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      sdetweil @theaddies
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      @theaddies send me the ~/install.log

      and do the same chromium
      and
      ./run-start.sh
      tests

      lsb_release -a

      to confirm buster

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        sdetweil @theaddies
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        @theaddies you should not need to do anything. it should be setup to autostart

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          theaddies @sdetweil
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          @sdetweil

          lsb_release -a
          No LSB modules are available.
          Distributor ID: Raspbian
          Description:    Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
          Release:        10
          Codename:       buster
          
          
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            theaddies @sdetweil
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            @sdetweil for which chromium or which chromium-browswer I get nothing returned.

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              sdetweil @theaddies
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              @theaddies interesting, log says one of them got installed

              Unpacking chromium-browser (92.0.4515.98~buster-rpt2)

              note u had an extra w in the text on last message

              browswer
              pm2 setup for autostart having trouble…

              you do

              pm2 autostart
              and it gives you the command to execute to make that happen

              then it says it can’t find the systemd init system to update, after it just said that is the one to use…
              will have to research and debug

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                theaddies @sdetweil
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                @sdetweil

                
                pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ ./run-start.sh
                [07.04.2023 22:00.28.274] [LOG] Starting MagicMirror: v2.23.0
                [07.04.2023 22:00.28.488] [LOG] Loading config ...
                [07.04.2023 22:00.28.652] [DEBUG] config template file not exists, no envsubst
                [07.04.2023 22:00.28.853] [LOG] Loading module helpers ...
                [07.04.2023 22:00.28.933] [LOG] No helper found for module: alert.
                [07.04.2023 22:00.29.513] [LOG] Initializing new module helper ...
                [07.04.2023 22:00.29.565] [LOG] Module helper loaded: updatenotification
                [07.04.2023 22:00.29.597] [LOG] No helper found for module: clock.
                [07.04.2023 22:00.29.659] [WARN]  No /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/../modules/calendar_monthly/calendar_monthly.js found for module: calendar_monthly.
                [07.04.2023 22:00.29.722] [LOG] No helper found for module: calendar_monthly.
                [07.04.2023 22:00.41.528] [LOG] Initializing new module helper ...
                [07.04.2023 22:00.41.561] [LOG] Module helper loaded: calendar
                [07.04.2023 22:00.41.616] [WARN]  No /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/../modules/random_quotes/random_quotes.js found for module: random_quotes.
                [07.04.2023 22:00.41.664] [LOG] No helper found for module: random_quotes.
                [07.04.2023 22:00.41.707] [LOG] No helper found for module: weather.
                [07.04.2023 22:00.42.663] [LOG] Initializing new module helper ...
                [07.04.2023 22:00.42.687] [LOG] Module helper loaded: newsfeed
                [07.04.2023 22:00.42.732] [WARN]  No /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/../modules/MMM-Snow/MMM-Snow.js found for module: MMM-Snow.
                [07.04.2023 22:00.42.749] [LOG] No helper found for module: MMM-Snow.
                [07.04.2023 22:00.42.786] [WARN]  No /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/../modules/MMM-Unsplash/MMM-Unsplash.js found for module: MMM-Unsplash.
                [07.04.2023 22:00.42.814] [LOG] No helper found for module: MMM-Unsplash.
                [07.04.2023 22:00.42.841] [LOG] All module helpers loaded.
                [07.04.2023 22:00.43.422] [LOG] Starting server on port 8080 ...
                [07.04.2023 22:00.44.420] [LOG] Server started ...
                [07.04.2023 22:00.44.470] [LOG] Connecting socket for: updatenotification
                [07.04.2023 22:00.44.531] [LOG] Starting module helper: updatenotification
                [07.04.2023 22:00.44.568] [LOG] Connecting socket for: calendar
                [07.04.2023 22:00.44.598] [LOG] Starting node helper for: calendar
                [07.04.2023 22:00.44.642] [LOG] Connecting socket for: newsfeed
                [07.04.2023 22:00.44.672] [LOG] Starting node helper for: newsfeed
                [07.04.2023 22:00.44.709] [LOG] Sockets connected & modules started ...
                [07.04.2023 22:00.44.744] [LOG]
                Ready to go! Please point your browser to: http://localhost:8080
                Starting chromium browser now, have patience, it takes a minute
                
                

                The screen for the raspberry pi is blank. this output is from ssh.

                I just typed it again and now I get
                /usr/bin/chromium-broswer

                sorry about that.

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                  sdetweil @theaddies
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                  @theaddies screen black, yes, takes long time

                  increase swap space helps some

                  use Midori browser helps some more (have to install Midori, and set an env variable, see doc )

                  Sam

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                    theaddies @sdetweil
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                    @sdetweil The screen has been black for an hour. When i reboot, the first thing I see is the MagicMirror logo. That is different than before. Before it booted into the raspian desktop and then the magicmirror loaded. It did take a while. Now, as I said above, I see the MagicMirror logo it seems to be loading and then the screen goes blank. It does not come back. ssh works, but the keyboard and mouse on the pi itself will not wake it up.

                    I did see the correct screen after I ran the command below, but I can’t do that now.

                    DISPLAY=:0 npm start
                    
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                      sdetweil @theaddies
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                      @theaddies pm2 is not working for autostart for some reason

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                        sdetweil @theaddies
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                        @theaddies reboot, then run the fixuppm2 script from my scripts page…

                        let me know

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                          sdetweil @theaddies
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                          @theaddies ok, I was able to reproduce the problem

                          after reboot do this

                          pm2 startup

                          it will return a command to execute

                          copy paste that command and hit enter

                          it worked for me to manually enter the command

                          i opened this issue in pm2
                          https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/issues/5582

                          Sam

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                            sdetweil @theaddies
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                            @theaddies i updated the install script to fail if the system is bullseye and this is an armv6l device

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                              theaddies @sdetweil
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                              @sdetweil I cannot get the pi to display anything via hdmi. my only access to it now is via ssh.

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                                sdetweil @theaddies
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                                @theaddies eh? not even the desktop?

                                I installed fresh on my pi0w, (all via ssh) and after fixing the pm2 issue it autostarts mm as expected

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                                  theaddies @sdetweil
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                                  @sdetweil I just followed the procedure on a pi4 and everything worked great.

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                                    sdetweil @theaddies
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                                    @theaddies cool

                                    my pi0w test

                                    flash sd card with legacy full desktop, 32gb sd card
                                    edit the wap_supplicant file to enable wifi
                                    boot
                                    auto run update
                                    enable ssh
                                    change machine name (add a 0) (have others running on the network , pi3, pi4, pi42…)

                                    reboot

                                    logon via ssh

                                    paste my install script url
                                    run
                                    select yes to pm2
                                    select yes to screen saver off

                                    pm2 install failed
                                    fixuppm2 script failed

                                    reboot

                                    logon via ssh
                                    run the pm2 startup command
                                    copy/paste the output to execute pm2 setup again
                                    worked this time
                                    run fixuppm2 to add mm as an app…

                                    mm starts

                                    reboot

                                    mm starts

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                                      theaddies @sdetweil
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                                      @sdetweil I am loathed to start the pi2 over again for the fourth time. here is what I have right now. I think I got MagicMirror and mm removed from the pm2. I installed mm when I thought things were not working.
                                      41751be5-514e-4c1e-a149-5a6cfe629561-image.png

                                      The HDMI output still does not work. I was thinking now I would run the pm2 startup command although I am sure I already did it and then I would run fixuppm2.

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                                        theaddies @theaddies
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                                        @theaddies a72ca281-0f6c-46d7-acb0-844afd32caca-image.png

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                                          sdetweil @theaddies
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                                          @theaddies yes, it says spawining, so pm2 is not set to autostart

                                          do

                                          pm2 startup
                                          

                                          it will output a command string, copy paste that command string (last line) and hit enter,
                                          DO NOT USE MINE BELOW

                                          pi@raspberrypi0:~ $ pm2 startup
                                          [PM2] Init System found: systemd
                                          [PM2] To setup the Startup Script, copy/paste the following command:
                                          sudo env PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 startup systemd -u pi --hp /home/pi
                                          

                                          note the error in your post of running my fixuppm2 script
                                          init system not found

                                          THAT is the problem… for some reason it cannot figure out HOW to do the correct startup stuff…
                                          BUT it just said what type to use…

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                                            theaddies @sdetweil
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                                            @sdetweil OK So I went ahead and did the whole thing over again for the fourth time with the exact method you outlined. It works. It would be nice to somehow let the next poor sod who wants to waste 2 days of their life of the right way to do this on a pi2.

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