Re: [Emc-developers] Regarding hal_parport

2021-06-16 Thread Robert Murphy
That string turns up in 2 files, I cloned into emc emc/scr/rtapi/uspace_rtapi_parport.cc - I guess for uspace implementations (rt_preempt). emc/src/rtapi/rtapi_parport.h - I guess with a rtapi kernel On 17/6/21 10:42 am, Jon Elson wrote: On 6/16/21 6:42 PM, Robert Murphy wrote: Hi all

[Emc-developers] Regarding hal_parport

2021-06-16 Thread Robert Murphy
Hi all, After seeing so many threads of users having issues with PCI & PCIe PP cards and parallel port not found @x, is there a way to detect a physical port, such parport_pc does, I can see there would be an issue if a system port was given when load hal_parport. I was thinking we could get

Re: [Emc-developers] GWiz Wizard

2021-06-04 Thread Robert Murphy
John That sounds like a project I should rope my son into. Part of his Physics degree at Uni is C & Python, probably his Mechatronics degree as well. 'Bout time to get him doing something useful, other than computing primes. Rob On 5/6/21 9:42 am, Jon Elson wrote: On 06/04/2021 05:35 PM, John

Re: [Emc-developers] Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

2021-05-11 Thread Robert Murphy
Would be worth going to v3.0 ? It may make easier to to know when the change from Py2 was made. Just being a user it, not being on the dev side, it makes some kind of sense that 2.x is Py2 and 3.x is Py3. But on the flip side it may be expected that Linuxcnc major versions follow the python

Re: [Emc-developers] newest iso install, sshfs can't connect

2021-04-19 Thread Robert Murphy
I’d have to agree, NFS is good, far more stable than smb for Linux to Linux. Like everything get the permissions correct and there is no issue. Composed with my Crayons > On 20 Apr 2021, at 00:33, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > > NFS works great if you manually set it up. Populate the hosts and

[Emc-developers] Error file reporting

2020-10-28 Thread Robert Murphy
Would it be possible, when the error file is created to put this stanza, (example pulled form the forum) at the beginning to make it easier for users to see. There has been quite a few thread of users having errors, simple one such as this, that if the stanza was closer to the beginning they may

Re: [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: Debian 10 Install

2020-09-25 Thread Robert Murphy
: I just checked the menu in Debian 10 and it's mate-menus version 1.20.2-1, can you check and see what menu Mint is using? JT Forwarded Message Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] Debian 10 Install Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 22:30:45 +1000 From: Robert Murphy To: John

Re: [Emc-developers] Question on a gui for rpi4's running buster

2020-09-24 Thread Robert Murphy
Glad to be of help, didn't know it would pull in that many packages. Rob On 25/9/20 12:44 pm, Gene Heskett wrote: On Thursday 24 September 2020 21:26:10 Robert Murphy wrote: Not an RPi user but. So right clicking on the panel (taskbar in windows parlance) and adding the desktop

Re: [Emc-developers] Question on a gui for rpi4's running buster

2020-09-24 Thread Robert Murphy
Not an RPi user but. So right clicking on the panel (taskbar in windows parlance) and adding the desktop switcher applet doesn't survive a reboot ? If it uses the XFCE desktop it may help to install xfce-goodies if you already haven't, if it doesn't treat this post with the disdain it

Re: [Emc-developers] Debian 10 Install

2020-09-24 Thread Robert Murphy
've used since Ubuntu 10.04 has been as user friendly... IMHO. JT On 9/24/2020 9:38 AM, andy pugh wrote: On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 at 15:36, Robert Murphy wrote: sudo apt-add-repository 'deb http://linuxcnc.org/ buster base 2.8-rtpreempt' Works without having to redirect But not with a defaul

Re: [Emc-developers] Debian 10 Install

2020-09-24 Thread Robert Murphy
First things first. Apologies to Andy for not replaying directly to list. 1:2.8.0.39.g76260b4f7 installs the links under cnc, whether you get sub menus will depend on your menu applet, mintMenu doesn't, this is the default menu applet with Mint. Changing the menu Applet for Mint Mate "fixes"

Re: [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: 2.8 Install from Buildbot

2020-09-23 Thread Robert Murphy
A lot of users prefer to use tommy's instructions to install Linuxcnc on Mint, over using the Mint ISO with Linuxcnc. So maybe the devs don't think it's a worthwhile endeavor. As long as there is some interest I'll continue hosting the ISOs and the 2.8 repo for Bionic ie Mint 19.x Regrading

Re: [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: 2.8 Install from Buildbot

2020-09-23 Thread Robert Murphy
5:48 pm, andy pugh wrote: On Wed, 23 Sep 2020 at 01:21, Robert Murphy wrote: Using the Mint menu editor the submenus are shown with the appropriate desktop entries. So the editor sees the intended structure, but the Desktop doesn't? That sounds like a Mate

Re: [Emc-developers] Python3 Master Build

2020-09-22 Thread Robert Murphy
Any help here https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/issues/820 I know mostly that discussion for 2.9 On 23/9/20 2:16 pm, Phill Carter wrote: I have hit a roadblock trying to build master with python3 I have a VM created with the 2.8 Buster ISO and changed the default python to python3. When

Re: [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: 2.8 Install from Buildbot

2020-09-22 Thread Robert Murphy
Sorry should have checked. Using the Mint menu editor the submenus are shown with the appropriate desktop entries. On 23/9/20 10:14 am, Robert Murphy wrote: Thanks for the reply Andy. So far that is not the behaviour I'm seeing with MATE on Mint. I've yet to update the boxes I have using XFCE

Re: [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: 2.8 Install from Buildbot

2020-09-22 Thread Robert Murphy
Sep 2020 at 00:41, Robert Murphy wrote: Is there supposed to be submenus under the CNC menu for Documentation & G-Code Quick-Reference ? Yes. And as far as I know, there are on Debian and Raspbian. Or are the Docs & G-Code Ref links supposed to be directly under the CNC Menu ? No

Re: [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: 2.8 Install from Buildbot

2020-09-22 Thread Robert Murphy
CNC Menu. Mint 19.3 with MATE Desktop. Cheers Rob On 22/9/20 11:38 pm, John wrote: I think I did but I'll try again this afternoon when I return. JT On 9/22/20 7:52 AM, andy pugh wrote: From:   Robert Murphy I had a look at the desktop entries and changing from X-CNC-DOC to X_CNC in Catego

Re: [Emc-developers] Remove PDF Docs? (Was: DEB for linuxcnc HTML documentation)

2020-09-21 Thread Robert Murphy
Personally, I'd like to see both a PDF docs package & HTML docs package. At one stage this is what I was doing for my ISObut I'm almost sure the docs are almost ignored. If there was a preference I'd opt for the HTML docs, but PDFs are easier to print out. I would have thought the doc

Re: [Emc-developers] Wheezy install vs. editors

2020-09-18 Thread Robert Murphy
Are you sure it's the program and not a syntax error issue ? What errors are Linuxcnc reporting ? Anyways I either use the editor that comes with midnight commander or geany. If you think it's a line ending issue you can always run the file through dos2unix, or have him send you a sample file

Re: [Emc-developers] Looking for Lcnc Dev's to interview on podcast for the 2.8 update

2020-09-17 Thread Robert Murphy
One thing that really intrigues me is that when did maker, I really hate that term and it’s sounds a little childish, replace hobbyist ? Composed with my Crayons > On 18 Sep 2020, at 01:20, Joseph Spanier wrote: > > Hey Everyone, > I am one of the hosts of the www.makersontap.com podcast. We

Re: [Emc-developers] Web site download docs

2020-09-12 Thread Robert Murphy
On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 at 05:01, Robert Murphy wrote: Nah it's you guys who are the wrong way, you Northocentric Luddites. ;) If the natives of Down Under had of advanced further technology-wise than the Stick things would be different. On 12/9/20 11:50 pm, N wrote: On Sat, 12 Sep 2020 12:49:29 +0100

Re: [Emc-developers] Web site download docs

2020-09-12 Thread Robert Murphy
Nah it's you guys who are the wrong way, you Northocentric Luddites. ;) If the natives of Down Under had of advanced further technology-wise than the Stick things would be different. On 12/9/20 11:50 pm, N wrote: On Sat, 12 Sep 2020 12:49:29 +0100 andy pugh wrote: On Sat, 12 Sep 2020 at

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Install from Buildbot

2020-09-12 Thread Robert Murphy
I've just seen the same with the packages in my Mint repo. For some reason the docs are in "Other". This is on Mint 19.2 XFCE On 13/9/20 4:49 am, John Thornton wrote: I would assume that all the desktops that are available for Debian use the same standard. JT On 9/12/2020 9:37 AM, andy pugh

Re: [Emc-developers] Third-Party GUIs

2020-05-03 Thread Robert Murphy
a. Cheers Rob M On 4/5/20 1:18 am, Jon Elson wrote: On 05/03/2020 07:26 AM, Robert Murphy wrote: Machinekit, IMHO, seemed to be focused more towards the hobbyist who wants bells and whistles rather than an industrial\commercial scene. Well, no.  A major focus was to support multiple

Re: [Emc-developers] Third-Party GUIs

2020-05-03 Thread Robert Murphy
I agree, I never saw the sense in a remote UI, other than all the "hipster\makers" want to control the world with their phones. Machinekit, IMHO, seemed to be focused more towards the hobbyist who wants bells and whistles rather than an industrial\commercial scene. Don't take this as having a go,

Re: [Emc-developers] Third-Party GUIs

2020-05-02 Thread Robert Murphy
Please don't ditch Axis. It's nice, clean & simple and I found it quite intuitive to use. It works well for my hobby class 3 axis mill. I like the fact that there is a GUI included with Linuxcnc, one less thing to install. If I was a new user I'd be a little confused if I had to install a GUI

[Emc-developers] Mesa 7i95 support in 2.8

2020-04-28 Thread Robert Murphy
Has support for Mesa 7i95 been included in 2.8 ? 2.9 appears to support this board, are there any issues for it being included in 2.8 ? Cheers Rob ___ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-developers] old distros

2020-04-19 Thread Robert Murphy
Whilst I agree with you Chris, people just want updates, without really knowing why. This could be the case when users migrate from Windows & Mach, but then gain how often does Mach get upgraded ? Personally if I had an old machine that was pumping out parts with no issues with Wheezy & 2.7 I be

Re: [Emc-developers] New 2.8 Release Manager

2020-04-06 Thread Robert Murphy
But how does that affect whether the efivars file system is mounted or not ? With it it is mounted, without it it is not mounted. On 6/4/20 4:55 pm, Alec Ari via Emc-developers wrote: The PREEMPT_RT developers know what they're doing, the reason you need to specify efi=runtime manually is

Re: [Emc-developers] New 2.8 Release Manager

2020-04-05 Thread Robert Murphy
burning it at the stake. Maybe a modern Malleus Maleficarum may help in rooting this UEFI evil out. Composed with my Crayons > On 5 Apr 2020, at 23:10, andy pugh wrote: > >> On Sun, 5 Apr 2020 at 13:21, Robert Murphy wrote: >> >> RTAI has no support for UEFI, booting issues

Re: [Emc-developers] New 2.8 Release Manager

2020-04-05 Thread Robert Murphy
closer to the possibilities than to the rules ... after all the future is not a rule (not yet at least ...). good we all. Il giorno sab 4 apr 2020 alle ore 16:19 Robert Murphy ha scritto: Reinhard I guess you have forgotten or never used Slackware. You want stable, you want reliable, you want

Re: [Emc-developers] New 2.8 Release Manager

2020-04-04 Thread Robert Murphy
Reinhard I guess you have forgotten or never used Slackware. You want stable, you want reliable, you want Slackware. Sure you need to sort out dependencies but at least when you add new software you know what is being installed. And no systemd. But I admit I started with Linux around ‘98, when

Re: [Emc-developers] New 2.8 Release Manager

2020-04-03 Thread Robert Murphy
Unfortunately neither buster or stretch Linuxcnc packages install on Mint 19.2 "out of the box" hence the reason the Mint ISOs contain packages I built myself. If I had the ability to setup a repo for Mint I would, kernels and packages are no problem building in a short time. The UEFI install

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 release, ISO, develpers, ramplings

2020-03-31 Thread Robert Murphy
cern and issues for those with multi core CPUs, even tho the system maybe usable. I'm ssure testing would be required to confirm either way. Or just keep going in a non-official capacity ? On 1/4/20 10:45 am, andy pugh wrote: On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 at 23:43, Robert Murphy wrote: Is there any packages b

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 release, ISO, develpers, ramplings

2020-03-31 Thread Robert Murphy
Is there any packages being built for Bionic\Mint 19.2 ? If there ins't I have an idle GL150 twin Quad Core Xeon machine sitting around, building packages from source doesn't take very long at all. As a idea the machine can package and build a 4 series kernel in 26 minutes on it. If this has

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 release, ISO, develpers, ramplings

2020-03-27 Thread Robert Murphy
I'd be honored to help out. Cheers Rob On 27/3/20 4:35 pm, Chris Morley wrote: What do we need to do before releasing 2.8? I think we should try to pick a soft date and ask for official testing? IIRC Andy was wrangling some RTAI/ISO work. Rob on the forum is tearing up ISOs for Mint - maybe

Re: [Emc-developers] [Emc-users] Open source CNC architecture

2020-03-04 Thread Robert Murphy
ware-type package was really helpful when building a LFS & BLFS system. On 5/3/20 5:00 am, Rafael Skodlar wrote: On 2020-02-19 00:11, Robert Murphy wrote: On 19/2/20 5:47 pm, Rafael Skodlar wrote: On 2020-02-17 04:49, Les Newell wrote:   One issue jumps to mind that is different.  The ti

Re: [Emc-developers] Buildbot Slaves

2020-02-29 Thread Robert Murphy
Gene we can go the other way Raspbian on x86 https://magpi.raspberrypi.org/articles/install-raspberry-pi-desktop-x86 On 29/2/20 3:00 pm, Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 28 February 2020 13:53:20 Rod Webster wrote: Andy, Just to confirm, The permission was issued here thanks to Chris Morley:

Re: [Emc-developers] Good news on RTAI

2019-07-03 Thread Robert Murphy
Thanking you kindly. On 3/7/19 9:34 pm, andy pugh wrote: On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 11:15, Robert Murphy wrote: Sorry for dbl post, I take it the package list wasn't updated in the directory ? Indeed not, it's just an orphaned .deb file at the moment. I just wanted to be sure that I had managed

Re: [Emc-developers] Good news on RTAI

2019-07-03 Thread Robert Murphy
Sorry for dbl post, I take it the package list wasn't updated in the directory ? I tried to update my local mirror and the kernel package didn't show/download. Rob M On 3/7/19 8:04 pm, Robert Murphy wrote: Andy, Installed & booted fine on my Lenovo T530 with a i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz. I

Re: [Emc-developers] Good news on RTAI

2019-07-03 Thread Robert Murphy
Andy, Installed & booted fine on my Lenovo T530 with a i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz. I have a few more machines I can try on in a few days time if you need. Not on a install using a linuxcnc strtech iso but a custom rolled linuxcnc iso I use for messing around with at home (base was a net boot iso).

Re: [Emc-developers] Release Platforms

2019-05-22 Thread Robert Murphy
Sorry for this second post..regarding latency, would this be an option http://www.machinekit.io/docs/hal/threads-and-latency/ On 23/5/19 2:16 pm, Robert Murphy wrote: Could not the repos be setup from a preseed ? (I'm don't know a great deal about the LiveCD but I did make a custom stretch

Re: [Emc-developers] Release Platforms

2019-05-22 Thread Robert Murphy
Could not the repos be setup from a preseed ? (I'm don't know a great deal about the LiveCD but I did make a custom stretch install disk for private use using a preseed file to config desktop, extra packages and repos) On 23/5/19 1:45 pm, Chris Radek wrote: On Wed, May 22, 2019 at