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    I need help installing MagicMirror on a Pi Zero W

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      davepreNJ
      last edited by

      Re: Installing on a Pi Zero

      trying to follow along from a .pdf titled “Installing the Magic Mirror on
      the Raspberry Pi Zero W” from Andrew Chu

      I get up to page 17 or so from the slides.

      i had to fix what looks to me a couple typos and I used the following command: (added the two slashes after https: and added the i that was missing in installers)

      bash –c “$(curl –sL
      https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ac2799/MagicMirror/master/installers/raspberry.sh)”

      the command is chugging along fine…

      then I get an error
      [PM2] [ERROR] Error: Script not found: /home/pi/MagicMirror/~/MagicMirror/installers/startMagicMirrorPi0.sh

      How do I fix and pick-up where it left off to register MagicMirror with PM2?

      I tried in another SSH window to run that .sh (which I did find in what looks to be that path)

      pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/installers $ ./startMagicMirrorPi0.sh Starting MagicMirror: v2.6.0 Loading config ... Loading module helpers ... No helper found for module: alert. Initializing new module helper ... Module helper loaded: updatenotification No helper found for module: clock. Initializing new module helper ... Module helper loaded: calendar No helper found for module: compliments. No helper found for module: currentweather. No helper found for module: weatherforecast. Initializing new module helper ... Module helper loaded: newsfeed All module helpers loaded. Starting server on port 8080 ... Server started ... Connecting socket for: updatenotification Connecting socket for: calendar Starting node helper for: calendar Connecting socket for: newsfeed Starting module: newsfeed Sockets connected & modules started ...

      Ready to go! Please point your browser to: http://localhost:8080
      unclutter: could not open display

      (chromium-browser:1424): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:53:45.426: cannot open display:
      pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/installers $ pm2 show MagicMirror
      [PM2][WARN] MagicMirror doesn’t exist

      So, I’m not sure if the ’ could not open display’ is a second error on top of the problem that PM2 cant register the application

      thanks

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        sdetweil @davepreNJ
        last edited by sdetweil

        @daveprenj use my up to date script

        see
        https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

        erase the mm folder, then run the installer

        Sam

        How to add modules

        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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          plainbroke @sdetweil
          last edited by

          @sdetweil
          I know this is a Very OLD thread, but, I tried putting MM on my Pi zero W
          and it runs your script but MM doesn’t load, at least not when I VNC into the Zero.
          I can use Putty and see it in a command line. So I renamed MM to MM2 and am reinstalling hoping it works this time.

          Slow learner. But trying anyways.

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            sdetweil @plainbroke
            last edited by

            @plainbroke AND you have to change the browser… using the external_browser env variable , documented at the end of the scripts page…

            Sam

            How to add modules

            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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              plainbroke @sdetweil
              last edited by

              @sdetweil
              So all I have to do is update the mm.sh file.
              then use apt to install firefox for example.

              Slow learner. But trying anyways.

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                sdetweil @plainbroke
                last edited by sdetweil

                @plainbroke yes
                pm2 stop all to make sure the dead one is stopped

                and test with

                cd ~/MagicMirror
                npm start 
                

                to make sure it works

                Sam

                How to add modules

                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                  davidgagne
                  last edited by

                  I’ve also posted a detailed step by step guide that’s been working for me on my Pi Zero W. YMMV.

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                    plainbroke @davidgagne
                    last edited by

                    @davidgagne , @sdetweil
                    Finally got mine to actually work, dang it is slow though.

                    Slow learner. But trying anyways.

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                      sdetweil @plainbroke
                      last edited by sdetweil

                      @plainbroke yeh they are

                      Sam

                      How to add modules

                      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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