New to MM - Duplicate screens/overlapping help!!

[Bushby32]

Hi all,

So I decided to give MM a go. I removed the LCD display (1920x1080) out of an old laptop, purchased the controller board and my raspberry pi 4 is up and running great.

I installed the MM following the guide on the website. When I start MM, I get this kind of display:

If I hit F11 and reduce the full screen to a window, I can resize the window and creat a small MM.

As soon as I start increasing the size of the MM, it seems to duplicate!! I have tried Ctrl - and + to zoom in and out, Ctrl 0 to reset the zoom, added different zoom: 0.5, 1.5, values etc on config.je.

I am sure it is something quite simple, but the pi is fairly new to me. I hope someone can point me in the right direction! I want just a single display of MM at the correct size.

Thanks :)

[Wenike]

@bushby32 Just checking but your Pi is set to the proper resolution and size on the desktop outside of MM, correct?

[Bushby32]

@wenike Hi Wenike, thanks for the reply! Yes, checked on screen preferences and set to correct resolution, 1920x1080, and as you can see on screenshot 2 and 3, it fills the display as it should on the raspberry pi system. Is there somewhere in the code I need you change to match this? Every guide I have looked at and followed seems to have no problem with the first start up!

I have tried resetting the pi and reinstalling MM with no luck.

[sdetweil]

@bushby32 u can try to use the electronOptions

address:"?????",
electronOptions:{x:0, y:0, width:1920, height:1080, fullScreen:false, kiosk:false},

see https://www.electronjs.org/docs/api/browser-window

also mm code js/electron.js line 23

[Bushby32]

@sdetweil Hi, thanks for the reply. I have changed the electron options, see screenshot below.

Still no luck! have I done something wrong?

[Bushby32]

@sdetweil And I have tried placing that code here:

[sdetweil]

@bushby32 in the right place, can add after
zoom:0

[Bushby32]

@sdetweil Hi Sam,

I placed it after zoom and changed zoom:0

Still no luck! now just a black screen, if i reduce the window it comes up like this:

So strange!! :(

[Bushby32]

@sdetweil

Feels like it is getting worse haha

[sdetweil]

@bushby32 weird. stop mm

look in the users home folder
erase
.config/electron

restart mm

[Bushby32]

@sdetweil Hi, Sorry what users home folder?

I’m not sure .config/electron you are referring to!

[sdetweil]

@bushby32 users home not magicmirror

~/.config

u wont see folders that start w dot from the file manager