config

[cowboysdude]

Cannot express this enough… if you have a working config make a copy of it before you make changes that way you can either
a. compare the working with the non-working config
or
b. switch back to the working config.

[La7dan]

@geo give me the name of the module and the location I will help you to make it works! thank you

[La7dan]

@Mykle1 Thank you thats help a lot.

[geo]

@cowboysdude hi thx for that when you say make a copy where is it saved to.cheers

[geo]

@La7dan hi again firstly the mm no longer opens on boot.
i have the calander but with us hols.i would like uk weather and news.cheers

[La7dan]

@geo did you install pm2 ? and follow the instructions ?
https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Auto-Starting-MagicMirror

show me your config so I could fix it. im online for an hour we could get it done

[sdetweil]

@La7dan if you use one of the installer scripts… listed on the MM github page, or mine listed here in the forums (see here https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10171/anyone-want-to-try-updated-installer

it will setup pm2, and turn off the screensaver…as part of the mm install…

[sdetweil]

@geo where? its up to you…
copy it to the same folder as config.js.saved
or to another folder
or to a server disk,
or to a drop box , or google drive

depends on how ‘safe’ you want to be…

its just a copy command

cp config.js config.js.save

[geo]

@cowboysdude can it be copied to the config sample

[sdetweil]

@geo you do not want to copy over the sample…

[geo]

@La7dan hi,mm not opening now on boot.
i have the cal and clock on uk time with us hols,would like the news to be uk,i dont have the weather.
thx

[La7dan]

try

pm2 start 0

is the magicmirror working ?

[sdetweil]

@geo has it always not been opening on boot?

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

if the mm won’t start at all, that is a different problem

new on uk… which news source do you want? open their page, and scroll down to the bottom… thy usually list rss feeds

[sdetweil]

@La7dan just use pm2

[La7dan]

@sdetweil true service could be confusing

[La7dan]

@geo http://rss.cnn.com/services/podcasting/cnn10/rss.xml
this is an example for CNN news/.

[sdetweil]

@La7dan use the search feature on your favorite news site… here from the bbc, to find an rss feed to put into the news config

https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=rss

[geo]

@La7dan hi sorry for the delay the mm is up and running

[geo]

@sdetweil hi can you tell me how and where i can backup the config to in case i make more mistakes cheers

[sdetweil]

@geo open a terminal window
Then do

cd ~/MagicMirror/config
cp config.js config.js.save

That saves your current config.js to another file