leahpar / magicmirror

Installation

Raspbian

Network

# Turn off anoying power saving management 
sudo echo "iwconfig wlan0 power off" >> /etc/rc.local

wpa_supplicant.conf :

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=FR

network={
    ssid="TATOOINE"
    psk="topsecret"
}

Buster

(for php 7.2)

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/buster.list :

deb http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ buster main contrib non-free rpi

/etc/apt/preferences.d/40buster :

Package: *
Pin: release a=buster
Pin-Priority: 100

Package: php*
Pin: release a=buster
Pin-Priority: 900

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt autoremove

PHP 7.2

sudo apt install php-cgi php-xml php-mbstring php-curl php-intl php-soap

(sudo) /etc/php/7.2/cli/php.ini:

[Date]
date.timezone = Europe/Paris

MagicMirror

Install

wget -O composer https://getcomposer.org/composer.phar
chmod +x composer

git clone https://github.com/leahpar/magicMirror.git
cd magicMirror

vi .env

cd vendor
git clone https://github.com/sergiocosus/IEXTrading.git

../composer install

Start

cd ~/magicMirror
#php -S localhost:8000 public/
php bin/console server:start 

/usr/bin/chromium-browser --incognito --start-maximized --kiosk http://localhost:8000

Autostart

Autostart chromium in fullscreen / remove screensaver

https://blog.gordonturner.com/2017/07/22/raspberry-pi-full-screen-browser-raspbian-july-2017/

sudo apt install unclutter x11-xserver-utils

• unclutter is used to hide the mouse cursor
• x11-xserver-utils installs xset, which is used to disable screen blanking

/home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart:

# COMMENT THIS
@xscreensaver -no-splash

# ADD THIS
@/home/pi/magicMirrorStart

/home/pi/magicMirrorStart:

#!/bin/bash

sleep 10
usr/bin/php ~/magicMiror/bin/console server:start

sleep 10
/usr/bin/chromium-browser --incognito --start-maximized --kiosk http://localhost:8000 &

unclutter -jitter 50 &

xset s off
xset s noblank
xset -dpms

Note: quit chromuim with shift control q

Auto-update

git pull