Thanks a million Schooner. I guess you were sort of right. I followed the
links and from there ended up watching this video
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHwv8U3ptvA> to realize that I actually
needed to install Xming. So now I can run machinekit on BBB for the
machinekit configuration windowd (see the attached image please) to pop up.
But it looks like my knowledge lags behind my practical progress, as I
still can't get my around what are these MachinekitClient and QtQuickVCP
good for in this scenario. Can anyone shed some light on this please? BTW,
I'm having the same "nonstop loading" issue with the Machinekit Client.
On Friday, March 29, 2019 at 5:21:24 PM UTC+3, Schooner wrote:
>
>
> On 29/03/19 14:11, Sardar Vayghannezgad wrote:
>
> I can't seem to start Machinekit on my BBB because:
>
>
> root@beaglebone:/home/machinekit# machinekit
> MACHINEKIT - 0.1
> application-specific initialization failed: no display name and no
> $DISPLAY environment variable
> Error in startup script: invalid command name "image"
> while executing
> "image create photo -file $f/$i.gif"
> invoked from within
> "if [file exists $f/$i.gif] {
> return [image create photo -file $f/$i.gif]
> }"
> (procedure "linuxcnc::image_search" line 7)
> invoked from within
> "linuxcnc::image_search machinekit-wizard"
> invoked from within
> "set logo [linuxcnc::image_search machinekit-wizard]"
> (file "/usr/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc/bin/pickconfig.tcl" line 31)
>
>
> I tried the following workarounds, but nothing seems to have changed:
>
> sudo apt-get install xauth
> touch ~/.Xauthority
> as suggested by Karl Jacobs here
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/machinekit/nGrU3diWEFA>
>
>
> sudo apt install xorg
> as suggested here
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/machinekit/1dkgEgov6Wg>, by a
> person called Schooner.
>
>
> You are being selective in your reading
>
> Read the whole thread and follow the links
> These for example
>
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/12755/how-to-forward-x-over-ssh-to-run-graphics-applications-remotely
>
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/314862/minimal-no-hassle-debian-install-with-functioning-x11-login-etc
>
>
> but still I'm getting the error.
>
> On Friday, March 29, 2019 at 4:01:42 PM UTC+3, Bas de Bruijn wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 29 Mar 2019, at 13:47, Sardar Vayghannezgad <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for reaching out, Bas.
>>
>>
>> According to the first question, which link should I go with on this page
>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fmachinekit%2FQtQuickVcp&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFSHHjDTy575Uy7ujQBViRsMgvGDA>
>>> .
>>> No idea what you actually link to
>>
>>
>>
>> A few lines below are download links to both QtQuickVCP and Machinekit
>> for various OS's.
>>
>>
>> I think you mean machinekit-client
>> Machinekit only runs on Linux.
>>
>> Just pick the one for the os you’re going to run machinekit-client on.
>>
>>
>> - Have you got any ideas why my Machinekit Client acts up the way it
>> does? I have attached a photo of it in the original post.
>>
>> Yes, it can’t find machinekit instances. As per my previous remarks, make
>> sure there is an actual machinekit (your BBB) started, and that you have
>> enabled it to expose itself so a remote UI can connect to it (the
>> machinekit.ini file)
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> On Friday, March 29, 2019 at 1:17:04 PM UTC+3, Bas de Bruijn wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 29 Mar 2019, at 09:53, Sardar Vayghannezgad <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have tried my best to understand the fundamental ins and outs of
>>> running Machinekit on BBB from my windows desktop, but there are so many
>>> technical concepts and approaches that I just can't fully understand
>>> everything. Although it seems I'm towards the end of this, I'm already
>>> frustrated, and since working for a sort of tight deadline I need some
>>> practical help, and need that in layman's terms, into the bargain, please.
>>>
>>>
>>> I followed these instructions
>>> <https://machinekoder.com/machinekit-debian-stretch-beaglebone-black/>
>>> to run M.K. on BBB from my desktop. But I am badly thrown off. I have
>>> apparently successfully done everything on that instruction page, but just
>>> don't know *how to start what!! *I don't know *what command to use on
>>> the PuTTy. *
>>>
>>>
>>> You need to start Machinekit when you’ve logged into your BBB. Putty is
>>> just a terminal you log onto your BBB. Everything you type into that
>>> terminal, is as if you would type on a keyboard directly attached to the
>>> BBB on s terminal on a screen directly attached to the BBB.
>>>
>>> (Please, as far as possible, don't direct me to start everything from
>>> scratch, as I already had Debian Jessie installed on BBB, but decided to
>>> change it to Stretch.)
>>>
>>> My newbie questions:
>>>
>>> 1. Should Machinekit Client be installed on my Windows OS or on the
>>> BBB?! (I already have M.K Client on my Windows OS. but once I start it,
>>> it
>>> keeps loading in no veil, with *no available instances*.)
>>>
>>> Machinekit client on your windows OS
>>>
>>> Make sure that on your BBB you have set REMOTE = 1 in the file
>>> machinekit.ini
>>> That file should be here: /etc/linuxcnc/machinekit.ini
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. According to the first question, which link should I go with on this
>>> page <https://github.com/machinekit/QtQuickVcp>.
>>>
>>> No idea what you actually link to.
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. AFAIK, I need a U.I on my desktop to give me access to the M.K.
>>> Is this UI the Machinekit Client? How can I start it from PuTTY?
>>>
>>> You start machinekit-client from your Windows PC. It’s a remote UI (seen
>>> from the BBB perspective) and you don’t need to start the UI from Putty
>>> (your BBB) but from the pc.
>>>
>>> In the putty terminal type: machinekit
>>>
>>> FYI:
>>> Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)
>>> Kernel: Linux 4.4.155-ti-rt-r153
>>> Architecture: arm
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance
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