@banbutcher MMM-DarkSkyForecast

@sonicgoose said in My first Magic Mirror build in an old imac:

I’ve been doing the same thing with a 20" white Intel iMac, but have had one helluva time. None of the display controllers work with the native LG 1600x1050 display Apple put in these things, so I’ve basically gutted the iMac and am putting in a new display, etc.

Not to hijack the thread, but this is how mine turned out.

@diemen112 Tried four different ones, all allegedly specific to the LM201W01 SL A3 that was in the iMac. None worked.

I’ve been doing the same thing with a 20" white Intel iMac, but have had one helluva time. None of the display controllers work with the native LG 1600x1050 display Apple put in these things, so I’ve basically gutted the iMac and am putting in a new display, etc.

@swvalenti What browser cache? This is in Terminal.

Installation fails with

sudo mmpm install --gui

with error mmpm is not installed.

@banbutcher You’re right, it sorted itself out this morning. That’s really weird. The guy who wrote the module isn’t maintaining it, but it would be nice if someone who knows code could take a look at it and fix it. Not a big issue but certainly annoying!

I’ve had MMM-GoogleFit installed and running just fine for the last month or so, but I noticed yesterday that it wasn’t updating properly. Yesterday was Wednesday, but it already had data populated for the day that was incorrect by quite a lot. Anyone else having any trouble with this module? This was prior to the MM update yesterday, and the update to MM did not resolve the issue.

That looks suspiciously like the controller board I ordered off eBay and which didn’t work. Power to the monitor was fine, the backlight would turn on, but no signal through the LVDS cable. After much back and forth with the seller, including confirmation I had given them the correct LCD model number and confirmation they had shipped the correct board, they shipped me a second one, which also didn’t work. So I bought one off a different eBay seller that unbeknownst to me worked in the same warehouse as the first seller, so the third controller also didn’t work.

After many months of trying different things, I finally tracked down the source of the problem with the help of a friend. The controller boards are soldered to output 16:9, but the display I had was natively set to 16:10. There was no way in hell it was ever going to work.

Thanks for the suggestions, @bhepler. I’ll try these tomorrow.