OrangePi Zero 2 installation issues

michelw

Not sure what you are trying to say by pointing me to the 9to5 article. Is there something relevant in there i missed? :)

michelw

@sdetweil

I just played around with the DISPLAY parameter and when setting:

michel@orangepizero2:~/MagicMirror$ export DISPLAY=:1
michel@orangepizero2:~/MagicMirror$ npm start

> magicmirror@2.17.1 start /home/michel/MagicMirror
> DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

[11.12.2021 09:15.21.920] [LOG]   Starting MagicMirror: v2.17.1
[11.12.2021 09:15.21.937] [LOG]   Loading config ...
[11.12.2021 09:15.21.952] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ...
[11.12.2021 09:15.21.957] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert.
[11.12.2021 09:15.21.994] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
[11.12.2021 09:15.21.998] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: updatenotification
[11.12.2021 09:15.22.001] [LOG]   No helper found for module: clock.
[11.12.2021 09:15.22.350] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
[11.12.2021 09:15.22.353] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: calendar
[11.12.2021 09:15.22.355] [LOG]   No helper found for module: compliments.
[11.12.2021 09:15.22.358] [LOG]   No helper found for module: weather.
[11.12.2021 09:15.22.404] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
[11.12.2021 09:15.22.406] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: newsfeed
[11.12.2021 09:15.22.408] [LOG]   All module helpers loaded.
[11.12.2021 09:15.22.633] [LOG]   Starting server on port 8080 ... 
[11.12.2021 09:15.22.669] [LOG]   Server started ...
[11.12.2021 09:15.22.672] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: updatenotification
[11.12.2021 09:15.22.676] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: calendar
[11.12.2021 09:15.22.678] [LOG]   Starting node helper for: calendar
[11.12.2021 09:15.22.680] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: newsfeed
[11.12.2021 09:15.22.683] [LOG]   Starting node helper for: newsfeed
[11.12.2021 09:15.22.685] [LOG]   Sockets connected & modules started ...
[11.12.2021 09:15.23.736] [LOG]   Launching application.
[11.12.2021 09:15.29.501] [LOG]   Create new calendarfetcher for url: http://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/76/US_Holidays.ics - Interval: 300000
[11.12.2021 09:15.29.593] [LOG]   Create new newsfetcher for url: https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml - Interval: 300000
[11.12.2021 09:15.29.661] [INFO]  Checking git for module: default
[11.12.2021 09:15.31.393] [INFO]  Calendar-Fetcher: Broadcasting 10 events.
[11.12.2021 09:15.31.553] [INFO]  Newsfeed-Fetcher: Broadcasting 58 items.

I get the magic mirror in the VNC session (but not on the monitor)

So this seems to be related to the output somehow.

sdetweil

@michelw no, but I can try armbian on my pi now

sdetweil

@michelw and when u are using vnc, the monitor is showing the desktop, right?

michelw

Ah right.

I would like to thank you very much for all your help.

Went looking for a second hand Raspberry PI 4B 1G today and found one. A little expensive but at least I have something more compatible now so I at least can get the magicmirror running :)

Still willing to help out (testing) if you would like to make your script Orange Pi Zero 2 compatible. That might help others.

michelw

@sdetweil said in OrangePi Zero 2 installation issues:

@michelw and when u are using vnc, the monitor is showing the desktop, right?

Yes, that is correct.

sdetweil

@michelw it’s not the script, it’s the assumption by the mm startup, defined in package.json), that DISPLAY needs to be :0 if not already set.

sdetweil

which image did u try?

debian or Ubuntu?

michelw

I tried all of them, the latest I tried was : Orangepizero2_2.1.6_debian_buster_desktop_linux4.9.170.img

sdetweil

@michelw installed XFCE desktop armbian on pi4(4gb)…

opened terminal on desktop, see
DISPLAY=:0.0

installing MM now

DISPLAY not set on ssh session

SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!