[solved]Pimatic v0.9 autostart not functioning

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Hi guys,

I m trying to install v0.9 on a fresh installation on a raspberry pi V3. The installation works fine so far except the autostart. Im following exactly the guide but I always get this error. What I m doing wrong?
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pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo cp pimatic-init-d /etc/init.d/pimatic
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/pimatic
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo chown root:root /etc/init.d/pimatic
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo update-rc.d pimatic defaults
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo service pimatic start
Job for pimatic.service failed. See ‘systemctl status pimatic.service’ and ‘journalctl -xn’ for details.
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Hi sorry i can´t help you, i have the same problem

You have to set the path in the init.d pimatic script like this:

/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic.js

If this not help type in

systemctl status pimatic.service

Then we will see whats wrong.

if i wont to start:

sudo /etc/init.d/pimatic start

Then:

Error: Your node.js version v0.10.29 is too old. Please update node.js to version >=4.0.0 and run pimatic again. See you again.

If i make

sudo pimatic.js start

It´s Work

t:/usr/local $ systemctl status pimatic.service
● pimatic.service - LSB: pimatic service
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/pimatic)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Di 2016-06-28 23:59:55 CEST; 7min ago
Process: 5693 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/pimatic start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Warning: Unit file changed on disk, ‘systemctl daemon-reload’ recommended.

Did you reload the daemon as stated?
Or do a reboot and see if it works then

yes i have reload the daemon and i have make a reboot.

with “sudo pimatic.js start” it´s ok

systemctl status pimatic.service
● pimatic.service - LSB: pimatic service
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/pimatic)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mi 2016-06-29 00:59:21 CEST; 3min 54s ago
Process: 349 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/pimatic start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

@elru @Josh

• Did you execute “npm link” as described in https://pimatic.org/guide/getting-started/running/? See section “Installing Globally”
• Make sure you only have one nodeJS version installed on your system. It looks like you have different version installed at the same
• Install the latest LTS version (4.4.5). The message “Please update node.js to version >=4.0.0” is misleading as early 4.0.x version are known to cause problems.

sudo pimatic.js [start|stop|status|restart]
so i can start or stop but not with the /etc/init.d/pimatic

/usr/bin/env node --version
v4.4.5

Had the same problem. My solution was to check if pimatic was running, if not, do pimatic.js. Cant Edit the config from webpage if started by daemon so yeah, better solution for me.

at the beginning i had the same problem. node was 4.xx and pimatic gives a warn that say it is v0.10.29.

so you have to do this:

Removing the old NodeJS (v0.10) installation

Check where NodeJS is installed: whereis node. This should output the path of node (for example /usr/local/bin/node).
Remove all binaries and the node_modules folder: sudo rm -r /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/local/lib/node_modules
Check that NodeJS is gone: node --version. It should output command not found.

then install the new node like described here:
https://pimatic.org/guide/getting-started/installation/

Thx p4co86,

this worked out! I dont know what went wrong during installation due to it was a clean image…?
But I think this topic can be closed as solved.

Same problem here,

it was solved with:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

I have taken a slightly different approach to daemonizing - I run things under runit, find it much much simpler http://smarden.org/runit/

Im getting the error when npm link

npm ERR! Linux 4.4.13-v7+
npm ERR! argv “/usr/local/bin/node” “/usr/local/bin/npm” "link"
npm ERR! node v4.4.5
npm ERR! npm v2.15.5
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/glob/package.json

npm ERR! Error parsing /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/glob/package.json: Unexpected token a

And yes i have installed node according manual and tried all options above. none is working

I had problems with npm to.
after running

sudo apt-get remove nodejs

and

sudo rm -r /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/local/lib/node_modules

I managed to install it with the guide https://pimatic.org/guide/getting-started/installation/

@stingone said in [solved]Pimatic v0.9 autostart not functioning:

npm ERR! Error parsing /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/glob/package.json: Unexpected token a

Looks like something nasty is going here. Make sure you don’t have left overs from another nodejs installation - see earlier posts on this thread.

@mwittig Not even able to reinstall…:( i used the lite distribution of jessie. Maybe need a fresh install of the full distribution.