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    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
    Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.

    MM and UBUNTU. Made for each other.

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    • justjim1220J Offline
      justjim1220 Module Developer @Mykle1
      last edited by

      @Mykle1

      I had version 18.xx installed, up and going just fine on my dev machine

      I am used to dealing with vulnerabilities, since I mainly work with Windows

      But, I just have my mindset to run npm audit fix --force & npm i lodash@4.17.5 -g & npm i acorn@^6.0.0 -g after every install of MM2. only takes a few minutes extra and it fixes all the vulnerabilities. Except for a few that come with some of the modules. With Ubuntu 18.xx, if I remember, I think just the npm audit fix --force was all I needed to do.

      "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
      Jim Hallock - 1995

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      • Mykle1M Offline
        Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @justjim1220
        last edited by

        @justjim1220

        Yes, as I said, I too had ubuntu 18.xx and MM up and running. I just prefer NOT to deal with any vulnerabilities which 16.04 doesn’t have. I don’t know of any benefit to running 18.xx over 16.04 and, as I stated, I’m not a fan of the new UI in 18.xx. I ran MM over Windows when I first started. The disadvantages quickly became apparent. Hello-Lucy never would have happened if I didn’t leave Windows behind. I never looked back. :-)

        Create a working config
        How to add modules

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

          By popular demand

          Install ubuntu 16.04LTS (internet connection HIGHLY recommended)

          You MUST (check box) “Install 3rd Party Drivers” during installation

          Fully update the installation via the software manager after installation (It often needs to)

          Install node (includes npm) (I use node 8 )

          1. curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -

          It will ask you if you want to install curl (gives you the command). Do so. Then run #1 again

          1. This will complete the installation of node and npm

          sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

          1. Check for success of node and npm installation in your terminal.

          run node -v (this will show your version)
          run npm -v (this will show your version)

          Now install MM

          Run git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror.git in your terminal

          You may be asked to install git here. Do so. Use the command presented to you in the terminal

          Then run git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror.git again

          Then cd MagicMirror and run npm install

          Then run your mirror npm start

          Create a working config
          How to add modules

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          • Cliff365C Offline
            Cliff365
            last edited by

            I know this thread is quite old, hoping @Mykle1 or someone still looks at it.

            I followed the instructions and have a MM running on my Acer Revo. However, when I start MagicMirror, all I see is a blank screen. I have pm2 and electron installed, where do I find the logfile to try to track down the issue?

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            • S Offline
              sdetweil @Cliff365
              last edited by

              @cliff365 is it before adding any modules? or after?

              if after see here
              https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/15778/fix-for-black-screen-in-2-16-and-later

              if before do

              pm2 stop all
              pm2 flush
              pm2 start 0
              pm2 logs --lines=50
              

              Sam

              How to add modules

              learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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              • Cliff365C Offline
                Cliff365 @Cliff365
                last edited by

                Thanks @sdetweil , I entered the lines, but I had a bit of a problem getting MM to not restart while I tried to capture the logs. Hope this provides some insight:

                0|MagicMirror  | Starting server on port 8080 ... 
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:25.52.307] [LOG]   
                0|MagicMirror  | Server started ...
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:25.52.312] [LOG]   
                0|MagicMirror  | Connecting socket for: updatenotification
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:25.52.316] [LOG]   Sockets connected & modules started ...
                0|MagicMirror  | (electron:4583): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_dbus_connection_register_object: assertion 'G_IS_DBUS_CONNECTION (connection)' failed
                0|MagicMirror  | (electron:4583): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_dbus_connection_register_object: assertion 'G_IS_DBUS_CONNECTION (connection)' failed
                0|MagicMirror  | (electron:4583): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_dbus_connection_get_unique_name: assertion 'G_IS_DBUS_CONNECTION (connection)' failed
                0|MagicMirror  | [4583:1217/162552.823896:ERROR:bus.cc(393)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-rSguYNpjNi: Connection refused
                0|MagicMirror  | [4583:1217/162552.824839:ERROR:bus.cc(393)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-rSguYNpjNi: Connection refused
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:25.52.921] [LOG]   
                0|MagicMirror  | Launching application.
                0|MagicMirror  | [4583:1217/162553.058857:ERROR:bus.cc(393)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-rSguYNpjNi: Connection refused
                0|MagicMirror  | [4613:1217/162553.640227:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(376)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process.
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.01.616] [LOG]   
                0|MagicMirror  | Shutting down server...
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.01.618] [LOG]   Stopping module helper: updatenotification
                PM2            | App [MagicMirror:0] exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT]
                PM2            | App [MagicMirror:0] starting in -fork mode-
                PM2            | App [MagicMirror:0] online
                0|MagicMirror  | > magicmirror@2.17.1 start /home/cliff/MagicMirror
                0|MagicMirror  | > DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.06.425] [LOG]   
                0|MagicMirror  | Starting MagicMirror: v2.17.1
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.06.446] [LOG]   
                0|MagicMirror  | Loading config ...
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.06.466] [LOG]   
                0|MagicMirror  | Loading module helpers ...
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.06.487] [LOG]   
                0|MagicMirror  | No helper found for module: alert.
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.06.550] [LOG]   
                0|MagicMirror  | Initializing new module helper ...
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.06.555] [LOG]   
                0|MagicMirror  | Module helper loaded: updatenotification
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.06.559] [LOG]   No helper found for module: clock.
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.06.563] [LOG]   All module helpers loaded.
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.06.846] [LOG]   
                0|MagicMirror  | Starting server on port 8080 ... 
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.06.895] [LOG]   
                0|MagicMirror  | Server started ...
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.06.900] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: updatenotification
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.06.905] [LOG]   Sockets connected & modules started ...
                0|MagicMirror  | (electron:4673): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_dbus_connection_register_object: assertion 'G_IS_DBUS_CONNECTION (connection)' failed
                0|MagicMirror  | (electron:4673): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_dbus_connection_register_object: assertion 'G_IS_DBUS_CONNECTION (connection)' failed
                0|MagicMirror  | (electron:4673): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_dbus_connection_get_unique_name: assertion 'G_IS_DBUS_CONNECTION (connection)' failed
                0|MagicMirror  | [4673:1217/162607.415011:ERROR:bus.cc(393)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-rSguYNpjNi: Connection refused
                0|MagicMirror  | [4673:1217/162607.415886:ERROR:bus.cc(393)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-rSguYNpjNi: Connection refused
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.07.530] [LOG]   
                0|MagicMirror  | Launching application.
                0|MagicMirror  | [4673:1217/162607.651240:ERROR:bus.cc(393)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-rSguYNpjNi: Connection refused
                0|MagicMirror  | [4705:1217/162608.260106:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(376)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process.
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.09.807] [LOG]   
                0|MagicMirror  | Shutting down server...
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.09.811] [LOG]   Stopping module helper: updatenotification
                PM2            | App [MagicMirror:0] exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT]
                PM2            | App [MagicMirror:0] starting in -fork mode-
                PM2            | App [MagicMirror:0] online
                0|MagicMirror  | > magicmirror@2.17.1 start /home/cliff/MagicMirror
                0|MagicMirror  | > DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
                ^A0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.14.742] [LOG]   
                0|MagicMirror  | Starting MagicMirror: v2.17.1
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.14.762] [LOG]   
                0|MagicMirror  | Loading config ...
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.14.779] [LOG]   
                0|MagicMirror  | Loading module helpers ...
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.14.787] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert.
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.14.838] [LOG]   
                0|MagicMirror  | Initializing new module helper ...
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.14.843] [LOG]   
                0|MagicMirror  | Module helper loaded: updatenotification
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.14.848] [LOG]   No helper found for module: clock.
                0|MagicMirror  | [17.12.2021 16:26.14.851] [LOG]   All module helpers loaded.
                
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                • S Offline
                  sdetweil @Cliff365
                  last edited by sdetweil

                  @cliff365 this post seems to imply installing as root and running as user or vice versa.

                  https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/8464/back-screan-when-start-up-an-errors

                  delete the mm folder and use my script

                  https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

                  do NOT use sudo , and use a normal user, not logon as root

                  Sam

                  How to add modules

                  learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                  • Cliff365C Offline
                    Cliff365 @sdetweil
                    last edited by

                    @sdetweil You are amazing! I wish I knew Linux as well I know Windows, but so it goes. Your suggestion worked! Thanks again!

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