Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
How I got my Magic Mirror working on a Raspberry Pi 0 (zero)
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@MarWind
I still didn’t get it to work using Midori in combination with Raspian Stretch Lite.
On this distribution, I could only get it to work using Epiphany or Chromium. However, their performance is much slower than Midori (which worked fine in Jessie Lite). I can’t tell if this is due to some general changes in Stretch or in the newer versions of Midori. -
How did you install Chromium on rpi 0 ?
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@hawking, thanks for your answer!
I’ll do some more testing:
*So my main issue will be now the update of mm2 :-(*
I’m running an working image on the pi zero w with npm 2.14 and node 4.2.1 for month’s now.
But after updating MM2 last week with git pull && npm install it’s broken :-( -
@noorm91
I simply didsudo apt-get install chromium-browserand the start is by
chromium-browser --incognito --kiosk http://localhost:8080I don’t know if this is a new possibility in Stretch light or is also possible in Jessie Lite (I know that there were some issues in the past). However, as I said, the performance is slow and not stable (I see that the free amount of memory gets low and the system freezes every few hours). Therefore I would prefer to use still Midori, whoch worked fine for me in Jessie. However, using Midori with Stretch I simply get a black screen. I don’t know if this is due to an error in my installation, due to changes from Jessie to Stretch, due to changes in the Midori browser, due to changes in MM (I tried to install an older version, which didn’t help) or yet another reason.
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@Kobie said in How I got my Magic Mirror working on a Raspberry Pi 0 (zero):
sudo npm install
Thanks. I was stuck on the 6th step.
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@Parth-Bhandari check this thread https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/32731
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Couldn’t get this to work at all on the new distro:
(chromium-browser:1470): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
I’ll check if the image works for me.
@Andrius-ok would be nice if you could create and upload an image.
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Hi everyone, I did not read all 16 pages of this thread but I successfully setup my MM on a Raspberry Pie Zero W, following this answer https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/1183/how-i-got-my-magic-mirror-working-on-a-raspberry-pi-0-zero/8
I decided to compile all instructions in a basic bash script since some of these steps can be quite long to execute: https://github.com/PipoloyJo/MMConfig/blob/master/setup-mirror.sh
Maybe someone else has already done the same, but I did not found it.
Only difference so far is the use of chromium over midori (I got some issues setting it up).
Thanks for this thread!
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@lasharor did you using Raspberry Pi Zero W ?
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@Andrius-ok Yes.
Tried the Image also. works fine after upgrading. Was not succesfull upgrading magicmirror however. Trying PipoloyJo solution now.
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@lasharor ok tomorrow I will share the image
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@PipoloyJo So I also tried this. Can you please specify which distro you are using? As this is not working on Jessie.
Also the script should contain apt-get upgrade in the beginning. Otherwise you’ll not be able to download most packages due to incorrect links.Trying now on stretch.
Edit: having problems with rpi-update (or upgrade), will not download the full image can’t run chrome in sandboxed mode. So tried to run MM by disabling sandboxed mode. End up with working Chrome but blank black screen.
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@lasharor I am using Raspbian Stretch. I also got issue with rpi-update, but I got MM to work without it.
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@PipoloyJo If you don’t update you can’t launch Chromium in sandboxed mode, what are your flags for chrome?
@Andrius-ok Would be great if you could share.
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@Andrius-ok said in How I got my Magic Mirror working on a Raspberry Pi 0 (zero):
@lasharor ok tomorrow I will share the image
Have you forgotten :(?
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Hi @lasharor , my apologies. Yes I have forgotten, very sorry was on long vacation.
So there is my MM image with Chromium for Raspberry Pi Zero Whttps://www.dropbox.com/sh/kdo5q1pxjluca49/AACvP81YjZik6R90BHZNiSZ5a?dl=0
note: you have to configure WiFi by yoursefl and also all modules to work properly in Yours language.
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@Andrius-ok Thank You! Worked Perfectly. Setup Wifi (your SSID and PW were still in there) and your config loaded. I am in the process of converting to my config.
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@bmarofsky said in How I got my Magic Mirror working on a Raspberry Pi 0 (zero):
@Andrius-ok Thank You! Worked Perfectly. Setup Wifi (your SSID and PW were still in there) and your config loaded. I am in the process of converting to my config.
so i have all my modules in place and the system crashes: unable to handle kernel null pointer dereference at virtual address
I’ll roll back to your setup and see if it is stable. i am using calendar, weather, clock and newsfeed- very similar to yours. -
@bmarofsky nice that you trying to work your MM more “under preasure” what can Raspberry Pi Zero W :) I believe that I take the maximum from this SBC which from the forum cannot do that I did :) by the way share and show photo ;) thats nice to see.
P.s. Now checking much more with ASUS TinkerBord - follow me! ;)
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