Modules with Images not Displaying

[StrIIker]

I have been trying to add a few modules which are supposed to display images to my mirror. Thus far, none of them have been loading the images. I have tried MMM-moon-phases, MMM-earth, and MMM-mars and none load their image. I get the header and some form of a spinning icon or a square outline etc. I saw that a couple people pointed out elsewhere that the moon phase module was not working for them either.

I am running the latest build of Magic Mirror (2.5.0). Has anyone else who is using these modules or other similar modules which load an image from a remote site run into issues? If not, are you on an older build of Magic Mirror? Thanks!

[Mykle1]

@striiker

Did you run npm install in the MMM-EARTH directory first?

Then, this should be your default config.js entry for MMM-EARTH:

{
    module: "MMM-EARTH",
    position: "bottom_center",
    config: {
        mode: "Natural",
        rotateInterval: 15000,
        MaxWidth: "50%",
        MaxHeight: "50%",
    }
},

and the default config.js entry for MMM-MARS

{
    module: 'MMM-MARS',
    position: 'top_left',
    config: {
        rover: "curiosity",              // which rover? curiosity, opportunity or spirit
        sol: "200",                      // sol date you want pictures from
        useHeader: false,                // true if you want a header      
        header: "",                      // useHeader must be true
        maxWidth: "300px",
        rotateInterval: 5 * 60 * 1000,   // new image 5 minutes
    }
},

[StrIIker]

@mykle1

Yes, I did run the nom install command from the MMM-EARTH directory and it completed the install. I also have the config in place as listed. Please see a screen shot of the lower portion of my display… (and yes, that news headline is terrifying!) ;)

Here’s my command summary from when I installed MMM-EARTH

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/modules $ git clone https://github.com/mykle1/MMM-EARTH.git
Cloning into 'MMM-EARTH'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 361, done.
remote: Total 361 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 361
Receiving objects: 100% (361/361), 1.73 MiB | 2.15 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (202/202), done.
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/modules $ cd MMM-EARTH/
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-EARTH $ npm install
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
added 49 packages in 41.578s

EDIT: Here’s a link to the other module which is having issues:

https://github.com/spectroman/mmm-moon-phases/issues/11

[StrIIker]

Here are my config entries for the two modules…

{
    module: 'MMM-MARS',
    position: 'bottom_left',
    config: {
        rover: "curiosity",              // which rover? curiosity, opportunity or spirit
        sol: "200",                      // sol date you want pictures from
        useHeader: false,                // true if you want a header
        header: "",                      // useHeader must be true
        maxWidth: "300px",
        rotateInterval: 5 * 60 * 1000,   // new image 5 minutes
    }
},
{
    module: "MMM-EARTH",
    position: "bottom_center",
    config: {
        mode: "Natural",
        rotateInterval: 15000,
        MaxWidth: "50%",
        MaxHeight: "50%",
    }
},

[justjim1220]

@striiker

Have your tried rebooting your system?

[Mykle1]

@striiker

I just copy and pasted your config entry from above and both modules fired right up. Have you changed anything in the module files?

[StrIIker]

@justjim1220 said in Modules with Images not Displaying:

@striiker

Have your tried rebooting your system?

Derp… No… I should have done that!! It’s all working now… Thank you for the advice!

[StrIIker]

@mykle1 said in Modules with Images not Displaying:

@striiker

I just copy and pasted your config entry from above and both modules fired right up. Have you changed anything in the module files?

Well, looks like I should have rebooted my system. I was going to and thought “nah, I shouldn’t have to do that”. Then it was suggested by @justjim1220 and so I tried it and now both are working… Thank you both for your help!!

[Mykle1]

@striiker said in Modules with Images not Displaying:

“nah, I shouldn’t have to do that”

True, you should not have to do that but I’m glad you got them working. :thumbsup:

[justjim1220]

@mykle1 @StrIIker

All I know is that with the new MM update that came out on the 1st of October, this is the only way I have been able to get some modules to work, including after the MM update. Was suggested to me by Michael Teeuw when I first updated to v2.5.0.