I don't know about Ubuntu 9.10, but the directions for getting EMC to run on a fresh install of 8.04 have always worked for me. It might be easier to use the proven Ubuntu 8.04 instead of the 9.10.
The instructions to install EMC on a fresh 8.04 are at http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Installing_EMC2#On_Ubuntu_8_04_using_precompiled_EMC2_packages Sebastian Reinhardt wrote: > Hello, > > Happy new year, to all .. > > First, thanks for this nice peace of software. I am using EMC since 2 > years. Now my old notebook is totally damaged and I purchased an new PC > (AMD Phenom 945e, MSI 785'er Mainboard with onboard LPT- port) for my > CNC plotter. Now I got some trouble to install EMC2 based on Ubuntu 8.04 > Live CD. The EMC2 LiveCD did not startup! I tried some options (noapic, > nolapic, ..), without any luck... > So I have installed Ubuntu 9.10 and I found this HowTo: > http://neo-technical.wikispaces.com/emc2-ubuntu. > > Now my question: Ubuntu 9.10 uses an newer kernel thendescribed in > HowTo. So can I use the realtime kernel supplied in ubuntu repositories? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
