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.
>
>
>
>
> --
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