YAPi0 Installer Stretch Lite

[sdetweil]

@bdream no reason to uninstall electron…

to start mm using server only and then chrome

edit ~/MagicMirror/run-start.sh

comment out

#electron js/electron.js $1

then add

# this starts the server in the background
node serveronly &
# waits 10 seconds -- you may need to increase this time
sleep 10
#you should test this from a command prompt window
chromium-browser -kiosk -start_maximized http://localhost:8080

then pm2 start MagicMirror will launch this file.

[bdream]

@sdetweil said in YAPi0 Installer Stretch Lite:

#you should test this from a command prompt window

pi@RasPiZeroW:~/MagicMirror $ node serveronly &
[1] 3121
pi@RasPiZeroW:~/MagicMirror $ chromium-browser -kiosk -start_maximized http://localhost:8080
[3127:3127:1020/181325.903037:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(596)] Failed to put Xlib into threaded mode.

(chromium-browser:3127): Gtk-WARNING **: 18:13:26.114: cannot open display:
pi@RasPiZeroW:~/MagicMirror $ Starting MagicMirror: v2.9.0
Loading config ...
Loading module helpers ...
No helper found for module: alert.
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: updatenotification
No helper found for module: clock.
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: calendar
No helper found for module: compliments.
No helper found for module: currentweather.
No helper found for module: weatherforecast.
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: newsfeed
All module helpers loaded.
Starting server on port 8080 ...
Server started ...
Connecting socket for: updatenotification
Connecting socket for: calendar
Starting node helper for: calendar
Connecting socket for: newsfeed
Starting module: newsfeed
Sockets connected & modules started ...

Ready to go! Please point your browser to: http://localhost:8080

[sdetweil]

@bdream
add

export DISPLAY=:0

in front of

chromium...

[bdream]

@sdetweil said in YAPi0 Installer Stretch Lite:

export DISPLAY=:0

that is I should know. SORRY!

Get the information that Chromium is not the standardbrowser

[sdetweil]

@bdream

yes, set as default

[bdream]

ahh, I have to make it standard ;)
it works now. That was a hard born (is this I can say in englich? :dizzy_face: )

RBB

[sdetweil]

@bdream very hard!!!.. bug in electron I THINK with glibc on buster…

i think if you went back to raspian stretch it would have worked with electron
I will test that when my pi 0 gets here

[bdream]

@sdetweil many, many thanks to you Sam!

To recab,
I need your script, not any Updates and Upgrades of raspbian System, and the last Chat entries?

Can I run it on Rpi1 also?

And you woumd prefer Streich instead of Buster?

[bdream]

@bdream excuse my typos!

[sdetweil]

@bdream said in YAPi0 Installer Stretch Lite:

I need your script, not any Updates and Upgrades of raspbian System, and the last Chat entries?
Can I run it on Rpi1 also?

yes, any pi version, plus odroid, jetson nano, ubuntu, macOS, Sierra-Catalina (all i have tested on)

And you would prefer Streich instead of Buster?

the bug is caused by a newer version of glibc (2.28), and buster has that, while stretch has 2.27
so, i think (will test myself later), with stretch, you would not need to use chrome browser

[bdream]

Great Sam!
I have next week some time and will try with Pi0 and Pi1 both ways:

1. Buster and additions
2. Strech
   let you know results.

For now I will close this threat as solved

:smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes: :grinning_face: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes: :hugging_face: :hugging_face: :hugging_face:

[sdetweil]

@bdream good or bad news, I can create the problem on stretch on my pi0 w

so, more work to do figure out the problem…

[bdream]

@sdetweil said in YAPi0 Installer Stretch Lite:

I can create the problem on stretch on my pi0 w

You got your Pi0W :clapping_hands: have fun with this little thing :winking_face:

…so no need to get strech installed instead of buster?

[bdream]

@sdetweil said in YAPi0 Installer Stretch Lite:

chromium-browser -kiosk -start_maximized http://localhost:8080

just added -noerrdialogs getting rid of any messages from the browser.

chromium-browser -noerrdialogs -kiosk -start_maximized http://localhost:8080

[sdetweil]

@bdream would u be willing to look at some new options for your environment? see this topic

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/11433/proposed-new-processing-and-config-for-pi0-armv6-and-serveronly-mode

[bdream]

@sdetweil Hi Sam, u ask me to exchange my run-start.sh with your mentioned input?
and do a reboot?

[sdetweil]

@bdream really do you think it is a good idea?

if u want to try it

3 changes

1. replace file (save old one)
2 chmod +x run-start.sh
3. edit package,json
    change 
          "start": "sh run-start.sh",
     to 
          "start": "./run-start.sh",

for install we would move electron to the optional section, so install will finish ok

  	"optionalDependencies": {
	  "electron": "^3.0.13"
	},

wait!!!
have to edit 3 lines of new file to fix because of forum

		exec 3< < (node serveronly)   # remove space before (
       		done < &3      # remove space before &
       		exec 3< &-	# remove space before &

you should not have to reboot…

just

pm2 restart 0

[bdream]

At the moment I work on a RPi1!
I maked this changes and mm comes up!

I’m just on the way installing Pi0 again. shall I wait until tomorror execuiting u installation script?

will be off now until tomorrow morniong.

[sdetweil]

@bdream wait… for pi1 what is output of uname -m

[bdream]

@sdetweil said in YAPi0 Installer Stretch Lite:

uname -m

pi@RPi1:~/MagicMirror $ uname -m
armv6l