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    How I got my Magic Mirror working on a Raspberry Pi 0 (zero)

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      hoggboss22
      last edited by

      I thought the same thing, i changed from 8080 to 9090 and it gave me the same error. I ran the net stat command to find the port being in used and guess what… there was nothing that is using 8080 or 9090

      Active Internet connections (only servers)
      Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State      
      tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:ssh             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN     
      tcp6       0      0 [::]:tproxy             [::]:*                  LISTEN     
      tcp6       0      0 [::]:ssh                [::]:*                  LISTEN     
      udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:mdns            0.0.0.0:*                          
      udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:49645           0.0.0.0:*                          
      udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:bootpc          0.0.0.0:*                          
      udp6       0      0 [::]:mdns               [::]:*                             
      udp6       0      0 [::]:44605              [::]:*                             
      raw6       0      0 [::]:ipv6-icmp          [::]:*                  7          
      Active UNIX domain sockets (only servers)
      Proto RefCnt Flags       Type       State         I-Node   Path
      unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     7951     /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket
      unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     7954     /var/run/avahi-daemon/socket
      unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     7957     /run/thd.socket
      unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     10463    @/tmp/.X11-unix/X0
      unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     5161     /run/systemd/fsck.progress
      unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     10321    /run/user/1000/systemd/private
      unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     10326    /run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent
      unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     10329    /run/user/1000/bus
      unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     4967     /run/systemd/private
      unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     10331    /run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent.browser
      unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     10363    /run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent.ssh
      unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     10365    /run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent.extra
      unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     8845     /var/run/dhcpcd.sock
      unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     5005     /run/systemd/journal/stdout
      unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     8847     /var/run/dhcpcd.unpriv.sock
      unix  2      [ ACC ]     SEQPACKET  LISTENING     5325     /run/udev/control
      unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     10464    /tmp/.X11-unix/X0
      
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        12wsx
        last edited by

        Hello:) I have similar problem. Magic Mirror installed from image downloaded from this thread. Installed on piZero. Working ok. On screen there was a message to update. I did this and now MM not working. Try config with only clock. Not help.
        Full update log.

         Starting MagicMirror: v2.1.0
        Loading config ...
        Loading module helpers ...
        No helper found for module: clock.
        All module helpers loaded.
        Starting server op port 8080 ...
        Server started ...
        Sockets connected & modules started ...
        
        Ready to go! Please point your browser to: http://localhost:8080
        Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
        { [Error: listen EADDRINUSE :::8080]
          code: 'EADDRINUSE',
          errno: 'EADDRINUSE',
          syscall: 'listen',
          address: '::',
          port: 8080 }
        MagicMirror will not quit, but it might be a good idea to check why this happene                                                                                                                     d. Maybe no internet connection?
        If you think this really is an issue, please open an issue on GitHub: https://gi                                                                                                                     thub.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues
        
        (EE)
        Fatal server error:
        (EE) Server is already active for display 0
                If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
                and start again.
        (EE)
        (EE)
        Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
                 at http://wiki.x.org
         for help.
        (EE)
        XIO:  fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0"
              after 7 requests (7 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
        pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ^C
        pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo su
        root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# cd ~/MagicMirror && sudo npm install
        bash: cd: /root/MagicMirror: No such file or directory
        root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# cd MagicMirror
        root@raspberrypi:/home/pi/MagicMirror# sudo npm install
        npm WARN peerDependencies The peer dependency stylelint@^8.0.0 included from stylelint-config-standard will no
        npm WARN peerDependencies longer be automatically installed to fulfill the peerDependency
        npm WARN peerDependencies in npm 3+. Your application will need to depend on it explicitly.
        npm WARN peerDependencies The peer dependency stylelint@^8.0.0 included from stylelint-config-recommended will no
        npm WARN peerDependencies longer be automatically installed to fulfill the peerDependency
        npm WARN peerDependencies in npm 3+. Your application will need to depend on it explicitly.
        npm WARN peerDependencies The peer dependency stylelint@^8.0.0 included from grunt-stylelint will no
        npm WARN peerDependencies longer be automatically installed to fulfill the peerDependency
        npm WARN peerDependencies in npm 3+. Your application will need to depend on it explicitly.
        npm ERR! Linux 4.4.34+
        npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
        npm ERR! node v4.2.1
        npm ERR! npm  v2.14.7
        npm ERR! code EPEERINVALID
        
        npm ERR! peerinvalid The package stylelint@7.7.1 does not satisfy its siblings' peerDependencies requirements!
        npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer grunt-stylelint@0.9.0 wants stylelint@^8.0.0
        npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer stylelint-config-standard@17.0.0 wants stylelint@^8.0.0
        
        npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
        npm ERR!     /home/pi/MagicMirror/npm-debug.log
        root@raspberrypi:/home/pi/MagicMirror# vendor && npm install
        bash: vendor: command not found
        root@raspberrypi:/home/pi/MagicMirror#
        
        
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          A Former User @12wsx
          last edited by A Former User

          @12wsx
          Sometimes, this error seems to happen when MM is terminated abnormally. (I don’t know what is normal termination. :D)
          In my case, execution npm for debug or test after first normal pm2 bootup makes this error.(Of course, before npm start dev I stopped pm2 process.)
          For the solution, I change port from 8080 to 8081 or from 8081 to 8080(when I meet this problem again). It seems that after some minutes the port is freed automatically(or by execution with port changed.). And fortunately for me, first execution of MM(by pm2 on bootup) is always a success. So… I stop caring about this.

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            12wsx
            last edited by

            my I please someone to make an image of sd card with installed and working MM? i’m trying about week to run MM on piZero and nothing… all the time diffrent errors which i don’t understand.

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              psteimann @12wsx
              last edited by

              @12wsx Change the Port from 8080 to 8099 and then try again…solved a lot of problems for me…

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                Hawking
                last edited by

                After some weeks with the MagicMirror running, my SD card got corrupted and I decided to reinstall the system from scratch. I switched from “Jessie Light” to “Stretch light”, used node 6.11.4 and of course the latest MagicMirror 2.1.3.

                I can access the MM from the browser of my laptop, but Midori only shows a white page. Even for a very simple config file:

                var config = {
                        address: "",
                        port: 8080,
                        ipWhitelist: ["192.168.2.185", "127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1"],
                        language: "en",
                        units: "metric",
                        modules: [
                        {
                                module: "helloworld",
                                position: "bottom_bar",
                                config: {
                                        text: "Hello world!"
                                }
                        }
                        ]
                
                };
                
                /*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
                if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}
                

                The start of MM gives no error

                Starting MagicMirror: v2.1.3
                Loading config ...
                Loading module helpers ...
                No helper found for module: helloworld.
                All module helpers loaded.
                Starting server on port 8080 ...
                Server started ...
                Sockets connected & modules started ...
                
                Ready to go! Please point your browser to: http://localhost:8080
                

                and if I change from

                midori -e Fullscreen -a http://localhost:8080
                

                to

                midori -e Fullscreen -a http://www.google.de
                

                I see the google page. So Midori itself and the output on screen seems working as well.

                Is anybody having an idea where to search for the error?
                Is anybody using MagicMirror 2.1.3 on its Pi Zero?

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                  Doubleve @Hawking
                  last edited by

                  @Hawking same problem rpi 1

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                    noorm91 @Doubleve
                    last edited by

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                      12wsx
                      last edited by

                      first set:
                      set ipWhitelist: [] to allow all IP addresses.

                      Warning, this enables from everywhere (on your net) have access.
                      then in webbrowser go to pizero ip with port set in config ex. 192.168.1.12:8080 and check if its working

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                        Doubleve
                        last edited by Doubleve

                        don’t work for me, cannot connect to destination :-(

                        when i do

                        DISPLAY=:0 npm start

                        npm ERR! path /home/pi/package.json
                        npm ERR! code ENOENT
                        npm ERR! errno -2
                        npm ERR! syscall open
                        npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/home/pi/package.json’
                        npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
                        npm ERR! enoent

                        npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
                        npm ERR! /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2017-10-19T18_58_10_170Z-debug.log

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                          Doubleve @Doubleve
                          last edited by

                          why he’s looking for /home/pi/package.json then it is /home/pi/MagicMirror/package.json ?

                          This is my log

                          /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2017-10-19T18_58_10_170Z-debug.log:

                          0 info it worked if it ends with ok
                          1 verbose cli [ ‘/usr/local/bin/node’, ‘/usr/local/bin/npm’, ‘start’ ]
                          2 info using npm@5.3.0
                          3 info using node@v8.3.0
                          4 verbose config Skipping project config: /home/pi/.npmrc. (matches userconfig)
                          5 verbose stack Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/home/pi/package.json’
                          6 verbose cwd /home/pi
                          7 verbose Linux 4.1.19+
                          8 verbose argv “/usr/local/bin/node” “/usr/local/bin/npm” “start”
                          9 verbose node v8.3.0
                          10 verbose npm v5.3.0
                          11 error path /home/pi/package.json
                          12 error code ENOENT
                          13 error errno -2
                          14 error syscall open
                          15 error enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/home/pi/package.json’
                          16 error enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
                          17 verbose exit [ -2, true ]

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                            Hawking @Doubleve
                            last edited by

                            @Doubleve
                            In which directory did you execute npm start
                            ? I would assume you would first go to your MagicMirror directory (cd /home/pi/MagicMirror ). This would also explain the problem with the missing package.json file.

                            However, I’m not sure if npm start works at all in combination with the serveronly mode (needed for the Pi Zero). For starting, I use the method described in the first post of this thread in the section “Setting up boot scripts”.

                            I can acccess my MM from remote, however still didn’t get it to show in the Midori browser :-/

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                              Doubleve
                              last edited by

                              as you said I was not in the right record.
                              I had an error with the libnss3 library. Now more error

                              DISPLAY =: 0 npm start

                              magicmirror@2.1.3 start / home / pi / MagicMirror
                              sh run-start.sh

                              pi @ raspberrypi ~ / MagicMirror $ npm run config: check

                              magicmirror@2.1.3 config: check / home / pi / MagicMirror
                              node tests / configs / check_config.js

                              Checking file … /home/pi/MagicMirror/config/config.js
                              Your configuration file not containt syntax error :)

                              but it still does not work with midori

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                                noorm91
                                last edited by

                                What does npm start do in /MagicMirror

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                                  bhepler Module Developer @noorm91
                                  last edited by

                                  @noorm91 npm start is the command to start the Magic Mirror application and display the interface on the screen.

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                                    noorm91 @bhepler
                                    last edited by

                                    @bhepler
                                    I can’t seem to start MM with npm start, tried through SSH and directly on rpi with keyboard.

                                    pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ DISPLAY=:0 nohup npm start &
                                    [1] 890
                                    pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ nohup: ignoring input and appending output to ‘nohup.out’
                                    ^C
                                    [1]+ Exit 1 DISPLAY=:0 nohup npm start

                                    pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $
                                    pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm start

                                    magicmirror@2.1.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
                                    electron js/electron.js

                                    /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron: error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

                                    npm ERR! Linux 4.4.34+
                                    npm ERR! argv “/usr/local/bin/node” “/usr/local/bin/npm” “start”
                                    npm ERR! node v4.2.1
                                    npm ERR! npm v2.14.7
                                    npm ERR! file sh
                                    npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
                                    npm ERR! errno ENOENT
                                    npm ERR! syscall spawn
                                    npm ERR! magicmirror@2.1.0 start: electron js/electron.js
                                    npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
                                    npm ERR!
                                    npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.1.0 start script ‘electron js/electron.js’.
                                    npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the magicmirror package,
                                    npm ERR! not with npm itself.
                                    npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
                                    npm ERR! electron js/electron.js
                                    npm ERR! You can get their info via:
                                    npm ERR! npm owner ls magicmirror
                                    npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

                                    npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
                                    npm ERR! /home/pi/MagicMirror/npm-debug.log

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                                      Hawking @noorm91
                                      last edited by

                                      @noorm91 said in How I got my Magic Mirror working on a Raspberry Pi 0 (zero):

                                      @bhepler
                                      I can’t seem to start MM with npm start

                                      Thats what I expected for the Pi Zero. Did you try the method described in the first post of this thread in the section “Setting up boot scripts”?

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                                        Doubleve
                                        last edited by

                                        I took everything back with the first post everything works !!!

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                                          Hawking @Doubleve
                                          last edited by

                                          @Doubleve
                                          Can you tell me which Linux distribution (lsb_release -a), node version ( node -v ) and version of MM you are using?

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                                            delusional112
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi guys, I saw someone asked before, isn’t there anyone who has a working image for MM2 on a Pi Zero. I tried a lot of things before, cant get it to work. Now, I don’t have a lot of time to experiment with it, school and work are killing me. My mirror is lying around, unused. Please help me out here,
                                            Thanks!!

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