Multiple screens fo MM.

sdetweil

@chichi1887 well, you need two pm2_MagcMirror.json, right? and each points to a different mm.sh, right?
original
pm2_MagicMirror.json

"apps" : [{
"name" : "MM_Screen1",
"script" : "/home/pi/MagicMirror/installers/mm.sh",
"watch" : ["/home/pi/MagicMirror/config/config.js"]

new pm2_MagicMirror2.json

"apps" : [{
"name" : "MM_Screen2",
"script" : "/home/pi/MagicMirror/installers/mm2.sh",
"watch" : ["/home/pi/MagicMirror/config/config2.js"]

then
pm2 start each json
and then pm2 save

to test before pm2 start , you can

cd ~/MagicMirror
installers/mm2.sh

or

cd ~/MagicMirror
installers/mm.sh

to start them both, open another terminal window or ssh session, starting one in each

ctrl-c in the term window will end that instance

chichi1887

@sdetweil said in Multiple screens fo MM.:

cd ~/MagicMirror
installers/mm2.sh

Hey,

the mm.sh starts without a problem but the second has this

all modules that starts on the mm.sh are disable in the mm2 config.
Display=0 in both are correkt or the second must be nr.1?

chichi1887

When I start the mm2.sh script, despite the correct configuration, it takes the config.js instead of the config2.js. Therefore, it seems unable to start both instances simultaneously because it attempts to open the same config.js. The configuration looks like this in the mm2.sh script:
cd ~/MagicMirror
export MM_CONFIG=config2.js
DISPLAY=:0 npm start

the pm2_MagicMirror2.json is copy and paste from u ;-)

sdetweil

@chichi1887 see this from the doc

chichi1887

@sdetweil
thx so much, both starts, only problem both start at the same Screen and i can’t change the position or start screen. Must change the Display from 0 to 1 oder in the mm.sh config?

sdetweil

@chichi1887 yes , Linux treats the two monitors as one big display, so you have to add

electronOptions:{ left:xxxx}
above the modules:[] list

to one of the config.js to move the second mm over one screen width size

if vertical, then it’s y:xxxx

BKeyport

@sdetweil said in Multiple screens fo MM.:

electronOptions:{ left:xxxx}
above the modules:[] list

if vertical, then it’s y:xxxx

Live example - I use two 1920x1080 monitors, my system is using latest OS, but with X11 turned on rather than Wayland for compatibility reasons to some background tasks:

var config = {
	address: "0.0.0.0",
	port: 8081, 
	electronOptions: { x: 1920 },  // Right here! 
	ipWhitelist: [], 
	language: "en",
	timeFormat: 12,
	units: "imperial",
	customCss: "css/custom2.css",
	modules: [

chichi1887

@sdetweil thx u so much. All Modules and configs works Perfect. thx

sdetweil

@chichi1887 awesome. thanks for the feedback