On Feb 14, 2013, at 11:46 AM, Michael Haberler <mai...@mah.priv.at> wrote:
> Am 14.02.2013 um 17:36 schrieb Tom Easterday: > >> On Feb 14, 2013, at 11:30 AM, Michael Haberler <mai...@mah.priv.at> wrote: >>> Tom, >>> >>> Am 14.02.2013 um 16:16 schrieb Tom Easterday: >>> >>>>> fetch and install the required packages >>>>> >>>>> The instructions for installing the Xenomai kernel are at >>>>> XenomaiKernelPackages . >>>>> >>>> >>>> I must say I preferred what was there yesterday. For one, the >>>> instructions were MUCH more clear. And 2 they worked, unlike these. I >>>> tried to install this a system today. Networking is broken and I have a >>>> bizarre pattern of dots across the top of the machine. It also takes a >>>> VERY long time to shutdown (1 minute or so) for some reason. It spews >>>> several pages of FFFFFFF's across the screen at boot, not sure what that >>>> one is about but not a biggie.... >>> >>> I have verified the instructions beforehand by installing this kernel for >>> lucid, precise and squeeze before John sent the announcement. >>> >>> The suggestion that downloading this kernel package somehow wipes your grub >>> configuration is a bit hard to follow; in any case you should have a >>> default kernel which you can select via grub. >> >> I didn't say it wipes my grub configuration, I am just saying that the grub >> selection menu no longer comes up during boot. I don't know how to get it >> back. This was a fresh install on a new (different) disk so nothing was >> there before. >> >>> The log shows one attempt where the downloader obviously forgot the step >>> 'CODENAME=$(lsb_release -cs); echo $CODENAME' as per instructions. Please >>> let me know the IP address (range) you connected from to verify if this >>> could have been the cause. >> >> I definitely did CODENAME=$(lsb_release -cs); echo $CODENAME and it returned >> "precise". >> >> My address should be 107.5.93.X. > > I had no connects from this range: > > mah2:/var/log/apache2# grep 107.5.93 * > mah2:/var/log/apache2# > > Could it be you pulled from John's repo > (http://distro.zultron.com/zultron/cadcam/debian) ? > I went here: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?NewRTInstall then here: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?XenomaiKernelPackages and did this. However, I was unable to edit /etc/apt/sources.list (using sudo) and had to change permissions on the file. 2. Installing To enable the package repo and install the packages, these must be run as superuser: # Set CODENAME as appropriate for your environment # should be one of 'precise', 'lucid', 'squeeze'; set manually if you get something different CODENAME=$(lsb_release -cs); echo $CODENAME # Add the repository to /etc/apt/sources.list echo "deb http://deb.machinekit.net/$CODENAME $CODENAME main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list echo "deb-src http://deb.machinekit.net/$CODENAME $CODENAME main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list # update the package list apt-get update # Install the package containing the signing keys; answer 'y' to install despite missing keys apt-get install zultron-keyring # Install the xenomai run-time tools and headers (for building LCNC) apt-get install xenomai-runtime libxenomai-dev # Install the xenomai-patched kernel apt-get install linux-image-3.5.7-xenomai-2.6.2.1 > pressing the left shift key during boot works for me > > search for 'shift' in the first google hit for 'grub menu display' > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 Shift doesn't work, but I will investigate. -Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
