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

Mykle1

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

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

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Mykle1

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

The gif from Hello-Lucy is displayed by MMM-EasyPix so you have to install that (It’s in the readme)
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
I’ve never used Debian so I can’t say about that
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?

A Former User

@thestigh
I’m not sure this is exact solution. However,
Some system (like ATB) has an issue to execute Electron of MM (after 2.x - new GPU acceleration).
You can run MM as serveronly mode to use your existing Chrome Browser instead Electron.
You can make a script to execute MM serveronly mode and Chrome to display it.

Or you can try this to disable GPU.

npm start -- --disable-gpu