I would check for any files that did not get copied to the new folders, including any hidden files (.axis). Then did you tweak all of the .ini files to point to the new directory? Will this setup for EDM be used on the same machine as the original configuration?
--J. Ray Mitchell Jr. jrmitche...@gmail.com "Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good." -- Thomas Sowell On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > some typu's fixed > > On 9/8/25 12:40, gene heskett wrote: > > in prep to do this edm stuff again a decade after the last time I used > > it, I did a cp -r go704-xyz go704-xyz-edm so that I could play at > > adding what I need to automate some or all of it. I then geany'd the > > .ini file to hard code some of the paths to isolate it, including the > > path to autosave.halscope. Then added the first two modules needed to > > get started on my idea, as extra names in a loadrt line, then added > > them to the addf list. blows up like a case of Alfreds finest. > > Starting with the autosave.halscope reporting an error for every line > > of its 29 line file even after I make it executable which cp didn't. > > This sytem also has the dregs of ncam ripped out but probably a > > dependency is looking for it anyway > > > > At startup of LINUXCNC - 2.10.0-pre0-3309-gfd6a133f8b, there is 8 > > copys of this, reporting the first rejected word of each line; > > APP: /home/gene/linuxcnc/configs/go704-xyz-edm/autosave.halscope > > found: </home/gene/linuxcnc/configs/go704-xyz-edm/autosave.halscope> > > /home/gene/linuxcnc/configs/go704-xyz-edm/autosave.halscope: line 1: > > THREAD: command not found > > [...to] > > /home/gene/linuxcnc/configs/go704-xyz-edm/autosave.halscope: line 31: > > RMODE: command not found > > then 8 lines of: > > USRMOT: ERROR: command 30 timeout > > emcMotionInit: emcTrajInit failed > > emcTrajSetUnits failed to set [TRAJ]LINEAR_UNITS or [TRAJ]ANGULAR_UNITS > > [... 8 more of the above two] > > then this: > > note: MAXV max: 2.500 units/sec 150.000 units/min > > note: LJOG max: 2.500 units/sec 150.000 units/min > > note: LJOG default: 1.000 units/sec 60.000 units/min > > waiting for s.joints<0>, s.kinematics_type<0> > > waiting for s.joints<0>, s.kinematics_type<0> > > waiting for s.joints<0>, s.kinematics_type<0> > > waiting for s.joints<0>, s.kinematics_type<0> > > waiting for s.joints<0>, s.kinematics_type<0> > > waiting for s.joints<0>, s.kinematics_type<0> > > emc/task/emctaskmain.cc 2996: can't initialize motion > > waiting for s.joints<0>, s.kinematics_type<0> > > waiting for s.joints<0>, s.kinematics_type<0> > > waiting for s.joints<0>, s.kinematics_type<0> > > A configuration error is preventing LinuxCNC from starting. > > what did I or cp screw up?? FWIW the original go704-xyz stuff still > > runs, bitching about the missing camera that's plugged in and works > > fine with cheese. > > linuxcnc_print.txt says: > > Starting HAL User Interface program: halui > > DELAY= > > ini.traj_max_velocity still 0.0 after 20 seconds > > Starting DISPLAY program: axis > > Removing HAL_LIB, RTAPI, and Real Time OS modules > > Removing NML shared memory segments > > Do I have to hard code the halui line in the ini file? > > > > Thanks all. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET. > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
