Re: [Emc-developers] handle_lxrt_request

2018-11-28 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 at 23:20, Alec Ari wrote: > LinuxCNC being passed the wrong ./configure option shouldn't cause the > result it did. A NULL pointer deference is never an appropriate method of > informing the user that something is wrong in their configure line. Please > do not accept this as

Re: [Emc-developers] handle_lxrt_request

2018-11-28 Thread Alec Ari via Emc-developers
LinuxCNC being passed the wrong ./configure option shouldn't cause the result it did. A NULL pointer deference is never an appropriate method of informing the user that something is wrong in their configure line. Please do not accept this as the appropriate behavior.   Alec

Re: [Emc-developers] [jbi...@debian.org: Update on removing obsolete GNOME libraries & gtk2 MBF]

2018-11-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 28 November 2018 12:15:25 Jon Elson wrote: > On 11/28/2018 07:23 AM, Jeff Epler wrote: > > .. which is likely, in turn, to affect LinuxCNC. Those > > interested > > should look at modernizing the parts of LinuxCNC that > > still use gtk2. > > > > I know this still includes halscope

Re: [Emc-developers] handle_lxrt_request

2018-11-28 Thread Alec Ari via Emc-developers
Hello, I would prefer addressing this problem on the public mailing list. I do not mind anyone contacting me directly. The version of RTAI the LinuxCNC developers are using is a depreciated fork of RTAI 3, which is also depreciated upstream. NULL pointer deference bugs is usually caused by an

Re: [Emc-developers] [jbi...@debian.org: Update on removing obsolete GNOME libraries & gtk2 MBF]

2018-11-28 Thread Jon Elson
On 11/28/2018 07:23 AM, Jeff Epler wrote: .. which is likely, in turn, to affect LinuxCNC. Those interested should look at modernizing the parts of LinuxCNC that still use gtk2. I know this still includes halscope and halmeter. it would be a real pity to lose halscope to CADTs^Wthe

Re: [Emc-developers] [jbi...@debian.org: Update on removing obsolete GNOME libraries & gtk2 MBF]

2018-11-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 28 November 2018 08:23:52 Jeff Epler wrote: > .. which is likely, in turn, to affect LinuxCNC. Those interested > should look at modernizing the parts of LinuxCNC that still use gtk2. > > I know this still includes halscope and halmeter. it would be a real > pity to lose halscope

Re: [Emc-developers] [EMC] NML_FILE = emc.nml

2018-11-28 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 at 10:26, theman whosoldtheworld wrote: > [EMC] NML_FILE = emc.nml > > these row in file.ini is still valid? Some sections of code still look for it: https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/search?l=C%2B%2B=NML_FILE No version of the docs (back to 2.2 at least) has ever

Re: [Emc-developers] [jbi...@debian.org: Update on removing obsolete GNOME libraries & gtk2 MBF]

2018-11-28 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 at 13:25, Jeff Epler wrote: > .. which is likely, in turn, to affect LinuxCNC. Those interested > should look at modernizing the parts of LinuxCNC that still use gtk2. > The absolute lack of support on the pygtk mailing lists and IRC make me not so upset with the idea of

[Emc-developers] [jbi...@debian.org: Update on removing obsolete GNOME libraries & gtk2 MBF]

2018-11-28 Thread Jeff Epler
.. which is likely, in turn, to affect LinuxCNC. Those interested should look at modernizing the parts of LinuxCNC that still use gtk2. I know this still includes halscope and halmeter. it would be a real pity to lose halscope to CADTs^Wthe progress of the Linux desktop. - Forwarded

[Emc-developers] [EMC] NML_FILE = emc.nml

2018-11-28 Thread theman whosoldtheworld
[EMC] NML_FILE = emc.nml these row in file.ini is still valid? because in html doc there is nothing about, and in my sim config I'm not able to have response from these row emcStatusBuffer = new RCS_STAT_CHANNEL(emcFormat, "emcStatus", "xemc", EMC_NMLFILE); because no EMC_NMLFILE is open