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@BKeyport @MMRIZE I think the problem is that calendar.js default fetch interval is set to 5 minutes.
When you set about to build a MM and you install the core system, Calendar.js fetchinterval is set to 5 minutes by default.
If I install MM AND I’m content with the presentation of the calendar AS IS and do nothing at all, calendar.js is going to reach for an update every 5 minutes.
@sdetweil I went back and looked at an older MM thats been running quite some time to see if I somehow would have missed that setting because, being a holiday calendar it doesn’t change, period. Some things change such as Easter but annually. I’ve run into that update issue on other modules such as weather.
I saw that item posted on forum and first thing I did was look at my config.js file and nothing related to updates so immediately went to the module file and there it was, 5 minute update interval.
More like as more and more Magic Mirrors got built the upate requests were going up with each mirror. and since when a given mirror’s 5 minute cycle would time out I can imagine they were getting slammed.
@sdetweil Where are you correcting this?
Reason I ask is because the default in Calender.js is set to 5 minutes and if you don’t change it in config.js doesn’t it fall back to the module default values?
It is likely most MM builders do very little to config.js regarding the calendar. When they do initial install of MM, the basic calendar module is loaded, calendar.js is just chugging along updating every 5 minutes out of sight.
You want this?
Change --color-text-dimmed: #fff;
I wanted everything to be white across the board so did that by copying the whole root font configuration into custom.css and made change in custom.css NOT in main.css
@sdetweil Also, good point to be aware of is that Github may have modules too.
@sdetweil LOOL You’ve got the secret MMM stash.
@sdetweil I did a search and drew a blank on module you describe MMM-ImagesPhotos. I’ll poke around with some of the others.
Since my knowledge of servers is minimal at best from hardware side required I sort of understand that but I’ve never set about to create a server I’ll have to figure that out.
I have several jumbo external hard drives and SSD drives and I was just going to plug one of them into an open USB socket on the Pi.
Side subject but maybe good use for the lone Raspberry Pi 1? I tried to use it (Pi 1) for a Pi-Hole I just built but was something that was incompatible so it went back on the shelf
I have tons of photographs and I want to make ultra simple MM that just randomly (or not) to cycle through through all the photos and just curious as to the good, the bad and the ugly as to which module(s) do that best.
Trying to avoid randomly choosing a module that sounds like it will fit my needs only to find out I chose poorly and have to redo the configuration.
I’ll toss out a similar problem I had a long time ago and it was tied to the FontAwesome ICONS.
I wish I could remember what all I did but it took me a while to figure out it was like padding around the icons or something like that.
@HotMacaroon Did you put both modules in same region, top_right?
I have almost identical setup on an MM and if you put both in same region you should not run into that problem because they will position themselves properly as far as what you are trying to do.
Is one in top_right and second in a different region?
I have like 5 modules, all in top_left in my case.
Also note these are in config.js NOT doing anything with CSS
With CSS issues like @sdetweil has told me a 100 times, do that with developer tools and my experience is that there is a little trial & error in getting module CSS to look right because of different branded monitor/TV and different screen sizes.
Two identical modules should drop with no need to tweak CSS on one and not the other.
If you want a particular order, that is dependent on placement of module in the config.js file.
Second picture all modules top_left
