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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

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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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            sdetweil @laurafox08
            last edited by sdetweil Oct 13, 2021, 4:54 PM Oct 13, 2021, 4:51 PM

            @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

            How to add modules

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              sdetweil
              last edited by Dec 6, 2021, 3:02 PM

              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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