Tinkering with Menu - CPI does not load UI

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Hello fellow Clockworkers -

I was tinkering with my CPI - got it with custom content, but when modifying the Menu entries / folders, I think I deleted the wrong file -

Now CPI does not start the UI - screen is frozen at “LOADING” - the machine is there as I can ssh through and WinSCP to it.

I suspect the boot routine is waiting to load “something” that does not exist.

Do I have to download the ROM image and try to restore the Menu in the home directory? Has anyone gone through this?

Many thanks in advance, C-M

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If you deleted some launcher file: https://github.com/clockworkpi/launcher

git pull the launcher and should be ok.

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Many thanks! I was looking for this and could not find it -

I followed the 10_Settings->Update script logic, but can’t run init.py using python3 thru ssh

blows up at line 133 - it’s expecting a parameter- another mystery to sort out on the weekend

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launcher is made by python 2.x

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thanks @guu - I realised this after I posted the message before - I can’t downgrade the Python install on my PC (I use it for work as well)

Ended up reloading a burned image for the SD card!

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just in case

you can upgrade debian to buster to use python3.6.5+

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Python 3.5.5 is ok with it. I’m using it normally. https://vidmate.onl/vmate/
https://9apps.ooo/download/

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Most linux distros have both of them installed. Can be called via python2 or python3. Or you could just set up virtual environments per project with the correct Python version.

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For some reason, the bullets are showing as menu items rather than the actual menu in the example. I am properly missing something fairly easy but can’t seem to figure out what the problem is. I haven’t deviated from the example at all. Also, I have never had any problems with any JQuery code in the past.