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      RushHour99 @sdetweil
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      @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
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        @rushhour99 great, thanks for the update

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

        Sam

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          laurafox08
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          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
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            @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

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              laurafox08 @sdetweil
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              @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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                sdetweil @laurafox08
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                @laurafox08 sure, u install once, and can run full, server only or client only

                client only really is browser to server.

                so u can do what u want easily

                the default install config assumes everything locally…

                so, just change the config.js to allow any system on your network to connect

                address:"0.0.0.0",
                

                and initially disable any security filtering

                ipWhitelist:[],
                

                for pi0, my install script sets up chromium over server, as electron isn’t available pre built for armv6.

                if u used my script see the run-start.sh script for the chromium command syntax
                address:“0.0.0.0”,

                Sam

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                  sdetweil
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                  see this
                  https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/15974/raspi-legacy-chromium-browser-broken-on-pi0w-armv6l-unable-to-install-magicmirror

                  Sam

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