> If you launch the chooser from the RIP environment,
> the shortcut will launch the RIP LinuxCNC version
Yes --- but there is no guarantee that the environment
is set as required.
If you
1) have a run-in-place build
2) source the rip-environment script in a shell
3) then run linuxcnc (with no args) from that shell
(or any shell with the required rip-enviroment
settings)
then the config picker will create a desktop icon.
For example, with a RIP build root directory named
'/home/git/linuxcnc-dev', the desktop file created
(for the axis sim example) will be:
$ cat ~/Desktop/axis.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=LinuxCNC-sim-axis
Exec=/home/git/linuxcnc-dev/scripts/linuxcnc
'/home/git/linuxcnc-dev/configs/sim/axis/axis.ini'
Type=Application
Comment=
Icon=linuxcncicon
However, startup using this icon does not source the
required rip-environment script. If you have a deb install
in addition to a RIP build, this might or might not work
depending upon the version-similarity of the two
configurations.
Knowledgeable linux users (using bash by default) could use
~/.profile or ~.bashrc to set the appropriate run-in-place
environment but there is a great potential for problems if
you have both a deb install and a run-in-place build on the
same machine.
The safest means to run a hand-built LinuxCNC without the
need for separately setting up the environment is to make
and install a deb as documented:
http://linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/code/building-linuxcnc.html#_building_debian_packages
ref:
https://forum.linuxcnc.org/27-driver-boards/31881-7i77-5i25-hm2-pci-unloaded?start=40#83286
--
Dewey Garrett
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