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Hello.
*** Disclaimer"“” I have used the search as I do know this has been asked about many times before, but return results do not fit my problem… but concede I may be using several wrong terms in my search…

Anyways, Monitor is on smart switch to turn on/off… Pi left on 24/7.
When I turn on monitor after 2 days, I see that MM has frozen, so have to manually switch Pi off/on, and everything boots up and works as should.

Can someone please point me to what I should be looking at to stop the freezing? Not as if it is running anything intensive - stock modules and 2 small Gifs.

Thanks

----- I know I entered again at the very end ---- 'pip install --upgrade pip’ — using quotes, this was a C&P error, but it still wont work even without those mistaken quotes.

@mykle1 said in Thanks...:

@damian

I second that (e)motion. :-)

I actually sang that instead of reading it :-D

Hello

Has there been an update to the forum, or any change in settings that I must re-select?

There used to be a notification bar along the top to let people know of the latest new postings, but this has gone now.

Thanks

@damian yeah I also changed the skin while I was at it :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:

@Mykle1 said in CSS - Naming header to change?:

@Damian

So, why don’t you tell others how you found your answer? It may help them in a similar situation. :-)

Was in a rush so just posted the answer for others…

Ok, I was directed to open Terminal, into $ MagicMirrror, and run my mirror with

npm start dev

Which will open up the Console window on the right of MM main screen.
Then click the element tab at the top of the dev console window.
On the left you will see the regions of your mirror.
You have to click through them to find the module you are interested in, then click through that to find the header element.

There you will find the class of the header. Take that to your custom.css file and apply. It’s case sensitive to the name of the module.

This is what I did… as I have never been there before as never had cause to, so wanted to see it anyway.
But, the real way I found the answer to my mistake, was seeing an example given by @Mykle1 of what I may find, and how to then format the .HEADER.CLASS.NAME into my CSS…

.MMM-WWI .HEADER.CLASS.NAME { color: green; /* Header color. */ text-align: right; /* Algin header text. left, center, right */ }

As soon as I saw .MMM-WWI I realised straight away that I was trying to copy the other examples of ,sonos that works by changing the other sonos module parts - Zone - Album art - Track name, and I should have used .MMM-Sonos for the header…

My mistakes were obvious when I see them now… Not using a Dot at the start of MMM… then using .sonos and ,Sonos, when it should have been -Sonos… using .header when no Dot was rrequired.

I now intend finding a list of MM CSS commands, and looking at them, and playing about with them so things like that (That I do not normaly play around with at all) will be understood more, and will prompt me more to playing around more in that part - customising.

@bhepler

Thanks very much for that, appreciated.

Inclusion of nano will help as that was not mentioned.

Hi
Updated MM … even did a Git pull, but these weird numbers still show? Is this needing me to perhaps allocate another location near me ( if present one is having issues) or something else I need to investigate?

Been working perfect for over a year.

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@mongo116

Ahhhh… thanks.
I thought these referred to the inside temp? I will have another look at the config and see, but off hand I recall only 1 set? Those I thought were for inside… but will look more closely 2mor and play about.

So yeah, very happy to have it actually working now, and that the link I gave you helped finding that BG changed things… and other MMM-Hive users on here will also appreciate the work you done to fix it.

Thanks again…

I think there is also a zoom factor setting in config.js. Would this help?

See documentation on zoom config setting:

This allows to scale the mirror contents with a given zoom factor. The default value is 1.0

@Damian said in Updating MM on a PC?:

@cowboysdude

Thanks, yeah for sure I will keep a “Master Files Folder” for all originals should something go weird?

As an aside, the updated compliments… on my Pi I noticed that they did not color since updating today, had a quick look and on comparing old file with updated file, there was a part missing … racking my brains to think the exact name, but it made reference to the CSS… so when I C&P that section from old file into new file, the compliments colored again!.. was this intentional to omit this or just an oversight from the dev?

I’m not really sure in all honesty. I have written most of my own modules and use none of the default ones.

@Damian said in Messed up CSS between Portrait and Landscape monitors:

your keyboard shortcuts worked a treat, but when reloading, everything reverted again

Then I suspect that you’ve changed something along the way that is overriding that. Your idea of a fresh install is not a bad idea, seeing as you don’t even remember the changes that you’ve made.

Another suggestion: Don’t trash your current installation. Simply rename the MagicMirror folder to something else. Do your new installation. Transfer your modules (1 by 1) into the new MagicMirror folder

@Mykle1 Who you kidding you’ll give it to me anyway LOL

Hello,

I have been here quite a few months now and on the whole I have been helped several times, so thanks very much to those who have helped me, it is very much appreciated, but mostly I just lurk and pick up various help off other posts.

But on reading through a few posts here, there seems to be some sort of Alzheimer’s disease within many posts… and by that I mean being answered by people who have clearly forgot what this forum is all about, and that they too came to this forum as green as grass knowing nothing, and asked more or less the exact same questions that are being asked today.

If these people were treated/spoken to, in the way they now treat/speak to people, then this forum may never have lasted?

These people should simply not post anything if the only thing they have to offer is a sarcastic, or arrogant comment, that is not helpfull to the person asking the question. In my humble opinion, the only dumb question is the question not asked !

Guys, we know there is a search function here, but sometimes the results do not procure the specific answer to their specific question, with their specific set up, and therefore asks on the forum for help… so if a newbie is asking a question that annoys you since it has been asked several times in the past, and quite possibly buried so deep in an unrelated post it is hard to find, then simply do not answer… its not hard to ignore eh?

Forums only last if people find it a pleasant, happy, helpfull place, where they do not have to worry themselves about being barked at because someone is sick seeing a similar question being asked several times… It’s nice to be nice guys.

Im also on another forum, and this notice is pinned right at the very top for everyone to see, and I see the very same questions being asked over, and over, and over… and not one of its members, old and new, have ever barked at the poster and told where the search box is, or to expand their knowledge by sourcing out the answer(s) themselves.
This is, in my humble opinion, why its members are on the rise, and why they all come back time and time again to help out and also just to openly share hints and tips they have found, and also to pick up on the newer adds and updates… and it is really a nice friendly place to be in, and return to several times a day, even if I have nothing to ask about.

!!!!!!PLEASE READ!!!!!!! The reason we started this group, was that i saw lack of respect for new members on other groups, and also people asking questions that have been asked before and told to use the search to questions that had been asked before. On here you can ask questions even if some one else has asked the same question before, help is always at hand if you need it. As with all groups we have to have a few rules with all that has happened recently, so its pretty easy, please read the pinned post picture and also there are some great links for you as well

Now, if you take a deep breath, count to 10, and re-read this post one more time before letting off steam, you will see this is an observation, my observation and my opinion… this is not a rant, or debate, or getting at anyone in particular, just my own observation for veteren members to reflect upon, and maybe, just maybe, take on board the sentiments of that pinned post above, and keep this forum going, with vibrance, as well as enthusiastic compassion, and above all, to think back to the first day you came here knowing absolutely nothing about this project, JS, Linux, CSS, et al, and relied on the experts to guide you, not to push you away to the side to search out the answers yourself… as if that was the case then why are you here? why not just have one page with one title “SEARCH HERE FOR YOUR ANSWERS” ? … Sounds silly eh? But is it? Is’nt that what happens - often?

Crude analogy — Checking into a hotel, having key thrown on counter and told to search out location of your room yourself, and carry your own luggage upstairs, and told where the kitchen is so you can make your own meals… Would you be keen to return to that hotel again?

I love the MM concept, and know it has so much more future possibilites, and not just “This years new fad” that will soon be forgot about like a Windows phone… and where better than the only MM forum there is, to promote it to its best, buy encouraging its members to treat it as a club, and to come back to, time and time again, with enthusiasim, and to share ideas, and develop more and more and more?

I took my time out to post my observations, through my compassion for MM, so please do not read into this for something that it’s not.

Thanks.

The ball is now in your court guys.

Hello, looking at ways to integrate MM into my home automation set-up and searching out numerous new things to broaden my knowlege, and to piece together something or other that I can work on, and came across this, and wondered what part this has, or could have, within MM? as I see numerous things I can play about with, albeit it is a click based interface that could limit functuality unless one has touch screen?

I’m not at all Linux minded, or fully know the architecture of MM, but I’m very tech minded, and am learning (very slowly) about the MM, Pi, and Linux, so appologies if this is already, wholy, or in part, within the guts of MM.

https://nodered.org/

@Damian said in Viewing MM from a PC:

Every day is a school day ;-)

Even at my age that is SO true. :^)

@Damian it’s always on github! :)

@Sean
That is Awesome Sean, sorry if this is what you meant in other post as I was confused by what you meant by making other, seperate, calendars within my own, but those links have fully answered it. so thanks very much for that, I will now go have fun setting everything up.

@strawberry-3.141

Thanks very much for that. It has put me at rest knowing its nothing to worry about.