I thought I would post the solution (almost tested), we bought a hdmi to usb-c with usb power cable. We thought we had bought micro hdmi but seems not. Down side i broke the micro hdmi to hdmi adapter so once I get a new one the touch screen will work.

@sdetweil sorry for the delay in responding, have been at work.

I seem to be getting different responses when I do this straight into the RPi and if I do it through BitVise.

On the command prompt on the RPi, if I type ```
npm run start:wayland

On the terminal through BitVise if I do the same command, it doesn't run and I get this:

> magicmirror@2.32.0 start:wayland
> WAYLAND_DISPLAY="${WAYLAND_DISPLAY:=wayland-1}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland

[2025-07-29 21:22:53.476] [LOG] Starting MagicMirror: v2.32.0
[2025-07-29 21:22:53.486] [LOG] Loading config …
[2025-07-29 21:22:53.487] [LOG] config template file not exists, no envsubst
[2025-07-29 21:22:53.680] [INFO] Checking config file /home/admin/MagicMirror/config/config.js …
[2025-07-29 21:22:53.715] [INFO] Your configuration file doesn’t contain syntax errors :)
[2025-07-29 21:22:53.716] [INFO] Checking modules structure configuration …
[2025-07-29 21:22:53.750] [INFO] Your modules structure configuration doesn’t contain errors :)
[2025-07-29 21:22:53.751] [LOG] Loading module helpers …
[2025-07-29 21:22:53.752] [LOG] No helper found for module: clock.
[2025-07-29 21:22:53.810] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[2025-07-29 21:22:53.810] [LOG] Module helper loaded: calendar
[2025-07-29 21:22:53.810] [LOG] No helper found for module: MMM-CalendarExt3.
[2025-07-29 21:22:53.811] [LOG] No helper found for module: weather.
[2025-07-29 21:22:53.840] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[2025-07-29 21:22:53.840] [LOG] Module helper loaded: newsfeed
[2025-07-29 21:22:53.859] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[2025-07-29 21:22:53.859] [LOG] Module helper loaded: MMM-Remote-Control
[2025-07-29 21:22:53.859] [LOG] All module helpers loaded.
[2025-07-29 21:22:53.863] [LOG] Starting server on port 8080 …
[2025-07-29 21:22:53.864] [WARN] You’re using a full whitelist configuration to allow for all IPs
[2025-07-29 21:22:54.124] [LOG] Server started …
[2025-07-29 21:22:54.129] [LOG] Connecting socket for: calendar
[2025-07-29 21:22:54.130] [LOG] Starting node helper for: calendar
[2025-07-29 21:22:54.130] [LOG] Connecting socket for: newsfeed
[2025-07-29 21:22:54.130] [LOG] Starting node helper for: newsfeed
[2025-07-29 21:22:54.131] [LOG] Connecting socket for: MMM-Remote-Control
[2025-07-29 21:22:54.131] [LOG] Starting node helper for: MMM-Remote-Control
[2025-07-29 21:22:54.136] [LOG] Sockets connected & modules started …
[6004:0729/212254.138193:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/host/wayland_connection.cc:202] Failed to connect to Wayland display: No such file or directory (2)
[6004:0729/212254.138473:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/ozone_platform_wayland.cc:277] Failed to initialize Wayland platform
[6004:0729/212254.138558:ERROR:ui/aura/env.cc:257] The platform failed to initialize. Exiting.
/home/admin/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron exited with signal SIGSEGV

On Bitvise if I missout the wayland bit then MM will load, but those error messages appear.

@sdetweil thanks for helping with this. I have just done a quick linked in learning about Linux command prompt, which is helping, but I have a feeling I might have been trying to install things more than needed. I can’t get pm2 to work, though looks like there is a folder.

These are the errors that seem to appear, I did find some other posts and tried them, but either I didn’t do them properly or this isn’t the same thing.

[2025-07-29 06:47:24.231] [LOG]   Sockets connected & modules started ...
[19099:0729/064724.417901:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:79] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.418394:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:261] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.418868:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:79] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.419141:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:261] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.419366:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:79] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.419542:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:261] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.419930:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:79] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.420206:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:261] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.420709:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:79] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.420904:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:261] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.421163:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:79] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.421323:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:261] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.421518:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:79] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.421654:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:261] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.421898:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:79] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.422074:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:261] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.424348:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:79] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.425449:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:261] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.425746:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:79] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.425962:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:261] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.426177:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:79] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.426333:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:261] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.426521:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:79] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.426656:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:261] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.426836:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:79] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.426967:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:261] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.427177:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:79] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.427351:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:261] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.427549:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:79] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.427678:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:261] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.427836:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:79] Failed to get fd for plane.: No such file or directory (2)
[19099:0729/064724.428024:ERROR:ui/gfx/linux/gbm_wrapper.cc:261] Failed to export buffer to dma_buf: No such file or directory (2)
[2025-07-29 06:47:24.453] [LOG]   Launching application.
[2025-07-29 06:47:24.865] [INFO]  System information:
### SYSTEM:   manufacturer: Raspberry Pi Foundation; model: Raspberry Pi 5 Model B Rev 1.1; virtual: false
### OS:       platform: linux; distro: Debian GNU/Linux; release: 12; arch: arm64; kernel: 6.12.34+rpt-rpi-2712
### VERSIONS: electron: 36.6.0; used node: 22.17.1; installed node: 22.17.1; npm: 10.9.2; pm2: 6.0.8
### OTHER:    timeZone: Australia/Melbourne; ELECTRON_ENABLE_GPU: undefined

There is a further error to do with MMM-Remote Control, but I think that one looks straightforward (could not get calendar defaults - will check this later)

Any suggestions? Thanks again!

@BKeyport thanks for all the options. I might try some later and see which I prefer. Seem to be able to use BitVise so far, though realised if I run it from the command prompt and then close the prompt, MM disappears, but that’s okay for now.

@TheBodger thanks. I ended up doing Bitvise, finally got it working. Made such a huge difference. I did come across a load of errors on running (npm run start) that I think I’d been selectively ignoring, but a search on the forum seems that most people just ignore it, so will do so for now.

@sdetweil that’s great thanks. My job for the morning! Im sure I’ll have more questions then 😀

Hi
So I am new to all this, and gradually working my way through things. Coding experience is more vba than anything, though I did do some javascript sooooo many years ago.

I have RPi 5, and gradually adding modules with variable success. I’m trying to do some coding from my laptop as monitor is on wall and would be easier to code form the sofa :)
Anyway, I have managed to run the MMM-Remote-Control, not all the features work, but I’m sure it will just take a bit of time.

Although there seems to be an option to amend the config.js through this page, I would love to be able to open the file explorer and to open the config.js like I can do direct on the raspberry. Is it possible? I can access the command prompt for the RPi through SSH.
Any pointers?
Thanks in advance

@sdetweil thank you, but we tried this. we tried a USB C to HDMI cable, and then the micro HDMI adapter to plug into the RPi, We also tried a HDMI to USB adapter at the monitor end. Each time the monitor didn’t recognise any input. The monitor looked like it could see the USB C connection, but it wouldn’t display anything.

Hi from Australia
I’m just setting up my MM and had bought a touchscreen (Dell P242HT) to set it up with. It says that the touchscreen only works with the USB C connection, however, I did find a reddit post that they had got the same monitor working with the RPi5. However, they then stated that they ended up not using MM as it was more passive and used something else.

Before I return the new monitor for a non-touchscreen, can someone please tell me if it is possible to use this set-up with MM? As much as I would love some touchscreen functionality, my heart isn’t fully set on it, but I don’t want to spend hours trying to work it out (noob to this type of coding and been a long time since I did any javascript) and then find I can’t return the monitor.

Hope this is making sense. The sort of thing was hoping was either swiping pages, or clicking on events on a google calendar to see more detail etc.

Thanks :)