trouble with MMM-GoogleTrafficTimes

sdetweil

cd ~/MagicMirror
ls -laF run-start.sh
uname -a
pgrep Xorg
which chromium-browser

sorry, for adding late

laschalkh

@sdetweil

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'
                                        },
                                ],
                        },
                },

sdetweil

@laschalkh how are u specifying lat/lng (in both places, right)

like this (good)

lat:30.4623841,

or this (bad)

lat:"30.4623841",

laschalkh

yup, not quoted

sdetweil

@laschalkh ok, so what is the error?

laschalkh

magicmirror@2.13.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
./run-start.sh $1 “dev”

[2020-10-16 11:15:36.565] [LOG] Starting MagicMirror: v2.13.0
[2020-10-16 11:15:36.775] [LOG] Loading config …
[2020-10-16 11:15:36.823] [ERROR] WARNING! Could not validate config file. Starting with default configuration. Please correct syntax errors at or above this line: /home/pi/MagicMirror/config/config.js:73
styledMapType: “transparent”,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:723:23)
at Object.Module._extensions…js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:692:17)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18)
at loadConfig (/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js:70:12)
at App.start (/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js:217:3)
at Object. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/serveronly/index.js:4:5)
[2020-10-16 11:15:36.862] [LOG] Loading module helpers …
[2020-10-16 11:15:37.496] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[2020-10-16 11:15:37.507] [LOG] Module helper loaded: updatenotification
[2020-10-16 11:15:37.525] [LOG] No helper found for module: helloworld.
[2020-10-16 11:15:37.531] [LOG] All module helpers loaded.
[2020-10-16 11:15:39.089] [LOG] Starting server on port 8080 …
[2020-10-16 11:15:39.324] [LOG] Server started …
[2020-10-16 11:15:39.335] [LOG] Connecting socket for: updatenotification
[2020-10-16 11:15:39.346] [LOG] Sockets connected & modules started …
[2020-10-16 11:15:39.354] [LOG]

sdetweil

@laschalkh said in trouble with MMM-GoogleTrafficTimes:

/home/pi/MagicMirror/config/config.js:73
styledMapType: “transparent”,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier

rule number 1 debugging syntax errors:

IF you see ’ Unexpected identifier’, find the line number
config.js:73

back up one line (72), and check for the missing , at the end

                                width: '300px'                                   <  --- 
                                styledMapType: "transparent",

laschalkh

I see it, damn, I’ve stared at that for way too long, rebooting…

sdetweil

@laschalkh you don’t need to reboot all the time, just restart mm…

laschalkh

it’s working now. Thank you for all of the help!

Kevin

mrhurley

I have been playing around with this and it works well. However, it doesn’t like when you trying to get times for another travel mode. It will change the icons, but the times are always for driving. I played with the file and forced the cycling mode but then it won’t show up on the screen. I think the issue is the Distance Matrix API returns unexpected information for the other modes.

Can someone help point me in the right direction? Thanks