starter problem # 2

[kurt]

@tosti007
No, I just followed the complete setup tutorial by KirAsh4
so do I have to install it?
Thank you

[kurt]

@tosti007
That’s what I got

pi@raspi:~ $ cd ~/MagicMirror
pi@raspi:~/MagicMirror $ npm install
npm WARN grunt-yamllint@0.2.0 requires a peer of grunt@~0.4.0 but none was installed.
pi@raspi:~/MagicMirror $ 

[morozgrafix]

@kurt are you running raspbian jessie or Jessie lite?

If you are running regular jessie with graphical interface then I believe you need to run npm start in the terminal. DISPLAY=:0 npm start is used when you are connected over SSH from remote system, if I’m not mistaken.

If you are running jessie lite then make sure you have minimal X window GUI installed. Full guide is here https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Jessie-Lite-Installation-Guide

[kurt]

@morozgrafix
Thanks for the help
The for me funny thing is, if I do it with SSH and the DISPLAY=:0 npm startthe MM starts (exept the rss fees and the amer. calender…both loading), but when I try to start it from the Raspberry with the npm start I get some error messages.
When I reboot,the MM routine starts but does not finish and i’m back in The PIXEL surface.
Do you think I should try the Auto Starting Mirror tool?
https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Auto-Starting-MagicMirror
Any ideas?
Thanks

[morozgrafix]

@kurt said in starter problem # 2:

from the Raspberry with the npm start I get some error messages.

What error messages are you getting when you running npm start from the RasPi terminal? (I’m assuming that you still have PIXEL loaded at that time)

I would hold off on auto starting for now, until you can start it cleanly from the shell.

[kurt]

@morozgrafix
hey by now the MM startet without error massages! kind of strange, but I get used to it.
Then I copied the confi.js file to send it to you, maybe you can find a mistake.
But after that all of my MM folder is gone ! this what happened to me 3 days ago.
Can#t believe, but that’s how it is . everything gone.
I can only blame FileZilla for that. Iguess I have to go to the Install routine for the third time. and I’m thru with Filzilla…
What do you think about it? can I restore something? I searched in all folders but coudn’t find anything.
Man I expected a hard way to go, but this is boring. What to do?
Thanks for waiting
Kurt

[kurt]

@morozgrafix
here that last try

Last login: Wed Jan 25 19:03:13 on ttys000
Kurt-Matyuss-iMac:~ kurt$ cd ~/MagicMirror
-bash: cd: /Users/kurt/MagicMirror: No such file or directory
Kurt-Matyuss-iMac:~ kurt$ `

too bad

[roramirez]

Hey @kurt !, the last sentence you are run in your Mac not in your Raspberry

[kurt]

@roramirez
yes I did it on my mac via SSH

[roramirez]

@kurt No, when you run cd command you are still in your Mac

-bash: cd: /Users/kurt/MagicMirror: No such file or directory

[kurt]

@roramirez
sorry you are right, but

Last login: Wed Jan 25 19:24:58 2017
pi@raspi:~ $ cd ~/MagicMirror
-bash: cd: /home/pi/MagicMirror: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
pi@raspi:~ $ 

[roramirez]

@kurt Ok, is nothing there. Please use the installer script

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/master/installers/raspberry.sh | bash

If you using Jessie Lite will need install some packages as say link of @morozgrafix’s post

[kurt]

@roramirez
Thank you, that’s what i’ll do.
But do you have any idea, why this happens. Just to avoid to make the same mistake again.
I intend to use Cyber Duck for transfering folders or scripts.
And I also use the VNC Viewer, just to see what happens next door, while I work on my mac in an other room.
And I think I’ll install the full Jessi Version.
So Thank’s once again! without you It engineers, students and helpers in this forum, users like me were just lost and couldn’t be part of this great projekt, which has just started…
Kurt

[morozgrafix]

if you are comfortable with using ssh and scp you may not even need any GUI tools to transfer files.

[roramirez]

@kurt Well Jessie Lite dont have X system. X mean desktop system, GUI.

MagicMirror run in Electron and this require a DISPLAY system where show it.

We working in this topic to prevent you when is using in a system like that.
https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues/577

[kurt]

@morozgrafix
Well I’m absolut not comfortable with transfering files or scripts without the help of an grafical surface.
I´m absolute new to work with commands on a terminal.
So the all the commands I type into the terminal Ijust learned from guys like you just a couple of days ago.
When you change the content, lets say from an config.js via SSH. What kind of tools do you use?
Because when I opened the folders of my Raspberry with the help of FileZilla, changed the content and tried to save, the MM system collapsed somehow.
So my question how do you that?
Thanks a lot for the help

[kurt]

@roramirez
Well as I explained in the reply to morozgrafik i’m used to GUI and for me it’s fine doing things by drag and drop…
I apreciate your work and input into this projekt a lot!
What is your opinion to run the installer by the sudo command like alostvagabond postet it in https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues/577
I’ll start my atempt #3 in the afternoon :)
Thanks a lot for your help

[morozgrafix]

@kurt I totally understand your point and reasons for you to use GUI tools for file transfers, editing etc. My personal choice is mostly working in the terminal, but it takes some getting used to. The reason why I mentioned SSH and scp, as alternative to using GUI transfer tools, is because they are very reliable and proven to work well. I just wanted to check your comfort level using them, in case that you are suspecting FileZilla, Cyber Duck or some other GUI tool is messing up your MM installation.

To answer your question about text editors that work in terminal. There are plenty of them and they have existed for a very long time in unix/linux world. Most of the time they are available with any *nix flavor. To name a few: nano (probably easiest to learn), vim and emacs

Hope you get everything sorted with your install and if you need assistance we are here to help.

[kurt]

@morozgrafix @roramirez
Well by now I get a little install and setup routine so MM is running with personalized compliments and newsfeed. Everything was done without SSH so direkt on the console.
What I noticed was, and this is one of my questions, when I changed from GUI to terminal by strg alt F4 the layout from my keyboard changed to english, what made it hard for me to enter a ~. can’t find it on a windows keyboard also I googled a lot.
So how do you change from the GUI to Terminal, to make some changes?
After all I’m quite happy to have come so far.
lot of traffic in the forum, often get 503the croud is getting bigger :)
PS: @morozgrafix nice background in your profile, like that
Thank you
Kurt

[kurt]

found at least the command strg q makes the change
kurt