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    Autostarts but doesn't run, will run on restart

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    • S Do not disturb
      sdetweil @ember1205
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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

      Sam

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        ember1205 @sdetweil
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        @sdetweil

        I removed the check I was running that was ensuring it would start correctly and put in the line you asked. I believe the log info you want is this:

        0|mm       | + '[' -f ./untrack-css.sh ']'
        0|mm       | + grep docker /proc/1/cgroup -qa
        0|mm       | + '[' -z :0 ']'
        0|mm       | ++ uname -m
        0|mm       | + arch=armv7l
        0|mm       | + false=false
        0|mm       | ++ grep -i serveronly:
        0|mm       | ++ awk -F: '{print tolower($2)}'
        0|mm       | ++ tr -d ',"'\''\r'
        0|mm       | ++ grep -v '^[[:blank:]]*//' config/config.js
        0|mm       | ++ sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//'
        0|mm       | + serveronly=local
        0|mm       | + serveronly=local
        0|mm       | + xprop -root
        0|mm       | xprop:  unable to open display ':0'
        0|mm       | ++ pgrep Xorg
        0|mm       | + xorg=
        0|mm       | + '[' . == . ']'
        0|mm       | ++ pgrep X
        0|mm       | + xorg=
        0|mm       | ++ uname
        0|mm       | + mac=Linux
        0|mm       | + '[' local. '!=' false. -o armv7l == armv6l ']'
        0|mm       | + '[' local. == true. ']'
        0|mm       | + '[' . == . -a Linux '!=' Darwin ']'
        0|mm       | + node serveronly
        
        

        Here’s the rest that goes with it “just in case”:

        /home/pi/.pm2/pm2.log last 100 lines:
        PM2        | 2022-05-11T08:48:46: PM2 log: PM2 successfully stopped
        PM2        | 2022-05-11T08:49:03: PM2 log: ===============================================================================
        PM2        | 2022-05-11T08:49:03: PM2 log: --- New PM2 Daemon started ----------------------------------------------------
        PM2        | 2022-05-11T08:49:03: PM2 log: Time                 : Wed May 11 2022 08:49:03 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
        PM2        | 2022-05-11T08:49:03: PM2 log: PM2 version          : 4.4.1
        PM2        | 2022-05-11T08:49:03: PM2 log: Node.js version      : 16.15.0
        PM2        | 2022-05-11T08:49:03: PM2 log: Current arch         : arm
        PM2        | 2022-05-11T08:49:03: PM2 log: PM2 home             : /home/pi/.pm2
        PM2        | 2022-05-11T08:49:03: PM2 log: PM2 PID file         : /home/pi/.pm2/pm2.pid
        PM2        | 2022-05-11T08:49:03: PM2 log: RPC socket file      : /home/pi/.pm2/rpc.sock
        PM2        | 2022-05-11T08:49:03: PM2 log: BUS socket file      : /home/pi/.pm2/pub.sock
        PM2        | 2022-05-11T08:49:03: PM2 log: Application log path : /home/pi/.pm2/logs
        PM2        | 2022-05-11T08:49:03: PM2 log: Worker Interval      : 30000
        PM2        | 2022-05-11T08:49:03: PM2 log: Process dump file    : /home/pi/.pm2/dump.pm2
        PM2        | 2022-05-11T08:49:03: PM2 log: Concurrent actions   : 2
        PM2        | 2022-05-11T08:49:03: PM2 log: SIGTERM timeout      : 1600
        PM2        | 2022-05-11T08:49:03: PM2 log: ===============================================================================
        PM2        | 2022-05-11T08:49:04: PM2 log: App [mm:0] starting in -fork mode-
        PM2        | 2022-05-11T08:49:04: PM2 log: App [mm:0] online
        
        
        /home/pi/.pm2/logs/mm-out.log last 100 lines:
        0|mm       |
        0|mm       | > magicmirror@2.13.0 start
        0|mm       | > ./run-start.sh
        0|mm       |
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:14.433] [LOG]    Starting MagicMirror: v2.13.0
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:14.450] [LOG]    Loading config ...
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:14.465] [LOG]    Loading module helpers ...
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:15.909] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:15.914] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: MMM-ImagesPhotos
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:15.923] [LOG]    No helper found for module: alert.
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:16.037] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:16.040] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: updatenotification
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:16.044] [LOG]    No helper found for module: clock.
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:16.351] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:16.353] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: calendar
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:16.401] [LOG]    No helper found for module: currentweather.
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:16.576] [LOG]    No helper found for module: weatherforecast.
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:16.578] [LOG]    All module helpers loaded.
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:18.093] [LOG]    Starting server on port 8080 ...
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:18.123] [LOG]    Server started ...
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:18.126] [LOG]    Connecting socket for: MMM-ImagesPhotos
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:18.127] [LOG]    Starting node helper for: MMM-ImagesPhotos
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:18.130] [LOG]    Connecting socket for: updatenotification
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:18.132] [LOG]    Connecting socket for: calendar
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:18.134] [LOG]    Starting node helper for: calendar
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:18.135] [LOG]    Sockets connected & modules started ...
        0|mm       | [2022-05-11 08:49:18.137] [LOG]
        0|mm       | Ready to go! Please point your browser to: http://0.0.0.0:8080
        
        
        
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        • S Do not disturb
          sdetweil @ember1205
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          @ember1205 said in Autostarts but doesn't run, will run on restart:

          0|mm | + xprop -root
          0|mm | xprop: unable to open display ‘:0’

          thanks… x not up yet…

          weird, never seen this on any other system pi otherwise…
          I have 3 pi3, 2 pi4, pi 0w and pi02w and jetson nano, odroid, chromebox, plus desktops…

          i’ll add another environment variable check
          u add it to the mm.sh used to launch…

          let me test it…

          thanks for your help

          Sam

          How to add modules

          learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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            ember1205 @sdetweil
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            @sdetweil

            Happy to have broken it. Again. lol

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              sdetweil @ember1205
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              @ember1205 ok, do this

              cd ~/MagicMirror
              curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/test/run-start.sh >run-start.sh
              

              edit the MagicMirror/installers/mm.sh

              add a line before the npm start

              export wait_for_x=1 
              

              (or true, or ANYTHING)
              the value can be anything

              edit the run-start.sh and add the -x on the 1st line again

              do the pm2 flush
              pm2 restart

              just to test
              then do the reboot test

              Sam

              How to add modules

              learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                ember1205 @sdetweil
                last edited by

                @sdetweil said in Autostarts but doesn't run, will run on restart:

                export wait_for_x=1

                That isn’t the mm.sh that my system launches from, though… Mine is ~/mm.sh

                Does the one you’re referencing get called from one of the other scripts?

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                  sdetweil @ember1205
                  last edited by

                  @ember1205 whatever script…

                  if you used my setup script it uses the one already in installers

                  Sam

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                    ember1205 @sdetweil
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                    @sdetweil

                    Ok… Modified the ~/mm.sh script

                    pm2 restart mm failed to start Chromium correctly - landed on the Chrome Desktop.
                    Purged the config directory and started mm without issue.

                    Restarted the mirror and everything came up clean multiple times, but there is clearly still something weird happening with Chromium in that I have to continue wiping the config directory before it will start up correctly.

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                      sdetweil @ember1205
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                      @ember1205 the new script wipes the config folder already

                      Sam

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                        ember1205 @sdetweil
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                        @sdetweil

                        Whatever it’s doing, it isn’t doing it correctly. “pm2 restart mm” lands me on the Chrome Desktop every time. I have to wipe the config folder by hand.

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                          ember1205 @sdetweil
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                          @sdetweil

                          Its trying to wipe a non-existent directory

                          0|mm  | + rm -rf /home/pi/.config/chromium-browser
                          
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                            sdetweil @ember1205
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                            @ember1205 ah. I ‘assumed’ folder name matched executable…doah…

                            Sam

                            How to add modules

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                              ember1205 @sdetweil
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                              @sdetweil said in Autostarts but doesn't run, will run on restart:

                              cd ~
                              rm -rf .config/chromium
                              rm -rf .config/electron
                              

                              This was what you had mentioned earlier in the thread and worked, and it’s what I built my config wipe based on.

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                                sdetweil @ember1205
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                                @ember1205 do the curl again

                                Sam

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                                  ember1205 @sdetweil
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                                  @sdetweil

                                  Seems to be working reliably. Even why I simply do a “shutdown now” without any of my shutdown process items, it starts up correctly.

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                                    sdetweil @ember1205
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                                    @ember1205 cool… thanks for the feedback…
                                    i merged the changes into the master branch for all updates from now on

                                    Sam

                                    How to add modules

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                                      ember1205 @sdetweil
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                                      @sdetweil

                                      Now I have to find something else to break… sigh… :)

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                                        sdetweil @ember1205
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                                        @ember1205 thanks!.. this exposed another problem , using the script on an ubuntu system it opened the MM page in the running chrome instance and THEN DIDN’T WAIT… so the script ‘failed’ and pm2 restarted it , over and over and over…

                                        So, i just fixed THAT too… (didn’t break the prior! lol)

                                        Sam

                                        How to add modules

                                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                          ember1205 @sdetweil
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                                          @sdetweil

                                          As long as you got it all fixed, then it was a good day!

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