Failed to Connect to Wayland Display

hrt13

@atwist
I know this may be a bit late, I had the same problem on my Raspberry Pi3 after I updated to the latest MM.
I spent some time trying to get Wayland running, but wasn’t really successful. Finally, I changed my mm.sh script to:

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/MagicMirror

npm run start:x11

And that got it working again using: pm2 start|restart mm

sdetweil

@hrt13 yes, the release notes indicate that the npm start defaults to Wayland now…

VinGroot

@hrt13

@hrt13 said:

@atwist
I know this may be a bit late, I had the same problem on my Raspberry Pi3 after I updated to the latest MM.
I spent some time trying to get Wayland running, but wasn’t really successful. Finally, I changed my mm.sh script to:

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/MagicMirror

npm run start:x11

And that got it working again using: pm2 start|restart mm

I got something similar, my version of mm.sh:

#!/bin/bash
cd /home/pi/MagicMirror
DISPLAY=:0 node --run start:x11

hrt13

@sdetweil I modified your script from earlier to:

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/MagicMirror

if [ $(ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -i -e xway -e labwc | wc -l) -ne 0 ]; then
   # if WAYLAND_DISPLAYis set, use it, else set to -0
   export WAYLAND_DISPLAY=${WAYLAND_DISPLAY:=wayland-0}
   npm run start:wayland
else
   npm run start:x11
fi

sdetweil

@hrt13 yes, I fixed it the same way for new installs

Need some time to fix for existing

I have fixed upgrade to update mm.sh for start:x11 if wayland is not running

Scruffy

@sdetweil

I’m having a similar issue and I’ve been following this post but I still can’t resolve the error.

[94483:0406/164800.222694:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/host/wayland_connection.cc:202] Failed to connect to Wayland display: No such file or directory (2)
[94483:0406/164800.222815:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/ozone_platform_wayland.cc:281] Failed to initialize Wayland platform
[94483:0406/164800.222849:ERROR:ui/aura/env.cc:246] The platform failed to initialize.  Exiting.
/home/ferguson/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGSEGV
[94821:0406/164812.960910:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/host/wayland_connection.cc:202] Failed to connect to Wayland display: No such file or directory (2)
[94821:0406/164812.962540:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/ozone_platform_wayland.cc:281] Failed to initialize Wayland platform
[94821:0406/164812.962598:ERROR:ui/aura/env.cc:246] The platform failed to initialize.  Exiting.

I’m currently using the following lines in mm.sh

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/MagicMirror

if [ $(ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -i -e xway -e labwc | wc -l) -ne 0 ]; then
   # if WAYLAND_DISPLAYis set, use it, else set to -0
   export WAYLAND_DISPLAY=${WAYLAND_DISPLAY:=wayland-0}
   npm run start:wayland
else
   npm run start:x11
fi

Running the PM2 shows the status is online.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers!

sdetweil

@Scruffy
Can you open a terminal window and run this command string

ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -i -e xway -e labwc

Then do

pm2 stop all
cd MagicMirror 
npm run start:x11

Does MagicMirror start now?

Scruffy

@sdetweil

I ran the first command and this is the output:

~ $ ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -i -e xway -e labwc
ferguson   66504       1  0 15:32 ?        00:00:01 /usr/bin/Xwayland -auth /home/ferguson/.Xauthority :0 -rootless -core -terminate 10 -listenfd 28 -listenfd 29 -displayfd 88 -wm 82

When I run the last commands, it’s still not launching. The MM screen flickers up for a second and then goes away. This isn’t unique to the above steps.

Logs look similar, if not the same:

[306765:0406/201018.874374:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/host/wayland_connection.cc:202] Failed to connect to Wayland display: No such file or directory (2)
[306765:0406/201018.874626:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/ozone_platform_wayland.cc:281] Failed to initialize Wayland platform
[306765:0406/201018.874711:ERROR:ui/aura/env.cc:246] The platform failed to initialize.  Exiting.
/home/ferguson/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGSEGV
[307094:0406/201032.033709:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/host/wayland_connection.cc:202] Failed to connect to Wayland display: No such file or directory (2)
[307094:0406/201032.033832:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/ozone_platform_wayland.cc:281] Failed to initialize Wayland platform
[307094:0406/201032.033866:ERROR:ui/aura/env.cc:246] The platform failed to initialize.  Exiting.
/home/ferguson/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGSEGV

Strange indeed.

sdetweil

@Scruffy ok, try

npm run start:wayland

Scruffy

@sdetweil said:

npm run start:wayland

Unfortunately, still no go.

The whole system is feeling sluggish… I wounder if it’s an SD issue…?

I have a new SD card arriving later today. I’ll image and reinstall MM and report back.

If it’s still not working, I’ll provide the logs again.

Cannot thank you enough, @sdetweil. You’re incredibly responsive and your support is greatly appreciated.

Cheers!

sdetweil

@Scruffy use my backup/restore scripts to save and restore your MagicMirror config and modules list

https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror-backup-restore
Backup, copy off backup folder, tiny size

Install new MagicMirror and copy back folder and restore

atwist

@Scruffy I actually never resolved my issue either. But, my system was very sluggish as well.

sdetweil

@atwist the latest PI OS is larger than the previous versions…

leading to more swapping. This can affect performance because of the speed of the SD card.

free -m

will tell you how much memory and swap space you are using.

Scruffy

@atwist what did you end up doing? Or are you still without MM working?

Scruffy

@sdetweil I ran the command and this is my output.

             total       used      free      shared     buff/cache   available
Mem:         3992        2153      210       550        2126         1839
Swap:        511         30        481

Is the output in MB? Doesn’t seem like it’s to the point where everything is so slow to respond.

sdetweil

@Scruffy pi4, 4 gig?

Scruffy

@sdetweil Pi 5 4GB