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

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    • B Offline
      braik @Mar
      last edited by

      @Mar
      Hi there,
      I had the same problem and the I have realized that node serveronly was not launched.
      The problem is that the command :
      cd ~/MagicMirror was not working, so I have changed it for
      cd /home/pi/MagicMirror
      and that’s it.
      Hope this can help

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        bmarofsky
        last edited by

        OK, so i am trying this again on a Pi Zero W

        I got stuck on Step 4
        so I ran:

        sudo apt-get remove nodered
        sudo apt-get remove nodejs nodejs-legacy
        sudo apt-get remove npm   # if you installed npm
        
        wget http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/node_archive_armhf.deb
        sudo dpkg -i node_archive_armhf.deb
        sudo apt-get install -y build-essential python-dev npm
        

        then again on Step 5 i got a ton of these:

        pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ sudo npm install
        npm WARN engine feedme@1.0.0: wanted: {"node":">=0.12"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})
        npm WARN engine grunt-eslint@19.0.0: wanted: {"node":">=4"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})
        npm WARN engine request@2.81.0: wanted: {"node":">= 4"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})
        npm WARN engine eslint@3.17.1: wanted: {"node":">=4"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})
        
        

        Are the updated steps or an Image that can be downloaded?

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          Hawking @bmarofsky
          last edited by Hawking

          @bmarofsky
          I’m also trying to install Magic Mirror on a Pi Zero W.

          I think one reason for the problems might be that as far as I can tell

          sudo wget http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/node_latest_armhf.deb
          sudo dpkg -i node_latest_armhf.deb
          

          got me node v4.2.1 which is quite outdated (the regular installer of MM2 updates nodes if the version of node is below 5.1.0).
          I therefore tried to install a more recent version of node following the commands here
          https://github.com/sdesalas/node-pi-zero
          However, the compilation of Magic Mirror worked neither with node 7.7.1 nor with node 6.9.1.

          Before I go into details, did anybody got Magic Mirror working on Raspberry Pi Zero W?
          Which node version (and npm version) did you use and how you he install it? Which browser did you use (I read that Midori has some problems)?

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            Mitchfarino Module Developer @ArkantosArk
            last edited by

            @ArkantosArk

            This is @SebTota 's link https://mega.nz/#!XlIU3QjI!QSdvAE3yXp1oMsdRGNte6lt4SncgvfozSDU7xhxtbbM

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              Hawking
              last edited by

              I could fix my issue with the blank screen by simply doing

              cd ~/MagicMirror/vendor
              npm install
              

              Then it seem to work (even with the node v 4.2.1). Nevertheless I will try to update to a more recent version of node, just to avoid other problems that are likely to exist in this old node version.

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                longod
                last edited by

                Hi! I have followed this guide step by step and so precisely, however I am still getting an error when I type in DISPLAY=:0 npm start through SSH. This is the output:

                pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ DISPLAY=:0 npm start
                
                > magicmirror@2.1.1 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
                > sh run-start.sh
                
                /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron: error while loading shared libraries: libXss.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
                
                npm ERR! Linux 4.4.50+
                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@2.1.1 start: `sh run-start.sh`
                npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
                npm ERR!
                npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.1.1 start script 'sh run-start.sh'.
                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!     sh run-start.sh
                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
                

                Any help on what to do to solve this would be greatly appreciated!

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                  Hawking @longod
                  last edited by

                  @longod

                  I didn’t try your way of starting the MagicMirror. However, is there a reason that you don’t use the commands in the guide to start the MagicMirror (using the start.sh and startMidori scripts)? There is no DISPLAY=:0 npm start mentioned in this thread.

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                    RV @randombullet
                    last edited by

                    @randombullet i followed those steps but i got a error it says that he cannot connect with localhost: 8080 webpage?

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                      dantodd
                      last edited by

                      have you tried just using “npm start” in ssh? That works for me.

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                        RV @dantodd
                        last edited by

                        @dantodd you mean every time i start my rasp on i need to type npm start?

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