Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Which version of Debian to use
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Which version of Debian are people using for their MMs?
I’m currently still running my MM on Debian 11 as I have an issue with moving building a new MM on Debian 12.The issue I have is that when I build a new Debian 12 machine (bare metal or virtual) I cannot seem to get the MM to automatically display and Debian only ever displays the Activities Overview.
During the Desktop environment section of the OS installation, I only opt to install the default Desktop environment and unselect the Gnome environment.What do/have people done to get around this?
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@DarrenO-0 just install the default display env. MagicMirror is a browser app, and we require whatever the browser requires
debian 12 (bookworm) is the current base for raspi os
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@sdetweil Thanks, so during the OS installation, when I get to the point where I am prompted to select and install software, I should just keep the default selected options of Debian desktop environment and GNOME?
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@DarrenO-0 are you using the prebuilt raspi os images? i dont see those prompts
https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/
ill have to try the bare debian vm again
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@sdetweil No, using the Debian .iso distro from the debian.org site.
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@DarrenO-0 got it
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@DarrenO-0 I installed the latest debian 12.x on my intel machine, in vmware.
and hit enter when it said gnomestarted, added me to sudoers. installed curl, and then ran my install script
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@sdetweil
I re-installed Debian12 and left the default Desktop Environment selections of Debian and GNOME selected.
Pretty much the vanilla/default install.
Did you have to do anything regarding how, when the Debian is eventually displayed, that MM is shown automatically?
I can’t seem to get MM to show and even though pm2 is enabled and running, I am stuck at the Desktop view where the Activities Overview button is shown in the top-left corner.If I can’t get around this, the alternative is to run it as a headless installation and just access MM via browser from other computers.
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@sdetweil
I also configured Debian to autologin as a given user account that I created during the installation process so I am not prompted to login after the computer reboots and it just goes straight to the Desktop. -
@DarrenO-0 i ran my install script, said yes to pm2
MagicMirror came up at the end.i did not set auto login, but i will change it and reboot
i dont expect problems