My new MagicMirror will not start with Wayland?

[rkorell]

@rkorell Addition:

to my 100% surprise the mirror now works - but: extremely slow.
it is started with “npm run start:x11” !!!
(in a Wayland configuration !?)

loginctl show-session 1 | grep "Desktop"
Desktop=LXDE-pi-wayfire
pi@MagicMirrorPi5:~ $ 

0|MagicMir | > magicmirror@2.31.0-develop start
0|MagicMir | > npm run start:x11
0|MagicMir | 
0|MagicMir | 
0|MagicMir | > magicmirror@2.31.0-develop start:x11
0|MagicMir | > DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
0|MagicMir | 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:58.784] [LOG]   Starting MagicMirror: v2.31.0-develop 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:58.794] [LOG]   Loading config ... 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:58.795] [LOG]   config template file not exists, no envsubst 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:58.979] [INFO]  Checking config file /home/pi/MagicMirror/config/config.js ... 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.040] [INFO]  Your configuration file doesn't contain syntax errors :) 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.040] [INFO]  Checking modules structure configuration ... 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.077] [INFO]  Your modules structure configuration doesn't contain errors :) 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.078] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ... 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.079] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert. 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.079] [LOG]   No helper found for module: MMM-MagicMover. 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.079] [LOG]   No helper found for module: clock. 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.079] [LOG]   No helper found for module: MMM-Profilepicture. 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.088] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ... 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.088] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: MMM-Logging 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.095] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ... 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.095] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: MMM-MoonPhase 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.095] [LOG]   No helper found for module: MMM-Globe. 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.095] [LOG]   No helper found for module: weather. 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.129] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ... 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.129] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: MMM-JsonValue 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.137] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ... 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.137] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: MMM-MyGarbage 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.137] [LOG]   No helper found for module: MMM-CalendarExt3Agenda. 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.213] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ... 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.213] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: MMM-Todoist 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.250] [LOG]   2025-03-28T11:39:59 <log> init module helper birthdaylist (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/birthdaylist/node_helper.js:15 Class.init) 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.250] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: birthdaylist 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.251] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ... 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.251] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: MMM-SystemMonitor 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.357] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ... 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.357] [LOG]   Check MagicMirror² version for node helper 'MMM-Strava' - Minimum version: 2.2.0 - Current version: 2.31.0-develop 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.358] [LOG]   Version is ok! 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.358] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: MMM-Strava 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.358] [LOG]   No helper found for module: MMM-EventHorizon. 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.389] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ... 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.389] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: MMM-FRITZ-Box-Callmonitor-py3 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.511] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ... 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.511] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: MMM-NowPlayingOnSpotify 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.512] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ... 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.512] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: MMM-SystemInfo 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.539] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ... 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.539] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: newsfeed 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.539] [LOG]   No helper found for module: MMM-UselessFacts. 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.559] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ... 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.559] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: MMM-Remote-Control 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.597] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ... 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.597] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: calendar 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.598] [LOG]   All module helpers loaded. 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.601] [LOG]   Starting server on port 8080 ...  
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.940] [LOG]   Server started ... 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.941] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: MMM-Logging 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.942] [LOG]   2025-03-28T11:39:59 <log> Module helper started for MMM-Logging (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Logging/node_helper.js:19 Class.start) 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.942] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: MMM-MoonPhase 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.943] [LOG]   Starting module helper: MMM-MoonPhase 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.943] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: MMM-JsonValue 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.943] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: MMM-MyGarbage 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.944] [LOG]   2025-03-28T11:39:59 <log> Starting node_helper for module: MMM-MyGarbage (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-MyGarbage/node_helper.js:9 Class.start) 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.944] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: MMM-Todoist 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.946] [LOG]   2025-03-28T11:39:59 <log> Starting node helper for: MMM-Todoist (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Todoist/node_helper.js:19 Class.start) 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.946] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: birthdaylist 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.947] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: MMM-SystemMonitor 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.947] [LOG]   Starting module helper: MMM-SystemMonitor 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.947] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: MMM-Strava 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.949] [LOG]   2025-03-28T11:39:59 <log> Starting module helper: MMM-Strava (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Strava/node_helper.js:47 Class.start) 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.950] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: MMM-FRITZ-Box-Callmonitor-py3 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.951] [LOG]   2025-03-28T11:39:59 <log> Starting module: MMM-FRITZ-Box-Callmonitor-py3 (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-FRITZ-Box-Callmonitor-py3/node_helper.js:28 Class.start) 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.952] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: MMM-NowPlayingOnSpotify 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.953] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: MMM-SystemInfo 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.953] [LOG]   Starting node helper: MMM-SystemInfo 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.953] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: newsfeed 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.954] [LOG]   Starting node helper for: newsfeed 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.954] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: MMM-Remote-Control 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.954] [LOG]   Starting node helper for: MMM-Remote-Control 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.959] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: calendar 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.959] [LOG]   Starting node helper for: calendar 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:39:59.960] [LOG]   Sockets connected & modules started ... 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:40:00.172] [LOG]   Launching application. 
0|MagicMir | [2025-03-28 11:40:00.631] [INFO]  System information:
0|MagicMir | ### SYSTEM:   manufacturer: ; model: ; virtual: false
0|MagicMir | ### OS:       platform: linux; distro: Debian GNU/Linux; release: 12; arch: arm64; kernel: 6.6.74+rpt-rpi-2712
0|MagicMir | ### VERSIONS: electron: 32.2.7; used node: 20.18.1; installed node: 20.18.1; npm: 10.8.2; pm2: 5.4.3
0|MagicMir | ### OTHER:    timeZone: Europe/Berlin; ELECTRON_ENABLE_GPU: undefined 

Now I’m confused totally.

can anybody please help me to understand, what happens here?

THANKS!
Ralf

[sdetweil]

@rkorell electron saves a bunch of info , you may need to erase that to allow it to save different info
stop MagicMirror

rm -rf ~/.config/Electron

note the dot in front of config

[rkorell]

@sdetweil Thanks!

overall it doesn’t work for me :-(
system is so slow that even editing config.js took 8 seconds to load the tiny file from pi to Laptop…
So I’ve re-configured to X11 …
NO idea what happened but unusable with wayland.
In addition the target of whole szenario - to get MMM-Pir working without error message is not reached because with wayland, too an error is produced …
So I will stay with X11 and try MMM-Pir-universal …
(which is kinda unreliable…)

Warm regards,
Ralf

[sdetweil]

@rkorell note that npm start issues npm run start:x11

[rkorell]

@sdetweil said in My new MagicMirror will not start with Wayland?:

note that npm start issues npm run start:x11

? can you kindly please eloborate?
Didn’t get you, sorry!

[rkorell]

@sdetweil said in My new MagicMirror will not start with Wayland?:

rm -rf ~/.config/Electron

quick question: will this command help, anyway to get “performance” fixed?
Background: Since running on Pi5 / bookworm the mirror has “problems” on reboot.
Module load is extremely slow (minutes!).
A “pm2 reload MagicMirror” after reboot leads to way faster module loadings.

Thanks,
Ralf

[sdetweil]

@rkorell said in My new MagicMirror will not start with Wayland?:

quick question: will this command help, anyway to get “performance” fixed?

no idea

[sdetweil]

@rkorell said in My new MagicMirror will not start with Wayland?:

Didn’t get you, sorry!

from package.json
these are the command types you can issue npm run …

                "start": "npm run start:x11",
                "start:dev": "npm run start -- dev",
                "start:wayland": "WAYLAND_DISPLAY=\"${WAYLAND_DISPLAY:=wayland-1}\" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland",
                "start:wayland:dev": "npm run start:wayland -- dev",
                "start:windows": ".\\node_modules\\.bin\\electron js\\electron.js",
                "start:windows:dev": "npm run start:windows -- dev",
                "start:x11": "DISPLAY=\"${DISPLAY:=:0}\" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js",
                "start:x11:dev": "npm run start -- dev",

if you do npm start or npm run start
the command is “npm run start:x11”

which is the “same” as it was before release 2.30.0

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

so at least you don’t have to edit package.json and break updates…

[sdetweil]

@rkorell I can ‘fix’ MagicMirror.sh to detect wayland/labwc and use

npm  run start:wayland

and if not

npm run start

switching so it WORKS seems like it takes some drastic changes…(erase electron config)…

I don’t know what is in the electron config folder, so can’t tell if there is a way to know you switched since last run…

[rkorell]

@sdetweil As I wrote initially “npm run start:wayland” doesn’t work …
(despite wayland configured).
And the “stored” auto-start option npm run start:x11 DOES work - for whatever reason.

VNC was really sluggish on this, performance a nightmare so - see above marked as “solution” I switched back to x11 and all is working fine.

In the meantime I’ve also managed to get MMM-Pir to work by idenitfying and correcting two errors in Bugsounet’s code …

Warm regards,
Ralf