Re: [Emc-developers] Hardware testing for improved spindle tracking jitter (issue 164)

2016-09-29 Thread Robert Ellenberg
That's a good point, it's not a perfect solution. At least in the case you describe, it wouldn't be any worse than today. The spindle speed command would be ignored, the user would get a warning, and the motion would keep going. That to me a is a good reason to make this an interpreter error, so t

Re: [Emc-developers] problems with i810 chipset (possible fix)

2016-09-29 Thread Jon Elson
On 09/29/2016 01:09 PM, W. Martinjak wrote: > On 2016-09-29 18:36, Jon Elson wrote: >> option"AccelMethod" "uxa" > Further readings: > > man 4 intel > > searching > > |Option "AccelMethod" > > as described here: > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/intel_graphics#SNA_issues > | > The proble

Re: [Emc-developers] problems with i810 chipset (possible fix)

2016-09-29 Thread W. Martinjak
On 2016-09-29 18:36, Jon Elson wrote: > option"AccelMethod" "uxa" Further readings: man 4 intel searching |Option "AccelMethod" as described here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/intel_graphics#SNA_issues | -- "In der Wissenschaft siegt nie eine neue Theorie, nur ihre Gegner sterbe

Re: [Emc-developers] problems with i810 chipset (possible fix)

2016-09-29 Thread Kirk Wallace
Off hand, I just recall making sure the screen resolution I need is explicitly set in an xorg.conf file and maybe making sure to use the software mesa video or the other way around. I sort of feel your pain. I'm trying to install Debian and have tried a dozen different ways to get an installer

[Emc-developers] problems with i810 chipset (possible fix)

2016-09-29 Thread Jon Elson
This may be a bit off-topic, but I have been having problems very occasionally with an old Dell desktop with the i810 graphics chipset and Ubuntu 10.04it ran fine with the earlier 8.04-based LinuxCNC. What happens is the screen goes black, and then the bottom half stays black, the upper h

Re: [Emc-developers] Hardware testing for improved spindle tracking jitter (issue 164)

2016-09-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 29 September 2016 08:49:50 John Kasunich wrote: > On Wed, Sep 28, 2016, at 09:35 PM, Robert Ellenberg wrote: > > That would certainly be convenient. What if we took it one step > > further and automatically limit the maximum spindle speed for each > > G33 segment? It would be ugly, but

Re: [Emc-developers] Hardware testing for improved spindle tracking jitter (issue 164)

2016-09-29 Thread John Kasunich
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016, at 09:35 PM, Robert Ellenberg wrote: > That would certainly be convenient. What if we took it one step further and > automatically limit the maximum spindle speed for each G33 segment? It > would be ugly, but we may be able to stuff a spindle speed command into the > queue b