I just downloaded and installed it today. I made a bootable USB stick. I tried it on two computers. One one the screen where you select "English" came up. When I tried the software it didn't boot. I tried it on a second computer and it just reads from the USB forever without booting.
Does it work from USB? -- Darcy Whyte da...@siteware.com 613-563-3634 Ottawa, Canada | N 45° 25'03.1" W 75° 42'21.4" Inspirational Flying Machines: http://www.rubber-power.com MAAC 23153 Social Media, Interaction, SEO www.generalSocial.com Software services since 1988 Web, Database, LAMP www.Siteware.com On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Jeff Epler <jep...@unpythonic.net> wrote: > I'm pleased to announce emc 2.4.2, a new release of emc2 with a > substantial number of bugs fixed. > > The new packages are available for Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" in the > package repositories. If you installed 2.4.0, this will be presented as > an upgrade. If you have 2.3.5 or earlier, it will not automatically be > installed as an upgrade. For more information and installation/upgrade > instructions, please see > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?UpdatingTo2.4 > > Git users can get this release by checking out the v2.4.2 tag, or follow > bugfixes on the v2.4_branch. Source tarballs are available from the > package repository, http://linuxcnc.org/hardy/dists/hardy/emc2.4/source > > Many thanks to everyone who helped us with reports, information, or code > related to the problems fixed in this release. > > Changes since 2.4.1: > > * axis: fix crash when environment variable AXIS_NO_HAL is set > > * classicladder: modbus reliability and performance improvements > > * components: fix tan(), atan() implementations. Before, using these > functions would make all math in realtime components behave > unpredictably. > * comp: fix repeated MODULE_LICENSE declarations > > * documentation: many improvements > > * emccalib: fix crash 'unmatched open quote in list' for lines like > loadrt hal_parport cfg="0x378 out " > > * emcrsh: fix crash when invoked with a bad commandline > > * emcsh: report effect tool offsets on all axes > * emcsh: enable emc_tool_offset to access all tool offsets > * emcsh: fix wrong conversion of ABC axis values as though they were > linear axes > > * gcode: fix a problem with inverse time mode and m66 leading to very slow > moves > * gcode: save state of g92 across runs. In the first run after upgrading > to 2.4.2, g92 will be disabled. In subsequent runs, the state of g92 > at startup will be the the same one stored in the var file at shutdown. > * gcode: fix G1 followed by G5, G5.x > * gcode: improve accuracy of NURBS paths. An important calculation of the > direction of a NURBS path at a given point has been improved. This > makes > the resulting path more closely follow the mathematically precise NURBS > curve. > * gcode: improve accuracy of G5, G5.1 spline paths by converting them to > NURBS paths. > * gcode: detect missing P, Q words with G5 > * gcode: avoid division by zero in NURBS > > * hal_input: fix keys and buttons with unknown names > > * image-to-gcode: fix crash when using lace bounding > > * mesa: fix failure to load firmwares on 7i43 > * mesa: fix failure to load firmwares on 5i23, 3x20, and other > PLX9054-based > cards > * mesa: fix stepgen slowly moving in negative direction, losing position > * mesa: fix stepgen mode setting problem > > * motion: fix threading and tapping with spindle turning backward (M4) > > * pncconf: mesa 3x20 support > * pncconf: write configuration files without "base thread". This may > improve > behavior on step&direction systems configured with pncconf. > * pncconf: many additional bugfixes > > * pickconfig: fix icon for desktop shortcuts > * pickconfig: fix permissions on desktop shortcuts > * pickconfig: don't allow user to run sample configuration without > copying. > This has not worked right for a long time, so there's no value in > offering > the option. > > * ppmc: improve error message when no board is present > * ppmc: fix board detection when cooperating with linux parport_pc driver > > * sample configurations: > * ppmc: sample configs now use axis user interface > * ppmc: hal samples for spindle speed display, pendant > * smithy: 1240 and 622leadshine sample configuration improvements > > * sample gcode: > * lathe_pawn: set radius mode in startup codes > > * stepgen: fix ctrl_type for kernels 2.6.30 and newer > > Jeff > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint > What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
