Sorry about the delay. Here’s my solution.
If you still have a problem I’ll zip everything up and send it to you.
my solution and cowboys are similar but I always make sure with linux flavors everything is up to date. It’s just a habbit I also made everything so you could just copy entire commands then paste them into the terminal to save time
Install jessie using this Noobs link.
Its super easy to follow and takes care of a lot of basic steps automatically
https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/noobs/
Follow the directions
If you need to set up a wireless card go here scroll down and
follow the wireless instructions then come back here
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/236/complete-setup-tutorial/6
Now to configure your Pi go to superkey(Windows key) - preferences - raspberry pi configuration
Set up location, keyboard, time zone and time. The correct time is very important.
open up a terminal and run this the following command to get everything up to date
sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get upgrade
Now run the following to update the RPi firmware
sudo rpi-update
When done reboot
Now install the MM software
Open a terminal and run
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/master/installers/raspberry.sh | bash
Rotate your screen if you want by doing this. I didnt bother for now
sudo nano /boot/config.txt
Rotate display vertically
display_rotate=1
ctrl-x to save then Y for yes
Now do this Or just use your file manager to make your copy of the config file.
I never modify the .sample file
cd /home/pi/MagicMirror/config
cp config.js.sample config.js
now change to the MM folder
cd /home/pi/MagicMirror
Use the following to start your mirror
DISPLAY=:0 npm start