Ah, ok I can understand that. I guess mostly because I'm a hobbyist with my own systems, etc. That I forget some people in a professional environment may have issues with such things.
On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Drew Fustini <pdp7p...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't think graphics heavy but it is CPU heavy. A full x86 computer > would be better but the BBB speed at slicing was livable if a bit annoying. > Like about 2 min for Boris beagle STL. > > Plus BBB is great for situation where the existing PCs in this lab require > slow process to get admins to install software. I also get warm fuzzies cus > its 100% open source hardware and software solution including the 3d > printer :) > On Jul 4, 2014 3:08 PM, "William Hermans" <yyrk...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Drew, I've never heard of that app until now, but is the BBB really the >> best system to run that on ? Just curious as it looked something akin to >> Wings3D( ltos of graphics intensive stuff ) >> >> If it works it works though just curious. >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Drew Fustini <pdp7p...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks again to all in this thread, after LXDE installed, I am able to >>> run Slic3r GUI and successfully turned the Boris STL from Jason into gcode >>> with it :) >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5RqCsqY-cIU/U7cGSgfxEmI/AAAAAAAC1Go/8MOHphIQaeE/s1600/slic3rbbb.png> >>> photos: >>> https://plus.google.com/photos/117542001281850354871/albums/6032279879667072625?banner=pwa >>> >>> I'm quite please at this because our Chicago Public Library Maker Lab >>> now has a Lulzbot TAZ (100% Open Source :) but they don't have rights to >>> install slic3r on their Windows PCs in the lab (it takes long time for IT >>> dept to install). So I've set up a BeagleBone Black their which they can >>> run Slic3r on! Next step is to get printrun and pronterface running but >>> the Lulzbot TAZ 4 has a nice LCD controller with SD card reader so its not >>> as critical as Slic3r. >>> >>> cheers, >>> drew >>> >>> >>> On Friday, July 4, 2014 12:16:09 PM UTC-5, Drew Fustini wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks all! apt-get install slic3r worked like a charm. Waiting for >>>> lxde to install now. >>>> >>>> log from my shell for those interested: https://gist.github.com/pdp7/ >>>> 15ff7ec4e06593c2086b >>>> >>>> >>>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tnZJDoIwaQ8/U7bhUHBULfI/AAAAAAAC1AA/G-2-PO763Lg/s1600/slic3r-bbb.png> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thursday, July 3, 2014 6:04:13 PM UTC-5, RobertCNelson wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Drew Fustini <pdp7...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > I burned jesse image but uboot didn't like find anything to boot >>>>> (seen via >>>>> > ftdi cable) >>>>> > >>>>> >> (just make sure you blank out the eMMC, otherwise it won't boot..) >>>>> > >>>>> > Is this some explicit action I need to do to the eMMC before booting >>>>> off uSD >>>>> > with the jessie image? >>>>> >>>>> Just hold down the boot button, then once booted: >>>>> >>>>> mkdir ./disk >>>>> sudo mount /dev/mmcblk1p1 ./disk >>>>> sudo rm -f ./disk/MLO >>>>> sync >>>>> sudo umount /dev/mmcblk1p1 >>>>> >>>>> (reboot) >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Robert Nelson >>>>> http://www.rcn-ee.com/ >>>>> >>>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
