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MagicMirror Failing on Raspberry Pi Zero W Rev 1.1

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    sdetweil @davidgagne
    last edited by Aug 1, 2024, 6:27 PM

    @davidgagne said in MagicMirror Failing on Raspberry Pi Zero W Rev 1.1:

    Starting chromium browser now, have patience, it takes a minute
    Chromium_browser not installed

    so you have to install, firefox, midiori, or surf
    see my scripts doc

    https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts?tab=readme-ov-file#switch-to-the-midori-or-firefox-or-surf-browser

    Sam

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    D 1 Reply Last reply Aug 1, 2024, 6:35 PM Reply Quote 0
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      davidgagne @sdetweil
      last edited by Aug 1, 2024, 6:35 PM

      @sdetweil Right. I did all that – uninstalled chromium, installed Firefox, and edited installers/mm.sh – as part of my installation process. I’m not sure why it’s still looking for chromium; I assume it’s hard coded somewhere in the MM startup script.

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        sdetweil @davidgagne
        last edited by sdetweil Aug 1, 2024, 6:45 PM Aug 1, 2024, 6:43 PM

        @davidgagne not hard coded…

            # if not set
            if [ "$external_browser." == "." ]; then
                # start chromium
                echo "Starting chromium browser now, have patience, it takes a minute"
        

        it IS case sensitive and ALSO needs the export
        unlike Windows in linux environment variables are not inherited by default…

        show me the mm.sh

        Sam

        How to add modules

        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

        D 1 Reply Last reply Aug 1, 2024, 6:51 PM Reply Quote 0
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          davidgagne @sdetweil
          last edited by Aug 1, 2024, 6:51 PM

          @sdetweil Here’s the entire mm.sh file:

          #!/bin/bash
          # This file is still here to keep PM2 working on older installations.
          cd ~/MagicMirror
          export external_browser=firefox
          DISPLAY=:0 npm start
          
          S 1 Reply Last reply Aug 1, 2024, 6:58 PM Reply Quote 0
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            sdetweil @davidgagne
            last edited by Aug 1, 2024, 6:58 PM

            @davidgagne hm… no idea really
            you can test the script with

            cd ~/MagicMirror
            installers/mm.sh
            

            and

            cd ~/MagicMirror
            export external_browser=firefox
            npm start 
            

            never seen it fail tho.

            Sam

            How to add modules

            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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              davidgagne @sdetweil
              last edited by Aug 3, 2024, 4:15 PM

              @sdetweil If electron hasn’t been required for years, then why does a fresh install of everything generate tens of thousands of “can’t find electron” lines in MagicMirror-error.log?

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                sdetweil @davidgagne
                last edited by sdetweil Aug 5, 2024, 2:59 AM Aug 3, 2024, 4:33 PM

                @davidgagne the default install is to use electron.

                We made it optional, so the install would not just fail.
                and my script makes other browsers available as alternatives.

                if you do the manual install, there is nothing to fix the package.json still trying to use electron. and it errors out.

                now you can clear the pm2 logs

                pm2 flush

                and then see info from future runs

                Sam

                How to add modules

                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

                D 1 Reply Last reply Aug 5, 2024, 1:13 AM Reply Quote 0
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                  davidgagne @sdetweil
                  last edited by Aug 5, 2024, 1:13 AM

                  @sdetweil Okay. Next issue is that MagicMirror-out.log is always empty. I recall that I could find lots of information in there the last time I was setting up a MM, but this time it’s always just blank. (The MagicMirror-error.log file is, sadly, useless because it’s just filled with tens of thousands of lines of Error: Cannot find module 'electron'.)

                  Any idea why MagicMirror-out.log is always empty?

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                    sdetweil @davidgagne
                    last edited by Aug 5, 2024, 1:29 AM

                    @davidgagne out is empty cause mm never started

                    Does
                    npm run server
                    Work

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

                    D 2 Replies Last reply Aug 5, 2024, 4:41 PM Reply Quote 0
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                      davidgagne @sdetweil
                      last edited by Aug 5, 2024, 4:41 PM

                      @sdetweil I’m sorry, but I don’t understand. What exactly is mm? (MagicMirror is running.)

                      What does npm run server do? (I can visit the IP address of the Pi on my phone or laptop on my home network.)

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