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

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      Wieber @SebTota
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      @SebTota Your MM2 is actually working, so you did not mess up :D
      You just have to configure your MM in order to boot it properly. If you go to the /MagicMirror/Config/config.js.sample file you can add all the information your mirror needs (e.g. a link to a weather api, an RSS feed for news etc) you can safe the file with ‘crtl+x’, then change the file name to config.js (just remove the ‘.sample’ bit) and press ‘y’ (this is of the top of my head, but i’m sure you can figure it out, you just have to safe the file under a different file) and reboot!

      You don’t actually have to put in your personal edits (weather, calendar etc) for it to boot normally, it just needs an ‘config.js’ file for it to stop showing the message.

      Good luck!

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        Wieber @Burner911
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        @Burner911 Great to hear it’s all working now :D

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          SebTota
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          What the heck!! I got the error message. Reset the pi. Got the message again. Gave up, then when i saw you comment I said id give it another try. I boot it up and it works. I dont know if you have some magical powers your not telling anyone about, but man I love you right now.

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            Wieber @SebTota
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            @SebTota I might have received a letter from Hogwarts once, but I would have to kill you if I told you ;)
            Have fun with your mirror!

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              SebTota
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              @Wieber Not to bother you much more but i still have one more question. When i try to access the MM like you said to change the config file i get an error.

              pi@raspberrypi:~ $ /MagicMirror/Config/config.js.sample
              -bash: /MagicMirror/Config/config.js.sample: No such file or directory

              any idea?

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                Wieber @SebTota
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                @SebTota Uuhm, can’t check right now, but if I recall correctly the directory is /home/MagicMirror/Config/config.js.sample . It’s probably due to an error I made somewhere along the line (not installing in the preferred directory)

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                  SebTota @Wieber
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                  @Wieber I have a feeling that there was a problem installing MagicMirror because my SSH disconnected but I just continued through the steps. Do you think it would help to just run the command again to install the program or is there a way to update it and it would find if there are any files missing?

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                    Wieber @SebTota
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                    @SebTota Well I think there isn’t really anything wrong with your Mirror, since it shows the default page for when the Config.js is missing.
                    What you could do is search for the ‘config.js.sample’ file with the following command:
                    find -name “config.js.sample”
                    I haven’t used this command myself, but more info on it is found here: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-find-and-locate-to-search-for-files-on-a-linux-vps

                    Edit: a loss in SSH connection doesn’t necessarily means that your Pi messed anything up, just like your PC can still run when your monitor disconnects. Although a connection loss could have a lot of reasons that would also mess up the Pi ofc ;)

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