trouble with MMM-GoogleTrafficTimes

laschalkh

np, I appreciate all the help. Here are the results:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cd MagicMirror/
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ ls -laF run-start.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pi pi 2980 Oct 15 16:56 run-start.sh*
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 5.4.51+ #1333 Mon Aug 10 16:38:02 BST 2020 armv6l GNU/Linux
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ pgrep Xorg
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ which chromium-browser
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $

sdetweil

@laschalkh said in trouble with MMM-GoogleTrafficTimes:

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $

pgrep Xorg
which chromium-browser

are both empty

which means you don’t have the graphical desktop running., looks like you are in cli mode

u MUST have the desktop to run MM…, browser requires graphics.

reflash the sd card with the full desktop image of buster
top left here
https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspberry-pi-os/

Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit) with desktop and recommended software

laschalkh

ok, I’ll try it, but I may need to grab another pi. Not sure the zero can handle the full version

sdetweil

@laschalkh it will work, depends on what u want to do… i have one running all day every day, default modules

laschalkh

@sdetweil

cool, I just want a couple modules so hopefully won’t b a problem. It’s flashing now so I’ll reach out after it’s running and installed

laschalkh

Hi Sam,

ok, got it all running and it is working. Your script works very well. I tried adding MMM-GoogleMapsTraffic as well and that seems to kill the mirror. It says it can’t find the config file. As long as I leave that out, it’s working.

sdetweil

@laschalkh u might want my version of Googlemapstraffic, as the original is broken

https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-GoogleMapsTraffic

laschalkh

yea, that’s the one I’m trying. I just tried that module only and it’s not working. I ran the install again and it is warning about grunt styles not being installed. Seems like it’s missing parts.

sdetweil

@laschalkh thats noise

you did the git clone
cd
and then npm install

right?

so, whats your config section look like… no one has had trouble installing it, it was a run problem I fixed…

laschalkh

yup, went through and did the install and such

 {
                        module: 'MMM-GoogleMapsTraffic',
                        position: 'bottom_left',
                        config: {
                                key: '< my key>',
                                lat: < my lat>,
                                lng: < my long>,
                                height: '300px',
                                width: '300px'
                                styledMapType: "transparent",
                                disableDefaultUI: true,
                                backgroundColor: 'hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 0)',
                                markers: [
                                        {
                                                lat: <my lat>,
                                                lng: <my long>,
                                                fillColor: '#9966ff'
                                        },
                                ],
                        },
                },