Posts made by Grizz952

Ongoing struggle to understand what ‘can’ and ‘cannot’ be done within basic modules. I currently have four calendars loaded in the basic ‘calendar’ module. MM is retrieving information appropriately. I have the text color set differently for each calendar. What I would like to do is set a unique ‘background color’ for each calendar. Possible? Recommendations?

@sdetweil Thanks Gents. The more I look at this, the brighter my ‘bulb’ gets. Not there yet, but coming along. Thanks for the great instruction.

@BKeyport OK. I can see the Developer’s Window, and can navigate to the desired module element. But, my head is spinning from the display of information. It is not clear (to me) how to translate this into a ‘custom.css’ statement. Is there a ‘gentle’ (e.g., novice) guide to using this information?

@sdetweil Thanks sdetwell. I note the first step is “on the MM screen, press ctrl-shift-i”. I’m currently accessing my mm through SSH. Not sure how to accomplish ctrl-shift-i from ‘within’ mm.

I have mm updated and working with ‘clock’, ‘current weather’, ‘weather forecast’, and ‘calendar’ all functional. Attempting to ‘dress it up’ with font and color changes. I’ve reviewed much of the CSS tutorial, and have been focusing on changes to ‘clock’ by changing items in custom.css as a learning. So far I’m failing miserably in attempts to change font size and color. Changes to custom.css seem to result in random changes to my display. And, have been unable to change color. My assumption is that I am misnaming ‘class’ and or ‘element’ items. Can someone steer me in the right direction?

@sdetweil Thanks sdetweil. Appreciate the recommendations. I’ll continue to push my way up the ‘learning curve’.

@sdetweil So, following (presumably) successful MM update. I’ve proceeded to adjust/manipulate my modules. Noted a couple potential issues.

• I can no longer summon a menu from the MM display by typing ‘Alt’. In previous version ‘Alt’ would bring up a menu, and File>Quit could be selected. Is the menu still available?

• On MM startup, there appear to be some Errors. Not sure if these are critical. My MM display seems OK once startup is complete. [Not sure how best to share the startup info-showing Errors. Please advise.]

• I have been starting MM manually (“npm run start”). I note that MM running from the Terminal cmd line, the Terminal remains open in background. During module adjustment, starting and stopping through SSH is convenient. However, SSH to MM seems to stall when my primary computer goes to ‘sleep’.

• Finally, I do not find my ‘log’ file. Can someone point me to the location.

Thanks,

@Grizz952 Thanks sdetweil. Ran the script this morning. All upgraded and running - no adverse events. Slick. Thanks

Recently resurrected MM (without Mirror) project (originally started back in 2020). Paired an old laptop screen with RPi 3B+ running Raspian (Bullseye). Original Micro SD card (from 2020) is still operational, and Raspian has been updated/upgraded (15Nov2023). My setup appears to be functional. However, current software versions are out of date.
MM: 2.18.0
node: 12.22.5
My MM header indicates…
“!MagicMirror2 update available.”
“The current installation is 251 commits behind on the master branch.”
A scan of the forum seems to indicate several (perhaps expected) minor pitfalls with upgrades. Can you recommend the most painless to bring my installation current?