@eckonator

Have you disabled your screensaver? The display will turn on and off but the screensaver won’t.

@johnnyboy said in 1 old noob + 1 rPi = I can’t believe I did it! (revisited):

Also… whats with the time being wrong? Its been stuck on 17.20 ?

That’s your sunset/sunrise time, from the Wunderground module. is your clock module installed.enable?

@ninjabreadman said in Display a .png saved on the raspberry pi hard drive:

if you’re really only interested in showing a single image, it may be simpler to use MMM-SimpleLogo:

Yes, simpler to use SimpleLogo. (A fantastic module)

But, easier to use EasyPix. :-)

Unless the sample has been modified. :-/

In which case, you would procure a fresh config.js.sample file from the repo and follow these directions

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4528/how-to-create-a-working-config-for-absolute-beginners

@johnnyboy

{
			module: 'calendar',
			position: 'top_left',
			config: {
			urgency: 0,
			getRelative: 1,
			fadePoint: 0.25, // Start on 1/4th of the list.
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: 'calendar-check-o ',
						url: 'webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics'
					},
					{
						url: 'https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/THIS COMES FROM GOOGLE CALENDAR/private-YOUR GOOGLE CALENDAR API GOES HERE/basic.ics'
					},
				],
			}
		},

Change your getRelative: 1 as above in your config.js file
Add your google calendar as above in your config.js file

@3DPrintedWaffles said in Prepping my first build. Care to check my work?:

Hmm I may go that route. I like how well contained everything sits in your rig.

Advantages:

When you shut down your Pi how will you turn it back on? Pull the plug and plug it back in? Hell no! A (mini) power strip with a breaker switch works perfectly. Turn the switch off (after shutting down your Pi) and simply turn it back on. Boom! The Pi now has an on/off switch.

Extra outlet. After you’ve plugged in your Pi and your monitor, what then? My mini power strip has three outlets. That’s all I needed, but as builds become more complicated and require power for other devices (LED’s etc) then a six outlet strip can be affixed to the wall of the mirror box. Mine is on the bottom.

Less cabling. With the power strip you can modify/make extensions of exact length so there’s less clutter behind your mirror. I made a short orange extension (see picture) because the power plug for the Pi “stood up” when plugged in. I couldn’t have that. Now it “lays down”. Yes, you could do that without a power strip but do you really want to splice all that wiring? And how would that look? Hell no! (I like saying that) :-)

This is just my opinion, and others may offer you better solutions, but I think this a very efficient and neat way of doing things, and you get the added benefit of an on/off switch.

P.S. At the time of this build the mini power strip was a $5 add on item at Amazon. You can’t beat that with a stick. :-)

Peace!

@Rpickp said in Magic Mirror 2 - Please create a config file error:

I used the installer script i think it was already renamed. Should I make any changes in the config file?

What you should get from the installation of MM is a file called config.js.sample. If you no longer have this file then it is likely that you renamed it instead of copying it and renaming the copy. Once you obtain a new, clean config.js.sample you can follow the directions in the link I gave you.

Yes, you can make any changes you like to the config.js file once you’ve followed the directions above

@johnnyboy

I’m a father and a grandfather, too.

If I was the oldest to make a MagicMirror, that would be cool. :-)

@3DPrintedWaffles said in Prepping my first build. Care to check my work?:

Could you show me how this mirror looks from the front?

@Rpickp said in Magic Mirror 2 - Please create a config file error:

It worked! Thank you so much!

Excellent! :-)