Jeff, Thanks for your help! With Tk8.5-dev instead of Tk8.4-dev I was able to build and run emc with axis as simulator on Ubuntu 9.04.
Martin > On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 10:39:25PM +0200, c...@martinschoeneck.de wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> If I got it right, I can use the emc2-sim without the rtai-modules >> installed, right? >> I want to use the simulator with axis for previewing on a normal computer. >> > > Yes, but emc2.3.1 has some incompatabilities with ubuntu 9.04, and also > at least one common misconfiguration that is not detected. > > This specific error message: > >> alloc: invalid block: 0xb7b1a5dc: 0 0 0 >> > is a sign that you've mixed Tk 8.4 and Tk 8.5, which are different > incompatible versions of the Tk widget toolkit. (9.04 uses Tk8.5 by > default, but a lot of our documentation refers to Tk8.4 which is the > standard on ubuntu 8.04 and earlier, and is available as a non-standard > version on 9.04) Using the package manager, install tk8.5-dev and > tcl8.5-dev, remove tk8.4-dev and tcl8.4-dev, and redo your build from > scratch, starting with ./configure. > > I think that will get you past this specific problem. I think after > that the remaining problems are more minor, but there may be one I'm not > remembering at the moment. > > When it's released (soon, I hope), 2.3.2 will detect and note the > specific misconfiguration of Tk version. > > The git 'master' version of emc2 has several more fixes that improve its > working on Ubuntu 9.04. You might also wish to get this version instead > of 2.3.1. > > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Installing_EMC2#Getting_the_source_with_git > > Jeff > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
