly used, you can bet that the one time it won’t work is when you try using the remote control module to power it down. :)
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