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      wagon40
      last edited by

      Hello,

      After a year of on and off trying to get a MM to work on a PI I figured it out and even changed the stock modules to work for me. I have to do everything from the command line. I have no desktop. I found a direct load and go at
      http://emmanuelcontreras.com/how-to/how-to-create-a-magic-mirror-2-with-pi-zero-w/
      I downloaded the image and started it up.

      Issues:

      1. I cant figure out how to see what modules I currently have loaded? (what is the command line script?
      2. I loaded My-Commute followed all of the 3rd party direction. when I went into the config.js I had to manually add the configuration I found on the My-commute page so is that normal to have to enter in configuration to the config.js? when I started up the mirror it showed the default walking, flying, driving with an error at the end. So how to I edit the actual modular configuration information from the command line?

      any help would be great. I will attempt to get code for you tomorrow when im not at work.

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        sdetweil @wagon40
        last edited by sdetweil

        @wagon40 you should use my installation script… it does it all…
        see here https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/blob/master/run-start.sh

        use the desktop version of the pi 0… stretch or buster… jessie is too old

        what modules

        what is installed is folders in ~/MagicMirror/modules
        what is being used , see the ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js, and each module: statement
        where disabled is not specified or disabled: false

        nano is the commandline editor

        ctrl-o to save the file
        ctrl-x to exit
        ctrl-w to search the file

        I had to manually add the configuration I found on the My-commute page so is that normal to have to enter in configuration to the config.js?

        yes. u install the code, then have to update the MM config to actually use it

        Sam

        How to add modules

        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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          wagon40 @sdetweil
          last edited by

          @sdetweil thank you for the quick reply. I will try your download tomorrow if I get a chance and hopefully have better luck.

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            sdetweil @wagon40
            last edited by

            @wagon40 to install MM again, you will need to rename the current folder out of the way

            do this

            cd ~
            mv MagicMirror  MagicMirror.save
            

            Sam

            How to add modules

            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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              wagon40
              last edited by

              can you send me the direct script to place in the command line to load your script? I have tried a few bash $( bala bal bal) and im not getting much luck.

              I tried to follow this https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/9386/installing-on-a-pi-zero/72
              but of course it wont start. screen goes to sleep and it only starts for a minute then goes to desktop.
              I installed buster with desktop.

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                sdetweil @wagon40
                last edited by sdetweil

                @wagon40 from the page I referenced

                bash -c "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/raspberry.sh)"
                

                you can do that over ssh, or on the pi monitor terminal session

                it will prompt you about autostart with pm2 and turning off screensaver

                Sam

                How to add modules

                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                  wagon40 @sdetweil
                  last edited by

                  @sdetweil
                  all was going well until the dependencies stopped it. tired to send the code using </> or :: but it blanks out the submit button?

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                    wagon40 @wagon40
                    last edited by

                    @wagon40

                    npm WARN grunt-stylelint@0.13.0 requires a peer of stylelint@^12.0.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
                    
                    npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
                    npm ERR! errno 1
                    npm ERR! electron-chromedriver@1.8.0 install: `node ./download-chromedriver.js`
                    npm ERR! Exit status 1
                    npm ERR!
                    npm ERR! Failed at the electron-chromedriver@1.8.0 install 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!     /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2020-02-05T21_24_22_985Z-debug.log
                    Unable to install dependencies!
                    
                    
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                      sdetweil @wagon40
                      last edited by

                      @wagon40 hm… I don’t see that on my pi 0…

                      And electron is optional, so there should be no need for chrome driver

                      Sam

                      How to add modules

                      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                        wagon40
                        last edited by

                        Same issue I had with the other download. any suggestion?

                        
                        npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
                        npm ERR! errno 1
                        npm ERR! electron-chromedriver@1.8.0 install: `node ./download-chromedriver.js`
                        npm ERR! Exit status 1
                        npm ERR!
                        npm ERR! Failed at the electron-chromedriver@1.8.0 install 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!     /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2020-02-05T22_31_04_266Z-debug.log
                        
                        
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