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    • RE: Strange issue

      Its holding better i haven’t seen it restart in the past few hours i think MMM-watchdog was the problem

      posted in Troubleshooting
      richland007R
      richland007
    • RE: MMM-WeatherBackground

      @sean Thank you very much it worked like a charm …you guys that know how to code are cool :)
      thanks again

      posted in Utilities
      richland007R
      richland007
    • RE: MMM-NOAA3 - No icon

      @cowboysdude Re-did everything as you said but no change same result, same look, no forecast
      :(
      I deleted the whole directory git clone again… no luck
      Denis

      posted in Troubleshooting
      richland007R
      richland007
    • RE: MirrorMirrorOntheWall Alexa Skill trouble

      @dcalix No nothing in addition to the above other errors have arisen… read here from the beginning for more details

      https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/8569/mmm-mirrormirroronthewall-installation-issue/63?page=7

      posted in Troubleshooting
      richland007R
      richland007
    • RE: Strange issue

      @evroom here is the rest of the commands you asked me to do :)

      pi@SmartMirror:~ $ uname -a
      Linux SmartMirror 4.14.52-v7+ #1123 SMP Wed Jun 27 17:35:49 BST 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux
      pi@SmartMirror:~ $ swapon -s
      Filename				Type		Size	Used	Priority
      /dev/zram0                             	partition	237360	15596	5
      /dev/zram1                             	partition	237360	15636	5
      /dev/zram2                             	partition	237360	15612	5
      /dev/zram3                             	partition	237360	15364	5
      pi@SmartMirror:~ $  free -h
                    total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
      Mem:           927M        135M        166M         16M        624M        718M
      Swap:          927M         60M        866M
      pi@SmartMirror:~ $ cat /etc/dphys-swapfile | egrep -v ‘#|^$’
      bash: ^$’: command not found
      
      pi@SmartMirror:~ $ sudo service dphys-swapfile status
      ● dphys-swapfile.service - LSB: Autogenerate and use a swap file
         Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/dphys-swapfile; generated; vendor preset: enabled
         Active: active (exited) since Sun 2018-11-18 17:49:07 CST; 1h 36min ago
           Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
        Process: 358 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/dphys-swapfile start (code=exited, status=0
         CGroup: /system.slice/dphys-swapfile.service
      
      Nov 18 17:49:06 SmartMirror systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Autogenerate and use a swa
      Nov 18 17:49:06 SmartMirror dphys-swapfile[358]: Starting dphys-swapfile swapfil
      Nov 18 17:49:07 SmartMirror dphys-swapfile[358]: want /var/swap=100MByte, checki
      Nov 18 17:49:07 SmartMirror dphys-swapfile[358]: done.
      Nov 18 17:49:07 SmartMirror systemd[1]: Started LSB: Autogenerate and use a swap
      lines 1-12/12 (END)
      

      And on the top.txt file neither the first 50 nor the last 50 are not saying much about magic mirror but i am going to start it again and tail top.txt again once it crashes.

      Here is the output any how for the first and last 50 lines of the top.txt file

      pi@SmartMirror:~ $ tail -50 top.txt
        848 pi        20   0   27796   8972   8052 S   0.0  0.9   0:01.61 vncserverui
        809 pi        20   0   42752   8256   8116 S   0.0  0.9   0:00.09 lxpolkit
        890 pi        20   0   74324   7768   7596 S   0.0  0.8   0:00.15 gvfs-udisk+
      =============================================
      Sun Nov 18 19:25:01 CST 2018
      top - 19:25:01 up  1:25,  1 user,  load average: 0.39, 0.39, 0.37
      Tasks: 134 total,   1 running,  88 sleeping,   0 stopped,   1 zombie
      %Cpu(s): 12.5 us,  1.5 sy,  0.0 ni, 85.3 id,  0.3 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.3 si,  0.0 st
      KiB Mem :   949452 total,   169780 free,   140140 used,   639532 buff/cache
      KiB Swap:   949440 total,   887232 free,    62208 used.   734220 avail Mem 
      
        PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
        553 root      20   0  214532  54136  35564 S   0.0  5.7   3:10.64 Xorg
        719 pi        20   0  120620  28044  15252 S   0.0  3.0   0:06.59 PM2 v3.0.3+
        814 pi        20   0  144716  27976  24560 S   0.0  2.9   0:12.95 pcmanfm
        455 alexapi   20   0  191228  27236  13820 S   5.6  2.9  21:37.81 python
        481 root      20   0   45136  22548  13788 S   0.0  2.4   3:25.82 vncserver-+
       1840 pi        20   0   77044  21280  18496 S   0.0  2.2   0:08.20 leafpad
        812 pi        20   0  138632  20484  18116 S   0.0  2.2   0:21.17 lxpanel
       1656 pi        20   0   49308  20328  16408 S   0.0  2.1   0:40.59 lxterminal
        868 pi        20   0   27820  14160  12840 S   0.0  1.5   0:00.35 vncserverui
        806 pi        20   0   53684  13080  10916 S   0.0  1.4   0:02.33 openbox
        557 root      20   0   15416  10640  10312 S   5.6  1.1   0:29.86 vncagent
        673 pi        20   0   52180  10472  10140 S   0.0  1.1   0:00.85 lxsession
        848 pi        20   0   27796   8972   8052 S   0.0  0.9   0:01.61 vncserverui
        809 pi        20   0   42752   8256   8116 S   0.0  0.9   0:00.09 lxpolkit
        890 pi        20   0   74324   7768   7596 S   0.0  0.8   0:00.15 gvfs-udisk+
      top - 19:25:01 up  1:25,  1 user,  load average: 0.39, 0.39, 0.37
      Tasks: 134 total,   1 running,  88 sleeping,   0 stopped,   1 zombie
      %Cpu(s): 12.5 us,  1.5 sy,  0.0 ni, 85.3 id,  0.3 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.3 si,  0.0 st
      KiB Mem :   949452 total,   170032 free,   139888 used,   639532 buff/cache
      KiB Swap:   949440 total,   887232 free,    62208 used.   734472 avail Mem 
      
        PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
        553 root      20   0  214532  54136  35564 S   0.0  5.7   3:10.64 Xorg
        719 pi        20   0  120620  28044  15252 S   0.0  3.0   0:06.59 PM2 v3.0.3+
        814 pi        20   0  144716  27976  24560 S   0.0  2.9   0:12.96 pcmanfm
        455 alexapi   20   0  191228  27236  13820 S   0.0  2.9  21:37.81 python
        481 root      20   0   45136  22548  13788 S   0.0  2.4   3:25.82 vncserver-+
       1840 pi        20   0   77044  21280  18496 S   0.0  2.2   0:08.20 leafpad
        812 pi        20   0  138632  20484  18116 S   0.0  2.2   0:21.17 lxpanel
       1656 pi        20   0   49308  20328  16408 S   0.0  2.1   0:40.59 lxterminal
        868 pi        20   0   27820  14160  12840 S   0.0  1.5   0:00.35 vncserverui
        806 pi        20   0   53684  13080  10916 S   0.0  1.4   0:02.33 openbox
        557 root      20   0   15416  10640  10312 S   0.0  1.1   0:29.86 vncagent
        673 pi        20   0   52180  10472  10140 S   0.0  1.1   0:00.85 lxsession
        848 pi        20   0   27796   8972   8052 S   0.0  0.9   0:01.61 vncserverui
        809 pi        20   0   42752   8256   8116 S   0.0  0.9   0:00.09 lxpolkit
        890 pi        20   0   74324   7768   7596 S   0.0  0.8   0:00.15 gvfs-udisk+
      =============================================
      pi@SmartMirror:~ $ head -50 top.txt
      Fri Nov 16 22:55:01 CST 2018
      top - 22:55:02 up 3 days,  2:58,  1 user,  load average: 0.18, 0.31, 0.21
      Tasks: 132 total,   1 running,  88 sleeping,   0 stopped,   1 zombie
      %Cpu(s): 18.3 us,  4.2 sy,  0.0 ni, 74.3 id,  2.0 wa,  0.0 hi,  1.2 si,  0.0 st
      KiB Mem :   949452 total,   276412 free,   169288 used,   503752 buff/cache
      KiB Swap:   949440 total,   825760 free,   123680 used.   687104 avail Mem 
      
        PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
        582 root      20   0  219092  34684  17284 S   0.0  3.7 302:37.78 Xorg
        457 alexapi   20   0  210684  27312  13416 S   0.0  2.9 799:59.04 python
        834 pi        20   0  152648  26352  11692 S   0.0  2.8  19:11.56 lxpanel
        502 root      20   0   45188  23764  14620 S   0.0  2.5  26:30.86 vncserver-+
        835 pi        20   0  154056  17252  14084 S   0.0  1.8   0:33.17 pcmanfm
        721 pi        20   0  127960  16648   7700 S   0.0  1.8   6:21.25 PM2 v3.0.3+
       2011 pi        20   0   48208  12352  10328 S   0.0  1.3   0:10.66 lxterminal
        100 root      20   0   35220   9068   8840 S   0.0  1.0   2:10.19 systemd-jo+
        636 root      20   0   15416   9048   8840 S   0.0  1.0   3:51.37 vncagent
        829 pi        20   0   53536   6128   4664 S   0.0  0.6   0:09.74 openbox
        953 pi        20   0   27236   4904   4428 S   0.0  0.5   0:02.30 vncserverui
        873 pi        20   0   27816   4280   3616 S   0.0  0.5   0:32.84 vncserverui
          1 root      20   0   27024   3680   2972 S   0.0  0.4   0:12.38 systemd
        598 root      20   0    7272   3464   3192 S   0.0  0.4   0:01.09 bluetoothd
        979 raspoti+  20   0   18924   3432   3036 S   0.0  0.4   1:10.74 librespot
      top - 22:55:02 up 3 days,  2:58,  1 user,  load average: 0.18, 0.31, 0.21
      Tasks: 132 total,   1 running,  88 sleeping,   0 stopped,   1 zombie
      %Cpu(s): 18.3 us,  4.2 sy,  0.0 ni, 74.3 id,  2.0 wa,  0.0 hi,  1.2 si,  0.0 st
      KiB Mem :   949452 total,   276684 free,   168980 used,   503788 buff/cache
      KiB Swap:   949440 total,   825760 free,   123680 used.   687416 avail Mem 
      
        PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
        582 root      20   0  219092  34684  17284 S   0.0  3.7 302:37.78 Xorg
        457 alexapi   20   0  210684  27312  13416 S   5.9  2.9 799:59.05 python
        834 pi        20   0  152648  26352  11692 S   0.0  2.8  19:11.56 lxpanel
        502 root      20   0   45188  23764  14620 S   0.0  2.5  26:30.86 vncserver-+
        835 pi        20   0  154056  17252  14084 S   0.0  1.8   0:33.18 pcmanfm
        721 pi        20   0  127960  16648   7700 S   0.0  1.8   6:21.25 PM2 v3.0.3+
       2011 pi        20   0   48208  12352  10328 S   0.0  1.3   0:10.66 lxterminal
        100 root      20   0   35220   9068   8840 S   0.0  1.0   2:10.19 systemd-jo+
        636 root      20   0   15416   9048   8840 S   0.0  1.0   3:51.37 vncagent
        829 pi        20   0   53536   6128   4664 S   0.0  0.6   0:09.74 openbox
        953 pi        20   0   27236   4904   4428 S   0.0  0.5   0:02.30 vncserverui
        873 pi        20   0   27816   4280   3616 S   0.0  0.5   0:32.84 vncserverui
          1 root      20   0   27024   3680   2972 S   0.0  0.4   0:12.38 systemd
        598 root      20   0    7272   3464   3192 S   0.0  0.4   0:01.09 bluetoothd
        979 raspoti+  20   0   18924   3432   3036 S   0.0  0.4   1:10.74 librespot
      =============================================
      Fri Nov 16 23:00:01 CST 2018
      top - 23:00:01 up 3 days,  3:03,  1 user,  load average: 3.02, 1.49, 0.69
      Tasks: 138 total,   4 running,  91 sleeping,   0 stopped,   1 zombie
      %Cpu(s): 18.4 us,  4.2 sy,  0.0 ni, 74.3 id,  2.0 wa,  0.0 hi,  1.2 si,  0.0 st
      

      Thank you
      D

      posted in Troubleshooting
      richland007R
      richland007
    • RE: Strange issue

      @evroom I appologise on the delay at answering i was at work during the weekend

      here is the autput from

      pi@MagicPi:~ $ grep -i watchdog /home/pi/.pm2/logs/mm-out.log
      pi@MagicPi:~ $ grep -i watchdog /home/pi/.pm2/logs/mm-error.log
      

      a bunch of these almost every 10-15 minutes

      Fri Nov 09 2018 09:52:50 GMT-0600 (CST) - WatchDog: Heartbeat timeout. Frontend might have crashed. Exit now.
      Fri Nov 09 2018 10:06:24 GMT-0600 (CST) - WatchDog: Heartbeat timeout. Frontend might have crashed. Exit now.
      
      
      WatchDog started. Maximum timeout: 20s.
      Module helper loaded: MMM-WatchDog
      Connecting socket for: MMM-WatchDog
      Starting module helper: MMM-WatchDog
      WatchDog started. Maximum timeout: 20s.
      Module helper loaded: MMM-WatchDog
      Connecting socket for: MMM-WatchDog
      Starting module helper: MMM-WatchDog
      
      

      Here is some sysstat output from the following commands

      vmstat 10 10
      iostat 10 10
      sar 10 10
      
      r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa st
       1  0  63744 209036  34364 567792    0    6    82    12  778  312 18  3 78  1  0
       0  0  63744 209036  34372 567824    0    0     0     2 2431  278  4  0 96  0  0
      
      avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
                17.75    0.00    3.32    0.57    0.00   78.36
      
      Device:            tps    kB_read/s    kB_wrtn/s    kB_read    kB_wrtn
      mmcblk0          13.75       311.58        45.87     821628     120969
      zram0             1.77         0.95         6.13       2504      16164
      zram1             1.73         0.78         6.12       2068      16132
      zram2             1.70         0.74         6.08       1952      16028
      zram3             1.74         0.94         6.02       2480      15880
      
      
      06:44:46 PM     all      3.17      0.00      0.08      0.00      0.00     96.76
      06:44:56 PM     all      4.12      0.00      0.25      0.03      0.00     95.60
      
      
      posted in Troubleshooting
      richland007R
      richland007
    • RE: MMM-NOAA3 - No icon

      @cowboysdude On my MM custom.css file i added the following later on after taking @Sean advice to enhance the background and the contours of the modules

       * Magic Mirror                                      *
       * Custom CSS                                        *
       *                                                   *
       * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl           *
       * MIT Licensed.                                     *
       *                                                   *
       * Add any custom CSS below.                         *
       * Changes to this files will be ignored by GIT. *
       *****************************************************/
      
       body {
      
      .module {
        background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
        border-radius: 20px;
        padding:10px;
      }
       	
       }
      
      

      on my config.js file under MMM-NOAA3 i have

      css: "NOAA3",                   // THIS MUST CONTAIN A CSS STYLE NAME 
      

      I tried changing it to other NOAA styles such as 4 etc. and adding MMM-NOAA3 or MMM-NOAA3.css within the parenthesis but no change.

      0_1542587353719_20181118_181527.jpg

      Should i uninstall it and installed again??
      i have the version that works with the MMM-WeatherBackground from @Sean and the background does work correctly to whatever the weather says.

      Thanks again for your help
      Denis

      posted in Troubleshooting
      richland007R
      richland007
    • RE: My Full-Length Smart Mirror

      @mitchelltmarino I wish i knew before buying my current two way mirror on where to find a long mirror like yours my wife has been on my case for a year wanting a full body mirror.
      Where did you find yours and is it Plexiglas???.. how much was it??
      looks nice
      D

      posted in Show your Mirror
      richland007R
      richland007
    • RE: MMM-NOAA3 - No icon

      It does not give the name of the city but the weather background and the icon are visible… so the Name of the city and the 4 day forecast is missing also the alignment is messed up with large letters is not properly centered at all
      D

      posted in Troubleshooting
      richland007R
      richland007
    • RE: Strange issue

      @evroom Ok so here is whats writen on that top.txt file

      pi@SmartMirror:~ $ tail -F top.txt
        834 pi        20   0  155396  17884   8104 S   0.0  1.9  23:20.77 lxpanel
        582 root      20   0  211836  13576   2440 S   0.0  1.4 418:48.14 Xorg
        457 alexapi   20   0  218108  10768   4772 S  47.4  1.1 878:20.67 python
        721 pi        20   0  122032  10600   4792 S   0.0  1.1   8:34.40 PM2 v3.0.3+
        835 pi        20   0  154056   5184   4016 S   0.0  0.5   0:43.57 pcmanfm
      18753 pi        20   0   47692   4896   3996 S   0.0  0.5   0:03.94 lxterminal
        829 pi        20   0   53536   4432   3556 S   0.0  0.5   0:13.22 openbox
        100 root      20   0   35220   3140   2980 S   0.0  0.3   2:16.35 systemd-jo+
       7236 pi        20   0    8112   3140   2712 R  15.8  0.3   0:00.07 top
      =============================================
      Sat Nov 17 11:25:01 CST 2018
      top - 11:25:01 up 3 days, 15:28,  1 user,  load average: 0.56, 2.88, 4.35
      Tasks: 135 total,   1 running,  89 sleeping,   0 stopped,   1 zombie
      %Cpu(s): 21.4 us,  5.5 sy,  0.0 ni, 69.4 id,  2.3 wa,  0.0 hi,  1.5 si,  0.0 st
      KiB Mem :   949452 total,   493928 free,   157456 used,   298068 buff/cache
      KiB Swap:   949440 total,   777124 free,   172316 used.   727276 avail Mem 
      
        PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
        582 root      20   0  218840  24540  12364 S  10.5  2.6 419:19.31 Xorg
        502 root      20   0   45188  23400  14452 S  36.8  2.5  27:20.07 vncserver-+
        834 pi        20   0  155396  21680  10616 S   0.0  2.3  23:23.35 lxpanel
       7558 pi        20   0   77052  21140  18404 S   0.0  2.2   0:03.37 leafpad
        835 pi        20   0  154156  16420  13232 S   0.0  1.7   0:46.57 pcmanfm
        721 pi        20   0  122032  14004   7360 S   0.0  1.5   8:34.81 PM2 v3.0.3+
        457 alexapi   20   0  218108  10772   4772 S  36.8  1.1 880:07.93 python
        636 root      20   0   15416   9020   8820 S   0.0  1.0   3:55.73 vncagent
      18753 pi        20   0   47692   8484   7164 S   0.0  0.9   0:04.22 lxterminal
        829 pi        20   0   53724   5888   4220 S   0.0  0.6   0:13.49 openbox
        953 pi        20   0   27236   5312   4812 S   0.0  0.6   0:03.05 vncserverui
        873 pi        20   0   27816   4328   3676 S   0.0  0.5   0:40.96 vncserverui
        804 pi        20   0   39468   3288   3000 S   0.0  0.3   0:02.79 gvfsd
        100 root      20   0   35220   3196   3036 S   0.0  0.3   2:16.50 systemd-jo+
       7603 pi        20   0    8112   3180   2752 R  10.5  0.3   0:00.05 top
      top - 11:25:01 up 3 days, 15:28,  1 user,  load average: 0.56, 2.88, 4.35
      Tasks: 135 total,   1 running,  89 sleeping,   0 stopped,   1 zombie
      %Cpu(s): 21.4 us,  5.5 sy,  0.0 ni, 69.4 id,  2.3 wa,  0.0 hi,  1.5 si,  0.0 st
      KiB Mem :   949452 total,   493776 free,   157600 used,   298076 buff/cache
      KiB Swap:   949440 total,   777124 free,   172316 used.   727128 avail Mem 
      
        PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
        582 root      20   0  218840  24540  12364 S  11.1  2.6 419:19.33 Xorg
        502 root      20   0   45188  23400  14452 S  50.0  2.5  27:20.16 vncserver-+
        834 pi        20   0  155396  21680  10616 S   0.0  2.3  23:23.36 lxpanel
       7558 pi        20   0   77052  21140  18404 S   0.0  2.2   0:03.37 leafpad
        835 pi        20   0  154156  16420  13232 S   0.0  1.7   0:46.57 pcmanfm
        721 pi        20   0  122032  14004   7360 S   0.0  1.5   8:34.81 PM2 v3.0.3+
        457 alexapi   20   0  218108  10772   4772 S  61.1  1.1 880:08.05 python
        636 root      20   0   15416   9020   8820 S   0.0  1.0   3:55.73 vncagent
      18753 pi        20   0   47692   8484   7164 S   0.0  0.9   0:04.24 lxterminal
        829 pi        20   0   53724   5888   4220 S   0.0  0.6   0:13.49 openbox
        953 pi        20   0   27236   5312   4812 S   0.0  0.6   0:03.05 vncserverui
        873 pi        20   0   27816   4328   3676 S   0.0  0.5   0:40.96 vncserverui
        804 pi        20   0   39468   3288   3000 S   0.0  0.3   0:02.79 gvfsd
        100 root      20   0   35220   3196   3036 S   0.0  0.3   2:16.50 systemd-jo+
       7608 pi        20   0    8112   3180   2752 R  22.2  0.3   0:00.07 top
      =============================================
      
      
      

      I use the command

      tail -F top.txt
      

      right?? i dont know how to read the above file so let me know if you see anything strange …i have increased the swap file to install opencv a while back for facial recognition to install rapidly but i do not use a usb …i could if i have to.

      As far as taking out the watchdog…commenting it out of the config.js should do the trick or do i have to uninstall it form the modules??

      Will pm2 still restart the MM if it crashes without the watchdog (it does if you do ctrl+q) ??

      D

      posted in Troubleshooting
      richland007R
      richland007
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