Installing on a Pi Zero

[akz_g]

@akz_g first message I got was

this appears not to be a Raspberry Pi 2, 3 or 4, do you want to continue installation (y/N)?

should I continue? don’t want to waste another hour if i’m doing it wrong.

[sdetweil]

@akz_g no, keep going

[akz_g]

@sdetweil Thanks so much! got it working and it was a very easy install in the end. My next step is to have a look at the config.js file and tailor it to UK etc… I guess this is the place I can add new modules also?

[sdetweil]

@akz_g yes, see the links in my signature for learning

[eracerhead]

@andyc7687 I know this is almost 2 years later, but this did not work on the pi zero w. I got to the point of on page 18 where it was supposed to say MagicMirror running. But it never did. It did say it was installed correctly, and to reboot, which I did, but it isn’t working.

$ pm2 show MagicMirror
[PM2][WARN] MagicMirror doesn’t exist

I don’t even know how to begin to troubleshoot this. (This was my second attempt at trying to install magic mirror.)

[sdetweil]

@eracerhead use my script
see here for instructions
https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

remove the MagicMirror folder

[camcooper151515]

I can say as of November 6 2020 the script works for installing the MagicMirror and auto starts on raspberry pi 0w. But… I do have some questions. How do I go about stopping the mirror so I can install modules? I’m a complete newb at this

[camcooper151515]

I can say as of November 6 2020 the script works for installing the MagicMirror and auto starts on raspberry pi 0w. But… I do have some questions. How do I go about stopping the mirror so I can install modules? I’m a complete newb at this

[sdetweil]

@camcooper151515 minimize
alt-spacebar, n
then alt-ctrl-t to open a terminal window, them the pm2 command

pm2 stop 0, or MagicMirror

[camcooper151515]

@sdetweil thanks I’ll try when I get home in the morning. Thanks so much for a working install I was at my wits end trying to get this to work until I found this thread. May I ask one more thing of you? Is there a command sequence I follow to stop the blanking of the screen after a few minutes for you install?

[sdetweil]

@camcooper151515 it should have asked if you wanted to disable screensaver.

anyhow, on the same site as the install script there is a command to turn it off now, down near the bottom of the page

[camcooper151515]

@sdetweil thanks that worked again. Is there a reason that my weather is not showing by default? Does it have to be setup first before it shows?

[sdetweil]

@camcooper151515 yes, some setup. needs to.know where u are for sure. some providers need u to register to request data

[camcooper151515]

@sdetweil this thing is working great man I’ve been tinkering around with it over the weekend. Thanks so much again for the install but another question I know I know I apologize but your like king right now. How can I access the custom.css file?

[sdetweil]

@camcooper151515 it’s a text file
MagicMirror/css/custom.css

[Dimasua]

@andyc7687 Thank you for your work and sharing with the community!
I would like to try it with a Raspberry Pi3A+. Will it work?

[sdetweil]

@Dimasua use my installer script, listed as alternative install method , see

https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

[Dimasua]

@sdetweil Another question, how I can restart the mirror from the command line? Didn’t find that information.

[sdetweil]

@Dimasua if u said yes to pm2,

pm2 start 0

If it does not start on boot, the run the fixuppm2 script from my site,

If not pm2, then npm start from the MagicMirror folder

[stanvv]

I’ve used quite some of these manuals before, most without succes cause after a few weeks they all seem to crash/freeze screen. Finally I have a setup that’s working:

• install raspian lite
• use this script to install MM: https://github.com/pureartisan/magic-mirror-raspbian-lite
• update npm with npm install -g electron --unsafe-perm=true --allow-root
• increase swap

sudo dphys-swapfile swapoff
sudo nano /etc/dphys-swapfile
CONF_SWAPSIZE=1024
sudo dphys-swapfile setup
sudo dphys-swapfile swapon
sudo reboot

• adjust /boot/config.txt with the following settings for overclock:

arm_freq=1085
gpu_freq=530
over_voltage=8
sdram_freq=500
over_voltage_sdram=1

• I also monitor the behaviour of the RPI’s performance in Home Assistant (in case it would crash, I have an indicator what went wrong) with: https://github.com/Sennevds/system_sensors

So far it -finally- works like a charm!