Bugsounet and MMM-Pir

lif

Thank you everyone, I’m sorry for opening this can of worms.

I’ve now got a Python script that runs at boot and does the job after destroying my MM installation trying to apply upgrades.

rkorell

@sdetweil :-).
I like it very much because it offers a lot nice and fancy stuff as the others don’t …
(progress bar, dimming, cron-steering for sleeping times)

Ralf

sdetweil

@lif can you talk about this python after …

MagicMirror upgrades? if so , did you use my upgrade script?

this highlights a problem. some modules need a refresh install when nodejs and MagicMirror change
so the upgrade script does that. but that wipes the node_modules folder for the module. and the dependencies are also not available anymore.

so, if i DO try the npm install it breaks, if i dont try the npm install it might break. fun times.
i will add a check for the authors url and skip the install action

sdetweil

@rkorell i hear yah.

rkorell

@sdetweil said in Bugsounet and MMM-Pir:

some modules need a refresh install

at least in bugsounet’s README.md there is a hint in this direction …

sdetweil

@rkorell yes, but there is nothing I can do… the dependencies no longer exist
he had some integrated update mechanism, I added code to launch that once…
now its dead too…

rkorell

@sdetweil OK.
really unfortunate.
I do not understand these dependencies - so I was hopeful that an update will not destroy module’s ability to work …

So I have to stay with the old mirror version to keep module running?

Regards,
Ralf

lif

@sdetweil said in Bugsounet and MMM-Pir:

@lif can you talk about this python after …

MagicMirror upgrades? if so , did you use my upgrade script?

this highlights a problem. some modules need a refresh install when nodejs and MagicMirror change
so the upgrade script does that. but that wipes the node_modules folder for the module. and the dependencies are also not available anymore.

so, if i DO try the npm install it breaks, if i dont try the npm install it might break. fun times.
i will add a check for the authors url and skip the install action

I was trying to upgrade Nodejs and if failed with lots of errors.

my mm and the whole system had got messy, so I’m using this as an opportunity to clean things up (it didn’t help insofar as a restore from the most recent backup didn’t work.

sdetweil

@rkorell said in Bugsounet and MMM-Pir:

So I have to stay with the old mirror version to keep module running?

i do not know…

I do not understand these dependencies
rather than put all the code in the module, there are libraries of things
that can be called…

so you make those libraries as separate packages and list them in the dependencies section of package.json and npm install goes and gets them

he might have decided that multiple components needs the same functions and packaged as library, to be loaded by all that needed it, code once, ship multiple times…
except that breaks now as the dependencies also are no longer available

as I said in my initial warning post, plan for them all to fail to work

sdetweil

@lif yeh, my upgrade script does the nodejs upgrade too…

use the n command

sudo npm install n -g 
sudo n xxx
where xxx is the version you want to use

recent backup didn’t work

how backup? use my backup/restore

yes that is broken too, as the authors repos no longer exist and binary backup may not work on different OS level/nodejs level

lif

@sdetweil said in Bugsounet and MMM-Pir:

how backup? use my backup/restore

yes that is broken too, as the authors repos no longer exist and binary backup may not work on different OS level/nodejs level

IMG file on my (new) linux desktop

lif

@sdetweil said in Bugsounet and MMM-Pir:

@lif yeh, my upgrade script does the nodejs upgrade too…

use the n command
sudo npm install n -g 
sudo n xxx
where xxx is the version you want to use

Thanks, added to my install notes

sdetweil

@lif n is the nodejs version of nvm

rkorell

@sdetweil said in Bugsounet and MMM-Pir:

plan for them all to fail to work

yes - as stated -really unfortunate!
Thanks for your clarification!
Ralf

lif

@sdetweil

I’ve reinstalled MagicMirror with your script, it worked wonderfully, than you very much for doing this.

Best regards from France.

rkorell

@sdetweil @lif
For your information:

I was successful with installing MMM-Pir on my brand new Pi5/bookworm:

pi@MagicMirrorPi5:~ $ cd MagicMirror/modules
pi@MagicMirrorPi5:~/MagicMirror/modules $ tar -xf MMM-Pir.tar.gz 
pi@MagicMirrorPi5:~/MagicMirror/modules $ cd MMM-Pir/
pi@MagicMirrorPi5:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Pir $ npm install

> MMM-Pir@2.4.4 preinstall
> echo ⚠ npm install will be deprecated on next release!.

⚠ npm install will be deprecated on next release!.

> MMM-Pir@2.4.4 install
> npm run setup


> MMM-Pir@2.4.4 presetup
> npm run dependencies && installer/preinstall.sh


> MMM-Pir@2.4.4 dependencies
> installer/dependencies.sh -d 'unclutter ddcutil cec-utils python3 python-is-python3 python3-gpiozero gpiod libgpiod2 libgpiod-dev'


Welcome to MMM-Pir v2.4.4

① ➤ dependencies installer

Checking OS...
OS Detected: linux-gnu (debian 12 aarch64)

Checking all dependencies...
All Dependencies needed are installed !

② ➤ Preinstall

No root checking...
Checking MMM-Pir: pi/pi
Checking MagicMirror: pi/pi

Installing @sdetweil sandbox fix...
fixing sandbox permissions

③ ➤ Install npm dependencies

> MMM-Pir@2.4.4 setup
> npm prune


up to date in 990ms

124 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

> MMM-Pir@2.4.4 postsetup
> installer/postinstall.sh -m -r


④ ➤ Postinstall

Minify Main code...
Found: 10 files to install and minify

Process File: MMM-Pir/MMM-Pir.js
Process File: MMM-Pir/node_helper.js
Process File: MMM-Pir/components/cronJob.js
Process File: MMM-Pir/components/governorLib.js
Process File: MMM-Pir/components/motion.js
Process File: MMM-Pir/components/motionLib.js
Process File: MMM-Pir/components/pirLib.js
Process File: MMM-Pir/components/screenDisplayer.js
Process File: MMM-Pir/components/screenLib.js
Process File: MMM-Pir/components/screenTouch.js
Done

Try to Disable screen saver...
Found: screen saver in gsettings
disable screensaver via gsettings was true and uint32 300
Found: screen saver in lightdm
disable screensaver via lightdm.conf
Found: screen saver in lxsession
disable screensaver via lxsession
Found: wayfire.ini

[WARN] There is some change for disable screen saver
[WARN] Please, don't forget to reboot your OS for apply the new configuration!
Done

Rebuild MagicMirror...
✔ Rebuild Complete
Done


MMM-Pir is now installed !

> MMM-Pir@2.4.4 postinstall
> echo ⚠ On next release, Please use: npm run setup

⚠ On next release, Please use: npm run setup

added 1 package in 31s

124 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details
pi@MagicMirrorPi5:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Pir $

I will have to play with the screen options (caused for sure by bookworm) because right now I get an error notification from MMM-Pir (screen error detected: dpms command error(mode 1) ) but there are several other modes to try …

Regards,
Ralf

sdetweil

@rkorell yeh, fun times

rkorell

@sdetweil yes! :-)

FrostByte

Hi everyone,

I didn’t quite get it right. Are there still problems with MMM-Pir?

I see that there are already two pull requests on https://github.com/Coernel82/MMM-Pir/pulls (one is from me). I would be willing to maintain the module, if no one else does.

Happy to hear from you @coernel

rkorell

@FrostByte .
Yes there are still “problems”.
@coernel has prepared a re-upload of bugsounet’s MMM-Pir.
But for some reasons this has failed.

Several entities are missing in his upload (including e.g. the core MMM-Pi.js and several other linked and necessary sub-programs (Described in more detail in this post).

I’ve copied a tar.gz file of my own local repository-copy here.

This copy is installable with npm install in the respective MMM-Pir directory in mirror Version 2.30 (NOT tested in brand new 2.31!).
It works without problems on a Pi4 with bullseye.
It does NOT work on a Raspi5/bookworm “out of the box”.
In the meantime I’ve identified and corrected the root cause for this (wrong parameter for the xrandr-call).
This correction is NOT reflected in the URL above because I’ve done this correction after the upload.
I can share this with you if you are interested in - only a very minor adoption and only for MY use-case (working without wayland and with x11).

From my side it would be really highly appreciated if somebody can take the responsibility for maintenance of this pretty module because I really like it very much.
I definitely NOT able to do this but I’m definitely willing to give any additional support in the course of my (tiny) abilities…

Let me know what you’re thinking about.

Warm regards,
Ralf