How to start smart mirror

Atahan

Hi there
I am new raspberry and I install magicmiror.
When I run the software with the code I shared below, nothing appears on the screen.

cd ~/MagicMirror

DISPLAY=:0 npm start

When I look at module file from file manager, I see that modules like clock, calendar are installed. I’d appreciate it if you could help me.

PS: I use raspberry pi4 2Gb and television

qu1que

Take a look at your config.js file. At first installation, you have a file called config.js.sample. You must rename that file to config.js and try again.

The path to those files is: /home/pi/MagicMirror/config/

Atahan

@qu1que said in How to start smart mirror:

Take a look at your config.js file. At first installation, you have a file called config.js.sample. You must rename that file to config.js and try again.

The path to those files is: /home/pi/MagicMirror/config/

Thank you for your comment. I try this but it doens’t fix. Can I ask one more question

Does config file contain both config.js and config.js.sample files?

qu1que

@Atahan

On a clean installation of MM, only config.js.sample exists, I think. You have to rename it to config.js and configure it as you wish. If config.js doesn’t exists, you can not watch anything on the screen of your mirror.

Mykle1

@Atahan

I would make a copy of the config,js,sample and rename the copy to config.js, leaving the sample file as a safety net in case something goes wrong when you start editing.

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4528/how-to-create-a-working-config-for-absolute-beginners

sdetweil

The installer should have done all this for you

qu1que

@Mykle1

Yes, always is a good idea to make a backup of a file before modified it :winking_face: