@sdetweil
Hi Sam,
That’s indeed what it said: “Installation failed. This probably isn’t a Raspberry Pi 2 or 3…”
or something like that.
But okay… I’ll try and do it manualy then. Hope that works for me …
Getting sweaty hands already just thinking about that…
But hey…It’s not working now anyway…so what have I got to loose!?

I just came across Mykle1’s guide for installing MM2 on a 32bit Win7 laptop.
I still have a license key for Windows laying around somewere so I have a backup in case MM2 realy can’t run on x86 Raspberry Pi Desktop… but ofcourse I hope it can run on it!

Hi guys,

Last week I installed Raspberry Pi Desktop on an old netbook (Acer Aspire One D250) I had laying around. And though rasbian is working just fine I can’t install MM2 on it.
The reason I would like to install MM2 on the laptop is to have a platform to test various modules on before installing them on my actual mirror.

Can anyone explain to me why I can’t install it? Or are there way’s to make it work?

" Just comment under my video"

I just did.

@thedoorsfanatic
I have seen this modules but I thought it was a inscreen module and not a remote controle via a web interface.
I currently have MMM-Pages to show different modules on different pages. Like on your smartphone. I use 2 ultrasonic sensors to move left and right through the pages.
Have the hardware al in place in the frame since last week and now I’m setting up the MM2 again … because I lost/misplaced my original SD-card…
What HAT are you using for the voice control by the way?

@thedoorsfanatic WOW!!! WAIT…WHAT???
That’s you in the youtube vid? And you controle your mirror using a tablet with a webinterface?? HOW??? I want that too!

@Sean It’s just I’m not that familiar with doing everything via the command shell. Installing modules via the shell that I can do.
But I haven’t changed the config.js via the shell yet.
is it simple as: “sudo nano /MagicMirror/Config/config.js”?

@Sean Nice!
But it still is commandline correct? No desktop view of the pi.
Seeing this I like to have 1 program that connects to my pi that on a laptop can show me the Pi’s desktop (remote desktop) but on my Android smartphone uses the commandline. Teamviewer has only the remote desktop…and that’s on a smartphone not great. But using the commandline completely is at the moment to much for me.
I do use JuiceSSH on my smartphone When I’m at home) for simple things like checking folders and stuff. But to customize the MM2 I do would like to have a desktop enviroment for now.
But I’ll have a look at this option as well! Thanks for pointing it out!

@Sean that dataplicity is only commandline right?
And they also have an app for my smartphone (Android) I see.
Does that mean I can control my Pi (via commandline) from any place in the world?
Without port forwarding? Or does this require port forwarding?

@sdetweil
I didn’t know that Teamviewer could run on a Pi!?!?
I’ll look into it!
Thanks for the heads-up!