Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Fresh Install
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@johnnyboy ok, watching for your feedback
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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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@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.
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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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@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. -
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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@johnnyboy stuff in /boot, /etc are protected, so you have to use the sudo comand
nano is the editor
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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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FWIW, I would have started with a fresh image. whenever I’m working with a system that’s not been used in a while, I grab what I can and start the OS over fresh, it just seems to work better.
The "E" in "Javascript" stands for "Easy"
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@BKeyport
Am I entering the correct text into Terminal?
Is path right? Is spacing right?Unsure here so trying all sorts to no avail
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@johnnyboy said in Fresh Install:
udonano/boot/config.txt
always a space between command and path
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@BKeyport he has a some mods… so, trying to help get it up and running and find them
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@sdetweil said in Fresh Install:
@johnnyboy said in Fresh Install:
udonano/boot/config.txt
always a space between command and path
sudo nano /boot/config.txtThanks… that got me in… i entered that txt in a space… rebooted… and still in landscape?
Tried again, entered sudo nano /boot/config.txt … same as you say with spaces… but now the terminal text that wss within the config has gone… and at bottom it says [Directory ‘boot’ does not exist ]
I then look in the boot folder, and i now have - config.tx… config.txt save 1… config.txt save 2… and config.tct save 3 and within all 3 saved ones, it shows - display_rotate=1
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@johnnyboy
Ok… got back in after a reboot… how do i enter display_rotate=1Do i find a space and type it in… and how do i save that entry before re-booting?
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@johnnyboy hit enter, add a new line, type the text, hit ctrl-o to save, ctrl-x to exit
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do i enter # before text, same as everything else in there or simply that text on its own?
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display_rotate=1
Then I click on Ctrl o… and it asks "file name to write: boot/config.txt
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@sdetweil needs to be /boot/config.txt
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@johnnyboy # is a comment, so whatever is after # on that line is ignored
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Yeah… the text that says " File name to write: /boot/config.tx"
That is hard written in grey… below that it gives options… G get help C cancel M-D Dos Format M-M Mac format M-A Append M-P Prepend M-B Backup file ^ to files
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