Has anyone else seen this: https://www.zdnet.com/article/say-hello-to-ubuntu-frame/

I’m wondering if it might apply to MagicMirror, and if so, how?

Re: Contrasting text on changing background

Having a tough time with the above; I want to do more subtle stuff. But this seems to be a good start:

http://thenewcode.com/1029/Automatic-Text-Contrast-with-CSS-Blend-Modes

@mwm341 said in MMM-NewsAPI:

Will MMM-NewsAPI allow displaying full articles in an iFrame?

Maybe an answer:
Gonna try splicing template.html into a responsive iFrame.

Wish me luck!

Will MMM-NewsAPI allow displaying full articles in an iFrame?

@mumblebaj said in Problem with MMM-email:

@mwm341 I get the following error when I run with the same config as you:

I had to rename the folder but I am getting some other weird errors. I am not too sure if this module still works. Seems like the developer last looked at it 5 years ago.

I was wondering about that

@mwm341 … and this is what I got when I ran it.

magicmirror@2.16.0 start
DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js “dev”

[20.08.2021 10:21.14.553] [LOG] Starting MagicMirror: v2.16.0
[20.08.2021 10:21.14.562] [LOG] Loading config …
[20.08.2021 10:21.14.573] [LOG] Loading module helpers …
[20.08.2021 10:21.14.577] [LOG] No helper found for module: alert.
[20.08.2021 10:21.14.852] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[20.08.2021 10:21.14.853] [LOG] Module helper loaded: updatenotification
[20.08.2021 10:21.14.855] [LOG] No helper found for module: clock.
[20.08.2021 10:21.15.098] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[20.08.2021 10:21.15.099] [LOG] Module helper loaded: calendar
[20.08.2021 10:21.15.100] [LOG] No helper found for module: compliments.
[20.08.2021 10:21.15.102] [LOG] No helper found for module: weather.
[20.08.2021 10:21.15.642] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[20.08.2021 10:21.15.644] [LOG] Module helper loaded: MMM-Weather
[20.08.2021 10:21.15.779] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[20.08.2021 10:21.15.780] [LOG] Module helper loaded: email
[20.08.2021 10:21.15.861] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[20.08.2021 10:21.15.862] [LOG] Module helper loaded: MMM-OpenWeatherMapForecast
[20.08.2021 10:21.15.869] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[20.08.2021 10:21.15.870] [LOG] Module helper loaded: MMM-ImagesPhotos
[20.08.2021 10:21.15.955] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[20.08.2021 10:21.15.956] [LOG] Module helper loaded: MMM-PoemOfTheDay
[20.08.2021 10:21.15.957] [LOG] No helper found for module: MMM-iFrame.
[20.08.2021 10:21.15.998] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[20.08.2021 10:21.15.999] [LOG] Module helper loaded: newsfeed
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.001] [LOG] No helper found for module: MMM-Carousel.
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.001] [LOG] All module helpers loaded.
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.143] [LOG] Starting server on port 8080 …
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.168] [LOG] Server started …
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.170] [LOG] Connecting socket for: updatenotification
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.172] [LOG] Connecting socket for: calendar
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.173] [LOG] Starting node helper for: calendar
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.175] [LOG] Connecting socket for: MMM-Weather
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.176] [LOG] Connecting socket for: email
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.177] [LOG] email helper started …
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.178] [LOG] Connecting socket for: MMM-OpenWeatherMapForecast
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.180] [LOG] ====================== Starting node_helper for module [MMM-OpenWeatherMapForecast]
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.181] [LOG] Connecting socket for: MMM-ImagesPhotos
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.182] [LOG] Starting node helper for: MMM-ImagesPhotos
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.184] [LOG] Connecting socket for: MMM-PoemOfTheDay
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.185] [LOG] Starting module helper: MMM-PoemOfTheDay
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.186] [LOG] Connecting socket for: newsfeed
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.188] [LOG] Starting node helper for: newsfeed
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.189] [LOG] Sockets connected & modules started …
[20.08.2021 10:21.16.706] [LOG] Launching application.
[20.08.2021 10:21.25.535] [LOG] Create new calendarfetcher for url: http://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/39/CA_Holidays.ics - Interval: 300000
[20.08.2021 10:21.26.735] [INFO] Calendar-Fetcher: Broadcasting 6 events.
[20.08.2021 10:21.27.433] [LOG] listening for emails…
[20.08.2021 10:21.27.455] [LOG] Create new newsfetcher for url: https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml - Interval: 300000
[20.08.2021 10:21.27.486] [LOG] [WEATHER] MMM-WEATHER Version: 1.0.3
[20.08.2021 10:21.27.596] [INFO] Checking git for module: MMM-Weather
[20.08.2021 10:21.27.738] [INFO] Checking git for module: email
[20.08.2021 10:21.27.893] [INFO] Checking git for module: MMM-OpenWeatherMapForecast
[20.08.2021 10:21.28.004] [INFO] Checking git for module: MMM-ImagesPhotos
[20.08.2021 10:21.28.253] [INFO] Checking git for module: MMM-PoemOfTheDay
[20.08.2021 10:21.28.642] [INFO] Checking git for module: MMM-iFrame
[20.08.2021 10:21.28.833] [INFO] Checking git for module: MMM-Carousel
[20.08.2021 10:21.30.876] [INFO] Newsfeed-Fetcher: Broadcasting 58 items.
[20.08.2021 10:21.37.711] [LOG] listening for emails…
[20.08.2021 10:21.47.956] [LOG] listening for emails…
[20.08.2021 10:21.58.131] [LOG] listening for emails…
[20.08.2021 10:22.08.313] [LOG] listening for emails…
[20.08.2021 10:22.18.443] [LOG] listening for emails…
[20.08.2021 10:22.28.667] [LOG] listening for emails…
[20.08.2021 10:22.38.807] [LOG] listening for emails…

@mumblebaj Here’s where I started …

https://github.com/ronny3050/email-mirror.git

THE APP SAW MY MESSAGE!!
Once.

Didn’t show me though; it showed up in the logs.

Nothing else since.

@mwm341 Digging around a bit (on a brand-new account somewhere else) turns THIS up:

20.08.2021 07:45.15.461] [LOG] Email notifier error: Error: Timed out while connecting to server
at Timeout._onTimeout (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/email/node_modules/imap/lib/Connection.js:280:15)
at listOnTimeout (internal/timers.js:549:17)
at processTimers (internal/timers.js:492:7) {
source: ‘timeout’
}

…and it doesn’t change, no matter what I do.

Grrr!
I think a module change might be in order.

@mumblebaj Done. Mail is being delivered to a dedicated (google) mailbox – but nothing gets to the mirror, and there’s nothing showing up in the logs except

[19.08.2021 21:35.37.274] [LOG] listening for emails…
[19.08.2021 21:35.47.402] [LOG] listening for emails…
[19.08.2021 21:35.57.537] [LOG] listening for emails…
[19.08.2021 21:36.07.697] [LOG] listening for emails…
[19.08.2021 21:36.17.818] [LOG] listening for emails…

What might I be missing?

@djboob66 I normally use Google for such things. Should I use something else?

When it’s running, the module displays

‘No new mails’ – EVEN IF I send new mails.

Logging into the imap server happens without a hitch, and the server accepts mail without any problem. But I’m trying to get the messages to show up on my MagicMirror, and this fails. I’m running out of ideas, so I’m sending as much detail as possible and hoping someone can help identify what’s (not) happening.

The relevant module in my config.js’ file looks like this:

{
module: ‘email’,
position: ‘bottom_right’,
header: ‘Email’,
config: {
accounts: [
{
user: ‘aaaaaaaaa@bbbbbb.com’,
password: ‘XXXXXXXxxxxxxxx!’,
host: ‘imap.bbbbbb.com’,
port: 993,
tls: true,
authTimeout: 20000,
numberOfEmails: 2,
},
],
fade: true,
maxCharacters: 30,
}
},

Startup looks like this:

magicmirror@2.16.0 start
DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

[17.08.2021 16:10.59.790] [LOG] Starting MagicMirror: v2.16.0
[17.08.2021 16:10.59.796] [LOG] Loading config …
[17.08.2021 16:10.59.804] [LOG] Loading module helpers …
[17.08.2021 16:10.59.807] [LOG] No helper found for module: alert.
[17.08.2021 16:10.59.972] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[17.08.2021 16:10.59.973] [LOG] Module helper loaded: updatenotification
[17.08.2021 16:10.59.975] [LOG] No helper found for module: clock.
[17.08.2021 16:10.59.977] [LOG] No helper found for module: compliments.
[17.08.2021 16:11.00.090] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[17.08.2021 16:11.00.091] [LOG] Module helper loaded: email
[17.08.2021 16:11.00.993] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[17.08.2021 16:11.00.995] [LOG] Module helper loaded: MMM-TelegramBot
[17.08.2021 16:11.00.997] [LOG] No helper found for module: MMM-WeeklySchedule.
[17.08.2021 16:11.01.338] [LOG] Initializing new module helper …
[17.08.2021 16:11.01.340] [LOG] Module helper loaded: MMM-Weather
[17.08.2021 16:11.01.341] [LOG] No helper found for module: MMM-Worldclock.
[17.08.2021 16:11.01.342] [LOG] All module helpers loaded.
[17.08.2021 16:11.01.429] [LOG] Starting server on port 8080 …
[17.08.2021 16:11.01.445] [LOG] Server started …
[17.08.2021 16:11.01.447] [LOG] Connecting socket for: updatenotification
[17.08.2021 16:11.01.448] [LOG] Connecting socket for: email
[17.08.2021 16:11.01.450] [LOG] email helper started …
[17.08.2021 16:11.01.451] [LOG] Connecting socket for: MMM-TelegramBot
[17.08.2021 16:11.01.453] [LOG] Connecting socket for: MMM-Weather
[17.08.2021 16:11.01.454] [LOG] Sockets connected & modules started …
[17.08.2021 16:11.01.721] [LOG] Launching application.
[17.08.2021 16:11.04.656] [LOG] listening for emails…
[17.08.2021 16:11.04.669] [LOG] [TELBOT] MMM-TelegramBot Version: 1.3.8
[17.08.2021 16:11.04.686] [LOG] [TELBOT] Ready!
[17.08.2021 16:11.04.690] [LOG] [WEATHER] MMM-WEATHER Version: 1.0.3
[17.08.2021 16:11.04.767] [INFO] Checking git for module: email
[17.08.2021 16:11.04.820] [INFO] Checking git for module: MMM-TelegramBot
[17.08.2021 16:11.04.860] [INFO] Checking git for module: MMM-WeeklySchedule
[17.08.2021 16:11.04.894] [INFO] Checking git for module: MMM-Weather
[17.08.2021 16:11.04.925] [INFO] Checking git for module: MMM-Worldclock
[17.08.2021 16:11.14.947] [LOG] listening for emails…

@sdetweil I guess one could cheat a little by doing something with an animated (slow) colour gradient, assuming that the text will be visible some of the time (in the place where I do it) - but that not much of a solution… (sigh)

I’m trying to come up with a configuration that (mostly) guarantees text visibility in the following way:

White background shows black text and vice versa
Yellow background shows blue text and vice versa

…the point being that the text color should ALWAYS be different from the background color, so that it can be read even if the background color changes. I’d also like that to happen with randomly-selected wallpapers.
So I’m wondering: Is it something I can do with CSS?
Or do I need to try something else?

For those who are locked down and need a haircut badly enough to do it themselves.

It’s hard to properly cut hair on the side and back of my head when I can’t see it – so I’d love to be able to have a mirror that on command will (wait long enough for me to turn around and) take a photo, and display it long enough for me to evaluate what I’ve done.

I’m aware that it might take a bit more hardware and some coding, but need ideas as to how to proceed.

I’ve examined some player modules, but am rapidly coming to the conclusion that it might be easiest to convert my 7000+ music files into mp3s. Does anyone have a better idea?