PM2 MM2 Not starting on start up

sebzx10r

Hey,I kind of did a work around. I found this on another forum:
I also searched for days without success but then, I got it to work quite simply.

In Raspian click Menu,Preferences,Main Menu Editor
Click Preferences and check Default applications for LXSession
Click OK and close main menu editor
Now click Menu and Under Preferences click on Default applications for LXSession
LXSession configuration opens
Click Autostart
Under Manual autostarted applications paste in your java command line
click add
close the LXSession configuration application and reboot your pi
your java app should run after reboot

nuckinfutz

@sebzx10r What line did you put in the field? I can’t get it to work.

Desertswing

@nuckinfutz
pm2 start mm.sh

shbatm

I solved the same issue by using the command:
sudo pm2 startup systemd -u pi --hp /home/pi

And then using pm2 save to save the state.

Desertswing

@shbatm
will note that down thanks!

raymate

@Desertswing No idea what that did but it worked, just need to make it show the weather as that seems to have gone away

nuckinfutz

Try here as an alternative

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/2716/pm2-alternative

daikaiju

@shbatm said in PM2 MM2 Not starting on start up:

sudo pm2 startup systemd -u pi --hp /home/pi

Can also confirm this worked for me, too.

Thank you @shbatm

pum

@shbatm I’ve tried the following steps but it still doesn’t work, can you help me?

sudo pm2 startup systemd -u pi --hp /home/pi
nano mm.sh
cd ~/MagicMirror
DISPLAY=:0 npm start
CTRL-O
Enter
CTRL-X
chmod +x mm.sh
pm2 start mm.sh
pm2 save
sudo reboot

Thanks in advance.

shbatm

@pum there is an existing script provided by MagicMirror now, please try deleting everything on your ~/.pm2 directory, then using:

sudo su -c "env PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin pm2 startup linux -u pi --hp /home/pi"
    pm2 start ~/MagicMirror/installers/pm2_MagicMirror.json
    pm2 save

You may have to use systemd instead of linux in the first line if you get an error.