@izanbard
Thank you. I did the chmod to make it executable but using the ./update.sh worked. Thank you again for your help.

@Snille
I am new to Linex and I have copied your script exactly and I get the following error.
-bash: update.sh: command not found

I called the script update.sh and I was going to use it in a cron job after I tested it to make sure it worked. Can you tell me what I might have done wrong. Thank you in advance for your help.

@bhepler I copied and pasted exactly what you wrote for the command to make sure I didn’t mistype something.
Yes there are two processes running when I type pm2 status. One is MagicMirror and the other is motion.

@bhepler The motion works only when MagicMirror isn’t running. I have it starting with pm2. When MagicMirror is running the motion doesn’t work. Any suggestions?

@bhepler
This is what I get when I type that in.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls -ah /home/pi/motion
. CONTRIBUTING.md mask1.png netcam_ftp.h rotate.o
… COPYING md5.c netcam_ftp.o stream.c
aclocal.m4 copyright md5.h netcam.h stream.h
alg.c CREDITS md5.o netcam_http.c stream.o
alg.h .depend mmalcam.c netcam_http.h test_builds.sh
alg.o draw.c mmalcam.h netcam_http.o track.c
autom4te.cache draw.o mmalcam.o netcam_jpeg.c track.h
camera1-dist.conf event.c mmx.h netcam_jpeg.o track.o
camera1-dist.conf.in event.h motion netcam.o .travis.yml
camera2-dist.conf event.o motion.1 netcam_rtsp.c version.sh
camera2-dist.conf.in FAQ motion.c netcam_rtsp.h video_bktr.c
camera3-dist.conf ffmpeg.c motion-dist.conf netcam_rtsp.o video_bktr.h
camera3-dist.conf.in ffmpeg.h motion-dist.conf.in netcam_wget.c video_bktr.o
camera4-dist.conf ffmpeg.o motion_guide.html netcam_wget.h video_common.c
camera4-dist.conf.in .git motion.h netcam_wget.o video_common.h
CHANGELOG .gitignore motion.init-Debian normal.jpg video_common.o
CODE_STANDARD INSTALL motion.init-Debian.in outputmotion1.jpg video_loopback.c
conf.c ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md motion.init-FreeBSD.sh outputnormal1.jpg video_loopback.h
conf.h jpegutils.c motion.init-FreeBSD.sh.in picture.c video_loopback.o
config.h jpegutils.h motion.o picture.h video_v4l2.c
config.h.in jpegutils.o motion.service picture.o video_v4l2.h
config.log logger.c motion.service.in pwc-ioctl.h video_v4l2.o
config.status logger.h motion.spec raspicam webhttpd.c
configure logger.o motion.spec.in README.md webhttpd.h
configure.ac Makefile netcam.c rotate.c webhttpd.o
conf.o Makefile.in netcam_ftp.c rotate.h
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

@jasonarends
I feel I am so close I followed the instructions exactly and I have motion started in pm2. it still doesn’t work. As I checked the motion-error-2.log I am seeing the following;

Error: Cannot find module '/home/pi/motion'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:469:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:417:25)
    at Object. (/usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/ProcessContainerFork.js:73:21)
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
    at Module.runMain (module.js:604:10)
    at run (bootstrap_node.js:383:7)

This is displayed over and over. I have checked for the directory /home/pi/motion and it is there. What am I missing?

@jasonarends
How would I set it up in pm2? I’d like to try it.

@jasonarends
I did get a picture when I typed that in so I know my camera is working.

Here is the link to my config stuff.

config stuff

it sits there and my screen never blanked out, but I did notice that when I moved the block in front of the camera it did do something and when I put it back it did shut off the monitor.

@jasonarends
My motion.conf is located in my home directory. I looked for /etc/motion and I don’t have a directory called motion in /etc. So I made one and put motion.conf in there. My screen still doesn’t shut off. I did look over my motion.conf file and all my settings were exactly like yours. I did follow all the steps at the beginning of this post. I can also type in vcgencmd display_power 0 and it turns off the monitor and vcgencmd display_power 1 turns it back on. This is really getting frustrating. Thank you for your help.

I also copied your updated_motion.conf.sh and double checked it and they match with the exception yours has a .sh at the end where mine does not. Is it supposed to have the .sh on the end of the file name or did it get added due to it being uploaded?

@jasonarends
How long does it take for the screen to blank out? So far the screen has stayed on and hasn’t even flickered. I have something in front of the Pi camera so it doesn’t pick up any movement and it has been over an hour now. Please help.