<![CDATA[Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+]]>Hey guys,

I have an error when I try to install magic mirror on raspbian buster (fresh install) and with raspberry pi 3b+.

https://ibb.co/Y8HVwVG

Do you have any ideas ?

Thank you !

Have a good day !

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/11260/problem-when-installing-magicmirror-on-raspbian-buster-rpb3RSS for NodeFri, 04 Sep 2026 17:39:24 GMTTue, 01 Oct 2019 18:32:13 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:45:09 GMT]]>@sdetweil thank you for your hard work

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62606https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62606Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:45:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:43:57 GMT]]>@bobwilliams yes, install is good… update still has a problem…

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62605https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62605Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:43:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:42:52 GMT]]>@sdetweil on pi zero also decided … so everything is in order …

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62604https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62604Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:42:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:38:38 GMT]]>@bobwilliams thanks… your original problem was with update, which is where i see a problem i need to correct

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62603https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62603Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:38:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:37:48 GMT]]>@sdetweil Yesterday I installed pi 3 B + on the raspberry, it was installed without problems.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62602https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62602Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:37:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:48:17 GMT]]>@thomaslc sure… and the output of

pm2 logs --lines=100

my email is the same userid as here on gmail…

and there is some startup problem… cause pm2 thinks the mirror is running,
and then u do npm start AGAIN… but you should get output some output…

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62598https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62598Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:48:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Sun, 13 Oct 2019 12:49:25 GMT]]>It’s not working :(

https://ibb.co/4s4GNC2

I can send you the log if you want :)

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62597https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62597Sun, 13 Oct 2019 12:49:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Sat, 05 Oct 2019 11:55:53 GMT]]>@thomaslc while I test the installer, u could use the pm2 only script

see instructions here , fix already added

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10907/new-script-to-install-fix-pm2-config-for-start-on-boot

installer also tested and restarts on boot… have to delete the MagicMirror folder again if u go this way

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62101https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62101Sat, 05 Oct 2019 11:55:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Thu, 03 Oct 2019 19:30:24 GMT]]>Nice ! Keep me in touch !

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62100https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62100Thu, 03 Oct 2019 19:30:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Thu, 03 Oct 2019 19:28:53 GMT]]>@thomaslc thanks for the log… found a bug in the installer on buster… testing fix now

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62099https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62099Thu, 03 Oct 2019 19:28:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:57:12 GMT]]>@thomaslc said in Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+:

And do you know why the original Magic Mirror link doesnt work ?

cause it is old, doesn’t handle a bunch of things… which is why I am doing the updated version…
once tested I will submit mine to replace the one on the MM site

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62098https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62098Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:57:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:56:04 GMT]]>@sdetweil And do you know why the original Magic Mirror link doesnt work ?

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62097https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62097Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:56:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:51:28 GMT]]>@sdetweil i am building a buster image for myself now

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62096https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62096Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:51:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:42:26 GMT]]>@thomaslc also, the output says pm2 started MM and it is running , before u typed in your command…

can u send me the ~/install.log

same userid as here on gmail…

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62094https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62094Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:42:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:40:58 GMT]]>@sdetweil said in Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+:

are u doing this over vpn or ssh?

Nop without vpn or ssh, last fresh rasbian os and directly connected to my box with rj45 ethernet

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62093https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62093Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:40:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:29:51 GMT]]>@thomaslc are u doing this over vpn or ssh?

i use ssh, and then the display on my real machine shows the MagicMirror UI, while the ssh session is still active…

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62092https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62092Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:29:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:27:27 GMT]]>Same problem :(

https://ibb.co/DLS9hjm

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62091https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62091Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:27:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Thu, 03 Oct 2019 17:15:08 GMT]]>I swear I said yes for the pm2 lol. Oke Im gonna reinstall !

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62089https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62089Thu, 03 Oct 2019 17:15:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Thu, 03 Oct 2019 16:59:16 GMT]]>@thomaslc easiest thing to do is rename the MagicMirror folder to MagicMirror.save

in linux the rename command is mv

then run my installer again

see https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10171/anyone-want-to-try-updated-installer
for the url to use

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62086https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62086Thu, 03 Oct 2019 16:59:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Thu, 03 Oct 2019 16:57:37 GMT]]>@thomaslc during the install, it should have asked you if you wanted pm2 to be used to start the mirror app…

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62085https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62085Thu, 03 Oct 2019 16:57:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Thu, 03 Oct 2019 16:53:01 GMT]]>It tells me that the command is not found :

https://ibb.co/FBmcNts

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62083https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62083Thu, 03 Oct 2019 16:53:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Thu, 03 Oct 2019 12:38:26 GMT]]>@thomaslc my name is Sam (i have that as my signature)

i watched your video… very weird…

open a terminal window , ctrl-alt-T, and then do
pm2 status,
pm2 logs
u will have to ctrl-c to end that
pm2 stop 0,
pm2 start 0

it LOOKS like pm2 starts WHILE still booting… I haven’t seen that on any of my systems…

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62070https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62070Thu, 03 Oct 2019 12:38:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Thu, 03 Oct 2019 11:26:34 GMT]]>Hey, thanks for you answers !

Sdetweil I tried your installer. When I reboot the Raspberry, magic mirror start but it’s coming back to the rasbian desktop few seconds later. I uploaded what happens on youtube : https://youtu.be/1dbtU3U5StM

Buzzkc, what do you mean with “Sam’s installer” ? Sdetweil installer ?

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62069https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62069Thu, 03 Oct 2019 11:26:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Problem when installing MagicMirror on Raspbian Buster RPB3+ on Thu, 03 Oct 2019 03:50:00 GMT]]>Give Sam’s installer a try. If I recall on Buster I had to apt-get uninstall nodejs and npm, then let the MagicMirror installer install the correct versions of those softwares.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62065https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/62065Thu, 03 Oct 2019 03:50:00 GMT