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    • L Offline
      lysnikolaou
      last edited by

      No, only this, but I first followed wrong instructions and installed unnecessary software that might have somehow affected the other installations.

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      • yo-lessY Offline
        yo-less Module Developer
        last edited by yo-less

        Then do it again, since you’re only just starting, you will only lose an hour or so and hopefully end up with a working system. This way you can ensure you have a working mirror that is fun to configure. At this stage you’re having problems with it starting up, who knows what other problems might be lurking in the darker corners of your Raspbian installation. Just make sure you grab the latest Raspbian image when reinstalling.

        Let us know whether it worked the second time round.

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        • L Offline
          lysnikolaou
          last edited by

          I will certainly let you know. Do you think that it would be better to run the automatic installation command or manually install nodejs, clone the rep and the install npm?

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          • strawberry 3.141S Offline
            strawberry 3.141 Project Sponsor Module Developer
            last edited by

            i did it like this on several pi’s now and never had issues https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/236/complete-setup-tutorial

            Please create a github issue if you need help, so I can keep track

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            • yo-lessY Offline
              yo-less Module Developer @lysnikolaou
              last edited by

              @lysnikolaou Unfortunately, I have no experience with the automatic installation because it isn’t supported for my hardware setup. But it seems to be the best way of going about it and the instructions in the link @strawberry-3-141 has posted is the way to go, @KirAsh4 has put a lot of energy into it and if you follow it closely, I’d be surprised if you still ran into trouble.

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              • L Offline
                lysnikolaou
                last edited by

                Thanks a lot to both of you. I will inform you about the results, as soon as I have it done.

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                • kulaK Offline
                  kula
                  last edited by

                  Hi everyone,
                  I have the same problem. Via ssh I get the same error. But using the same command in the terminal on the pi then it is working. I’m confused…

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                  • yo-lessY Offline
                    yo-less Module Developer @kula
                    last edited by

                    @kula What command are you talking about?

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                    • kulaK Offline
                      kula @yo-less
                      last edited by

                      @yo-less sorry, npm start

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                      • yo-lessY Offline
                        yo-less Module Developer
                        last edited by yo-less

                        Then you’re not experiencing the same problem. What you are describing is normal behavior.

                        If you use SSH, the Pi doesn’t know what monitor it should use, since you’re sitting in front of another monitor, so your command should be:

                        DISPLAY=:0 npm start
                        

                        Try that, it should work without problems.

                        Everything is also explained here .

                        Why aren’t you using PM2 to run the mirror?

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