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      sdetweil @Scott-M
      last edited by sdetweil

      @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 8089 
      

      if 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-event

      which accidentally chopped off the messages sent to ext3 (and others)
      my fault… it passed test

      60 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)
      (or you MANUALLY refresh the page (ctrl-r))

      Sam

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        Scott-M
        last edited by

        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 start
        

        with 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 ...
        
        
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          sdetweil @Scott-M
          last edited by sdetweil

          @Scott-M ok, starting server is correct…

          did you npm install or npm run install-mm
          after installing the clipping fix?? (its required)

          Sam

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            Scott-M @sdetweil
            last edited by

            @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 MM
            

            with 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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              Scott-M
              last edited by

              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 start
              

              With 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 IPs
              
              
              

              Would 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
              node failed to install, exiting

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                sdetweil @Scott-M
                last edited by

                @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:wayland
                

                see https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/19269/new-magicmirror-start-options-in-version-2-30-0

                Sam

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                  Scott-M @sdetweil
                  last edited by

                  @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
                  
                  
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                    sdetweil @Scott-M
                    last edited by sdetweil

                    @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 start 
                    

                    if that fails then try erasing the saved electron info

                    cd ~
                    rm -rf .config/Electron
                    cd MagicMirror 
                    npm start 
                    

                    you try the fribble directory too

                    Sam

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                      Scott-M @sdetweil
                      last edited by

                      @sdetweil

                      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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                        Scott-M @Scott-M
                        last edited by

                        @Scott-M @sdetweil

                        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 start
                        
                        

                        The install log from the one that doesn’t run is here if that helps at all.

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                          sdetweil @Scott-M
                          last edited by

                          @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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                            Scott-M @sdetweil
                            last edited by

                            @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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                              sdetweil @Scott-M
                              last edited by

                              @Scott-M thanks… appreciate that

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                                Scott-M @sdetweil
                                last edited by

                                @sdetweil

                                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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                                  sdetweil @Scott-M
                                  last edited by

                                  @Scott-M and my script does that before too, its in the install.log file

                                  Sam

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                                    Scott-M @sdetweil
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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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                                      sdetweil @Scott-M
                                      last edited by sdetweil

                                      @Scott-M frustrating indeed

                                      but its normal

                                      Sam

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                                        Scott-M @sdetweil
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                                        @sdetweil

                                        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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                                          sdetweil @Scott-M
                                          last edited by sdetweil

                                          @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

                                          Sam

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                                            Scott-M
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                                            I didn’t do either, I just ran your script from first run on the OS on the first 2 cards. On the other 2 cards, on first run of the OS I entered

                                            sudo apt update
                                            sudo apt full-upgrade
                                            bash -c  "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/raspberry.sh)"
                                            

                                            The only difference between them is your script not updating the system. It may all just be a coincidence and someone else with same hardware verifying would be helpful.

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