On Sunday 03 September 2017 12:45:29 Lawrence Glaister wrote: > I just updated to 64 bit antergos linux on an i7 processor with a new > SSD. WOW... life on the bleeding edge is great so far. > Antergos is an arch linux derivative that does not have releases... it > is a continuously rolling update, so all the tools are on the bleeding > edge. This was a bit of a change for me jumping from gcc 4.7 to 7.1. > Linuxcnc built nicely with only a few dependencies needing to be > installed and an edit on one source file that does not seem to use the > python configuration spec. Default python is 3.x and linuxcnc uses 2.x > which now runs as python2. > > > Linuxcnc install from git: > install tkimg, bwidget, git using gui software installer under > menu/administration/Add/Remove software > mkdir ~/git > cd ~/git > git clone git://github.com/linuxcnc/linuxcnc.git linuxcnc > cd linuxcnc/src > ./autogen.sh > ./configure --with-realtime=uspace --enable-non-distributable=yes > --with-python=/usr/bin/python2 > make -j4 > fixpaths.py will error... just change > #!/usr/bin/env python to #!/usr/bin/env python2 > > I run it using this line (added as an onscreen launcher) > /home/lg/git/linuxcnc/scripts/linuxcnc > /home/lg/git/linuxcnc/configs/sim/axis/axis.ini > > I just use the sim configs on my desktop for testing gcode for both > lathe and mill setups. For my running machine I am still back in the > dark ages with ubuntu 10.04, an 800MHz PIII and linuxcnc 2.5. > > watch out for above email line wraps if using cut and paste > None of that sounds like magic, Lawrence, thanks. And while I can recall it, thank you for the encoder disk code from long ago. With suitable mods, its working well on 2 of my 4 machines. The first one has no physical room for an encoder, and I used hall effect devices on the last, an 11x36 Sheldon.
> cheers > Lawrence Glaister > Automation Engineer > > On 2017-09-02 10:38 PM, Alec Ari via Emc-developers wrote: > > I'm not sure what you mean by "sim" but all the axis simulation > > configs work for me on 64-bit LinuxCNC installs. To my knowledge, > > there are no 64-bit LinuxCNC and RTAI .deb packages however. > > > > Alec Ari > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >---------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > > most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-developers mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
