Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Autostarts but doesn't run, will run on restart
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Here’s a portion of the log when doing a stop and a start (without reboot):
0|mm | + false=false 0|mm | ++ grep -v '^[[:blank:]]*//' config/config.js 0|mm | ++ grep -i serveronly: 0|mm | ++ awk -F: '{print tolower($2)}' 0|mm | ++ sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' 0|mm | ++ tr -d ',"'\''\r' 0|mm | + serveronly=local 0|mm | + serveronly=local 0|mm | ++ pgrep Xorg 0|mm | + xorg=755 0|mm | + '[' 755. == . ']' 0|mm | ++ uname 0|mm | + mac=Linux 0|mm | + '[' local. '!=' false. -o armv7l == armv6l ']' 0|mm | + '[' local. == true. ']' 0|mm | + '[' 755. == . -a Linux '!=' Darwin ']' 0|mm | + exec 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | ++ node serveronly 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:14:59.203]' '[LOG]' Starting MagicMirror: v2.13.0 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:14:59.220]' '[LOG]' Loading config ... 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:14:59.231]' '[LOG]' Loading module helpers ... 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:14:59.936]' '[LOG]' Initializing new module helper ... 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:14:59.938]' '[LOG]' Module helper loaded: MMM-ImagesPhotos 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:14:59.943]' '[LOG]' No helper found for module: alert. 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:15:00.042]' '[LOG]' Initializing new module helper ... 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:15:00.050]' '[LOG]' Module helper loaded: updatenotification 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:15:00.059]' '[LOG]' No helper found for module: clock. 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:15:00.274]' '[LOG]' Initializing new module helper ... 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:15:00.278]' '[LOG]' Module helper loaded: calendar 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:15:00.280]' '[LOG]' No helper found for module: currentweather. 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:15:00.282]' '[LOG]' No helper found for module: weatherforecast. 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:15:00.284]' '[LOG]' All module helpers loaded. 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:15:00.471]' '[LOG]' Starting server on port 8080 ... 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:15:00.496]' '[LOG]' Server started ... 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:15:00.498]' '[LOG]' Connecting socket for: MMM-ImagesPhotos 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:15:00.500]' '[LOG]' Starting node helper for: MMM-ImagesPhotos 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:15:00.502]' '[LOG]' Connecting socket for: updatenotification 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:15:00.504]' '[LOG]' Connecting socket for: calendar 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:15:00.505]' '[LOG]' Starting node helper for: calendar 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:15:00.506]' '[LOG]' Sockets connected '&' modules started ... 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo '[2022-05-10' '15:15:00.507]' '[LOG]' 0|mm | + read line 0|mm | + case "$line" in 0|mm | + echo Ready to 'go!' Please point your browser to: http://0.0.0.0:8080 0|mm | + break 0|mm | ++ echo Ready to 'go!' Please point your browser to: http://0.0.0.0:8080 0|mm | ++ awk -F: '{print $4}' 0|mm | + port=8080 0|mm | + echo 'Starting chromium browser now, have patience, it takes a minute' 0|mm | + '[' Linux '!=' Darwin ']' 0|mm | + tee 0|mm | ++ which chromium-browser 0|mm | + '[' /usr/bin/chromium-browser '!=' '' ']' 0|mm | + chromium-browser -noerrdialogs -kiosk -start_maximized --disable-infobars --app=http://localhost:8080 --ignore-certificate-errors-spki-list --ignore-ssl-errors --ignore-certificate-errors -
I’m seeing a discrepancy where on boot it’s collecting xorg= blank versus xorg=755 on a stop/start after boot.
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@ember1205 yes… I see that too…
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It almost seems like the X desktop isn’t fully initialized when the pgrep command executes and it isn’t collecting info on the process as a result. The restart NEVER happens until X is fully initialized which means that it -can- collect info on the process from a restart or stop/start.
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@ember1205 yes. I am looking for a resolution…
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I just edited the run-start.sh script and inserted a ten second sleep before the pgrep command. It’s a bit “extreme”, but should hopefully demonstrate if that’s the issue.
WIthout the sleep, not detecting X simply moves on to a different test instead of trying again at least once before moving on.
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@ember1205 yes, adding a sleep would ‘fix’ it
if only we knew how LONG to sleep… working on it…
if X is not running then we just launch serveronly and don’t look at its output
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@sdetweil try 1 second… sleep 1
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Sleep 10 allows the browser to correctly launch. I will drop to 1 second and validate that it will work or not (if not, I will tweak and tune).
Even with the sleep function ensuring that it allows X to finish initializing, chromium does not start correctly unless I wipe the ~/.config/chromium directory when I shut down.
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@ember1205 people are constantly fiddling with stuff, you never know what you’re gonna get anymore.
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Would there be more value in coding in a check for to see if it’s Raspbian or possibly even bullseye and adding a two second sleep if there is?
raspberry_pi=$(grep ID /etc/os-release | cut -f2 -d=) if [ "$raspberry_pi." == "raspbian" ] ; then sleep 2 fi xorg=$(pgrep Xorg)Maybe there’s a better string to search for, but it might be a stop-gap that would help?
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@ember1205 i don’t think thats right… as we could have the same problem on any other system…
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Correct syntax would need to be:
raspberry_pi=$(grep ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -f2 -d=) if [ "$raspberry_pi." == "raspbian" ] ; then sleep 2 fiThe RPi 3B+ is a little slower to initialize on Bullseye versus Buster. Any time a device is running a slightly heavier OS and needs a little more time to finish booting up, I could see this occurring. The question is, do you solve it with a fix that impacts everyone (“sleep 2” or similar), test for particular OS/HW combo’s, or is there another process to look for that would better indicate when the system should be finished initializing?
Right now, it looks for X and just “moves on” when it isn’t found and assumes some sort of mistake or something in the config. Great as a fail-safe, but creates a new occasional issue to be dealt with.
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@ember1205 that test is for when MM is running under docker (with no X running) but using the docker host’s xorg for viewing…
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The test I’m referring to checks to see if X is running. If not, it moves on to test for Lubuntu. If that also fails, it assumes server only and moves on.
I do recall seeing a specific Docker test at the very beginning of the script, but that’s a fair bit earlier than where I’ve added this check (which is right before the “pgrep Xorg” line).
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@ember1205 yes… i am looking for a test that works if the system is slow…
i added the rm of ./config folder and my pi 0 now comes up instead of the chrome desktop
which was random before…if [ $(which $b). != '.' ]; then rm -rf ~/.config/$b 2>/dev/null # add this line -
@sdetweil said in Autostarts but doesn't run, will run on restart:
… my pi 0 now comes up instead of the chrome desktop
which was random before…Not sure I’m following what this should mean?
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@ember1205 you had another problem where chrome comes up to the white screen w the icons. that is the chrome desktop.
i added the delete of the config folder to the run start script to get it back to just MagicMirror
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Oh… now I follow.
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@ember1205 can u try this on the reboot problem
add this
xprop -root # add this line xorg=$(pgrep Xorg)then do the reboot test with the debugging still turned on
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