@sdetweil said in Fresh Install:

@johnnyboy install is for new, upgrade is for previous installed, get to latest
so you would have to rename the folders back before trying

we have a version update every 3 months… you can imagine the trouble folks run into

Yeah, I renamed original MM folder, and just started afresh with your Install script to give me a fresh start… just incase there were any bits that would take forever to find, then fix, on old MM…

just done the upgrade before seeing your reply, and obviously it reported that no modules found needing npm refresh.

Fingers x there is a Portrait fix going about, as cannot afford another build in Landscape mode

@sdetweil said in Fresh Install:

@johnnyboy updated pi? did u use my upgrade script?

Ahhhhhhh… no, only the install… i shall go and see the upgrade script now.

Hi there guys

Can anyone help with instructions on how to rotate screen from Landscape, to Portrait?

Ive had help on this within another unrelated post here, but that fix will not work… by going into Terminal > Boot> Config.txt, and entering - display_rotate=1.

Version and OS — 2.11.0… Raspbian GNU/Linux 9.11 { Stretch }
RPi3

Thanks

@sdetweil

Ok… well can only thank you for your great help on this… at least I have an updated Pi.

Should I start a new thread asking about portrait mode? Doubt everyone is reading this thread and would comment on how to achieve that?

@Mykle1

😔… oh well… my new lease of life with my MM was very short lived.

My mirror is fixed in portrait… so having the system in Lanscape is of no use to me at all.

Surely not every user here is using MM in Landscape?

@sdetweil said in Fresh Install:

@johnnyboy you hit enter
then it saves the file

then u hit ctrl-x to exit the editor

Ok… but I just re-booted… then back into terminal… back into boot config.txt… and there is display_rotate=1 right at very top of the config.txt window in terminal…
I also looked into File Manager - Boot - and see there is another 2 x saved copys of config.txt docs…

So it seems it did save, but not executed to portrait on re-boot?

@sdetweil said in Fresh Install:

@johnnyboy yes, just confirming the filename, you can change it if u need to… you can edit a NEW file and have NO name specified in advance…

So how do i proceed? If I click ^cancel, i go back to my entry… then as soon as i click ^o to save, it goes to thst part that says file name…
I cannot save and exit past there.

I cannot hit ^x to exit as it wont work there… as if i need to select an option from the boxes below… I can only select ^c to cancel and go back.

@sdetweil

Yeah… the text that says " File name to write: /boot/config.tx"
That is hard written in grey… below that it gives options… G get help C cancel M-D Dos Format M-M Mac format M-A Append M-P Prepend M-B Backup file ^ to files

@johnnyboy

display_rotate=1

Then I click on Ctrl o… and it asks "file name to write: boot/config.txt

@sdetweil

do i enter # before text, same as everything else in there or simply that text on its own?

@johnnyboy
Ok… got back in after a reboot… how do i enter display_rotate=1

Do i find a space and type it in… and how do i save that entry before re-booting?

@sdetweil said in Fresh Install:

@johnnyboy said in Fresh Install:

udonano/boot/config.txt

always a space between command and path

sudo nano /boot/config.txt

Thanks… that got me in… i entered that txt in a space… rebooted… and still in landscape?

Tried again, entered sudo nano /boot/config.txt … same as you say with spaces… but now the terminal text that wss within the config has gone… and at bottom it says [Directory ‘boot’ does not exist ]

I then look in the boot folder, and i now have - config.tx… config.txt save 1… config.txt save 2… and config.tct save 3 and within all 3 saved ones, it shows - display_rotate=1

@BKeyport
Am I entering the correct text into Terminal?
Is path right? Is spacing right?

Unsure here so trying all sorts to no avail

@sdetweil
Sorry … I must have missed something?

Pi@raspberrypi:~ S sudo nano/boot/config.txt

sudo: nano/boot/config.txt : command not found

Pi@raspberrypi:~ S sudonano/boot/config.txt

Bash: sudonano/boot/config.tx : no such file or directory

@sdetweil

u can find separate scripts on my repo for those

Will do those

system change the screen to portrait? that changed too from boot long ago?
https://clevertap.com/blog/using-raspberry-pi-to-build-a-commercial-grade-wall-information-dashboard/#:~:text=To change the orientation%2C set,display_rotate%3D3 and reboot again.

Ok, I went to the Boot/config.txt… entered the display_rotate=1 and tried to save but says cannot?
Rebooted but still in landscape and my entry not saved in boot.

Where am I going wrong?

@sdetweil said in Fresh Install:

@johnnyboy ok, watching for your feedback

Okay, I renamed original MM folder, and did your install - bash -c “$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/raspberry.sh)”

This took a long time and initially thought Pi had froze, so went off and did a few things.
Came back and looked as if everything installed, and it was awaiting me to enter y/n about splashscreen/autostart… so tried to enter y… but the Pi had froze by that point.

Pulled the power, and Pi restarted, then went to desktop, and then to MM… so I take it that all went well?

I checked version and OS — 2.11.0… Raspbian GNU/Linux 9.11 { Stretch }

So, is that it?.. has it all went okay? and I can now start playing about adding/changing modules?

How do I change screen to Portrait again?

@Mykle1

Hey up Amigo… Yeah, all’s well here across the pond… how’s things with you? Hope you keeping well, and keeping yourself busy?

Yeah, as you can tell, I aint been around here a while, and kinda lost interest in my MM, and it has been off for a year, but seems such a waste being there with all that kit inside, being nothing more that a mirror, so felt the need to re-kindle that passion I had initially with it.

I did occasionally drop in here whenever I could, just to see you guys, and what y’all been up to… but life was just too busy and finding the time to play, was few and far between.

Hopefully, following @sdetweil’s instructions, I will get my MM back to life, and regain my interest?

@sdetweil
Thanks

Not possitive, but since it was last year, then version is prob 2.6?
OS is Jessie for sure as it was built a few years back.

It had the auto npm that always worked… but even forcing a start does nothing, and is why I assumed that the version was so out of date, it simply crashed?

That’s me away to fire it back up and try your suggestions first, and worse case, I will start from fresh again with new OS, and your install script, and hope I can migrate my CSS stuff over from the present MM folder… which I will obviously move and rename first.

Will update on how I got on.

@sdetweil

Thanks for reply, and your help on this.

Well, the problem with my MM at present is that it wont boot up as it normaly does… it had been off for about a year, and now just boots to jessie desktop… it was a good few years back when MM was first on the go that I did this.

I just thought it maybe best to start afresh now, seeing as I will now be using MM again, and to re-new my interest again, and to wipe it clean, and enjoy playing around with it as I once did back in the beginning.

I have no idea of the update version that was last done… but now seem to recall that it needed me to stash/commit my changes as I had changed a couple things in Compliments - @cowboysdude modification to allow color… so now remember I never updated it as I had no time to try and change things back then…

So, if I wipe it and install the latest OS, I just need to follow your script and thats it?
As you noted, I read a few posts saying they were having all sorts of problems trying to install… hence my posting here, and wanted to make sure I do it right first time.

Hey up Guys… Long time away, so I am well out of the loop about what’s what here.
I have had a quick search/look around, but see many options and nothing conclusive, so forgive if I have missed the obvious - as said, Ive been away from MM quite a long time now.

Okay, to the point - I think it was prob this time last year was the last update I done, and soon after, MM was turned off, and never used again.
Now it will not boot into MM, just the desktop.

Some of you know me, and know it was a couple year back I installed, so no doubt I will now need to wipe the Pi, and start all over again with latest OS? - Noobs?

I now see, looking through the posts, that the old (Easy/straight forward) way, is no longer used, and some have run into some problems with the new way of installing?
I used @Kirash Tutorial on here way back, which helped great… also with the help of @Mykle1 and @cowboysdude , and my MM ran like a dream.

So, with that background in mind, can I ask for a little help on getting my feet wet here again? and either a pointer towards a post/thread, that has the full run down on the new way of installing, with pitfalls to watch out for, or just a quick run through here.

I am still using Pi3… and appreciate I will need to wipe this and install the new OS… so, pointers from there will be greatly appreciated.- What is best way/name of new OS to use? Buster?

( @Mykle1 … Have you not made a new Tutorial on the install since last year? You’re Tutorials really helped and covered everything )

**** Edit - If you guys thinkI would be far better off buying a Pi4, please say so, and why… I have 3 x Pi3 here, but if they are no longer suitable, then fire away with your reasons.
Thanks Guys, appreciate your time.