@capedbuffethero Thanks! Please upvote if you found it valuable. I’m fairly new here and trying to improve my rep so all my posts aren’t held for moderation. :)

@sdetweil Right. That’s my confusion. I have been able to run the script a dozen (or more) times on the Zero W, but it always fails on the 3B+, which I had assumed would be faster / better than the Zero W.

@sdetweil Is there any reason why this same procedure would not work on a 3B+? I’ve tried with multiple different versions of the OS but it always seems to get stuck on “Updating packages …” and – as far as I can tell – there’s nothing meaningful in install.log. Is this install script unique to the Zero W?

@MMRIZE Interesting. I didn’t get a camera with my Zero bundle, though. But I guess it’s better to have a cable and not a camera than a camera without a cable?

Can anyone tell me what this ribbon cable does? I purchased a Pi Zero W as part of a kit and this was included, but I cannot seem to find what I can use it to connect (or why). See photo enclosed:

I’ve also posted a detailed step by step guide that’s been working for me on my Pi Zero W. YMMV.

@TazDev Thanks! This is exactly what I needed to change my MagicMirror so it displays Aurabesh for some of the data.

@sdetweil YES!!!

Thank you so much! This is exactly what I wanted. <chef’s kiss>

I’m having a hard time targeting specific modules to debug CSS and am interested in doing a View|Source (or inspecting), but I’m using a Mac and only able to view my MagicMirror via TigerVNC and/or ssh via Terminal, which means I have no ability to right-click to see the source.

Can anyone help me out here?

See also: Where to start with custom CSS?

How to Get MagicMirror to Run on a Raspberry Pi Zero W Rev 1.1

Late-May 2024

Huge thanks to @sdetweil for all his help!

1. Flash card with Legacy 32-bit.
2. Connect via ssh to run script:

   bash -c  "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/raspberry.sh)"
   

   Answer yes to disable screen saver and use pm2 questions.

3. Remove chromium with:

   sudo apt-get remove chromium-browser
   sudo apt autoremove
   

4. Add Firefox with:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install firefox-esr
   

5. Enable VNC using GUI (Interface Options):

   sudo raspi-config

6. Connect via TigerVNC (Apple app)
7. Edit installers/mm.sh via VNC using Pi's baked-in text editor by adding:

   cd ~/MagicMirror
   export external_browser=firefox
   DISPLAY=:0 npm start
   

8. Execute fix'em-up script:

   bash -c "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/fixuppm2.sh)"
   

9. cd ~/MagicMirror/
   pm2 start MagicMirror
   

10. sudo reboot

Note: On my Pi Zero W it takes a solid ten minutes from reboot to actually seeing MM output via HDMI.