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    • A Offline
      Akkor
      last edited by

      Hi all
      I have a MM on my Ubuntu server and it seems to work fine, i can watch on 192.168.x.x:8080 on my browser.
      Now the question is…the only way to watch the mirror on a Raspberry pi3 client is by chromium or there is a way with electron ?
      I tried to change my mm.sh with: node clientonly --address 192.168.2.100 --port 8080 but I got error:

      pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ node clientonly --address 192.168.2.100 --port 8080
      Client:
      (electron:1213): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
      There something wrong. The clientonly is not running code 1

      Some help to solve ?

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      • idoodlerI Offline
        idoodler Module Developer @Akkor
        last edited by

        @akkor Are you trying to start the MagicMirror via an SSH connection?

        You can’t start an MagicMirror instance via SSH: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#installation

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          Akkor
          last edited by Akkor

          @idoodler I have tried to start changing the mm.sh
          This is the command I’ve put in:
          cd ~/MagicMirror
          node clientonly --address 192.168.2.100 --port 8080

          but when I restart raspberry the system show me only the desktop and MM seems don’t start

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          • idoodlerI Offline
            idoodler Module Developer @Akkor
            last edited by

            @akkor Ok, check the log with the following command: pm2 log mm

            On the top you will see the last 15 lines of the error log.

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              Akkor
              last edited by

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                Akkor
                last edited by

                @idoodler
                This is the answer

                pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pm2 log mm
                [TAILING] Tailing last 15 lines for [mm] process (change the value with --lines option)
                /home/pi/.pm2/logs/mm-error.log last 15 lines:
                0|mm       | (electron:2017): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
                0|mm       | Client:
                0|mm       | (electron:2027): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
                0|mm       | Client:
                0|mm       | (electron:2037): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
                0|mm       | Client:
                0|mm       | (electron:2047): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
                0|mm       | Client:
                0|mm       | (electron:2057): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
                0|mm       | Client:
                0|mm       | (electron:2067): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
                0|mm       | Client:
                0|mm       | (electron:2077): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
                0|mm       | Client:
                0|mm       | (electron:2093): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
                
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                  Akkor
                  last edited by

                  Pls help I cannot find any solution

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                    sdetweil
                    last edited by sdetweil

                    if you are trying to start over an ssh session, you need to add this before the node clientonly

                    if [ -z “$DISPLAY” ]; then #If not set DISPLAY is SSH remote or tty
                    export DISPLAY=:0 # Set by default display
                    fi

                    Sam

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                    • bheplerB Offline
                      bhepler Module Developer @Akkor
                      last edited by

                      @akkor - Ugh. Why would you want to use Electron if you didn’t have to? There’s already a web browser on your Pi. Just point it at the MM server and be done with it.

                      I’ve learned that you can get Chromium to start in kiosk mode at a particular URL with about an hour of research and testing. Minimal swearing was involved.

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                      • idoodlerI Offline
                        idoodler Module Developer @bhepler
                        last edited by

                        @bhepler Electron is already a premade solution that works great. However using Chromium in Kiosk mode is also a nice and easy solution. And it may solve the issue here.

                        @Akkor How to open Chromium in kioksmode on startup: https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/40631/setting-up-a-kiosk-with-chromium

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