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Third-Party Module - how to get help?
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[TAILING] Tailing last 100 lines for [all] processes (change the value with --lines option) /home/pi/.pm2/pm2.log last 100 lines: PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:19:37: PM2 log: App [mm:0] starting in -fork mode- PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:19:37: PM2 log: App [mm:0] online PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:41:26: PM2 log: Stopping app:mm id:0 PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:41:26: PM2 log: pid=4285 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:41:26: PM2 log: pid=4285 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:41:26: PM2 log: pid=4285 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:41:26: PM2 log: pid=4285 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:41:26: PM2 log: pid=4285 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:41:26: PM2 log: pid=4285 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:41:27: PM2 log: pid=4285 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:41:27: PM2 log: pid=4285 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:41:27: PM2 log: pid=4285 msg=failed to kill - 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retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:46:33: PM2 log: App [mm:0] exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT] PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:46:33: PM2 log: pid=4667 msg=process killed PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:46:33: PM2 log: App [mm:0] starting in -fork mode- PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:46:33: PM2 log: App [mm:0] online PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:47:42: PM2 log: Stopping app:mm id:0 PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:47:43: PM2 log: pid=4822 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:47:43: PM2 log: App [mm:0] exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT] PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:47:43: PM2 log: pid=4822 msg=process killed PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:47:43: PM2 log: App [mm:0] starting in -fork mode- PM2 | 2019-12-12T14:47:43: PM2 log: App [mm:0] online PM2 | 2019-12-12T15:00:40: PM2 log: Stopping app:mm id:0 PM2 | 2019-12-12T15:00:41: PM2 log: pid=4943 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T15:00:41: PM2 log: pid=4943 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T15:00:41: PM2 log: pid=4943 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T15:00:41: PM2 log: pid=4943 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T15:00:41: PM2 log: pid=4943 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T15:00:41: PM2 log: pid=4943 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T15:00:41: PM2 log: pid=4943 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T15:00:41: PM2 log: pid=4943 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T15:00:41: PM2 log: pid=4943 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T15:00:42: PM2 log: pid=4943 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T15:00:42: PM2 log: pid=4943 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T15:00:42: PM2 log: pid=4943 msg=failed to kill - retrying in 100ms PM2 | 2019-12-12T15:00:42: PM2 log: App [mm:0] exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT] PM2 | 2019-12-12T15:00:42: PM2 log: pid=4943 msg=process killed /home/pi/.pm2/logs/mm-error.log last 100 lines: 0|mm | [5004:1212/145553.006275:FATAL:memory.cc(22)] Out of memory. size=96641024 /home/pi/.pm2/logs/mm-out.log last 100 lines: 0|mm | No helper found for module: weatherforecast. 0|mm | All module helpers loaded. 0|mm | Starting server on port 8080 ... 0|mm | Server started ... 0|mm | Connecting socket for: MMM-ImagesPhotos 0|mm | Starting node helper for: MMM-ImagesPhotos 0|mm | Connecting socket for: updatenotification 0|mm | Connecting socket for: calendar 0|mm | Starting node helper for: calendar 0|mm | Sockets connected & modules started ... 0|mm | Launching application. 0|mm | Create new calendar fetcher for url: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/EDITED%40gmail.com/EDITED/basic.ics - 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Interval: 900000 0|mm | 0|mm | > magicmirror@2.9.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror 0|mm | > sh run-start.sh 0|mm | 0|mm | Starting MagicMirror: v2.9.0 0|mm | Loading config ... 0|mm | Loading module helpers ... 0|mm | Initializing new module helper ... 0|mm | Module helper loaded: MMM-ImagesPhotos 0|mm | No helper found for module: alert. 0|mm | Initializing new module helper ... 0|mm | Module helper loaded: updatenotification 0|mm | No helper found for module: clock. 0|mm | Initializing new module helper ... 0|mm | Module helper loaded: calendar 0|mm | No helper found for module: currentweather. 0|mm | No helper found for module: weatherforecast. 0|mm | All module helpers loaded. 0|mm | Starting server on port 8080 ... 0|mm | Server started ... 0|mm | Connecting socket for: MMM-ImagesPhotos 0|mm | Starting node helper for: MMM-ImagesPhotos 0|mm | Connecting socket for: updatenotification 0|mm | Connecting socket for: calendar 0|mm | Starting node helper for: calendar 0|mm | Sockets connected & modules started ... 0|mm | Launching application. 0|mm | Create new calendar fetcher for url: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/EDITED%40gmail.com/EDITED/basic.ics - 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@ember1205 you need to use position:‘fullscreen’ for my sizing to work.
there is a space around the picture, its NOT ‘fullscreen’, its the fullscreen section of the mirror ui.
i adjust the pic to fix exactly with the same relative dimensions as actual
I do not fill (cover) the screen
and do not contain (the image)
whatever it takes to get 100% of the image, no clipping, onto the screen.
they will NEVER fill the screen, the measurements are different.
the grey is the background color in the config to use to fill the empty space around the pic
backgroundColor: "#808080", // the default is #000 , ie, blackthe pics are centered on the screen
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@ember1205 if you don’t use position:“fullscreen” then the image will be clipped or shrunk based on the area u pick, which is less that 100% of the display space.
I wanted a full background image without clipping or stretching
I checked a few thousand images to insure the right calculations.
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I tried with the config you provided:
{ module: "MMM-ImagesPhotos", position: "fullscreen", config: { opacity: 0.9, animationSpeed: 0, updateInterval: 30000, // how often to change pic backgroundColor: "#808080", // color around pic (if u want something other than black) }, },This results in the photos running off the edges of the screen and not being able to view the entire image. I have also tried using the config on the project page, and adding the maxHeight and maxWidth variables as well.
Just for the heck of it, I even tried using the “fullscreen_below” positioning area that the other module uses.
The photos always run off the edge of the screen. And by a lot.
As of right now, these are all photos that were shot on a 24MP DSLR and they are being displayed on a 1080 TV. There is definitely more pixels in the photo and the device needs to ‘resize’ them down to fit the screen (which it does not appear to be doing).
While you don’t ‘contain’ the images, I do recall that was an option being used in the other module that would ensure they did not overrun the screen edges. Is there a config option for yours that would enable it?
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@ember1205 no. Contain…etc.
My pics are from a Nikon D3300 24mp I don’t see anything strange.
U set fullscreen. I add .above
I just checked 50 pics, and they display exactly the same as shown in Windows Media viewer and explorer.
I just installed the module on two systems. Pi3 and pi4. Cut/pasted the config I posted and both systems present the same. One at 1920x1080, and one at 3840x2160. I get the screen size dynamically. Nothing is hard coded
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@ember1205 the pics above are without any mods… installed MM, install the module, linked to my server and started MM… they reach to the top of the window or the side (only a few), never both
no border around. not used space is filled with the background color.if u accidentally zoomed in the browser using ctrl-+, it sadly remembers across instances
ctrl-minus sign will zoom out again
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I’ll definitely give it a try. But… If it were a browser zoom issue, wouldn’t that prevent the other module from displaying them properly as well?
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@ember1205 yes…
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I just added a little bit of debug messaging…
go to the MMM-ImagesPhotos folder, and do a git pull
then edit the config and add
debug:true,then restart MM
using keyboard, hit ctrl-shift-i, a window will open on right side, select the tab labeled console, and type
image into the field labeled filter…now u will see messages from the module as it loads images and gets the image actual size, and sets the location and dimension of the image to be displayed… like this sizes are width/height
top is the top left corner (all locations are relative to the top left corner of the screen, 0,0 is the top left… so 0:72 is all the way left and 72 pixels down. (note its centered, so height+2*offset = max,.MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:237 image setting size to 3023:2015
MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:238 image setting top to 0:72
2015+72*2=2159 (of 2160) in this caseMM-ImagesPhotos.js:222 image loaded=http://localhost:8080/MMM-ImagesPhotos/photo/DSC_0491.JPG size=4000:6000 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:237 image setting size to 1440:2160 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:238 image setting top to 791:0 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:222 image loaded=http://localhost:8080/MMM-ImagesPhotos/photo/PICT0097.JPG size=5472:3648 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:237 image setting size to 3023:2015 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:238 image setting top to 0:72 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:222 image loaded=http://localhost:8080/MMM-ImagesPhotos/photo/DSC_0027.JPG size=6000:4000 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:237 image setting size to 3023:2015 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:238 image setting top to 0:72 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:222 image loaded=http://localhost:8080/MMM-ImagesPhotos/photo/DSC_0476.JPG size=6000:4000 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:237 image setting size to 3023:2015 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:238 image setting top to 0:72 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:222 image loaded=http://localhost:8080/MMM-ImagesPhotos/photo/DSC_0042.JPG size=6000:4000 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:237 image setting size to 3023:2015 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:238 image setting top to 0:72 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:222 image loaded=http://localhost:8080/MMM-ImagesPhotos/photo/DSC_0198.JPG size=6000:4000 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:237 image setting size to 3023:2015 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:238 image setting top to 0:72 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:222 image loaded=http://localhost:8080/MMM-ImagesPhotos/photo/DSC_0720.JPG size=4496:3000 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:237 image setting size to 3023:2017 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:238 image setting top to 0:71 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:222 image loaded=http://localhost:8080/MMM-ImagesPhotos/photo/DSC_0697.JPG size=3000:4496 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:237 image setting size to 1441:2160 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:238 image setting top to 791:0 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:222 image loaded=http://localhost:8080/MMM-ImagesPhotos/photo/DSC_0319.JPG size=4000:6000 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:237 image setting size to 1440:2160 MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:238 image setting top to 791:0 -
“do a get pull”… To date, I’ve done little with repositories - can you elaborate on how I do this to make sure I do it correctly?
Also… Some updates.
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CTRL - does not affect image size in any way. It DOES affect the sizing of the text for the other modules, though.
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I believe that I have determined that the desktop / browser “believes” that it is in portrait mode. The images seem to be getting constrained properly, but because the browser is configured to be as tall as it is, I’m losing all kinds of content off the bottom of the screen. If I do a CTRL-SHIFT-I and then turn on the device toolbar, I see a full vertical representation of the browser and I can see the entire image. As I increase the zoom, it becomes apparent where the image is getting clipped vertically.
Thoughts?
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@ember1205
do a get pull…No
“do a git pull”Do
cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-ImagesPhotos git pullThat copies the latest from a remote repo and updates the local copy and working directory.
I don’t understand how electron thinks it should be in portrait mode. Never seen that
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@sdetweil yeh, you should NOT zoom in
I wonder if this has anything to do with the fake kms driver?
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git pull says everything up to date and didn’t do anything. No image size info available.
I tried reverting TO the fake driver as I was not using it (real one instead) and that hasn’t made any difference. I also tried editing the startup file to remove the rotate setting, also didn’t help.
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@ember1205 did u install.my MMM-ImagesPhotos or the original?
I JUST updated mine before telling u, and I just checked the new code is there.
In the MMM-ImagePhotos folder do
git remote -v
Should point to sdetweil -
I followed the directions on the page for your module:
Clone this repository inside your MagicMirror's modules folder cd ~/MagicMirror/modules git clone https://github.com/roramirez/MMM-ImagesPhotos.git.I saw the reference to roramirez, but as I said - I don’t do a lot with git, so I have to go with what’s on the page. Did that install the original?
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@ember1205 yes, u installed the original… when one develops enhancements of a git project, you make a connected copy (fork), anything u change can be sent back to the author with a ‘pull request’. I didn’t change any of his install instructions.
when u are on a git project, there is a button, clone or download(the fork, not the original), u press that, and then click the little clipboard icon to copy the url for the git clone command
at any time, you can see where your instance is sourced from by doing
git remote -vin the module folder
so, I would rename the current folder out of the way (the original doesn’t work at all for me)
cd ~/MagicMirror/modules mv MMM-ImagesPhotos MMM-ImagesPhotos.orig git clone https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-ImagesPhotosand then restart the mirror
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Sigh. Best laid plans… lol
At any rate - I actually rm’ed the original dir and re-did the clone using YOUR version. Came right up and started working properly right out of the gate.
Thanks for not only all of the help, but all of the patience. I do learn quickly, and this should now remain fairly firmly entrenched in my brain going forward.
Now I’m off to see how to modify the CSS of MM to change some of the font aspects for text!
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@ember1205 cool. thanks for the feedback… come on back when u need help, there are amazing talented folks who can help with just about everything!
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I know this is marked ‘solved’, but I wanted to mention that A ) the module does still crash with “out of memory” errors and B ) a little bit of investigative tinkering makes me think that this all ties back to a garbage collection issue with Java.
If I change the timing of how often the images change, I can effectively ‘force’ or almost eliminate a crash. The shorter the duration between photos, the more likely a crash will occur. I changed the timing to 45 seconds and saw the setup run reliably from power on at 7AM until power off at 11PM for multiple days in a row.
Shortening the window down to 5 seconds between images will cause the system to crash typically within about 10-15 minutes at a maximum.
At no time do I actively witness memory levels dropping down to zero, but that could just be “bad luck” in not seeing the issue arise when it errors out. Is there an easy way on the Pi to track a process and watch for a specific, correlating event when something crashes?
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Also - I caught this error with your debug output:
Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) :8080/MMM-ImagesPhotos/photos:1That’s at the beginning of the console output along with another error I have seen later in the console:
MMM-ImagesPhotos Could not load photos photosrequest.onreadystatechange @ :8080/modules/MMM-ImagesPhotos/MMM-ImagesPhotos.js:65Any thoughts on those?
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