Cannot Get Magic Mirror To Start On Second Screen

sdetweil

so, in MagicMirror/installers/mm.sh you edited DISPLAY=:0 to DISPLAY=:4 right?

Assuming u are using pm2 to start MM…

djdadevil

yes that’s exactly what I did, and yes I used pm2 to autostart, but disabled it so now i start with npm start inside MagicMirror folder from terminal. Intention is to let it start with pm2 autostart if i can get it to start on that second screen.

sdetweil

@djdadeviland using npm start you do

export DISPLAY=:4

beforehand…

do u have two independent displays or one big one?
(all my dual monitor setups have been one big virtual screen)

djdadevil

Maybe to clarify it a bit more: I have my big screen on HDMI port 1 from my raspberry pi. I did connect the 7" touchscreen with de monitor port on the raspberry itself, not through it’s HDMI port 2 or otherwise. And ok, the export worked but now it says it can’t connect to screen 4, but there is an extended desktop on that screen. That’s kinda weird. I don’t know anything else right now…

sdetweil

@djdadevil i think extended desktop disables independent display…

i don’t think u can make MM show up on the right side of a large extended display. without changing the css for screen size

djdadevil

That is what the electron option in the config file should do:

electronOptions: {fullsscreen:false, width:800, x:600}

But this gave an error when starting the MagicMirror app.
And i know CSS, there isn’t anything in main.css wich states what the resolution schould be, only that everything must stretch to 100%. Than modules can overlap eachother, but that is what I can edit in the config file and modules own css files.

sdetweil

@djdadevil said in Cannot Get Magic Mirror To Start On Second Screen:

electronOptions: {fullsscreen:false, width:800, x:600}

	electronOptions: {fullscreen:false, width:800, x:600},

two things…
1- need comma at the end
2 - u had TWO ‘s’, fullsscreen:false

changed as above and it sets position correctly

djdadevil

Wauw Thanks! Now it work’s! I’ve got the comma, but the two fullscreens i dit not. You really made my day today! Now it’s a window wich I can place on the second screen. Really thank you very much, and don’t know if you are Dutch to (Like Michael Teeuws the creator of this is), but great help man! You solved my problem! Your’s sincerrely!

sdetweil

@djdadevil great!.. thanks for the feedback… Not Dutch, US…

can u mark your issue resolved? click the 3 dots to the right

djdadevil

oops, marked the wrong post, but I made it solved, the solution is from “sdetweil” 2 posts above the solved marked message. Thank you very much!