Sorry, can you go into a little more detail on that? How would I create that script?

My script now has these contents:

#!/bin/bash

/home/pi/env/bin/python3 -u /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-GoogleAssistant/pi/assistant.py

But the Google Assistant does not work upon boot. If I run the command:

/home/pi/env/bin/python3 -u /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-GoogleAssistant/pi/assistant.py

after boot, from the command line, it starts. What can I do to fix this? It seems so close to working…

I should also ask, do I need a “&” after any of these commands? I’ve seen that in some tutorials, but don’t fully understand when it is needed and when it is not.

@poopyurinal said in MMM-GoogleAssistant autostart:

/home/pi/env/bin/python3 -u /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-GoogleAssistant/pi/assistant.py

I put that command in the script. What was the second part about starting MM? MM is already starting automatically via pm2. With just the quoted command in the script, after reboot, the GoogleAssistant is not functional. Do I need to restart MM after running this script? What is the command to do that?

Thanks for your sustained help!

I just looked at them but am not sure of the implications of them. I was able to get my magicmirror to work with MMM-googleassistant with one command via command line:

/home/pi/env/bin/python3 -u /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-GoogleAssistant/pi/assistant.py

Does that help make it easier to autostart in another script? Definitely beyond my abilities at this point. I definitely appreciate your continued effort!

Sorry for my delayed response, I didn’t have time to look into this yesterday.

Now I get:

/home/pi/testerscript.sh: line 2: /env/bin/activate: No such file or directory
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-GoogleAssistant/pi/assistant.py”, line 25, in
import google.oauth2.credentials
ImportError: No module named ‘google’

I edited the script as you suggested, but it is not starting after reboot. If I run it from the command line, I get:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ /home/pi/testerscript.sh
/home/pi/testerscript.sh: 2: /home/pi/testerscript.sh: source: not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-GoogleAssistant/pi/assistant.py”, line 25, in
import google.oauth2.credentials
ImportError: No module named ‘google’

The part after the “Traceback” is the same error I got if I tried to run the /path/to/assistant.py without first running:

source /env/bin/activate

It seems like the shell script is not running the second command within the first. If I run source /env/bin/activate, my command line is preceded by (env). Is there some way to force that within the script?

In the ExecStart field of the service, what is the command I need to run before the path? My shell script is in /home/pi/testerscript.sh. What command do I need to run that?

Do you mean a shell script? Or a python script?

Sorry, can you go into a little more detail on that? How would I create that script?

I can run the command:

python3 /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-GoogleAssistant/pi/assistant.py

as long as I first run:

source /env/bin/activate

It works appropriately after running those two commands. Running the top command in this post without running the bottom command results in an error.