hdmi_force_hotplug=1
hdmi_ignore_edid=0xa5000080
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=81

do you mind sharing your /boot/config.txt please?

Also after doing these settings the raspberry pi doesnt connect to wifi.

Its a disaster this rpi 4 tbh

maybe run raspiconfig. and select boot to desktop?

u have already installed both… again there is only ONE install process, but two ways to run

today

issue the following commands (either set)
run both

cd ~/MagicMirror
npm start

or
run serveronly

cd ~/MagicMirror
node serveronly

Now with regards to the install script I do not need to follow this link (https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Auto-Starting-MagicMirror) to autostart magicmirror? as you said thats all taken care in the install script? Am i correct? or?

Because eventually my raspberry pi 4 will be inside the 2 way mirror running the Magic Mirror software.

well, in that model, typically, u have both server and browser running on same machine (pi 4) inside the actual mirror enclosure on the wall), so NOT serveronly mode

see the forum section https://forum.magicmirror.builders/category/12/show-your-mirror
where people are showing their implementations, with the whole setup

but two ways to run…

but if u don’t have a display, then u are forced into serveronly mode

from the readme

https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#server-only

from manual installation
https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#manual-installation

Manual Installation
Download and install the latest Node.js version:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt install -y nodejs
Clone the repository and check out the master branch: git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror
Enter the repository: cd MagicMirror/
Install and run the app with: npm install && npm start
For Server Only use: npm install && node serveronly .   // < -------

the mirror is run without a display (server only), and some browser somewhere is used to
access the ‘web server’

you might do 2 where u want to provide Mirror access to multiple systems but don’t need it where the pi is installed…

ok makes sense. I normally access the mirror by port forwarding my raspberry pi on port 8080 and thats how I can access it on different machines or at work. And I like it that way to be fair. Because eventually my raspberry pi 4 will be inside the 2 way mirror running the Magic Mirror software.

MagicMirror is a web application.

it can be run in two different models

1. the browser and ‘web server’ are the same app, on the same machine
   other machines can access the ‘web server’ part too

2. the mirror is run without a display (server only), and some browser somewhere is used to
   access the ‘web server’

you might do 2 where u want to provide Mirror access to multiple systems but don’t need it where the pi is installed…

lets start again please. I install mm using the script, what do I do next? do I need to worry about pm2? I suppose installing using the script installs MM as the server on the raspberry pi?

Do I have to worry about installing pm2? will Magic Mirror run automatically if I was to reboot my raspberry? etc?

the current installation only tries to run on the real display… YOU have to figure it out otherwise…
(which we are doing here in this topic)

yeah it returned nothing.

awesome! thanks

the new code isn’t used on my install except for pi0, which won’t work anymore without some changes

so shall I follow your script i.e. https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10171/anyone-want-to-try-updated-installer
and reinstall MagicMirror?

Do I have to worry about installing pm2? will Magic Mirror run automatically if I was to reboot my raspberry? etc?

to be fair I want to install and run Magic Mirror on my raspberry. I suppose that is server mode? and not client mode? whats the difference sorry ?

can you do

pgrep Xorg 

from the ssh terminal…

I’m guessing it should return nothing…

my new run-start.sh script in next release, will detect text mode and start your installation in serveronly automagically.,! (pm2 just starts the script)

to be fair the instrcutions on github on installing MagicMirror are little confusing as the installation script asks you if you want to use pm2 and when you say yes it should automatically run magicmirror via pm2.

however there is this link (https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Auto-Starting-MagicMirror) on the github explaining how to auto starting the magic mirror. And when you follow this link you end up having two instances of magic mirror on pm2 i.e. MagicMirror and mm. Thats confusing!

Do I still have to follow the autostarting magicmirror link? or is the install script sufficient?

if u want to see it from some other system, then do

cd ~/MagicMirror
node serveronly

it will tell you what IP address to put into the browser on your other system

if u are running in console (text) mode, then you must run in serveronly, and use a browser from some other system …

I have my 4b running MM without problem, altho I used the updated install script (to be the official version on next release)
see here https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10171/anyone-want-to-try-updated-installer