On Tuesday 12 July 2016 09:15:01 Gene Heskett wrote:

> Greetings all;
>
> According to the error it left a message about, it could not find a
> defined VERSION in the .ini files [EMC] section.
>
> Looking in the backup, it wasn't there. At this late date I can't
> swear as to the original install that generated this original .ini
> file, could be as old as a bdi install.  Anything I have done to it
> since was done with a text editor.
>
> So that lack of a defined VERSION broke your script.  Should it have? 
> I fixed that, did not see a diff in the .hal file for that machine,
> and not knowing what the script would do if it found the backup
> already exists, I deleted the backup copy.  But, it apparently did try
> to edit the .hal file, and now its trashed and linuxcnc upchucks.
>
> So how can I proceed now?
> debug.txt:
> Can not find -sec KINS -var KINEMATICS -num 1
> 3360
>   PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
> Stopping realtime threads
> Unloading hal components
>
> I have a backup so its not a total loss, start over scenario yet.
>
> When I have recovered from the backup, is there anything else I need
> to add to either file before I try to run it for the auto-conversion
> to start all over.  Obviously it touched a file someplace because it
> did not try to run the conversion script a second time. And I haven't
> located that file, so I need help in that department please.
>
> FWIW, my newer installs on the lathe and the G0704 converted well.
>
Backup has been recovered, and a VERSION = 0.99 added to the [EMC] 
stanza.

Now, how do I make the conversion work again?

> Cheers, Gene Heskett


Cheers, Gene Heskett
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