Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxMint and LinuxCNC

2015-11-21 Thread John Thornton
I updated my notes with the procedure to build and install LinuxCNC on LinuxMint. http://gnipsel.com/files/linuxmint/LinuxMint%20Notes.txt JT On 11/21/2015 3:38 PM, Sarah Armstrong wrote: > the 4.2 kernel may be a problem , but i believe theirs a branch to fix by > Seb in git repro > but i dont

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxMint and LinuxCNC

2015-11-21 Thread Bob Slawson
Possibly conflicting versions of tk? My current LinuxMint VM has both tk8.5 and tk8.6 installed, the default version is 8.6. /usr/bin/wish points to /usr/bin/wish8.6. BobS > On Nov 21, 2015, at 10:01, John Thornton wrote: > > As most of you know I've been trying to get LinuxCNC to work on

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxMint and LinuxCNC

2015-11-21 Thread John Thornton
Yep, jepler explained it to me that you can't run a deb that was not for that something or other. I'm actually building a deb thanks again to jepler, I think atm. JT On 11/21/2015 3:23 PM, Dave Cole wrote: > Are you saying that a RIP installation on Mint runs the Axis GUI ok ? > > Dave > > On

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxMint and LinuxCNC

2015-11-21 Thread Sarah Armstrong
the 4.2 kernel may be a problem , but i believe theirs a branch to fix by Seb in git repro but i dont know if it's finished , just noticed it in an update earlier On 21 November 2015 at 21:34, Sarah Armstrong wrote: > i have it running on mint 17.1 cinnamon ,iv'e not tried Mate > > > On 21 Nov

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxMint and LinuxCNC

2015-11-21 Thread Sarah Armstrong
i have it running on mint 17.1 cinnamon ,iv'e not tried Mate On 21 November 2015 at 21:23, Dave Cole wrote: > Are you saying that a RIP installation on Mint runs the Axis GUI ok ? > > Dave > > On 11/21/2015 3:46 PM, John Thornton wrote: > > Ok, you can't do what I was trying to do but you ca

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxMint and LinuxCNC

2015-11-21 Thread Dave Cole
Are you saying that a RIP installation on Mint runs the Axis GUI ok ? Dave On 11/21/2015 3:46 PM, John Thornton wrote: > Ok, you can't do what I was trying to do but you can build a RIP and > that works. > > JT > > On 11/21/2015 9:01 AM, John Thornton wrote: >> As most of you know I've been tryi

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxMint and LinuxCNC

2015-11-21 Thread John Thornton
Ok, you can't do what I was trying to do but you can build a RIP and that works. JT On 11/21/2015 9:01 AM, John Thornton wrote: > As most of you know I've been trying to get LinuxCNC to work on > LinuxMint because of the horrible Debian desktops and user interfaces. I > understand that OpenBox a

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxMint and LinuxCNC

2015-11-21 Thread Sarah Armstrong
mail me if you get stuck John which version of mint are you using ? On 21 November 2015 at 15:01, John Thornton wrote: > As most of you know I've been trying to get LinuxCNC to work on > LinuxMint because of the horrible Debian desktops and user interfaces. I > understand that OpenBox and a term