Debian 9 as VM, running npm start makes it all "freeze" but...

[THeStigh]

Hi all,

Jut installed Debian 9, 64bit as a VM.
Done full update & upgrade to make sure running latest.
Installed MM manually, making sure all installed perfectly.

Running ‘npm start’ from MM folder, it all seems to go OK, but when it should open the black mirror, it keeps stuck. It’s like it is frozen, there is nothing I can do at all except force-close the VM.

There is an error about the config.js, but this is before I even have started populating config.js, and it should show message about configure the config.js in the mirror.

Anybody else tried the same method/Debian/VM/64 bit?

[Mykle1]

@thestigh

That would happen. You have to create a working config.js file BEFORE you try to run MM.

1. Copy your config.js.sample and paste the copy in the same directory (the config folder)

2. Rename the copy to config.js

3. Now you can run npm start in your MagicMirror directory

[Mykle1]

Quoting @THeStigh from private message
THeStigh
After messing a lot, I kind of figured it out. I needed to install Linux for Windows, and got it all up ready to run.
Though, I havent figured out the microphone yet, but I cant either get the gif to show from Helly Lucy.
How should the entry in config.js look like?

{
module: ‘Hello-Lucy’,
position: ‘upper_third’
},

just gives a black screen…

T THeStigh
But I would like to move my PC to a linux installation, find it fun to play with, but what do you suggest? Ubuntu or Debian? 32 or 64 bit? I plan to mostly play with MagicMirror

[THeStigh]

@mykle1

I created the config.js and still it just stops after stating.
I’ve verified it doesn’t freeze, as I can use Alt-Tab.

See the Electron in the upper taskbar? But there is nothing opened.
Again, can this be a VM and/or 64 bit issue?

[Mykle1]

My friend, you have to follow the readme in Hello-Lucy

1. The gif from Hello-Lucy is displayed by MMM-EasyPix so you have to install that (It’s in the readme)

2. There is no entry for Hello-Lucy in the config.js. Lucy is an enhancement to MMM-voice so you’ll need your entry for MMM-voice

3. I’ve never used Debian so I can’t say about that

4. I use ubuntu 16.04LTS 64 bit

[THeStigh]

@mykle1

If there is any excuse… It’s 03:30 AM.

But still; the config.js in the Debian 9 installation is clean, it is default.
So that is not the issue (regarding the message you pasted; that is for me running Linux through Windows :) )

[Mykle1]

@thestigh said in Debian 9 as VM, running npm start makes it all "freeze" but...:

Again, can this be a VM and/or 64 bit issue?

I’ve never used a VM environment. I strictly run ubuntu on all my machines except for 1 Pi mirror It’s definitely NOT a 64 bit issue.

[Mykle1]

@thestigh said in Debian 9 as VM, running npm start makes it all "freeze" but...:

But still; the config.js in the Debian 9 installation is clean, it is default.

You copied and renamed it?

So that is not the issue (regarding the message you pasted; that is for me running Linux through Windows )

I don’t know about running Linux through windows because I don’t do that.

[Mykle1]

@thestigh said in Debian 9 as VM, running npm start makes it all "freeze" but...:

f there is any excuse… It’s 03:30 AM.

Go to sleep. This will all be here tomorrow. I promise. :-)

[THeStigh]

@mykle1 Could it be the output is wrong? Meaning - trying to output to a different display?