Shame Gene, "Tools -> Options. . . -> Load/Save -> General -> Save AutoRecovery information every xxx Minutes"
And now see how it sings!. j. On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 5:12 AM, gene heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > In documenting all the wiring around linuxcnc for the lathe, I had started > a libreoffice-base session and had about half of the C1G wiring all laid > out so it would be in a format I could easily use to complete the .hal file > configuration. > > But of course in starting and stopping linuxcnc so many times while I > verified that what I wrote was correct, the &^)*&%#@ system went away on me > and I had to hit the hdwe reset to reboot it. > > The latest version of LO-Base had been running for perhaps 1.5 hours at > that point, so if it did do an automatic save, it had yonks to do it in and > I should have been able to do a full recovery as I hadn't made a new entry > in 45 minutes or more due to chasing down a broken wire that stopped the Z > motor steps from getting through. Which it did attempt, but the only thing > it could recover was the filename.odt. About 3kb of mostly binary that did > not even include the column heading text. Not even the empty form view > could be recovered when it tried, and no errors were reported when it tried > so I had assumed it was successful until I tried to view it & drew a blank. > > This is pure BS. Needless to say, I won't appreciate ringing all that > stuff out again, but I will do it so I can trace it 6 months down the log > when something quits working. > > Does this so-called database program have an auto-save and I didn't have it > turned on because "on" is not the default? Shame on LO-Base in that event. > > If I do this on a pad & stick there is a lot higher chance for mistakes as > my hand writing needs a translator most of the time. > > If the LO-Base can't do this, can the OO-Base do it? Or should I just fire > up vim & see if I can build my own table of wiring? Vim does lousy gfx for > row/column marking in case no one has noticed. > > So, what do I use that doesn't stick me in an infinite loop of losing it > all when this POS crashes again, which it will, exactly like cement? > > Are the BIOS defaults less than optimum for this board perhaps? > > I had a feeling I was in trouble when Jameco sent me the wrong parts for > the 2nd time. When I called, and said these solder cup connectors were > worthless to me, I asked them to find me somebody who, like me, could tell > the diff between an IDC connector for ribbon cable, and a solder cup > connector from at least 40 feet away. I think they found the right one > this 3rd time, maybe its a charm? But I will not be convinced till they > get here again and are correct, he did ask what size the wire was that I > was crimping. Has anyone seen a ribbon cable that wasn't 28 gage? Sigh, > me neither... > > Cheers, Gene > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> > Computer Science is merely the post-Turing decline in formal systems > theory. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to > monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second > resolution app monitoring today. Free. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second resolution app monitoring today. Free. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
