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    Does magicmirror need minimal X11 to run?

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      lpt2007
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      Does magicmirror need minimal X11 to run?

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        sdetweil @lpt2007
        last edited by sdetweil

        @lpt2007 if u want to run it on the same system, yes, it is a graphical application,
        if you want to access the server from a remote system (only) , then no… it can run in serveronly mode

        for pi 0, the local embedded browser (electron) is no longer available for the version of node now being provided, so we drop back to serveronly mode and use chromium-browser to run the mirror locally, but that requires graphical mode

        as most users don’t know all this, i updated the run-start.sh script to do all this for you.
        if no X11, (system in console mode) then run in serveronly

        Sam

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          lpt2007
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          I try to run it in docker container with gui on my pi . But when I start it, there is no output to HDMI. MM starts in server mode no matter what I do.

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            sdetweil @lpt2007
            last edited by sdetweil

            @lpt2007 said in Does magicmirror need minimal X11 to run?:

            I try to run it in docker container with gui on my pi

            which docker container?

            the linked one starts MM in serveronly inside the container and then u use a browser on the outside of the container to access to exposed port.

            there is a second docker solution that uses the fact that one can SEE and ACCESS the docker runtime and launches electron to push content out to the X11 gui… this is really cheating…
            but there was a fix created

            replace the run-start.sh with this one from the next release
            https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/develop/run-start.sh

            Sam

            How to add modules

            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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              lpt2007 @sdetweil
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              @sdetweil said in Does magicmirror need minimal X11 to run?:

              replace the run-start.sh with this one from the next release
              https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/develop/run-start.sh

              I changed run-start.sh file and now I get this error:

              > magicmirror@2.10.1 start /root/MagicMirror
              > ./run-start.sh
              /root/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-3.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
              npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
              npm ERR! syscall spawn
              npm ERR! file sh
              npm ERR! errno ENOENT
              npm ERR! magicmirror@2.10.1 start: `./run-start.sh`
              npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
              npm ERR! 
              npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.10.1 start script.
              npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
              npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
              npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2020-01-15T11_40_27_011Z-debug.log
              
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                sdetweil @lpt2007
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                @lpt2007 graphical stuff not loaded in container.

                Sam

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                  sdetweil
                  last edited by sdetweil

                  I would look at this docker setup
                  https://gitlab.com/khassel/magicmirror

                  Otherwise run container in serveronly mode and use chrome on the pi to view the app.

                  Sam

                  How to add modules

                  learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                    lpt2007 @sdetweil
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                    @sdetweil said in Does magicmirror need minimal X11 to run?:

                    @lpt2007 graphical stuff not loaded in container.

                    I added needed graphical libraries, now I get this error:

                    /root/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron: /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libdbus-1.so.3: no version information available (required by /root/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron)
                    /root/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron: /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libdbus-1.so.3: no version information available (required by /root/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron)
                    npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
                    npm ERR! errno 1
                    npm ERR! magicmirror@2.10.1 start: `./run-start.sh`
                    npm ERR! Exit status 1
                    npm ERR!
                    npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.10.1 start script.
                    npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
                    
                    npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
                    npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2020-01-16T19_00_47_796Z-debug.log
                    
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                      sdetweil @lpt2007
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                      @lpt2007 need more libraries.

                      I’d run serveronly in the container, and use chromium from outside the container

                      Sam

                      How to add modules

                      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                        lpt2007 @sdetweil
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                        @sdetweil said in Does magicmirror need minimal X11 to run?:

                        @lpt2007 need more libraries.

                        I’d run serveronly in the container, and use chromium from outside the container

                        Thanks, but this is not an option, because I try to use mm as addon for Home Assistant and I use hassos image. The mm will be one of the systems I will use on rpi and I will call them trough ha when I need them.

                        Any idea what error I posted means?

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