Sounds very familiar! Not in this specific issue, but in general. i
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Stuart Stevenson <[email protected]> wrote: > Gentlemen, > The cinci is now running. I added -not to the #43 ppmc input to invert the > sense of the input. > This was a week and a half long saga of frustration. > > Installed a new spindle drive. > This eventually necessitated the inverting of two inputs as the sense > of the outputs from the new drive are opposite the old drive. > I decided to update the software to the latest. Bad idea. Even though the > move from 6.06 to 10.04 had been previously suggested I had not yet made > the > move. After the git pull the software would not compile. DRAT > SSoo - I will move to 10.04 - no problem - PROBLEM - the computer lack > sufficient resources to run 10.04. This was almost a full day to load and > learn this. > OK - new computer - the computer chosen has no PS2 but it does have a > serial port for the touch screen. Problem - I am unable to make a serial > touch screen function in any Ubuntu past 6.06. > No problem - I will use the only usb touchscreen I have - PROBLEM - > monitor does not turn on. > No problem - I will use the machine for now without a touchscreen. > Beginning to install I realize I will need to run a USB cable for the > keyboard and mouse through the machine from the computer in the cabinet to > the pendant. This was another day and a half to get to this point. > Now for my third install of Ubuntu 10.04 and EMC2. This time on a computer > with PS2. I still don't have the serial touchscreen working but I am > finally > at the point I can search for the problems. Another days work to install > and > try to get the touchscreen functioning. AARRRRGGGHHH PNP is not Plug aNd > Play - It is not even Plug aNd Pray - it is Plug aNd Cuss. > Found the machine's problem, inverted the signals and the machine is > running. > The good thing is now I am at the 10.04 level. > I will attempt to make the serial touchscreen work with 10.04 prior to > running a usb cable to get the touchscreen working. > If I had had more patience in the beginning I would have not started the > update and would have looked longer for the problem. The fix was simple > until I started fixing it. > Thanks for the answers and help > Stuart > > -- > dos centavos > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources > and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's > connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these > rules translate into the virtual world? > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these rules translate into the virtual world? http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
