SOLVED MagicMirror dual monitor configuration
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I have my mm configured and working great on one monitor. I’ve used pm2 module to auto start for display=:0 but we i’ve tried to get display=:2 to start i get nothing on the second display… I have 2 instances of mm one named mm and the other mm2. i’ve added the following in mm.sh file
cd ~/MagicMirror
DISPLAY=:0 npm start
cd ~/MagicMirror1
DISPLAY=:4 npm start
But still only the Display 1 will start… Help please… -
@sdetweil freaking genius!.. That worked like a charm… I’ve been beating my head against the wall for 2 days now trying to figure this thing out… Wonderful…
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@pastormingle the second display is not :2
it’s all still display :0
u can adjust the pixel offset for the web page
by adding
electronOptions:{ x:1920 },to config.js before the modules: entry
where the 1920 is the pixel width of the 1st display
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@sdetweil you are saying in my second mm directory in the config file add the electronOptions?
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@pastormingle correct… one displays a x:0 (default)
and the other displays at x:1920) -
@sdetweil freaking genius!.. That worked like a charm… I’ve been beating my head against the wall for 2 days now trying to figure this thing out… Wonderful…
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@pastormingle Need some help now running two config files for my dual monitor configuration. I have MM directory and a MM1 directory. But it looks like both are reading the same config file… if i go to MM1 and do a DISPLAY=:0 npm start it seem to read the same config files as MM directory. What am i doing wrong here?
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@pastormingle hm… I do this ALL the time
two copies of MM, two config files
have to set two different ports too, right?
one of 8080 and one on 8090 (thats what I do)
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@sdetweil I’ve been using pm2 to start so not sure how I set up separate ports for that?
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@pastormingle port is in the config.js
also do pm2 status
and pm2 info xx
where xx is the number
to make sure they are starting different scripts…
how did u setup the second instance?
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@sdetweil I found it and it’s working great thanks for the help… Now just need to get to start with pm2 and should be good to go…
