@sdetweil said in Getting MMM to open on the second monitor and correctly size:

n config.js u need to tell it where (left/right) to position the monitor in the display space.
add this to config.js
var config = {
electronOptions:{x:1920 }, // add this line, where x is the width of your 1st display

now orientation… you MAY be able to use also width and height… altho it says to fullscreen on that montitor, so it should work
electronOptions:{x:1920, width:xx, height: yy },

Great thank you for the advice I will try it later.

I have a second monitor to the right of my default monitor

The idea is to open MMM on that screen and have it scaled correctly which is about 220 x 330 mm, this monitor is mounted vertically.

Your help is appreciated.

@sdetweil Great thanks for the advice I will follow it.

I have managed to get this sorted by importing the .ics file from Gmail that is public and does not require authentication.

Next I have a problem with the .ics file since it only shows South African public holidays.

Other holidays such as Russian holidays, Christian and Orthodox holidays show on the Google Calendar but are not imported in the .ics file.

The default module looks like this.

url: ‘http://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics’,
symbol: ‘calendar’,
auth: {
user: ‘username’,
pass: ‘superstrongpassword’,
method: ‘basic’

However mine does not have the following.

auth: {
user: ‘username’,
pass: ‘superstrongpassword’,
method: ‘basic’

I tried to ad these manually but that just corrupts the code.

I am doing this in Windows 10 using Note++ to edit.

your help is appreciated

Finally found it

It resides in package.json

DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}

Deleted the above

" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js"

and it works

I get this screen again on both PC’s I have tried to install on.

Once before I had this problem the fix was to delete

Problem is now I can’t seem to find the correct place where this instruction is

Below is the message I get.

C:\Users\Dell Server>cd MagicMirror

C:\Users\Dell Server\MagicMirror>npm start

magicmirror@2.11.0 start C:\Users\Dell Server\MagicMirror
DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

‘DISPLAY’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! magicmirror@2.11.0 start: DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.11.0 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\Dell Server\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2020-05-01T04_29_44_426Z-debug.log

C:\Users\Dell Server\MagicMirror>

@Mykle1 said in How to add modules. For absolute beginners.:

There isn’t one because the only difference is the path to your config folder. So, navigate to your config folder (inside the MagicMirror folder) and open it. If you don’t find a config.js file there then you need to copy and paste the config.js.sample file and rename the copy to config.js. Once you have made or found a config.js file then you can just follow the tutorial from there.

Thank you very much, I will follow the instructions and see how I go.

@bhepler said in ENOENT yet the file exists within the Magic Mirror folder:

They’re pretty much one and the same. You already have git installed. Open a terminal in the modules folder, clone the module repository into it, follow the module’s instructions on installing & configuring.

Thank for the advice.

Thanks

Now to add modules…

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4231/how-to-add-modules-for-absolute-beginners/2

The link shows instructions for the Pi and not Windows.