magicmirror not working anymore

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil i dont have a spare sd card currently. should i reinstall the os on the hdd? or this doesnt represent an os failture? does this sound more like a hdd failure rather than the rpi or os failure?

[Mati_93]

@1a2a3a Have You updated and upgraded everything OS and Magic Mirror plus modules??

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a is this running from an nvme drive hat on the pi5?

I don’t want you to change anything you have yet. Still need to understand the failure

[sdetweil]

@Mati_93 he just powered on from being off for 2 weeks.

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a how was the pi shutdown before power off?

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil using the shutdown function.

nvm… i reinstall the entire os on the hdd and now its working but i lost quite bit.

I have installed the MM via your script as well.

in anycase, i cant get my cron job of turning off the screen as intended.

i have the below 2 script.
the problem is when i turn it off manually or via cron, the screen turns back on automatically if MM is running (either via npm or pm2).
if MM is not running, the screen stays off.

what can i do?

display_off.sh
#!/bin/bash
export WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0
export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
/usr/bin/wlr-randr --output HDMI-A-2 --off

display_on.sh
#!/bin/bash
export WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0
export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
/usr/bin/wlr-randr --output HDMI-A-2 --on --transform 90

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a said:

I have installed the MM via your script as well.

did you use my backup/restore to save your MM config???

screen on/off, yeh the system keeps changing how to do that…
i’ll look for that topic, and link it here

see the first post here
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/121101

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil I did not manage to do a backup because the system was way too slow. I did a fresh install of everything.

I did follow the guide you pasted and am still having that issue where it turns on by itself.

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a I do not know

@rkorell seems to have a good understanding here

https://github.com/rkorell/MMM-PresenceScreenControl

[1a2a3a]

@sdetweil hmm I give it a read but feels like he’s doing something different from the first link.

[sdetweil]

@1a2a3a not my intent to DO … was trying to get him to help…