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 -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports.http://sdm.link/zohodev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
