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    • S Offline
      sdetweil @johnnyboy
      last edited by sdetweil

      @johnnyboy I maintain the installer script now, so there is no new tutorial needed…

      in 2.11 the scripts were removed, as they need a lot more attention and fixes than the main project wanted to support.,
      I host them here https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts, and am referenced in the the main doc as an ‘alternative’ install.

      the script does it all, and will setup using pm2 to start on boot… no system files to edit.
      (you WILL have to rename your existing MagicMirror folder out of the way, as install means 1st time, I don’t install if there is a folder already done)

      and if you decide no, and change your mind later, I have those sections as separate scripts .

      I also have a script that does version upgrade, as we have a release every quarter (July 1 is the next), and I watched people struggle getting their system running after doing the raw update

      as for pi3/4… pi3 will be fine… (the script does pi 0 and up, and any linux, mac, …)

      so, before you go thru all that… what is the problem…
      I wonder if we can fix it, and then upgrade you to the latest…(with my script)

      Sam

      How to add modules

      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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      • johnnyboyJ Offline
        johnnyboy @sdetweil
        last edited by

        @sdetweil

        Thanks for reply, and your help on this.

        Well, the problem with my MM at present is that it wont boot up as it normaly does… it had been off for about a year, and now just boots to jessie desktop… it was a good few years back when MM was first on the go that I did this.

        I just thought it maybe best to start afresh now, seeing as I will now be using MM again, and to re-new my interest again, and to wipe it clean, and enjoy playing around with it as I once did back in the beginning.

        I have no idea of the update version that was last done… but now seem to recall that it needed me to stash/commit my changes as I had changed a couple things in Compliments - @cowboysdude modification to allow color… so now remember I never updated it as I had no time to try and change things back then…

        So, if I wipe it and install the latest OS, I just need to follow your script and thats it?
        As you noted, I read a few posts saying they were having all sorts of problems trying to install… hence my posting here, and wanted to make sure I do it right first time.

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          sdetweil @johnnyboy
          last edited by

          @johnnyboy i don’t think u need to wipe the OS, if it still boots… how did MM start before, some system file you had?

          to get the current version do

          grep version ~/MagicMirror/package.json
          

          current is 2.11

          what os level is it?

          do

          lsb_release -a
          

          probably jessie

          does it start with npm start in the MagicMirror folder?

          if so, it could be worth a try to use the upgrade script command from my repo (you don’t download my repo, just cut/paste the command string into a terminal or ssh window)
          (it will do stashes for you, gives you a review of any issues/changed files…) second invocation with additiona ‘apply’ parm will actually modify things

          once u get it running, then u can use my fixuppm2 script to add autostart from boot

          worst case, rename the MagicMirror folder out of the way and use the install script command from my repo

          Sam

          How to add modules

          learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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          • Mykle1M Offline
            Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer
            last edited by

            @johnnyboy said in Fresh Install:

            @Mykle1 … Have you not made a new Tutorial on the install since last year? You’re Tutorials really helped and covered everything

            First, how the hell are you bro? Glad to see you. :-)

            No new tutorials. @sdetweil’s installers have made the need for tutorials obsolete. I use his installers myself and I highly recommend them. He is always here to support them in the unlikely event that you have trouble with them. I never have. They work flawlessly for me .

            Create a working config
            How to add modules

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              johnnyboy @sdetweil
              last edited by

              @sdetweil
              Thanks

              Not possitive, but since it was last year, then version is prob 2.6?
              OS is Jessie for sure as it was built a few years back.

              It had the auto npm that always worked… but even forcing a start does nothing, and is why I assumed that the version was so out of date, it simply crashed?

              That’s me away to fire it back up and try your suggestions first, and worse case, I will start from fresh again with new OS, and your install script, and hope I can migrate my CSS stuff over from the present MM folder… which I will obviously move and rename first.

              Will update on how I got on.

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                sdetweil @johnnyboy
                last edited by

                @johnnyboy ok, watching for your feedback

                Sam

                How to add modules

                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                  johnnyboy @Mykle1
                  last edited by

                  @Mykle1

                  Hey up Amigo… Yeah, all’s well here across the pond… how’s things with you? Hope you keeping well, and keeping yourself busy?

                  Yeah, as you can tell, I aint been around here a while, and kinda lost interest in my MM, and it has been off for a year, but seems such a waste being there with all that kit inside, being nothing more that a mirror, so felt the need to re-kindle that passion I had initially with it.

                  I did occasionally drop in here whenever I could, just to see you guys, and what y’all been up to… but life was just too busy and finding the time to play, was few and far between.

                  Hopefully, following @sdetweil’s instructions, I will get my MM back to life, and regain my interest?

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                  • Mykle1M Offline
                    Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @johnnyboy
                    last edited by

                    @johnnyboy said in Fresh Install:

                    Hopefully, following @sdetweil’s instructions, I will get my MM back to life, and regain my interest?

                    I can’t speak to your interest but you will get up and running following his directions.

                    Create a working config
                    How to add modules

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                      johnnyboy @sdetweil
                      last edited by

                      @sdetweil said in Fresh Install:

                      @johnnyboy ok, watching for your feedback

                      Okay, I renamed original MM folder, and did your install - bash -c “$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/raspberry.sh)”

                      This took a long time and initially thought Pi had froze, so went off and did a few things.
                      Came back and looked as if everything installed, and it was awaiting me to enter y/n about splashscreen/autostart… so tried to enter y… but the Pi had froze by that point.

                      Pulled the power, and Pi restarted, then went to desktop, and then to MM… so I take it that all went well?

                      I checked version and OS — 2.11.0… Raspbian GNU/Linux 9.11 { Stretch }

                      So, is that it?.. has it all went okay? and I can now start playing about adding/changing modules?

                      How do I change screen to Portrait again?

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                        sdetweil @johnnyboy
                        last edited by

                        @johnnyboy well, the last two steps didn’t finish, pm2 (autostart) and screen saver

                        u can find separate scripts on my repo for those

                        system change the screen to portrait? that changed too from boot long ago?
                        https://clevertap.com/blog/using-raspberry-pi-to-build-a-commercial-grade-wall-information-dashboard/#:~:text=To change the orientation%2C set,display_rotate%3D3 and reboot again.

                        Sam

                        How to add modules

                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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