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    • Mykle1M Offline
      Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer
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      @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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      • johnnyboyJ Offline
        johnnyboy @sdetweil
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        @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the auto npm that always worked… but even forcing a start does nothing, and is why I assumed that the version was so out of date, it simply crashed?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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          • johnnyboyJ Offline
            johnnyboy @Mykle1
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            @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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              • johnnyboyJ Offline
                johnnyboy @sdetweil
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                @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
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                  @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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                  • johnnyboyJ Offline
                    johnnyboy @sdetweil
                    last edited by johnnyboy

                    @sdetweil

                    u can find separate scripts on my repo for those

                    Will do 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.

                    Ok, I went to the Boot/config.txt… entered the display_rotate=1 and tried to save but says cannot?
                    Rebooted but still in landscape and my entry not saved in boot.

                    Where am I going wrong?

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                      sdetweil @johnnyboy
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                      @johnnyboy stuff in /boot, /etc are protected, so you have to use the sudo comand
                      nano is the editor
                      sudo nano /boot/config.txt

                      Sam

                      How to add modules

                      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      • johnnyboyJ Offline
                        johnnyboy @sdetweil
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                        @sdetweil
                        Sorry … I must have missed something?

                        Pi@raspberrypi:~ S sudo nano/boot/config.txt

                        sudo: nano/boot/config.txt : command not found

                        Pi@raspberrypi:~ S sudonano/boot/config.txt

                        Bash: sudonano/boot/config.tx : no such file or directory

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