• Recent
  • Tags
  • Unsolved
  • Solved
  • MagicMirror² Repository
  • Documentation
  • 3rd-Party-Modules
  • Donate
  • Discord
  • Register
  • Login
MagicMirror Forum
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Unsolved
  • Solved
  • MagicMirror² Repository
  • Documentation
  • 3rd-Party-Modules
  • Donate
  • Discord
  • Register
  • Login
A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.

Questions about update

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Solved Troubleshooting
19 Posts 5 Posters 3.6k Views 6 Watching
Loading More Posts
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • B Offline
    bugsounet Banned @BKeyport
    last edited by Dec 28, 2021, 9:46 PM

    😂 😂 MM update every 6 month… System update every month or less… Npm package update every month… Modules every month… Or not maintened… Yeah really I am 😂 😂 😂

    So I think you use very old system… And you are a module developer! 😂 😂
    Its very poor to read this from a developer
    Sorry., it’s not like this that you will learn beginer

    Sample with your Old save… Just try to laun an update… It will take a lot of time! 😂 (apt-get update & & apt-get upgrade)

    You will says… Yes but it’s not necessary… So don’t do any update on your computer too!

    Impressive :)

    B K 2 Replies Last reply Dec 28, 2021, 10:54 PM Reply Quote -2
    • B Offline
      BKeyport Module Developer @bugsounet
      last edited by Dec 28, 2021, 10:54 PM

      @bugsounet SD Card failed every month for a while. Got tired of having to rebuild from scratch and taking time to have to find how to do half the crap I do, because my memory is swiss cheese when it comes to CSS in particular. :)

      Admittedly, my mirror is on a pi that does more than just the mirror, one of my files updates every couple of days. I do this to make it so I don’t have to think when I make major changes.

      It’s a suggestion. Leave it at that, eh?

      The "E" in "Javascript" stands for "Easy"

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • K Offline
        karsten13 @bugsounet
        last edited by Dec 28, 2021, 11:48 PM

        @bugsounet said in Questions about update:

        Its very poor to read this from a developer

        is there a difference between running an old system and running a public forum without https?

        B 1 Reply Last reply Dec 29, 2021, 12:40 AM Reply Quote 3
        • B Offline
          bugsounet Banned @karsten13
          last edited by Dec 29, 2021, 12:40 AM

          @karsten13 Make all things like me after you can talk ;)

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote -2
          • S Offline
            selyjohns
            last edited by selyjohns Dec 29, 2021, 8:39 AM Dec 29, 2021, 7:50 AM

            Hi,
            Yes, it’s a good solution that works great once installed.
            To build my MM, I have made some modifications on everywhere to obtain the result I want, and if i had to rebuild all it will take a lot of time because it’s impossible to remember everything (like modifications on boot.txt)

            And I agree about SD Card. It’s a really difficult to preserve it. So the solution is to externalize backups.
            I’ve a NAS server with NFS possibilities. I think I’ll build a script to save every night for example a backup of config.js, custom.css, compliments.js and boot.txt (to compare in case of rebuild).
            But, i’m also agree is represent a lot of work for a system that not modify every day. A big backup on every major modification is sufficient.

            Have a nice day.

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • S Offline
              sdetweil @BKeyport
              last edited by Dec 29, 2021, 1:32 PM

              @bkeyport thanks. my backup doesn’t copy custom.css… doah

              Sam

              How to add modules

              learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

              B 1 Reply Last reply Dec 29, 2021, 6:03 PM Reply Quote 0
              • S Offline
                selyjohns
                last edited by Dec 29, 2021, 2:05 PM

                Just scripted what I want. Not externalized for the moment. Just a simple copy of modules folder and personnalized files.

                Sorry if it’s not perfect, but i’m not a developer :)

                #!/bin/bash
                
                #BACKUP FOLDER
                mkdir -p /var/backups/MM
                cd /var/backups/MM
                
                #OLD BACKUPS PURGE
                echo "--- PURGE TASK ---"
                echo "Check for existing backups..."
                nb_save=$(ls | wc -l)
                if [ $nb_save -gt 4 ]
                then
                        oldest_folder=$(ls -lt | tail -1 | cut -d " " -f10)
                        echo "Limit of 5 backups reach. Deleting of the oldest one : $oldest_folder"
                        rm -rf "$oldest_folder"
                        echo "DELETED."
                else
                        echo "Limit of 5 backups doesn't reach, skip to backup task."
                fi
                
                #BACKUP
                echo "--- BACKUP TASK ---"
                echo "Starting..."
                d=$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M)
                mkdir -p $d
                cd $d
                cp /home/pi/MagicMirror/config/config.js config.js
                cp /home/pi/MagicMirror/css/custom.css custom.css
                cp /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/default/compliments/compliments.json compliments.json
                cp /boot/config.txt config.txt
                mkdir -p modules
                cp -R /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/ .
                echo "DONE. CURRENT LIST OF BACKUPS :"
                cd ..
                ls -A1
                
                S 1 Reply Last reply Dec 29, 2021, 2:33 PM Reply Quote 0
                • S Offline
                  sdetweil @selyjohns
                  last edited by Dec 29, 2021, 2:33 PM

                  @selyjohns cool… mine saves the list of modules (git url) and config.js to a local git repo with a tag with the date

                  other files (compliments.json) … cool… (any reason u didn’t put those in config.js?, u have to restart to use an updated file too)

                  Sam

                  How to add modules

                  learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • S Offline
                    selyjohns
                    last edited by Dec 29, 2021, 2:39 PM

                    @sdetweil said in Questions about update:

                    @selyjohns cool… mine saves the list of modules (git url) and config.js to a local git repo with a tag with the date

                    Perfect :) Git seem to be a good solution. For next evolution haha
                    For the json, it’s because i’ve define a lot of compliments and it’s more clean on external json that in config.js

                    S 1 Reply Last reply Dec 29, 2021, 2:50 PM Reply Quote 0
                    • S Offline
                      sdetweil @selyjohns
                      last edited by Dec 29, 2021, 2:50 PM

                      @selyjohns you can look at my backup script for creating the tag from the date/time

                      https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror-backup-restore

                      Sam

                      How to add modules

                      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

                      S 1 Reply Last reply Dec 29, 2021, 2:54 PM Reply Quote 0
                      • 1
                      • 2
                      • 1 / 2
                      1 / 2
                      • First post
                        10/19
                        Last post
                      Enjoying MagicMirror? Please consider a donation!
                      MagicMirror created by Michael Teeuw.
                      Forum managed by Sam, technical setup by Karsten.
                      This forum is using NodeBB as its core | Contributors
                      Contact | Privacy Policy