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    RushHour99 @sdetweil
    last edited by Aug 3, 2021, 10:28 PM

    @sdetweil Thanks, error log emailed. Ive done this process before without error ~9 months ago. Maybe the rasbian version or magic mirror version has changed recently that is now causing the problem.

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      sdetweil @RushHour99
      last edited by Aug 3, 2021, 10:30 PM

      @rushhour99 there is a new MM version every 2 months…

      I test on my own pi 0 .

      haven’t seen a problem like this

      sent email back, can u send install.log

      Sam

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        sdetweil @RushHour99
        last edited by sdetweil Aug 3, 2021, 10:52 PM Aug 3, 2021, 10:46 PM

        @rushhour99 do this

        sudo npm i -g npm@6
        

        this will downgrade npm to v6

        then

        cd ~/MagicMirror
        rm -rf node_modules
        rm package-lock.json
        npm install --only=prod
        

        and check if the config.js file exists

        ls ~/MagicMirror/config/config,js -laF
        

        Sam

        How to add modules

        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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          RushHour99 @sdetweil
          last edited by Aug 3, 2021, 10:51 PM

          @sdetweil said in Installing on a Pi Zero:

          sudo npm -i npm@6

          I got an error. Thanks for helping out, this is a new build so I don’t mind if it gets messed up and I need to start over.

          $ sudo npm -i npm@6
          npm ERR! code ENOENT
          npm ERR! syscall open
          npm ERR! path /home/pi/package.json
          npm ERR! errno -2
          npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/home/pi/package.json’
          npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
          npm ERR! enoent

          npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
          npm ERR! /root/.npm/_logs/2021-08-03T22_48_17_691Z-debug.log

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            sdetweil @RushHour99
            last edited by Aug 3, 2021, 10:52 PM

            @rushhour99 typo, sorry

            sudo npm i -g npm@6
            

            Sam

            How to add modules

            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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              RushHour99 @sdetweil
              last edited by Aug 3, 2021, 11:30 PM

              @sdetweil Thanks!

              I copied the config.js.sample to config.js before running the downgrade commands.

              After downgrading and rebooting, the Magic Mirror showed up on my Pi 0 with the default configuration.

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                sdetweil @RushHour99
                last edited by Aug 3, 2021, 11:52 PM

                @rushhour99 great, thanks for the update

                I pushed a change to the installer to prevent npm going to v7.

                Sam

                How to add modules

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                  laurafox08
                  last edited by Oct 13, 2021, 4:16 PM

                  I recently purchased a pi0, and installed MagicMirror successfully. However when I go to install more modules, it starts to fail (ie. become very unstable). Other than just ‘upgrading’ to a Pi3/4, is there any reason why I couldn’t host the mirror on my website and just use the browser to display the data?

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                    sdetweil @laurafox08
                    last edited by Oct 13, 2021, 4:23 PM

                    @laurafox08 said in Installing on a Pi Zero:

                    why I couldn’t host the mirror on my website

                    what do u mean?

                    this is a programmed app… its not just a web page.

                    did u increase the swap space… pi0 doesn’t have much memory…

                    and its under powered, so it can’t do everything that a pi3 or 4 could do…

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      laurafox08 @sdetweil
                      last edited by Oct 13, 2021, 4:28 PM

                      @sdetweil sorry, my terminology isn’t great, this is my first experience doing much coding at all. I got it displaying the default modules, but it struggled to display my google calendar, and wouldn’t show background images at all. So I was wondering if instead of hosting locally on the pi, I could host it on my other computer and just call the data from there. The pi has no issue running Dakboard with background images, calendars etc, so I’m trying to see if I could run the MM in a similar fashion, as I like MM way better.

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