MMM Awesome Alexa installing snowboy.

[Ameyalgudkar]

@sdetweil I did follow all the steps, and now I am getting stuck at this npm install step for installing dependencies. namely “snowboy” which is required for the hotword recognition.

[sdetweil]

@Ameyalgudkar these steps, right?

https://awesome-alexa.js.org/#/installation,
Step 2. Install Module

[Ameyalgudkar]

@sdetweil yes those steps.
The one I am referring to is 4th to last.

[sdetweil]

@Ameyalgudkar said in MMM Awesome Alexa installing snowboy.:

5.4.51-v7l+

are u trying to install on 64bit RaspiOS?

my PI’s are running kernel 4.19 on 32bit raspiOS

[Ameyalgudkar]

@sdetweil I believe I’m on 5.4.51 kernel but not sure if that’s the one. and don’t know if 32/64 bit.

[sdetweil]

@Ameyalgudkar no idea if it will work

[Ameyalgudkar]

@sdetweil

there.
and if there’s a way to run it on 4.19 then how do I downgrade?

[sdetweil]

@Ameyalgudkar no idea… i see the latest images are all at kernel 5.4

https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspberry-pi-os/

[Ameyalgudkar]

@sdetweil If you could make a copy of your image file or if you have it saved on your disk maybe?
could you upload it to google cloud or something?

[sdetweil]

@Ameyalgudkar see the chat messages I sent you

[A Former User]

@sdetweil :

I confirm new update of RPI are now in 5.4.x kernel

bugs@debian:~/MagicMirror/modules$ ssh pi@192.168.X.XX
pi@192.168.X.XX's password: 
Linux Raspberry 5.4.51-v7l+ #1333 SMP Mon Aug 10 16:51:40 BST 2020 armv7l

I have not see :)
my npm library can make the build of @bugsounet/snowboy

pi@Raspberry:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Spotify $ npm install @bugsounet/snowboy
npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported

> @bugsounet/snowboy@1.6.2 install /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Spotify/node_modules/@bugsounet/snowboy
> bash scripts/installer.sh

make : on entre dans le répertoire « /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Test-Blank/node_modules/@bugsounet/snowboy/build »
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/snowboy/lib/snowboy.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/snowboy.node
  COPY Release/snowboy.node
  COPY /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Test-Blank/node_modules/@bugsounet/snowboy/lib/node/binding/Release/node-v64-linux-arm/snowboy.node
  TOUCH Release/obj.target/action_after_build.stamp
make : on quitte le répertoire « /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Test-Blank/node_modules/@bugsounet/snowboy/build »

[@bugsounet/snowboy] Do you want to execute electron rebuild ? [Y/n]
Your choice: y
✔ Rebuild Complete

> @bugsounet/snowboy@1.6.2 postinstall /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Test-Blank/node_modules/@bugsounet/snowboy
> tsc -p tsconfig.json

+ @bugsounet/snowboy@1.6.2
added 187 packages from 137 contributors and audited 190 packages in 107.058s

4 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 0 vulnerabilities

after official version, i don’t know…
it’s always been a bit boring to do a build correctly…

@Ameyalgudkar:
I see in the error log it’s an x64 build…

In MagicMirror requirement it’s specified to download the lasted version of raspbian with desktop

The official website is https://www.raspberrypi.org/ and on the download page there no x64 version
So you use a beta version with … beta bugs and Complex Module of MagicMirror don’t support x64 version.

Best way ?
Like windows and others OS you can’t transform x64 to 32bits (and 32bits to x64 too)
so best way is reinstall OS with 32bits version

@bugsounet

[sdetweil]

@Bugsounet he is doing on pi, System Linux 5.4.51-v7l+ < — v7l

i am going to test ubuntu pi 64 bit tomorrow.

couldn’t wait…

fix

need to install libcblas

sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev

then both my installations using snowboy correctly rebuilt… on ubuntu 64 on pi4.

[A Former User]

ah… that’s why my library have no problem for installing :)
I force it to install with installer lol :)

nedeed dependencies

[Ameyalgudkar]

@Bugsounet said in MMM Awesome Alexa installing snowboy.:

@Ameyalgudkar:
I see in the error log it’s an x64 build…
so best way is reinstall OS with 32bits version

I am indeed running the 32bit Raspberry Pi OS latest from the official downloads, and not any beta versions.
I don’t know why the installer is running it in x64.

[Ameyalgudkar]

Also now I am facing this problem where, no matter what I do, RPI4 does not take any other sd card boot image and boot that particular system.
For instance, My 32gb with working MM and RPI OS 32bit, boot up without any problem.
But then, I tried booting with a older build of RPI OS, Ubuntu(https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi) 32bit for Pi4.

Both tried on different sd cards with 8gb/32gb and also reformatting it several times and everything.

I feel just so exhausted doing all this and thinking of returning my RPI4 if it has so may issues.

[A Former User]

internal firmware :) (eeprom)

[sdetweil]

@Bugsounet doesn’t the newer system apply the firmware update automatically?

see here for the firmware test and update procedure
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/booteeprom.md

[Ameyalgudkar]

@sdetweil I tried the boot recovery mentioned in the link, but no luck with that. Still gets stuck in boot and with a red light. no green light. should I try to get a replacement for my device?

[sdetweil]

@Ameyalgudkar I would guess yes

[A Former User]

and Recovery ?