<![CDATA[Schedule restart MagicMirror]]>“pm2 restart MagicMirror” in prompt works correctly but I can’t schedule it.

In crontab I write:
0 4 * * * pm2 restart MagicMirror

but it doesn’t work

In system log there are:

magicmirror CRON[13707]: (root) CMD (pm2 restart MagicMirror)
magicmirror CRON[17838]: (root) CMD (   cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)

How can I schedule restart?

Thanks

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/17450/schedule-restart-magicmirrorRSS for NodeSat, 06 Jun 2026 20:43:35 GMTSun, 11 Dec 2022 22:06:57 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Schedule restart MagicMirror on Sun, 18 Dec 2022 04:12:11 GMT]]>@cldparisi

My crontab -e looks like this.

00 08 * * * pm2 restart mm
30 21 * * * pm2 stop all

I have my background set to black and the desktop bar set to black, and the smallest icon size so when the pm2 stop all runs it looks like a blacked out screen with a few little bitty icons showing for walking around in the dark night light.
Then in the morning it restarts mm. This way it is not running the SSD or memory card all night adding to the read write times.

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/106652https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/106652Sun, 18 Dec 2022 04:12:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Schedule restart MagicMirror on Wed, 14 Dec 2022 20:46:01 GMT]]>@sdetweil said in Schedule restart MagicMirror:

@cldparisi u have to schedule as the user not root

Yesss!!

Now I had edit crontab like pi instead root and It works!

Thanks

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/106589https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/106589Wed, 14 Dec 2022 20:46:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Schedule restart MagicMirror on Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:39:13 GMT]]>Since the MM started automatically - I reboot the pi once at noon and shut it down completely in the evening.
The next morning it is woken up by the socket timer.

crontab:
5 1,13 * * * sudo shutdown -r
0 22 * * * sudo shutdown -P now

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/106551https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/106551Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:39:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Schedule restart MagicMirror on Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:11:08 GMT]]>@cldparisi u have to schedule as the user not root

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/106547https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/106547Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:11:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Schedule restart MagicMirror on Sun, 11 Dec 2022 23:47:26 GMT]]>@cldparisi Out of curiosity, what are you hoping to accomplish? I ask because MMM-Watchdog will quit the app (and if you have pm2 set to start MagicMirror automatically, it’ll get started once WatchDog kills the app). So, that might work for you?

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/106546https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/106546Sun, 11 Dec 2022 23:47:26 GMT