@Snille Wow, I am so glad to hear it. I made a test with my real MagicMirror, and a dummy one running on a linux laptop. At this point I added a real uniqueID for the HA device config jsons.

@Snille said in MMM-HomeAssistant:

Update: I did some cleaning in the MQTT-queue (with MQTT Explorer) and now it all works. I got to have had my config(s) mixed at some point during my testing. So, now it’s all good. :)

Hmm, alright!! I will try to think of a handling in case two MM instances want to connect with the same device name. That is the only attribute left on the user.

@sdetweil Hahh, of course how could I not see that button…

@KristjanESPERANTO Thanks! I am interested in that, I just don’t know how to do that :D Never changed other repos other than mine ever.

@sdetweil
Hi, I just ran a few tests and the module can automatically reconnect if the server reappears. It is handled automatically in the mqtt lib, my part was to stop flooding the MM logs with mqtt error messages.
Give this module a try if you are interested, I would really appreciate other good findings.

@sdetweil Hm great idea! I will investigate what happens with my module in that case, and come up with a handling for it!

Hello,

After configuring my MagicMirror frame, I realized there is no straightforward module to establish a good connection with Home Assistant using its available features. Please take a look at the module I have been working on recently:

https://github.com/ambarusa/MMM-HomeAssistant

This module makes the MagicMirror available as an MQTT device automatically in Home Assistant, with the browser/monitor as a light entity, modules as switch entities, and sensors connected via GPIO as sensor entities. Everything happens through MQTT Autodiscovery, without needing to touch any configuration files in Home Assistant. This is what I really missed in other solutions like MMM-MQTTBridge.

Once connected, the possibilities for automations are endless and can be managed in the same place as other home automations. Once the GPIO pins are read and published, toggling the screen based on motion can be triggered from the central server, and this information can be used for other triggers in the house. This is what MMM-PIR is lacking.

So please have a look, give feedbacks and have fun with it!!

For anyone interested in the future, an elegant solution that worked for me :

custom.css:

#remote-control-overlay {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

Where the key is to add top: 0; left: 0; to the #remote-control-overlay. The rest is already in the module’s remote-control.css file.

Hello guys,

Sorry to revive this topic, but I have the same problem, and I am looking for the most elegant solution for it

A margin setting like this is kind of messing up my layout, and I really like how the default is looking like:

body {
    margin: 0px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
}

Thank you so much… :)

@sdetweil Ah I cannot believe. I just noticed that address: "::" was probably blocking the electron instance out… and everything is works as it should with address: "0.0.0.0"

@sdetweil Nothing seems to work… What about GPU memory? Some advise to increase it, however, others say that it’s not relevant from Raspi 4 (that is why it’s taken out from raspi-config)

@sdetweil Unfortunately it looks like the raspberry.sh script couldn’t solve the problem

magicmirror@mm-pi:~/MagicMirror $ DISPLAY=:0 npm start

> magicmirror@2.28.0 start
> DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

[2024-08-08 17:17:39.543] [LOG]   Starting MagicMirror: v2.28.0 
[2024-08-08 17:17:39.569] [LOG]   Loading config ... 
[2024-08-08 17:17:39.572] [LOG]   config template file not exists, no envsubst 
[2024-08-08 17:17:39.575] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ... 
[2024-08-08 17:17:39.577] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert. 
[2024-08-08 17:17:39.585] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ... 
[2024-08-08 17:17:39.586] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: updatenotification 
[2024-08-08 17:17:39.587] [LOG]   No helper found for module: clock. 
[2024-08-08 17:17:39.713] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ... 
[2024-08-08 17:17:39.714] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: calendar 
[2024-08-08 17:17:39.714] [LOG]   No helper found for module: compliments. 
[2024-08-08 17:17:39.715] [LOG]   No helper found for module: weather. 
[2024-08-08 17:17:39.716] [LOG]   No helper found for module: weather. 
[2024-08-08 17:17:39.809] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ... 
[2024-08-08 17:17:39.810] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: newsfeed 
[2024-08-08 17:17:39.810] [LOG]   All module helpers loaded. 
[2024-08-08 17:17:39.820] [LOG]   Starting server on port 8080 ...  
[2024-08-08 17:17:41.045] [LOG]   Server started ... 
[2024-08-08 17:17:41.048] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: updatenotification 
[2024-08-08 17:17:41.050] [LOG]   Starting module helper: updatenotification 
[2024-08-08 17:17:41.052] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: calendar 
[2024-08-08 17:17:41.054] [LOG]   Starting node helper for: calendar 
[2024-08-08 17:17:41.055] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: newsfeed 
[2024-08-08 17:17:41.056] [LOG]   Starting node helper for: newsfeed 
[2024-08-08 17:17:41.060] [LOG]   Sockets connected & modules started ... 
[2024-08-08 17:17:41.504] [LOG]   Launching application. 
[32835:0808/171741.915212:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(576)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.DBus.StartServiceByName: object_path= /org/freedesktop/DBus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
[32969:0808/171742.431782:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.432152:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.432429:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.432560:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.432735:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.432844:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.433025:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.433217:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.435099:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.435268:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.435444:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.435554:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.435707:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.435810:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.436901:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.437029:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.440788:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.441832:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.442262:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.442481:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.442762:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.442958:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.443252:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.444056:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.444452:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.444721:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.444949:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[32969:0808/171742.445194:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[2024-08-08 17:17:43.230] [INFO]  System information:
### SYSTEM:   manufacturer: ; model: ; raspberry: undefined; virtual: false
### OS:       platform: linux; distro: Debian GNU/Linux; release: 12; arch: arm64; kernel: 6.6.44-v8+
### VERSIONS: electron: 31.3.1; used node: 20.15.1; installed node: 20.16.0; npm: 10.8.1; pm2: 
### OTHER:    timeZone: Europe/Stockholm; ELECTRON_ENABLE_GPU: undefined 
[2024-08-08 17:17:44.291] [LOG]   Create new calendarfetcher for url: https://ics.calendarlabs.com/76/mm3137/US_Holidays.ics - Interval: 604800000 
[2024-08-08 17:17:44.421] [LOG]   Create new newsfetcher for url: https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml - Interval: 300000 
[2024-08-08 17:17:44.426] [INFO]  updatenotification: Updater Class Loaded! 
[2024-08-08 17:17:44.428] [INFO]  updatenotification: Checking PM2 using... 
^C/home/magicmirror/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGINT

magicmirror@mm-pi:~/MagicMirror $ node -v
v20.16.0
magicmirror@mm-pi:~/MagicMirror $ npm -v
10.8.1

I see however that has its own ways install node and npm. Do you have any guess what configuration I could change on my OS?

@sdetweil Wow… sorry for my confusion, it’s the first time I see this repo. Looks great, with a really good documentation!! Let me try and come back to you!!

@sdetweil

Can you tell me the best way of install node/npm from scratch? Right now, on any fresh install, if I install nodejs with apt, I get version 22.

@sdetweil
Sorry, not sure what you mean. On any fresh install, if I install nodejs with apt, I get v22. Shall I install node v20 instead?

Hello everyone,

I am struggling for a few days now to start up the MagicMirror GUI on my Raspberry Pi 4B. The Electron module is throwing an error that I can’t solve in any way:

magicmirror@mm-pi:~ $ cd MagicMirror/
magicmirror@mm-pi:~/MagicMirror $ npm start

> magicmirror@2.28.0 start
> DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

[2024-08-07 19:35:04.025] [LOG]   Starting MagicMirror: v2.28.0 
[2024-08-07 19:35:04.053] [LOG]   Loading config ... 
[2024-08-07 19:35:04.056] [LOG]   config template file not exists, no envsubst 
[2024-08-07 19:35:04.060] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ... 
[2024-08-07 19:35:04.061] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert. 
[2024-08-07 19:35:04.071] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ... 
[2024-08-07 19:35:04.072] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: updatenotification 
[2024-08-07 19:35:04.073] [LOG]   No helper found for module: clock. 
[2024-08-07 19:35:04.196] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ... 
[2024-08-07 19:35:04.197] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: calendar 
[2024-08-07 19:35:04.198] [LOG]   No helper found for module: compliments. 
[2024-08-07 19:35:04.199] [LOG]   No helper found for module: weather. 
[2024-08-07 19:35:04.199] [LOG]   No helper found for module: weather. 
[2024-08-07 19:35:04.312] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ... 
[2024-08-07 19:35:04.313] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: newsfeed 
[2024-08-07 19:35:04.313] [LOG]   All module helpers loaded. 
[2024-08-07 19:35:04.323] [LOG]   Starting server on port 8080 ...  
[2024-08-07 19:35:05.162] [LOG]   Server started ... 
[2024-08-07 19:35:05.169] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: updatenotification 
[2024-08-07 19:35:05.171] [LOG]   Starting module helper: updatenotification 
[2024-08-07 19:35:05.172] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: calendar 
[2024-08-07 19:35:05.173] [LOG]   Starting node helper for: calendar 
[2024-08-07 19:35:05.177] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: newsfeed 
[2024-08-07 19:35:05.178] [LOG]   Starting node helper for: newsfeed 
[2024-08-07 19:35:05.185] [LOG]   Sockets connected & modules started ... 
[2024-08-07 19:35:05.991] [LOG]   Launching application. 
[2584:0807/193506.609801:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.610805:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.611736:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.612283:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.614158:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.618491:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.619375:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.619876:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.620528:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.621077:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.621925:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.622438:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.623212:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.628878:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.633337:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.636628:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.637327:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.637741:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.638355:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.638787:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.639314:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.644240:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.649055:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.649354:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.649929:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.650343:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.651018:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(74)] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[2584:0807/193506.653100:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(257)] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[2024-08-07 19:35:06.950] [INFO]  System information:
### SYSTEM:   manufacturer: ; model: ; raspberry: undefined; virtual: false
### OS:       platform: linux; distro: Debian GNU/Linux; release: 12; arch: arm64; kernel: 6.6.44-v8+
### VERSIONS: electron: 31.3.1; used node: 20.15.1; installed node: 22.6.0; npm: 10.8.2; pm2: 5.4.1
### OTHER:    timeZone: Europe/Stockholm; ELECTRON_ENABLE_GPU: undefined 

I tried so many things, like using different drivers (vc4-kms-v3d, vc4-fkms-v3d),
reinstalling Electron within the MagicMirror directory with npm, adding disable-gpu as ElectronSwitch, setting envvars like ELECTRON_DISABLE_GPU=1, ELECTRON_ENABLE_GPU=0 but none of them had any effect.

The GUI opens on the 8080 port, only the Raspberry’s display is all black right now.

Additional information of my setup:

magicmirror@mm-pi:~ $ uname -a
Linux mm-pi 6.6.44-v8+ #1789 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug  5 15:22:52 BST 2024 aarch64 GNU/Linux
magicmirror@mm-pi:~ $ cat /etc/os-release 
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="12"
VERSION="12 (bookworm)"
VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"
magicmirror@mm-pi:~ $ npm -v
10.8.2
magicmirror@mm-pi:~ $ node -v
v22.6.0

What am I missing?