Are you tired of editing config.js, or have trouble doing it, see my new module

sdetweil

@DarkV i do not SEE anything, but i am away from my computer all day, driving.

so i cannot run it thru the

cd ~/MagicMirror 
npm run config:check

command

DarkV

@sdetweil said in Are you tired of editing config.js, or have trouble doing it, see my new module:

npm run config:check

[04.04.2025 16:09.03.683] [INFO] Checking file… /home/junior/MagicMirror/config/config.js
[04.04.2025 16:09.03.781] [INFO] Your configuration file doesn’t contain syntax errors :)
junior@MAGIC-MIRROR:~/MagicMirror $

sdetweil

@DarkV ok
now do

cd ~/MagicMirror/MMM-Config
./test-convert.sh override

you should get one message

completed

DarkV

@sdetweil
Results
junior@MAGIC-MIRROR:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config $ ./test-convert.sh override
-bash: ./test-convert.sh: No such file or directory
junior@MAGIC-MIRROR:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config $

I used a fresh SD card for the reinstallation, but some of her modules are incompatible with the new setup. Consequently, my wife has firmly decided to stick with the current version until her modules stop functioning. Unfortunately, since one of the modules doesn’t work with the old MagicMirror version, I’m at an impasse. It is a pity, I wanted this as due to dyslexia, this would have been perfect for my situation

sdetweil

@DarkV ok,my fault

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config
./test_convert.sh  override

DarkV

@sdetweil said in Are you tired of editing config.js, or have trouble doing it, see my new module:

./test_convert.sh override

junior@MAGIC-MIRROR:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config $ ./test_convert.sh overri de
--------------------MMM-Config
module updatenotification-defaults has an error in the construction of its defau lts section
the error line is disabled: true;
please change it to the literal value of the referenced variable
and restart MagicMirror
--------------------MMM-Config
junior@MAGIC-MIRROR:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config $

sdetweil

@DarkV can you show the top of the modules/defaul/updatenotification/updatenotification.js
make sure the defaults section is shown

you know you never edit any of the MagicMirror source or module source

all config goes in config/config.js and all css goes in css/custom.css

DarkV

@sdetweil

My bad,iI was trying to dissable the “Update available” banner at the top of mirror

/* MagicMirror²

Module: UpdateNotification
By Michael Teeuw https://michaelteeuw.nl
MIT Licensed.
*/
Module.register(“updatenotification”, {
defaults: {
updateInterval: 10 * 60 * 1000, // every 10 minutes
refreshInterval: 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000, // one day
ignoreModules: [],
sendUpdatesNotifications: false,
updates: [],
updateTimeout: 2 * 60 * 1000, // max update duration
updateAutorestart: false // autoRestart MM when update done ?
disabled: true;
},

suspended: false,
moduleList: {},
needRestart: false,
updates: {},

start () {
Log.info(Starting module: ${this.name});
this.addFilters();
setInterval(() => {
this.moduleList = {};
this.updateDom(2);
}, this.config.refreshInterval);
},

suspend () {
this.suspended = true;
},

resume () {
this.suspended = false;
this.updateDom(2);
},

notificationReceived (notification) {
switch (notification) {
case “DOM_OBJECTS_CREATED”:
this.sendSocketNotification(“CONFIG”, this.config);
this.sendSocketNotification(“MODULES”, Object.keys(Module.definitions));
break;
case “SCAN_UPDATES”:
this.sendSocketNotification(“SCAN_UPDATES”);
break;
}
},

socketNotificationReceived (notification, payload) {
switch (notification) {
case “REPO_STATUS”:
this.updateUI(payload);
break;
case “UPDATES”:
this.sendNotification(“UPDATES”, payload);
break;
case “UPDATE_STATUS”:
this.updatesNotifier(payload);
break;
}
},

getStyles () {
return [${this.name}.css];
},

getTemplate () {
return ${this.name}.njk;
},

getTemplateData () {
return { moduleList: this.moduleList, updatesList: this.updates, suspended: this.suspended, needRestart: this.needRestart };
},

updateUI (payload) {
if (payload && payload.behind > 0) {
// if we haven’t seen info for this module
if (this.moduleList[payload.module] === undefined) {
// save it
this.moduleList[payload.module] = payload;
this.updateDom(2);
}
} else if (payload && payload.behind === 0) {
// if the module WAS in the list, but shouldn’t be
if (this.moduleList[payload.module] !== undefined) {
// remove it
delete this.moduleList[payload.module];
this.updateDom(2);
}
}
},

addFilters () {
this.nunjucksEnvironment().addFilter(“diffLink”, (text, status) => {
if (status.module !== “MagicMirror”) {
return text;
}
```
 	const localRef = status.hash;
 	const remoteRef = status.tracking.replace(/.*\//, "");
 	return `<a href="https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/compare/${localRef}...${remoteRef}" class="xsmall dimmed difflink" target="_blank">${text}</a>`;
 });
```
},

updatesNotifier (payload, done = true) {
if (this.updates[payload.name] === undefined) {
this.updates[payload.name] = {
name: payload.name,

sdetweil

@DarkV yes i understand

lets restore the updatenotification module file

cd ~/MagicMirror
git checkout modules/default/updatenotification/updatenotification.js

then lets edit config.js to disable the module

 {
      module:"updatenotification",
      position:"top_bar",
      disabled:true
  },

DarkV

@sdetweil said in Are you tired of editing config.js, or have trouble doing it, see my new module:

cd ~/MagicMirror
git checkout modules/default/updatenotification/updatenotification.js

it checkout modules/default/updatenotification/updatenotification.js
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
junior@MAGIC-MIRROR:~/MagicMirror $

sdetweil

@DarkV hmmm

how did you install MagicMirror
manual, scripted or zip file download ?

Johanba

Also not getting it to work
in the browser i go to installer
and this is all that loads

sdetweil

@Johanba i posted in your other topic

DarkV

@sdetweil Script
You helped me on a while back Screenshot 2025-04-10 at 11-54-21 Failed Update MagicMirror Forum.png

sdetweil

@DarkV i understand, but that wasn’t the question

the git checkout command should have worked,
but failed.

now i am trying to figure out why. and what to do about it

the command prompt looks different after

cd ~/MagicMirror

then the last time you did a command

so try this way

go to your MagicMirror folder
and do git status

show the results

DarkV

@sdetweil said in Are you tired of editing config.js, or have trouble doing it, see my new module:

git status

junior@MAGIC-MIRROR:~ $ cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config
junior@MAGIC-MIRROR:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config $ git status
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with ‘origin/main’.

nothing to commit, working tree clean
junior@MAGIC-MIRROR:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config $

junior@MAGIC-MIRROR:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config $ cd ~/MagicMirror
junior@MAGIC-MIRROR:~/MagicMirror $ git status
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
junior@MAGIC-MIRROR:~/MagicMirror $

sdetweil

@DarkV asking again, how did you install MagicMirror?

DarkV

@sdetweil I think it must have been a script on the net. It was quite a long time ago, between 2022 and 2023. I honestly cannot remember. I found an old config.js from ‎06 ‎October ‎2023

sdetweil

@DarkV ok, my script is the only one I know about and it uses git

lets do this to get a new copy and use your config/modules…
copy paste this section to a terminal window

cd ~
# save MM folder
mv MagicMirror MagicMirror.org
# install new MM (reply N to screen saver/pm2
bash -c  "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/raspberry.sh)"

once MM is installed again lets make THIS new version look like the old
copy/paste this

# copy files
cd ~
cp MagicMirror.org/config/config.js MagicMirror/config
cp MagicMirror.org/css/custom.css MagicMirror/css
cd MagicMirror/modules
# save the new default module folder
mv default ..
cd ..
# copy all the org modules 
cp -r -p ~/MagicMirror.org/modules .
cd modules
# remove the old default  modules folder
rm -rf default
# move back the new default 
mv ../default .
cd ~/MagicMirror

now
npm start should work