Npm start...

cowboysdude

No go. It is loading and it opens a seperate tab on the side panel but does not display…

So I’m trying to figure it out… has to be something in the output of the mirror… it’s launching just not on the TV… which I have hooked up to HDMI…

morozgrafix

I’m replying from my phone at the moment and will post full reply to all later when I’m in front of my computer.

When I said “but npm start worked just fine” I meant I was running it from terminal on Ubuntu box and not through SSH from my MacBook.

morozgrafix

@LincolnClay I’m glad it all worked out for you. But I would be careful adding sudo command to everything. You may run into permissions issues. The reason why you need to use sudo when installing packages with apt-get is because you need to have elevated privileges as you are making system wide changes. Cloning MM repository in your home directory shouldn’t require sudo, if you use sudo to clone all files will belong to root user and your user (usually pi) will not have permissions to create or modify files in MagicMirror directory (which opens a whole different can of worms).

TL;DR version: try to use sudo only when necessary.

@cowboysdude Do you have only one monitor (your TV through HDMI) to your Ubuntu box? Also you may want to attempt to run https://github.com/electron/electron-quick-start just to see electron app running on your rig completely outside of MM codebase.

@cianoo45 are you still having problems starting the MM? That writeup was specifically for @cowboysdude who was trying to get MM setup on his Ubuntu system. You should be fine with npm v4.0.0 (on my RasPi I’m running node v6.9.2 and npm v3.10.9 if that matters)

cowboysdude

@morozgrafix Thanks for all the help!! I figured it out!!

Since I’m running on a mini-itx it has two display options… they were both running and the mirror was loading on option 1 that’s great but I’m using option 2.

SO I went into the settings and disabled option 1 in Unbuntu and BOOM… now it works ;)

morozgrafix

@cowboysdude sweet I’m glad you got it working.

cowboysdude

@morozgrafix Me too! :) BUT HUGE Thank you for the help!!!

NOW to install Strawberry’s voice module!!!

This thing runs so fast!! I can’t wait to get the touch panel! :)