@alessandroiacovella

how to use serveronly on a Raspberry Pi Zero W

prepare your raspberry

sudo raspi-config

Localisation Options -> Change Locale -> Change Timezone etc
Boot Options -> B1 Desktop/CLI -> B2 Console Autologin
Advanced Options -> Expand Filesystem

Finish = reboot

Update your raspberry

sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get upgrade

Install packages

sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install xinit xserver-xorg
sudo apt-get install unclutter

Install Node

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grayda/node-pi-zero/master/install-node-v6.14.3.sh -O /tmp/install-node-v6.14.3.sh && source /tmp/install-node-v6.14.3.sh

cd ~

Install Cromium

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

Install MagicMirror

git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror
cd ~/MagicMirror
npm install
cp config/config.js.sample config/config.js

cd ~

Auto Starting MagicMirror

sudo nano /home/pi/startMirror.sh

enter the following

#! /bin/bash
cd /home/pi/MagicMirror
node serveronly

Control + X > Y > Return

sudo chmod a+x /home/pi/startMirror.sh

Auto Starting Chromium

sudo nano ~/.config/autostart/autoChromium.desktop

enter the following

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Connect
Comment=Checks internet connectivity
Exec=/usr/bin/chromium-browser --noerrdialogs --disable-session-crashed-bubble --disable-infobars --kiosk --incognito http://localhost:8080

Control + X > Y > Return

sudo nano /etc/rc.local

Add the following lines before exit 0:
/home/pi/startMirror.sh &

Control + x > Y > Return

sudo reboot

@janth said in How I got my Magic Mirror working on a Raspberry Pi 0 (zero):
Chromium only shows a line at the top of the screen saying it can’t be run as sudo.

Any idea on how to fix this? Or how to get midori to work?

Thanks in advance :)

add --no-sandbox
for example - chromium-browser --no-sandbox --disable-infobars --start-maximized --noerrdialogs --kiosk --incognito http://localhost:8080

@chef

If you want to update your MagicMirror² to the latest version, use your terminal to go to your Magic Mirror folder and type the following command:

git pull && npm install

If you changed nothing more than the config or the modules, this should work without any problems. Type git status to see your changes, if there are any, you can reset them with git reset --hard. After that, git pull should be possible.

How can I change it so it looks like in the picture ?

How can I change it so it looks like in the picture ?

@akram01w

you have to upgrade your npm

npm install -g npm@latest

@killing-joke said in Screen shines black / Don´t know if it´s an Pi or Screen-Error?:

On the screen the the screensaver is deactivated.

Is there an option on the pi?

what you can still try

open

sudo nano /boot/config.txt

and add

# uncomment to put the monitor into power saving mode (DPMS)
hdmi_blanking=1

@killing-joke
check if the screensaver is deactivated

@alessandroiacovella

you need a Location ID from OpenWeatherMap, as described here

@justjim1220 said in Run MM on Ubuntu 16 VM:

error Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.

Upgrade npm with

npm install -g npm@latest

@fire1ce

try

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
npm install -g npm@latest

@alessandroiacovella

what is displayed when you enter the following

./startMirror.sh

@merceg100

please try the following

sudo apt-get remove nodejs nodejs-legacy nodered

after that

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_$NODE_STABLE_BRANCH | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
npm install -g npm@latest

after that enter in the repository with

cd MagicMirror

then install and run the app with

npm install && npm start

in case of errors please post here.

why do not you use the automatic installation for the RPi 3 b +

bash -c "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/master/installers/raspberry.sh)"

@postremalone @alessandroiacovella @merceg100

Upgrade npm with

npm install -g npm@latest