Been a while since I’ve built an MM so maybe something has changed but when I hit the ALT key to get at Terminal, take MM out of full-screen nothing happens.
Loaded 64 bit Pi OS on new micro SD Card then ran @sdetweil install script and MM installed just fine and looks like the typical newly installed MM but nothing happens when I tap ALT.
I’ve formatted and installed Pi OS then used @sdetweil installation script twice and it happens each time.
Is there some new issue or some script to resolve this behavior? I’ve built a few of these over the last few years but this is new.
Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.

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ALT not doing anything
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Update MM Electron Question
After staring at message about update for both MM and one of modules I’m using for about a month, set about to update everything. Update seemed to go alright for MM with exception of getting a high severity warning and 3 moderate severity warnings that semm to just toggle back and forth. I get message to run
npm audit fix --force
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RE: help on new spam control idea
Any way you can Pi-Hole or Pi-Hole white list and black list.
That project has been around forever and I imagine that they have a large database of bad actors. -
RE: Raspberry Pi pins
@N6NG You might also want to try pololu.com if you are looking to connect to the header on your existing Pi. This is link to their connector page
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RE: Needs a modern interface to setup
@ankonaskiff17 @kayakbabe @sdetweil @drphil02
One final note regarding DAK Board and is ultimately what made me kick them to the curb in the end.
There is an old cliche’ about “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
When you suscribe to one of Dakboards plans, you are buying THEIR idea of what is a “pretty” display. Not the subscribers version.
A glitzy background isn’t what I care about. I want all my appointments, current weather, forecast, and national radar at a glance as I start my day.The times I asked Dakboard support, can you change this color or increase the font size generally I didn’t get a reply, much less one that said LOL you bought our product so no, we won’t change it.
If a color blind person saw Dakboard and said that’s nice but I need to do some serious CSS mods, Dakboard isn’t going to do that.
MM a dozen people are gonna pile in and help that color blind person.The fundamental difference between Dakboard and MM is Dakboard is like an artwork that says “Look at my technically savvy artwork.”
MM is a tool that can look like Dakboard if you want, or it present a whole host of other information that is out of the buyers reach with a dakboard subscription
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RE: help with Google Calendar, No upcoming events
@sdetweil Sounds a lot like same problem I had with Google calendar that was some odd date and time format that Google was using. Did that exact thing.
No upcoming events.
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RE: Needs a modern interface to setup
@drphil02 As someone who started with Dakboard and switched to MM, I think Dakboard is garbage. The number of modules is miniscule compared to MM
I rently looked at Dakboard site again and still garbage. Very little you can do with Dakboard because you can’t look under the hood so to speak. MM you can.
Oh, did I mention their customer serive is non-existent?
MM has tons of modules and an outstanding group of folks to help you through the rough patches.Set Up a Dakboard and an MM and run them side by side for a while. Set up Dakboard with the tiny amount of modules they have, then set up a MM with a variety of modules it has available.
Dakboard is just a way to liberate some money from your wallet I can get in a Ford Focus and have it all figured out in a day.
I get in a Porsche and it takes a week to get my arms around the controls but in the end Dakboard is a Ford Focus. MM a Porsche.! -
Editing External web page
I have an external web page in
MMM-SmartWebDisplay
and the URL is a set of cryptic letters, numbers as partially shown herehttps://radar.weather.gov/?settings=v1_eyJhZ2VuZGEiOnsiaWQi
although there are way more letters and numbers.Page works fine and gives a good national radar image zoomed to show my home state plus area to west as that is where our weather typically comes from.
There is a banner at top thats says National Weather Service Radar and device at bottom that lets you play back radar.
I’ve hidden playback by running it out the bottom if the screen and given
MMM-Jast
a black background instead of the default transparent background.Just wondering if the cryptic URL is remotely amenable to CSS
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RE: NPM Vulnerabilities Alert.
@sdetweil Can I do that retroactively or delete module then reinstall with
npm install --omit=dev
and that will get rid of unused directories/files?I should be able to just delete module & no need to mess with
config.js
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My Day, visually
Put this together by fits and starts.
Radar weather image, weather forecast and weather current are from weather.gov or National Weather Service (radar image)