Hi, Someone e-mailed me asking for more information on the steps I took to get the headless BBB going. I'm responding in public so if others have the same question, they may be able to search find this post in the future.
I didn't really keep a complete set of notes on the installation, but here is pretty much what I did to get the setup running: on the BBB ---------- I made a directory on my BBB that will be the link to the PC. sudo mkdir -p /mnt/WinXP When I access files in /mnt/WinXP I will really be accessing files on the WinXP machine. Go to the /mnt directory and do a directory listing to make sure the new WinXP directory is really there. You can call this anything you like, I just chose WinXP as the name. I also downloaded and installed two files on BBB: sudo apt-get install smbclient sudo apt-get install cifs-utils Next I mounted the new directory so I can access it: sudo mount -t cifs //mypc.home/CNCFILES /mnt/WinXP I don't have any passwords associated with the XP directory or files so no additional parameters were needed mypc.home/CNCfiles is the name of the WinXP machine and the directory that I want shared I used the program fing on a third winPC to find the full name of my XP server (mypc.home) on my LAN You can also use this to get the IP address of the BBB connected to the LAN (used below) CNCFILES is the shared directory on the WinXP machine I recommend keeping the shared directory on the PC as a single word with no spaces On the WinXP ------------ I downloaded and installed Xming on the WinXP machine I then ran the XLaunch that was installed I chose: "multiple windows" option "start a program" option run remote using PuTTY option Connect to computer: 192.168.1.5 (this is the IP address of my BBB, see fing mentioned above) Login as user: linuxcnc (the default user if you downloaded the MachineKit build) Password is: linuxcnc (the default password if you downloaded the MachineKit build) no additional parameters were used so skip the next page and get to the page where you can save the configuration. If you save it, you won't have to run the XLaunch again, just click an icon. After you press the Finish key you "should" get an Xterm window. From there you can type: linuxcnc & and press return, and the linuxcnc script should be run If anyone uses this procedure, and finds errors or missed steps, please e-mail the group with updates. Thanks, Jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. Visit us today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
