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  • N Offline
    nuckinfutz
    last edited by nuckinfutz Oct 13, 2016, 4:41 PM Oct 13, 2016, 4:30 PM

    Your assumption is correct.

    Did you follow this?

    https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/236/complete-setup-tutorial

    If so it should work. If doesn’t let me know and I’ll see what I can do.

    P.S. Do not change the name of the config.js.sample Copy it and name the copy config.js

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    • K Offline
      KirAsh4 Moderator
      last edited by Oct 13, 2016, 5:56 PM

      Need more information here, including what hardware are you attempting to run it on.

      A Life? Cool! Where can I download one of those from?

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      • I Offline
        II12yanII @nuckinfutz
        last edited by Oct 14, 2016, 3:40 PM

        @nuckinfutz said in trouble with config file:

        Your assumption is correct.

        Did you follow this?

        https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/236/complete-setup-tutorial

        If so it should work. If doesn’t let me know and I’ll see what I can do.

        P.S. Do not change the name of the config.js.sample Copy it and name the copy config.js

        thanks ill give that guide a look at and see if that will work.

        @KirAsh4 said in trouble with config file:

        Need more information here, including what hardware are you attempting to run it on.

        i have the raspberry pi 3. i installed the latest raspbain jessie with pixel and i download the latest magic mirror version using the command curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/master/installers/raspberry.sh | bash.
        i also made sure that raspbain is up to date by using the update and upgrade commands.

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        • I Offline
          II12yanII
          last edited by Oct 14, 2016, 4:23 PM

          0_1476462126517_2016-10-14-161534_655x390_scrot.png
          so it seems as if my config file isnt whats wrong the electron.js isnt working right. i did the command git pull to update it and it says im using the most current version. is there a command to verify all of the files or no?

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          • N Offline
            nuckinfutz
            last edited by Oct 15, 2016, 2:09 AM

            If you still haven’t gotten anywhere I’ll zip up and send you my entire directory structure and a step by step instruction sheet I wrote for myself to get the basic mirror up and running. You can compare them to yours and see where we differ. That should give you some insight.

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            • I Offline
              II12yanII @nuckinfutz
              last edited by Oct 17, 2016, 7:55 PM

              @nuckinfutz said in trouble with config file:

              If you still haven’t gotten anywhere I’ll zip up and send you my entire directory structure and a step by step instruction sheet I wrote for myself to get the basic mirror up and running. You can compare them to yours and see where we differ. That should give you some insight.

              that would be awesome. i still havent gotten anywhere. i reinstalled node.js along with reinstalling magic mirror and so on. the only thing i havent tried reinstalling is raspbain. but i still get the same startup script failed electron.js

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                cowboysdude Module Developer @II12yanII
                last edited by cowboysdude Oct 17, 2016, 11:16 PM Oct 17, 2016, 11:12 PM

                @II12yanII said in trouble with config file:

                @nuckinfutz said in trouble with config file:

                If you still haven’t gotten anywhere I’ll zip up and send you my entire directory structure and a step by step instruction sheet I wrote for myself to get the basic mirror up and running. You can compare them to yours and see where we differ. That should give you some insight.

                that would be awesome. i still havent gotten anywhere. i reinstalled node.js along with reinstalling magic mirror and so on. the only thing i havent tried reinstalling is raspbain. but i still get the same startup script failed electron.js

                My suggestion would be this…

                Format your card using this [please read the entire thing]->
                https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/236/complete-setup-tutorial/3

                and reinstall raspbian… This one -> RASPBIAN JESSIE WITH PIXEL from: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/

                From there open a terminal window and run:
                [Download and install the latest Node.js version]

                curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
                sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

                After that is done then:

                git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror.git

                go to the MagicMirror folder and run:
                npm install

                Once that’s completed run:
                npm start

                IF you get any errors post a screen shot as that helps VERY much :)

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                  nuckinfutz
                  last edited by nuckinfutz Oct 18, 2016, 1:52 AM Oct 18, 2016, 1:48 AM

                  Sorry about the delay. Here’s my solution.
                  If you still have a problem I’ll zip everything up and send it to you.
                  my solution and cowboys are similar but I always make sure with linux flavors everything is up to date. It’s just a habbit I also made everything so you could just copy entire commands then paste them into the terminal to save time
                  Install jessie using this Noobs link.

                  Its super easy to follow and takes care of a lot of basic steps automatically

                  https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/noobs/
                  Follow the directions

                  If you need to set up a wireless card go here scroll down and
                  follow the wireless instructions then come back here

                  https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/236/complete-setup-tutorial/6
                  

                  Now to configure your Pi go to superkey(Windows key) - preferences - raspberry pi configuration
                  Set up location, keyboard, time zone and time. The correct time is very important.

                  open up a terminal and run this the following command to get everything up to date

                  sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get upgrade
                  

                  Now run the following to update the RPi firmware

                  sudo rpi-update
                  

                  When done reboot

                  Now install the MM software
                  Open a terminal and run

                  curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/master/installers/raspberry.sh | bash

                  Rotate your screen if you want by doing this. I didnt bother for now

                  sudo nano /boot/config.txt
                  

                  Rotate display vertically

                  display_rotate=1

                  ctrl-x to save then Y for yes
                  

                  Now do this Or just use your file manager to make your copy of the config file.
                  I never modify the .sample file

                  cd /home/pi/MagicMirror/config
                  cp config.js.sample config.js
                  

                  now change to the MM folder

                  cd /home/pi/MagicMirror
                  

                  Use the following to start your mirror

                  DISPLAY=:0 npm start
                  
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                  • I Offline
                    II12yanII @cowboysdude
                    last edited by II12yanII Oct 18, 2016, 2:24 AM Oct 18, 2016, 2:07 AM

                    @cowboysdude said in trouble with config file:

                    @II12yanII said in trouble with config file:

                    @nuckinfutz said in trouble with config file:

                    If you still haven’t gotten anywhere I’ll zip up and send you my entire directory structure and a step by step instruction sheet I wrote for myself to get the basic mirror up and running. You can compare them to yours and see where we differ. That should give you some insight.

                    that would be awesome. i still havent gotten anywhere. i reinstalled node.js along with reinstalling magic mirror and so on. the only thing i havent tried reinstalling is raspbain. but i still get the same startup script failed electron.js

                    My suggestion would be this…

                    Format your card using this [please read the entire thing]->
                    https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/236/complete-setup-tutorial/3

                    and reinstall raspbian… This one -> RASPBIAN JESSIE WITH PIXEL from: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/

                    From there open a terminal window and run:
                    [Download and install the latest Node.js version]

                    curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
                    sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

                    After that is done then:

                    git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror.git

                    go to the MagicMirror folder and run:
                    npm install

                    Once that’s completed run:
                    npm start

                    IF you get any errors post a screen shot as that helps VERY much :)

                    Thanks so much that fixed it for me. it now runs without errors. but im back to my original problem of my config file. the weather and news just stay at loading … and never update. here is a copy of my config file. i believe i put in my api key and everything correctly.
                    Edit. i got the fox news portion of my config file to work but the weather still doesn’t update at all.

                    /* Magic Mirror Config Sample
                    *

                    • By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
                    • MIT Licensed.
                      */

                    var config = {
                    port: 8080,

                    language: 'en',
                    timeFormat: 12,
                    units: 'imperial',
                    
                    modules: [
                    	{
                    		module: 'alert',
                    	},
                    	{
                    		module: 'clock',
                    		position: 'top_left'
                    	},
                    	{
                    		module: 'calendar',
                    		header: 'US Holidays',
                    		position: 'top_left',
                    		config: {
                    			calendars: [
                    				{
                    					symbol: 'calendar-check-o ',
                    					url: 'webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics'
                    				}
                    			]
                    		}
                    	},
                    	{
                    		module: 'compliments',
                    		position: 'lower_third'
                    	},
                    	{
                    		module: 'currentweather',
                    		position: 'top_right',
                    		config: {
                    			location: 'Brunswick',
                    			locationID: '23',  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org
                    			appid: 'cea6dc928b7d5437e5883dcda250fa8e'
                    		}
                    	},
                    	{
                    		module: 'weatherforecast',
                    		position: 'top_right',
                    		header: 'Weather Forecast',
                    		config: {
                                location: 'Brunswick',
                    			locationID: '23',  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org
                                appid: 'cea6dc928b7d5437e5883dcda250fa8e'
                    		}
                    	},
                    	{
                    		module: 'newsfeed',
                    		position: 'bottom_bar',
                    		config: {
                    			feeds: [
                    				{
                    					title: "Fox News",
                    					url: "http://www.foxnews.com/about/rss/"
                    				}
                    			],
                    			showSourceTitle: true,
                    			showPublishDate: true
                    		}
                    	},
                    ]
                    

                    };

                    /*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
                    if (typeof module !== ‘undefined’) {module.exports = config;}

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                    • bheplerB Offline
                      bhepler Module Developer
                      last edited by Oct 18, 2016, 3:13 PM

                      Just a suggestion: Try replacing that location id of locationID: '23' with locationID: '2173741'.

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