@Snille Thanks for the detailed report. I think I’ve fixed it. Please update to the new release v4.1.4 and give me some feedback 🙂

Can you provide a few more details? What does your config of the module look like? Are there any error messages in the node or browser console?

Which module exactly do you mean? There is no Mmm auroa on the module list.

@wyovino I’m working on a new release for MMM-Jast. I think today or tomorrow it will be out 🙂

@meikelrix Did you set showModuleApiMenu like this?

    {
      module: "MMM-Remote-Control",
      position: "bottom_right",
      config: {
        showModuleApiMenu: true,
      ....

Do you also have modules with recognizable notifications? Newsfeed is quite good for testing, for example.

If it doesn’t work, show me your config (without secrets of course).

@meikelrix Please check new release 4.1.1 🙂

@meikelrix I’ll take a look asap :-)

@Mati_93 This sort of thing happens to others from time to time as well. It would be really interesting to know how you came across the old version 🕵️. We have the module list, which refers to the fork from shabatm since a while. Did you come across the old version in the forum?

@sdetweil said in MMM-Remote-Control:

So it requires sudo to make the change, …

This can also be seen as a disadvantage 🙂

@S374n said in MMM-Remote-Control:

First update changes my main.css - took me a while to figure it out and redo all my customizations.

You should not change main.css. All customizations should be made in custom.css: https://docs.magicmirror.builders/modules/customcss.html#custom-css

Thanks for the feedback!

Since Sam has already addressed some of the issues, I won’t go into them again.

A few problems were mentioned, some of which I have just addressed with v4.1.0. E.g.:

• Restart/Shutdown: Should now also work on systems without PM2.
• Minimize: Now says “restart to restore” so you know how to undo it.

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About the monitor control issue:

This would be tricky to get running by default everywhere because every system uses different commands (X11/Wayland/etc). You have to check the Monitor Control docs and configure the right commands for your specific setup - the defaults won’t work everywhere.

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About the “npm install/npm ci” topic:

Yes, npm ci can be problematic for modules with native dependencies that need platform-specific builds. However, MMM-Remote-Control only uses pure JavaScript dependencies (marked, qrcode, simple-git, swagger-ui-dist, uuid) - no native modules that require compilation.

For this module, npm ci is actually the better choice because:

• Guarantees exact tested versions which the developers released
• Faster installation (no dependency resolution)
• Same behavior in CI and production
• No change on the package-lock.json

So the warning about npm ci is valid in general, but doesn’t apply here.

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About the microupdates. Since the test suite does not a lot parts yet, some details simply go unnoticed after major changes. If you are not experiencing any problems with the module, you do not need to install every update.

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About node update: I recommend using nvm for node updates. This is also what is offered as default for Linux on the official download page. This makes many things easier - like if something does not work after an update, you can easily switch back to the previous node version. So you don’t need to be so afraid of updates.