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      tbs86
      last edited by yawns

      hello all this is my first mirror build and still fairly new to the raspberry pi. i have two problems currently.

      The first problem is towards the end of the tutorial. I got the software installed and it says to disable the wifi power management. When i type in the command sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces it ame to a some what different looking screen then whats posted. I do not have the wlan0 section i guess you can say. After googling it i was able to disable it temporarily but once it rebooted it went back to Wifi management on. My question is how to i turn it off permanently?

      Second problem is when trying to boot the config file for MM i type

      cd MagicMirror/config
      then cp config
      

      and i get

      "cp: missing destination file operand after 'config'
      Try 'cp --help' for more information."
      

      So its not letting me boot the program at all. What am i doing wrong i have tried reinstalling the program but it says its already installed. Not sure what to do here any help would be appreciated!

      Im running a pi3 with raspbian-stretch 2018-10-09

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        Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @tbs86
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        @tbs86

        Let’s start with your second problem. When you say “when trying to boot the config file” do you mean open the config file? Did you already make a copy of the config.js.sample and rename it to config.js? It looks as if you’re attempting to make a copy of the config.js file, so cp config should be cp config.js.

        There’s an easier way to accomplish this if you are not familiar with terminal commands. This will walk you through that.

        https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4528/how-to-create-a-working-config-for-absolute-beginners

        Create a working config
        How to add modules

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          tbs86 @Mykle1
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          @mykle1

          I will give this a try thank you

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            tbs86 @Mykle1
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            @mykle1 I don’t think I made a copy and yes I’m trying to open the config file as the tutorial says

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              tbs86
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              I type npm start and get a error.

              Run-start.sh: 4: run-start.sh: electron: not found

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                Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @tbs86
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                @tbs86

                Ok, I assume you ran npm start in the MagicMirror directory and received that error. This is a fairly common problem. The installation of dependencies fails at times to install electron properly.

                1. From your desktop(GUI) go to MagicMirror/node_modules folder. Inside this folder you will find the electron folder. Delete the electron folder.

                2. Now, open a terminal and type cd MagicMirror and enter. Now, in the MagicMirror directory type npm install and enter.

                This SHOULD install electron.

                Create a working config
                How to add modules

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                  tbs86 @Mykle1
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                  @mykle1 I do not have any folders in /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules

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                    Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @tbs86
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                    @tbs86 said in trouble booting magicmirror:

                    I do not have any folders in /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules

                    Not one? I think you never installed your dependencies at all. No matter, still run npm install in the MagicMirror directory to install ALL of your dependencies

                    Create a working config
                    How to add modules

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                      tbs86 @Mykle1
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                      @mykle1 thank you that worked! Now it’s telling me I need to create a config file

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                        tbs86
                        last edited by

                        I have edited the config file thank you for your help!!! Much appreciated!

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