Non-Typical Setup, MM Stops Showing New Pictures (ImagesPhotos module)

ember1205

@sdetweil So what you’re saying is that maybe I wanna start by upgrading? lol

I’m running on a Linux virtual guest, so I can easily snapshot it before I try and upgrade. What’s the best option for me to get current?

sdetweil

@ember1205 if it’s a virtual machine, not docker

You will have to upgrade the os too, so don’t touch the existing vm

Backup
Use my scripts, save to github

Create new Vm
Use my scripts to install MagicMirror
Use my restore to put back config

Backup/restore
https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror-backup-restore

Install/upgrade
https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

ember1205

@sdetweil I keep the OS updated separately on its own. What kind of updates are you suggesting would be necessary here?

sdetweil

@ember1205 the latest node requires some libraries not available on buster level, some gpio modules need help
On bullseye and later

Node 22.14 requirement is the last to provide binaries for 32 bit

ember1205

@sdetweil I’m not running on a Pi or its software… Full install of opensuse linux. And I keep it fully patched and at the current release level.

sdetweil

@ember1205 did you make any progress here?

MM is just an app…
so you could copy the MagicMirror folder to save it
and then run the upgrade script or install a new version (using my install script, and move the current folder instead of copy)

ember1205

Yeah, I actually did more troubleshooting and such over the weekend and ended up doing a full upgrade to the RPi OS and then updating MM on there as well.

My troubleshooting was showing that the server side “shouldn’t” have been the issue because launching a browser on just about any other device would result in the continual processing and rotating of photos and such. And, even though the photo processing seemed to be the only piece that would stop updating on the client, the fact that it worked everywhere else led me to take the leap and do all of the updates on the RPi.

After doing the full upgrade to the latest version of RaspiOS (Bullseye) and then updating MM to the latest (using your scripts), it seems to be working correctly again and hasn’t stopped rotating the photos since the upgrade.

sdetweil

@ember1205 great feedback, thank you
Glad it’s working again

sdetweil

@ember1205 the latest PIOS is bookworm right?

ember1205

@sdetweil Yeah… I should have said I updated to the latest version of Bullseye with all patches. I haven’t made the last step to Bookworm yet…