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    • Auto-start MagicMirror after reboot (Raspberry Pi)

      My Raspberry Pi mirror has shut off a few times by accident (overheated, lost power, etc). Every time I turned it back on it was kind of a pain - I had to take the mirror off the wall, hook up my keyboard and mouse, start up the mirror, etc. This happened enough that I wanted to automate a solution. I finally found this article and followed “method 2”. I thought I’d summarize here in case this can help anyone else.

      What this will do

      Start up your mirror whenever your raspberry pi gets turned on.

      How?

      We’ll utilize Raspian’s autostart mechanism to run a shell script whenever your Raspberry Pi starts up. The shell script will turn off sleep mode on your Pi and start your mirror.

      1) Write a shell script

      Create a shell script in the home directory. From the terminal, type:

      $ vi /home/pi/start-mirror.sh
      

      Copy this code into the start-mirror.sh file that was just opened, then save and close the file:

      #!/bin/bash
      
      sudo xset -dpms
      sudo xset s off
      cd /home/pi/MagicMirror && npm start
      

      3) Create a .desktop file

      This will utilize the autostart system on the pi. Your script will run after the desktop system starts up.

      $ mkdir /home/pi/.config/autostart
      $ vi /home/pi/.config/autostart/mirror.desktop        
      

      Note: you might not need to run the first command to create the autostart directory - I already had this directory on my computer.

      Copy this code into the mirror.desktop file and save it:

      [Desktop Entry]
      Type=Application
      Name=MirrorStart
      Exec=sh /home/pi/start-mirror.sh
      

      After this saves, you’re all set. Reboot the pi and test it out:

      sudo reboot
      

      After the reboot you should see the Desktop pop up for 10-20 seconds, then your mirror should automatically start up.

      posted in General Discussion
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      pbelanger

    Latest posts made by pbelanger

    • Auto-start MagicMirror after reboot (Raspberry Pi)

      My Raspberry Pi mirror has shut off a few times by accident (overheated, lost power, etc). Every time I turned it back on it was kind of a pain - I had to take the mirror off the wall, hook up my keyboard and mouse, start up the mirror, etc. This happened enough that I wanted to automate a solution. I finally found this article and followed “method 2”. I thought I’d summarize here in case this can help anyone else.

      What this will do

      Start up your mirror whenever your raspberry pi gets turned on.

      How?

      We’ll utilize Raspian’s autostart mechanism to run a shell script whenever your Raspberry Pi starts up. The shell script will turn off sleep mode on your Pi and start your mirror.

      1) Write a shell script

      Create a shell script in the home directory. From the terminal, type:

      $ vi /home/pi/start-mirror.sh
      

      Copy this code into the start-mirror.sh file that was just opened, then save and close the file:

      #!/bin/bash
      
      sudo xset -dpms
      sudo xset s off
      cd /home/pi/MagicMirror && npm start
      

      3) Create a .desktop file

      This will utilize the autostart system on the pi. Your script will run after the desktop system starts up.

      $ mkdir /home/pi/.config/autostart
      $ vi /home/pi/.config/autostart/mirror.desktop        
      

      Note: you might not need to run the first command to create the autostart directory - I already had this directory on my computer.

      Copy this code into the mirror.desktop file and save it:

      [Desktop Entry]
      Type=Application
      Name=MirrorStart
      Exec=sh /home/pi/start-mirror.sh
      

      After this saves, you’re all set. Reboot the pi and test it out:

      sudo reboot
      

      After the reboot you should see the Desktop pop up for 10-20 seconds, then your mirror should automatically start up.

      posted in General Discussion
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      pbelanger