Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
MMM-CalendarExt3 and MMM-MonthlyCalendar blank
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I wasted most of today writing new Pi images to new SD cards, using the script to install MagicMirror again, only to have it crash / hang on the [LOG] Starting server on port 8089 … message every time.
I gave up and went back to my working SD card and it seems to work now. I had been using this from some sample code I found online, just to test and get the MMM-CalendarExt3 module working
{ url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/76/US_Holidays.ics", name: "holiday", fetchInterval: 60000, },I decided to add a couple of other calendars in and all of the others I tried show up in the Ext3 view, except this one. Not sure what the problem with it is but I won’t be using it so will move on.
I now have 4 random calendars and the code above in the calendar module and they all work, except the US_Holidays, the events for that one show in the list view but not in Ext3.
Thank you for taking the time to reply and help, sorry it seems to have been a bit of a waste of time.
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@Scott-M just fyi, we replace webcal: with https: under the covers…
I’d like to know more about the system hang…
what OS, what UI engine (x11 wayland vs labwc)
note we added new start commands for the different engines…see https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/19269/new-magicmirror-start-options-in-version-2-30-0
[LOG] Starting server on port 8089if you are doing npm run server, that is the end of the messages
until a browser connects… (it might LOOK like a hang… but its just waiting)IF the installer detects that electron did not install for some reason (armv6, or …)
THEN it sets up my script (run-start.sh) to run browser over server
( you can check by examining the start: clause in package.json)and ASSUMES chromium is the browser..the end of the scripts web page explains how to use some other browser
if chromium is not found, an error message will be logged in the npm start output, but nothing will be shown on the screen
now, in ANY case, did you install the clipping fix?
see https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/19282/version-2-30-0-calendar-fix-for-clipping-broadcast-eventwhich accidentally chopped off the messages sent to ext3 (and others)
my fault… it passed test60 seconds to fetch holidays will trigger a block on calendarlabs as they warned us a couple years ago about being pounded by hundreds of mirrors getting content too often (we changed that fetch to once a week)
ext3 is designed to NOT flash the screen on every update… all calendars are processed concurrently but independently and broadcast when they have data.
ext3 wants to WAIT til all the data has arrived, (waitFetch config time, 5 seconds by default)IF the data does NOT arrive for A calendar before waitFetch, THEN it will NOT BE DISPLAYED until the refreshInterval time (default 30 minutes)
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Back to the SD card that hangs on the starting server message…
I used Raspberry Pi OS (64 Bit) Bookworm, onto a Pi5, labwc compositor. I did install the clipping fix after the MagicMirror install
I ran with
npm run startwith this result, it may just be waiting but CRTL C does nothing and I have to close the ssh connection and reconnect.
scott@MagicMirror:~/MagicMirror $ npm start > magicmirror@2.31.0-develop start > npm run start:x11 > magicmirror@2.31.0-develop start:x11 > DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js [2025-03-21 15:14:51.442] [LOG] Starting MagicMirror: v2.31.0-develop [2025-03-21 15:14:51.451] [LOG] Loading config ... [2025-03-21 15:14:51.453] [LOG] config template file not exists, no envsubst [2025-03-21 15:14:52.019] [INFO] Checking config file /home/scott/MagicMirror/config/config.js ... [2025-03-21 15:14:52.045] [INFO] Your configuration file doesn't contain syntax errors :) [2025-03-21 15:14:52.045] [INFO] Checking modules structure configuration ... [2025-03-21 15:14:52.081] [INFO] Your modules structure configuration doesn't contain errors :) [2025-03-21 15:14:52.083] [LOG] Loading module helpers ... [2025-03-21 15:14:52.084] [LOG] No helper found for module: alert. [2025-03-21 15:14:52.093] [LOG] Initializing new module helper ... [2025-03-21 15:14:52.094] [LOG] Module helper loaded: updatenotification [2025-03-21 15:14:52.094] [LOG] No helper found for module: clock. [2025-03-21 15:14:52.231] [LOG] Initializing new module helper ... [2025-03-21 15:14:52.231] [LOG] Module helper loaded: calendar [2025-03-21 15:14:52.237] [LOG] No helper found for module: weather. [2025-03-21 15:14:52.339] [LOG] Initializing new module helper ... [2025-03-21 15:14:52.339] [LOG] Module helper loaded: newsfeed [2025-03-21 15:14:52.339] [LOG] All module helpers loaded. [2025-03-21 15:14:52.342] [LOG] Starting server on port 8089 ... -
@Scott-M ok, starting server is correct…
did you npm install or npm run install-mm
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@sdetweil said in MMM-CalendarExt3 and MMM-MonthlyCalendar blank:
@Scott-M ok, starting server is correct…
did you npm install or npm run install-mm
after installing the clipping fix?? (its required)I see, my mistake. I assumed from the forum post that this was if you use the development branch, as the instructions said
cd ~/MagicMirror git fetch origin pull/3679/head:_fix_clipping git switch _fix_clipping # if you get an error error, rm package-lock.json # and repeat the git switch restart MMwith npm run install-mm further down the post. I must have done this on the older one I am using though as it works.
Away all weekend so won’t be able to check until Monday.
Thanks again!
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Just to pick back up on this, I checked my bash history and I did npm run install-mm after the clipping fix.
I have tried a few times now to do this with the same result, this time without the clipping fix.
Reflashed the image and then the following steps are my bash history from first run of the OS. Only change to the config file is changing the port and the full whitelist. I selected No to the pm2 question, the screensaver was not disabled, just a waring about not knowing how to disable on an labwc compositor.
bash -c "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/raspberry.sh)" cd ~/MagicMirror/config nano config.js npm run startWith the following results, MagicMirror doesn’t start. and doesn’t get any futher that the whitelist warning. Same result without the full whitlist though…
scott@MagicMirror:~/MagicMirror/config $ npm run start > magicmirror@2.30.0 start > npm run start:x11 > magicmirror@2.30.0 start:x11 > DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js [2025-03-25 09:38:22.852] [LOG] Starting MagicMirror: v2.30.0 [2025-03-25 09:38:22.861] [LOG] Loading config ... [2025-03-25 09:38:22.862] [LOG] config template file not exists, no envsubst [2025-03-25 09:38:23.052] [INFO] Checking config file /home/scott/MagicMirror/config/config.js ... [2025-03-25 09:38:23.078] [INFO] Your configuration file doesn't contain syntax errors :) [2025-03-25 09:38:23.078] [INFO] Checking modules structure configuration ... [2025-03-25 09:38:23.117] [INFO] Your modules structure configuration doesn't contain errors :) [2025-03-25 09:38:23.119] [LOG] Loading module helpers ... [2025-03-25 09:38:23.119] [LOG] No helper found for module: alert. [2025-03-25 09:38:23.122] [LOG] Initializing new module helper ... [2025-03-25 09:38:23.122] [LOG] Module helper loaded: updatenotification [2025-03-25 09:38:23.122] [LOG] No helper found for module: clock. [2025-03-25 09:38:23.169] [LOG] Initializing new module helper ... [2025-03-25 09:38:23.169] [LOG] Module helper loaded: calendar [2025-03-25 09:38:23.170] [LOG] No helper found for module: compliments. [2025-03-25 09:38:23.170] [LOG] No helper found for module: weather. [2025-03-25 09:38:23.208] [LOG] Initializing new module helper ... [2025-03-25 09:38:23.208] [LOG] Module helper loaded: newsfeed [2025-03-25 09:38:23.208] [LOG] All module helpers loaded. [2025-03-25 09:38:23.211] [LOG] Starting server on port 8089 ... [2025-03-25 09:38:23.216] [WARN] You're using a full whitelist configuration to allow for all IPsWould be useful is someone can replicate this and see if it is something peculiar to my enviroment.
Raspberry Pi5 with 64 Bit Debian Bookworm with desktop.
I am just about to try with the 32 bit image but the whole process takes a while.
Update: couldn’t get it to install on the 32 bit version. New install of 32 bit bookworm, ran the install script and it fails with:
installing correct version of node and npm, please wait
/usr/local/bin/n: line 753: /usr/local/bin/node: cannot execute: required file not found
bash: line 309: /usr/local/bin/node: cannot execute: required file not found
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@Scott-M i will examine and fix the installer
32bit on pi5 might never run as there were conflicting hardware changes
can you try to start for wayland?
npm run start:waylandsee https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/19269/new-magicmirror-start-options-in-version-2-30-0
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@sdetweil said in MMM-CalendarExt3 and MMM-MonthlyCalendar blank:
npm run start:wayland
> magicmirror@2.30.0 start:wayland > WAYLAND_DISPLAY="${WAYLAND_DISPLAY:=wayland-1}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland did not find extension DRI_Mesa version 1 failed to bind extensions did not find extension DRI_Mesa version 1 failed to bind extensions did not find extension DRI_Mesa version 1 failed to bind extensions did not find extension DRI_Mesa version 1 failed to bind extensions [2025-03-25 13:07:24.800] [LOG] Starting MagicMirror: v2.30.0 [2025-03-25 13:07:24.809] [LOG] Loading config ... [2025-03-25 13:07:24.811] [LOG] config template file not exists, no envsubst [2025-03-25 13:07:25.425] [INFO] Checking config file /home/scott/MagicMirror/config/config.js ... [2025-03-25 13:07:25.451] [INFO] Your configuration file doesn't contain syntax errors :) [2025-03-25 13:07:25.451] [INFO] Checking modules structure configuration ... [2025-03-25 13:07:25.489] [INFO] Your modules structure configuration doesn't contain errors :) [2025-03-25 13:07:25.491] [LOG] Loading module helpers ... [2025-03-25 13:07:25.492] [LOG] No helper found for module: alert. [2025-03-25 13:07:25.498] [LOG] Initializing new module helper ... [2025-03-25 13:07:25.499] [LOG] Module helper loaded: updatenotification [2025-03-25 13:07:25.499] [LOG] No helper found for module: clock. [2025-03-25 13:07:25.640] [LOG] Initializing new module helper ... [2025-03-25 13:07:25.640] [LOG] Module helper loaded: calendar [2025-03-25 13:07:25.642] [LOG] No helper found for module: compliments. [2025-03-25 13:07:25.647] [LOG] No helper found for module: weather. [2025-03-25 13:07:25.761] [LOG] Initializing new module helper ... [2025-03-25 13:07:25.762] [LOG] Module helper loaded: newsfeed [2025-03-25 13:07:25.762] [LOG] All module helpers loaded. [2025-03-25 13:07:25.765] [LOG] Starting server on port 8089 ... [2025-03-25 13:07:25.770] [WARN] You're using a full whitelist configuration to allow for all IPs [1800:0325/130726.055765:ERROR:wayland_connection.cc(198)] Failed to connect to Wayland display: No such file or directory (2) [1800:0325/130726.055835:ERROR:ozone_platform_wayland.cc(264)] Failed to initialize Wayland platform [1800:0325/130726.055842:ERROR:env.cc(258)] The platform failed to initialize. Exiting. /home/scott/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGSEGV -
@Scott-M this is confusing… by default the system is setup for wayland/labwc,
not x11 (which npm start does)just another test, using manual install into another folder
cd ~ git clone https://github.com/MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror.git fribble cd fribble npm run install-mm npm startif that fails then try erasing the saved electron info
cd ~ rm -rf .config/Electron cd MagicMirror npm startyou try the fribble directory too
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Sorry, same result with both of those, doesn’t get past the starting server message.
System info:
sudo cat /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/model;echo cat /etc/os-release Raspberry Pi 5 Model B Rev 1.0 PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)" NAME="Debian GNU/Linux" VERSION_ID="12" VERSION="12 (bookworm)" VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm ID=debian HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/" SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"I do have an SD with a working MagicMirror on it, installed exactly the same was a couple of weeks ago.
I have just going to try another fresh install of bookworm, update / upgrade and then manually install nodejs and npm and MagicMirror ans see what happens. Don’t expect a different result but will see what happens.
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So, it works installing manually, bash history…:
sudo apt update sudo apt full-upgrade sudo reboot now curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | sudo -E bash - sudo apt-get install nodejs -y sudo apt install npm git clone https://github.com/MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror cd MagicMirror npm run install-mm cp config/config.js.sample config/config.js npm startThe install log from the one that doesn’t run is here if that helps at all.
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@Scott-M very interesting… only thing I can see different is the sandbox permissions
I don’t have time til later today to examine any more…
thanks for the feedback
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@sdetweil OK, I will keep the various SD cards with working and non working version for a while just in case it would be of help.
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@Scott-M thanks… appreciate that
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I had one more attempt at this, this time I ran an update and upgrade before running your script and this time it worked. Cannot see why that would be…
Happy to experiment more if you need more info but I am going to start on building the 2 way mirror now!
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@Scott-M and my script does that before too, its in the install.log file
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@sdetweil
I am sorry if this has been a wild goose chase and a waste of your time. I flashed the SD card, ran the script several times and it didn’t work, I will try one more time tomorrow and leave it at that.Random results from repeating the same process are very frustrating.
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@Scott-M frustrating indeed
but its normal
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Results from todays adventures writing Pi images to SD cards…
I don’t really know what, if any difference there could be but I flashed 4 SD cards with the same
64 bit Bookworm image.2 of them, I just ran the install script and let it update the system. The other 2, I updated / upgraded first. 1 with apt full-upgrade and the other with apt upgrade and then ran the install script.
The first 2 stopped at the same point on the starting server message and the other 2 just worked.
When the system stops at the starting server message, CTRL-C doesn’t do anything so SIGINT is not being picked up.
It may well just be something peculiar to my setup or enviroment.
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@Scott-M great feedback… I have family stuff most of the day today…
did you do npm install or npm run install-mm
npm run install-mm is more like what I do in the script… which limits what things npm does…
npm install does everything possible
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