Just a thought but keystick would be useful for testing if you have graphics problems... I can't think of a reason to use mini. I'm glad to test anything you need.
JT On 12/21/2015 6:13 PM, Dewey Garrett wrote: >> Unfortunately, either of these options starts you off in a fairly deep >> end of git arcana particularly if you are a new git user. > My contention (see > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg15454.html) > is that: > > 1) the mini gui does not work with distros using tk8.6. > 2) keystick does not work correctly in at least some of the > distro/kernel combinations with LinuxCNC2.7 that i tested. > > So _no_ development on a joints_axes branch is required to fix them. > If someone fixes them, adapting to joints_axes is a separate problem. > > After wasting another day working on these guis, i think that: > 1) the mini gui tk8.6 failure is due to more complete checking of > geometry management in tk8.6 and i have a simple fix that > seems to work. > > 2) There is not much documentation on usage and i have never used keystick, > so it may be possible that i just don't know how to use it and/or > the problems are specific to setups for keyboard repeats (although > i have not changed default settings using jessie/xfce/uspace nor > lucid/rtai). > > It would be helpful if some testers would try the keystick sim config: > configs/sim/low_graphics/keystick.ini > and test incremental and continuous jogging and report results along > with the distro/kernel/LinuxCNC_version > > It is curious that there is more interest in two seldom-used guis than > there is in the long-envisaged joints_axes updates. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
