Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Trouble getting it to start
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@in_a_days So I did what @bhepler had written and now works on boot! Now I can’t access the terminal to add some configurations? How do I get around this?
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@PhilsterM9 press the alt key. It will bring up the menu. Hit file, quit then open terminal and enter pm2 stop mm. Sometimes it takes more than once to get it typed in and hit enter before mm starts up again
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If you have a keyboard plugged into your Pi you should be able to use the ‘Windows’ key to pull the start menu up on top of MM, from which you can select Accessories > Terminal. Not sure what the equivalent key would be for a non-Windows system keyboard. You can also Alt + F4 to close the MM program - but you’ll have to act fast because the pm2 software is going to automatically re-load it. Either method should allow you to get into the Terminal.
After that, as previously suggested
pm2 stop mm
will shut down the MM program and stop it from re-loading until your next boot up.
I suspect most people prefer to access their Terminal over SSH from a different system. It’s pretty easy to enable on your Pi, and though the process varies depending on your OS, it’s pretty easy to figure out. I can give some pointers if you can’t figure it out from available documentation.
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@in_a_days Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you
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@in_a_days How do I change some of these settings (It looks confusing to me and I’m not sure if there is more to change than just the city name in weather for example)
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@PhilsterM9 You change the settings by modifying the
config.jsfile. Traditionally, you use the nano editor by typingnano ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js.If you go to the GitHub page for MagicMirror, there’s an entire section on configuration.
