I downloaded the debian iso (the big 64bit version) - picked cinnamon as the desktop environment..
apt-get installed linuxcnc-uspace and was up and running within a few minutes after copying my configs.. I see the future and it is looking awesome.. great work guys! sam On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 8:50 AM Todd Zuercher <to...@pgrahamdunn.com> wrote: > Here is a link to the instructions of how to correct a borked Debian 12 > installation from one of the live amd64 ISOs. > https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=155245 > > You need to perform 3 command line commands (with root or sudo privileges.) > # rm > /etc/{initramfs/post-update.d/,kernel/{postinst.d/,postrm.d/}}z50-raspi-firmware > # apt purge raspi-firmware > # rm -rf /boot/firmware > > I tested this and it does seem to get things working correctly again. And > then I could install the real-time or other kernels without issue. > > Todd Zuercher > P. Graham Dunn Inc. > 630 Henry Street > Dalton, Ohio 44618 > Phone: (330)828-2105ext. 2031 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd Zuercher <to...@pgrahamdunn.com> > Sent: Monday, July 10, 2023 4:21 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Installing From Debian? > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Be sure links are safe. > > Karl, > > Have you tried installing Debian using one of the Bookworm live ISOs? I > have, and the Mate version I downloaded on 3/30/2023 is definitely borked. > I don't remember and didn't take notes of the actual details of the > problems. (and I've since wiped that install.) It would run live fine, > install and run fine, install new software from the repos fine, but could > not install a new kernel via apt-get or Synaptic (same thing really). I > didn't' bother putting much effort into finding or fixing the problem. > > I have it installing again on a spare old harddrive to check out exactly > what the problems were. > > The system I installed on was an older Lenovo desktop with an i5 (not sure > the exact model.) I don't have a rbpi or any other arm devices. > > Todd Zuercher > P. Graham Dunn Inc. > 630 Henry Street > Dalton, Ohio 44618 > Phone: (330)828-2105ext. 2031 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Karl Schmidt <k...@lrak.net> > Sent: Monday, July 10, 2023 2:39 PM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Installing From Debian? > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Be sure links are safe. > > @Todd - > > Not likely a Debian problem - I would have to see his > /etc/apt/sources.list to know what is going on. > > To upgrade you also need something like this in /etc/apt.conf.d/local > > APT::Default-Release "/^bookworm(|-security|-updates)$/"; > > He says this is on an old MacBook (A1278) - that is supposed to be a > core-i5 - thus amd64. > > I don't think the 'Raspberry Pi Desktop' is part of Debian - so his > sources.list is probably wacked. > > Other things to look at: > # cat /etc/issue > # uname -a > > > From a normal Debian system with these lines in sources.list: > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free deb > http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free > non-free-firmware deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security > bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware deb > http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main contrib non-free > non-free-firmware > > # wajig listall linuxcnc > linuxcnc-doc-de motion controller for CNC machines and robots > (German documentation) > linuxcnc-doc-en motion controller for CNC machines and robots > (English documentation) > linuxcnc-doc-es controlador de movimiento para máquinas CNC y > robots (Español). > linuxcnc-doc-fr motion controller for CNC machines and robots > (French documentation) > linuxcnc-doc-zh-cn motion controller for CNC machines and robots > (Chinese > linuxcnc-uspace motion controller for CNC machines and robots > linuxcnc-uspace-dev PC based motion controller for real-time Linux > > The only drawback to running a pure Debian system is it 'tends to be VERY > conservative' - so the big advantage of running pure Debian is it 'tends to > be VERY conservative' - something I want for running machine-control or > public facing systems. > > I really want to praise the guys that did all the heavy lifting to get > linuxcnc into Debian - not a small task - (the software has to survive all > sorts of probes by the "Lintian" a comprehensive package checker - Debian > Policy violations and violations of various sub-policies, best practices, > common mistakes, and problems that maintainers like to catch before > uploads. ) > > I'm sure the code will be picked up by the manny distributions that feed > off of Debian. The more eyes on the code - the more users - the more > polished it becomes. > > > > > -- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Karl Schmidt EMail k...@lrak.net > 3209 West 9th Street Ph (785) 841-3089 > Lawrence, KS 66049 > > Data mining fools the miner first. > Bayesian thinking is not a human trait. > --kps > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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