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

      @bhepler said in MM and UBUNTU. Made for each other.:

      Intel Atom processor and integrated graphics is not suitable for Ubuntu and therefore the MagicMirror.

      The only two laptops that I’ve had trouble with are both ThinkPads. I struggled with them and eventually gave up.

      However, I did have success with a little piece of $h1t with specs similar to what you mentioned.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ8t3UoKYu0

      Total cost = $11

      Specs:

      ASUS Eee PC
      Intel Atom CPU N570 @ 1.66GHz x 4
      2GB of RAM
      Intel Pineview M Graphics
      Display 8.5" width by 5.25" height
      250GB HD
      Integrated microphone
      Built-in WiFi
      VGA port (for external monitor)

      $11 on craigslist

      64-bit Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
      MagicMirror v2.1.3

      Modules:

      MMM-Advice
      AlarmClock
      calendar
      clock
      compliments
      Cocktails
      EARTH
      EasyBack
      Events
      FMI (Find My iPhone)
      ImageSlideshow
      Lunartic
      newsfeed
      NOAA3
      PC-Stats
      voice w/ Hello-Lucy
      WunderGround

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      • bheplerB Offline
        bhepler Module Developer @Mykle1
        last edited by

        @mykle1 - Sigh. I suppose I can try again. Did you have to do any fiddling to get the OS to use a graphics driver?

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

          @bhepler said in MM and UBUNTU. Made for each other.:

          Sigh. I suppose I can try again. Did you have to do any fiddling to get the OS to use a graphics driver?

          No sir. I did a standard install of ubuntu 16.04LTS (I only use this version. I tried 18.xx and had trouble) During the setup of the installation there is a click box for “use third party drivers” or something to that effect. I always click (enable) that option. I don’t know if it’s worth mentioning but I always use a wired internet connection during installation. It’s just faster that way as it updates everything.

          Let me know how you make out. :thumbsup:

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

            Recommendation Update

            Actually, this is more of a recommendation confirmation. While you can use ubuntu 18.xx and MM together, I don’t recommend it. I just did a clean install of ubuntu 18.04. Newest stable node and npm. MM v2.6.0. Yes, it runs MM but I don’t see any benefit to using ubuntu 18.xx over 16.04 LTS. I don’t like the changes to the UI in 18.xx and I really don’t like dealing with all the vulnerabilities.

            Ubuntu 16.04 LTS has a more intuitive UI (IMHO) and there are NO vulnreablilities to deal with. NONE!

            So, for the time being, I’m staying with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It’s trouble free and MM loves it, too.

            I did a test install of Ubuntu 18.04 on a machine I found in someone’s trash. That’s when the vulnerabilities reminded me of why I don’t like 18.xx. Look at the specs. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

            0_1553376079773_GarbagePC.png

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            • B Offline
              batfastard
              last edited by

              not gonna lie, i actually have a i5 mini pc laying around and have been fiddling with the pis for weeks now trying to get everything dialed in and your post got me a little pumped to be able to use this pc i got.

              i got ubuntu installed no problem…

              i know NOTHING about it so i couldnt even get past how to install the wireless adapter lol…

              so im scrapping this and going back to install raspbian on the pc and will try it at that point.

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              • justjim1220J Offline
                justjim1220 Module Developer @Mykle1
                last edited by

                @Mykle1 Nice Find! :)

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

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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. :-)

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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

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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

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                          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

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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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