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    • N Offline
      navyvette87
      last edited by

      Today I tried setting up my pi remotely from a laptop, It went thru a lot of stuff then all of a sudden gave two warnings, something about something needed loaded with -g. I didnt screen capture it. Do I have to have the hdmi screen hooked up and do it from there, or is doing it remotely ok?

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      • yawnsY Offline
        yawns Moderator
        last edited by

        Did you access your PI via ssh (putty for example)? Or did you use vnc to actually see the screen?
        Both ways should be fine for installation, only running the MagicMirror via ssh is a bit tricky as you have to tell MagicMirror which display to use.

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        • N Offline
          navyvette87 @yawns
          last edited by

          @yawns Via VNC, It froze when it did the two warnings. the pi prompt never returned. I just shut it down. Had to leave. Will try again when I have time, next time via the hdmi screen.

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          • N Offline
            navyvette87
            last edited by

            tried again today with the hdmi screen, it got to where it said something about it was loading a file that had 715 at the end and froze. so restarted removed the folder, and restarted installing remotely. it got to loading depandencies and gave me this :

            Installing dependencies …
            npm WARN prefer global coffee-script@1.10.0 should be installed with -g
            npm WARN prefer global jsonlint@1.6.2 should be installed with -g

            uws@0.14.5 install /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/uws
            node-gyp rebuild > build_log.txt 2>&1 || exit 0
            Unable to install dependencies!

            tried starting npm remotely got this:

            pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm start
            npm ERR! Linux 4.9.35-v7+
            npm ERR! argv “/usr/bin/node” “/usr/bin/npm” “start”
            npm ERR! node v6.11.5
            npm ERR! npm v3.10.10
            npm ERR! path /home/pi/package.json
            npm ERR! code ENOENT
            npm ERR! errno -2
            npm ERR! syscall open
            npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/home/pi/package.json’
            npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/home/pi/package.json’
            npm ERR! enoent This is most likely not a problem with npm itself
            npm ERR! enoent and is related to npm not being able to find a file.
            npm ERR! enoent
            npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
            npm ERR! /home/pi/npm-debug.log

            tried starting from the hdmi screen same thing.

            tried starting from with the magicmirror folder, got this:

            pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm start

            magicmirror@2.1.3 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
            sh run-start.sh
            /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/index.js:9
            throw new Error(‘Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again’)
            ^
            Error: Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again
            at Object. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/index.js:9:9)
            at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
            at Object.Module._extensions…js (module.js:579:10)
            at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
            at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
            at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
            at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
            at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
            at Object. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/cli.js:3:16)
            at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
            npm ERR! Linux 4.9.35-v7+
            npm ERR! argv “/usr/bin/node” “/usr/bin/npm” “start”
            npm ERR! node v6.11.5
            npm ERR! npm v3.10.10
            npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
            npm ERR! magicmirror@2.1.3 start: sh run-start.sh
            npm ERR! Exit status 1
            npm ERR!
            npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.1.3 start script ‘sh run-start.sh’.
            npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
            npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the magicmirror package,
            npm ERR! not with npm itself.
            npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
            npm ERR! sh run-start.sh
            npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
            npm ERR! npm bugs magicmirror
            npm ERR! Or if that isn’t available, you can get their info via:
            npm ERR! npm owner ls magicmirror
            npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
            npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
            npm ERR! /home/pi/MagicMirror/npm-debug.log
            pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $
            Can anyone point me in the direction to correct? I have already upgraded Node.js so i know it cant be that.

            npm-bug.log:
            0 info it worked if it ends with ok
            1 verbose cli [ ‘/usr/bin/node’, ‘/usr/bin/npm’, ‘start’ ]
            2 info using npm@3.10.10
            3 info using node@v6.11.5
            4 verbose run-script [ ‘prestart’, ‘start’, ‘poststart’ ]
            5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~prestart: magicmirror@2.1.3
            6 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~prestart: no script for prestart, continuing
            7 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: magicmirror@2.1.3
            8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
            9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: PATH: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bi$
            10 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: CWD: /home/pi/MagicMirror
            11 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: Args: [ ‘-c’, ‘sh run-start.sh’ ]
            12 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: Returned: code: 1 signal: null
            13 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: Failed to exec start script
            14 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.1.3 start: sh run-start.sh
            14 verbose stack Exit status 1
            14 verbose stack at EventEmitter. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib$
            14 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
            14 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:191:7)
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            • Mykle1M Offline
              Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @navyvette87
              last edited by

              @navyvette87 said in Setting up Magic Mirror remotely?:

              tried starting npm remotely got this:
              pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm start

              You would need to cd MagicMirror to change into your MagicMirror directory first, then run npm start

              Create a working config
              How to add modules

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              • N Offline
                navyvette87
                last edited by

                Went back to the website and read, and found something about npm install, so ran that, it looked like it installed something, then ran npm start again and got:

                magicmirror@2.1.3 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
                sh run-start.sh
                /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/index.js:9
                throw new Error(‘Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again’)
                ^
                Error: Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again
                at Object. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/index.js:9:9)
                at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
                at Object.Module._extensions…js (module.js:579:10)
                at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
                at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
                at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
                at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
                at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
                at Object. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/cli.js:3:16)
                at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
                npm ERR! Linux 4.9.35-v7+
                npm ERR! argv “/usr/bin/node” “/usr/bin/npm” “start”
                npm ERR! node v6.11.5
                npm ERR! npm v3.10.10
                npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
                npm ERR! magicmirror@2.1.3 start: sh run-start.sh
                npm ERR! Exit status 1
                npm ERR!
                npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.1.3 start script ‘sh run-start.sh’.
                npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
                npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the magicmirror package,
                npm ERR! not with npm itself.
                npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
                npm ERR! sh run-start.sh
                npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
                npm ERR! npm bugs magicmirror
                npm ERR! Or if that isn’t available, you can get their info via:
                npm ERR! npm owner ls magicmirror
                npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
                npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
                npm ERR! /home/pi/MagicMirror/npm-debug.log
                pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $

                npm-debug.log
                0 info it worked if it ends with ok
                1 verbose cli [ ‘/usr/bin/node’, ‘/usr/bin/npm’, ‘start’, ‘dev’ ]
                2 info using npm@3.10.10
                3 info using node@v6.11.5
                4 verbose run-script [ ‘prestart’, ‘start’, ‘poststart’ ]
                5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~prestart: magicmirror@2.1.3
                6 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~prestart: no script for prestart, continuing
                7 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: magicmirror@2.1.3
                8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
                9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: PATH: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bi$
                10 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: CWD: /home/pi/MagicMirror
                11 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: Args: [ ‘-c’, 'sh run-start.sh "dev$
                12 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: Returned: code: 1 signal: null
                13 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.3~start: Failed to exec start script
                14 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.1.3 start: sh run-start.sh "dev"
                14 verbose stack Exit status 1
                14 verbose stack at EventEmitter. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib$
                14 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
                14 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:191:7)
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                • Mykle1M Offline
                  Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @navyvette87
                  last edited by Mykle1

                  @navyvette87 said in Setting up Magic Mirror remotely?:

                  throw new Error(‘Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again’)

                  Terminal is telling what happened and you what to do here.

                  Go into your MagicMirror folder, then into the node_modules folder, then DELETE the electron folder.

                  Then run npm install again in the MagicMirror directory

                  Create a working config
                  How to add modules

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                  • N Offline
                    navyvette87
                    last edited by

                    ok read some on the repository, was able to run the serveronly and got this
                    Magic Mirror2
                    Please create a config file.
                    See README for more information.
                    If you get this message while your config file is already
                    created, your config file probably contains an error.
                    Use a JavaScript linter to validate your file.

                    what next?

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                    • Mykle1M Offline
                      Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @navyvette87
                      last edited by

                      @navyvette87

                      Look at the bottom left of my post. Click on Create a working config

                      Create a working config
                      How to add modules

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                      • N Offline
                        navyvette87
                        last edited by

                        I got it to work, but then I went through the pi setup stuff to turn on the screensaver and wifi sleep, now when i tried to reboot, it says

                        [FAILED] Failed to start Light Display Manager
                        SSH is enabled and the default password for the ‘pi’ user has not been changed. This is a security risk - please login as the ‘pi’ user and type passwd to set a new password.
                        pi@raspberrypi: $

                        How do i get it to continue to the desktop screen?

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