Does magicmirror need minimal X11 to run?

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.

lpt2007

@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

sdetweil

@lpt2007 need more libraries.

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

lpt2007

@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?

sdetweil

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

Any idea what error I posted means?

yes, u need more libraries loaded into the container…

/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libdbus-1.so.3

sdetweil

@lpt2007 use the other docker image I posted a link to… it ‘supposedly’ works… but depends on a security breach in my opinion,
letting a container write directly to the docker host XWIndows

sdetweil

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

Thanks, but this is not an option, because I try to use mm as addon for Home Assistant and I use hassos image

i don’t really understand, as BOTH approaches will require some browser to be running ON the HASSOS image ALL THE TIME… (somewhere)

lpt2007

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

yes, u need more libraries loaded into the container…
/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libdbus-1.so.3

This library is already installed.

sdetweil

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

This library is already installed.

no version information available

https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/16364

lpt2007

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

not the right one

I installed this one:

root@local-mm:/# apt install libdbus-1-3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libdbus-1-3 is already the newest version (1.10.28-0+deb9u1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

sdetweil

@lpt2007 i don’t know… the error says its not right.
I don’t know how to solve it…

again, I would go look at that other docker container which does what you want (maybe)

lpt2007

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

i don’t really understand, as BOTH approaches will require some browser to be running ON the HASSOS image ALL THE TIME… (somewhere)

Container with mm must connect to host display. I made something simmilar with kodi media center in docker container.

sdetweil

@lpt2007 ok, and why does chrome on the hassos not work?

lpt2007

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

@lpt2007 ok, and why does chrome on the hassos not work?

Maybe I can try to made ha addon with chrome in kiosk mode to see where the problem is?

lpt2007

Thanks for your time @sdetweil :)

I will first try docker container from link you posted before. One of scenario is about:

Scenario 2: Using docker on the raspberry pi and starting the magicmirror on the screen of the pi.

I will post results back.

lpt2007

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

Scenario 2: Using docker on the raspberry pi and starting the magicmirror on the screen of the pi.

I will post results back.

Again without success :(

Error:
(electron:41): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: unix:0.0

sdetweil

@lpt2007 yeh, its a tricky, not really supported approach
I personally wouldn’t even try it

lpt2007

Maybe the problem is host os, not a container?

lpt2007

Problem is host os. I downloaded latest raspbian buster image and followed guide from the link. Works like charm in docker container and display picture to host hdmi.

sdetweil

@lpt2007 now, if you go back to the 1st docker image, and then open a browser on the host connecting to

http://docker_container_ip:exposed_port

you will get the same results…