Don't know how to use MagicMirror 2 on Raspberry pi zero w

Mykle1

@alessandroiacovella

Do a search of this forum. I’m pretty sure you’ll find a tutorial or two specific to the pi zero

alessandroiacovella

I have but nothing showing how to use serveronly

NoNameRo

@alessandroiacovella

how to use serveronly on a Raspberry Pi Zero W

prepare your raspberry

sudo raspi-config

Localisation Options -> Change Locale -> Change Timezone etc
Boot Options -> B1 Desktop/CLI -> B2 Console Autologin
Advanced Options -> Expand Filesystem

Finish = reboot

Update your raspberry

sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get upgrade

Install packages

sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install xinit xserver-xorg
sudo apt-get install unclutter

Install Node

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grayda/node-pi-zero/master/install-node-v6.14.3.sh -O /tmp/install-node-v6.14.3.sh && source /tmp/install-node-v6.14.3.sh

cd ~

Install Cromium

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

Install MagicMirror

git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror
cd ~/MagicMirror
npm install
cp config/config.js.sample config/config.js

cd ~

Auto Starting MagicMirror

sudo nano /home/pi/startMirror.sh

enter the following

#! /bin/bash
cd /home/pi/MagicMirror
node serveronly

Control + X > Y > Return

sudo chmod a+x /home/pi/startMirror.sh

Auto Starting Chromium

sudo nano ~/.config/autostart/autoChromium.desktop

enter the following

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Connect
Comment=Checks internet connectivity
Exec=/usr/bin/chromium-browser --noerrdialogs --disable-session-crashed-bubble --disable-infobars --kiosk --incognito http://localhost:8080

Control + X > Y > Return

sudo nano /etc/rc.local

Add the following lines before exit 0:
/home/pi/startMirror.sh &

Control + x > Y > Return

sudo reboot

alessandroiacovella

Thank you sooo much. I’ll try now

alessandroiacovella

@nonamero Thanks it seemed to work but what should happen after I reboot it ??

alessandroiacovella

@nonamero My screen just goes black and nothing happens?? Do I have to do something else or more stuff??

Thanks for your help :)

NoNameRo

@alessandroiacovella

what is displayed when you enter the following

./startMirror.sh

alessandroiacovella

@nonamero sorry I took long but thanks it worked :)

alessandroiacovella

@nonamero I’ve started the mirror but it won’t show up with the weather. How do I fix that??

Thanks for your help:)

NoNameRo

@alessandroiacovella

you need a Location ID from OpenWeatherMap, as described here