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      rgatlin
      last edited by

      I am determined to get MM running on this Pi0, but I have gotten stuck. I have everything installed and when I run ‘npm start’, it looks to me like the server is starting correctly. I go to the Chromium browser and try ‘localhost:8080’, but it doesn’t connect. I also tried 0.0.0.0:8080, but it performs a websearch.

      I go into the GUI, then MM file and click index.html and I get a black screen.

      I can post code output if necessary, but I am hoping I am just doing something wrong and stupid.

      Thanks in advance and Happy New Year!

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        andyc7687
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          rgatlin
          last edited by rgatlin

          That would be great. Thanks!

          What is the correct way see the display? Is it the browser with the localhost:8080 address?

          Thanks again for the help.

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            andyc7687
            last edited by

            I believe the issue is that there are elements of nodejs that don’t get installed correctly using npm on the pi zero. Attached is a shell script that should do it from a fresh Raspbian Stretch Install. I put all the files in the home directory (~) and it all distributes itself from there by running RaspberryPi0.sh
            Let me know if that helps!

            [3_1546385331101_startMagicMirror.sh](Uploading 100%) [2_1546385331101_RaspberryPi0.sh](Uploading 100%) [1_1546385331100_pm2_MagicMirror.json](Uploading 100%) [0_1546385331099_chromium_start.sh](Uploading 100%)

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              andyc7687
              last edited by andyc7687

              I don’t know if those files uploaded…

              startMagicMirror.sh: EDIT: I uploaded the wrong code just for this file; changes are a semi colon after line 2 and at the end of line 4; plus the directory has changed from
              /home/pi/chromium_start.sh to /home/pi/MagicMirror/PiZero/chromium_start.sh in line 5

              #!/bin/bash
              cd ~/MagicMirror;
              node serveronly &
              sleep 30;
              sh /home/pi/MagicMirror/PiZero/chromium_start.sh
              

              chromium_start.sh

              #!/bin/sh
              unclutter &
              chromium-browser --start-fullscreen --app http://localhost:8080
              

              pm2_MagicMirror.json

              {
                "apps" : [{
                  "name"        : "MagicMirror",
                  "script"      : "~/MagicMirror/PiZero/startMagicMirror.sh",
                  "watch"       : ["/home/pi/MagicMirror/config/config.js"]
                }]
              }
              
              

              RaspberryPi0.sh

              #!/bin/bash
              #Pi Zero Install, largely plagiarised from MagicMirror2's raspberry.sh shell script for Pi2 and Pi3
              echo 'Updating Pi'
              sudo apt-get update;
              echo 'Upgrading Pi'
              sudo apt-get upgrade;
              sudo apt-get upgrade --fix-missing;
              
              echo 'Downloading node v11.6.0'
              curl -o node-v11.6.0-linux-armv6l.tar.gz  https://nodejs.org/dist/v11.6.0/node-v11.6.0-linux-armv6l.tar.gz; #Most up to date recent version
              echo 'Extracting node v11.6.0'
              tar -xzf node-v11.6.0-linux-armv6l.tar.gz; # extract files
              echo 'Extracting node and npm'
              
              cd node-v11.6.0-linux-armv6l/;
              sudo cp -R * /usr/local/;
              cd ~;
              sudo apt install git; sudo apt install unclutter;
              echo 'Cloning Magic Mirror'
              
              git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror;
              cd MagicMirror;
              echo 'Installing Magic Mirror Dependencies'
              npx npmc@latest install; npm install acorn@latest; npm install stylelint@latest; npm audit fix;
              echo 'Loading default config'
              
              # Use sample config for start MagicMirror
              cp config/config.js.sample config/config.js;
              
              #Set the splash screen to be magic mirror
              THEME_DIR="/usr/share/plymouth/themes"
              sudo mkdir $THEME_DIR/MagicMirror
              sudo cp ~/MagicMirror/splashscreen/splash.png $THEME_DIR/MagicMirror/splash.png && sudo cp ~/MagicMirror/splashscreen/MagicMirror.plymouth $THEME_DIR/MagicMirror/MagicMirror.plymouth && sudo cp ~/MagicMirror/splashscreen/MagicMirror.script $THEME_DIR/MagicMirror/MagicMirror.script; 
              sudo plymouth-set-default-theme -R MagicMirror; 
              mkdir ~/MagicMirror/PiZero;
              sudo mv ~/startMagicMirror.sh ~/MagicMirror/PiZero/startMagicMirror.sh;
              sudo mv ~/pm2_MagicMirror.json ~/MagicMirror/PiZero/pm2_MagicMirror.json;
              sudo mv ~/chromium_start.sh ~/MagicMirror/PiZero/chromium_start.sh;
              sudo chmod a+x ~/MagicMirror/PiZero/startMagicMirror.sh;
              sudo chmod a+x ~/MagicMirror/PiZero/pm2_MagicMirror.json;
              sudo chmod a+x ~/MagicMirror/PiZero/chromium_start.sh;
              
              # Use pm2 control like a service MagicMirror
              sudo npm install -g pm2;
              sudo su -c "env PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin pm2 startup systemd -u pi --hp /home/pi";
              pm2 start /MagicMirror/PiZero/pm2_MagicMirror.json;
              pm2 save;
              echo 'Magic Mirror should begin shortly'
              

              Takes about an hour depending on how up to date your Raspbian image is… I haven’t silenced/run any of the things in the background so you might get a couple of prompts where you just have to press enter (normally during the apt-get upgrade phase)

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                rgatlin
                last edited by

                I will give this a try. Thanks for your help!

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                  andyc7687
                  last edited by

                  no worries. if you want to have a bit more control over it, you can execute each line of RaspberryPi0.sh (minus the echo requests) directly in the terminal.

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                    andyc7687 @rgatlin
                    last edited by andyc7687

                    @rgatlin Did that work for you?

                    if now working, can you mark the post as solved please :)

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