Re: [Emc-users] [EMC-users] Free 3D CADs on Linux WAS: BRL-CAD

2008-11-06 Thread jbraun
Kirk Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... snip So you obviously have a registered copy. How much, or what was the price range? My mind is like a steel trap trying to hold water. I bought it quite a few years ago and can't remember what I paid. Surprising no one has responded on

Re: [Emc-users] [EMC-users] Free 3D CADs on Linux WAS: BRL-CAD

2008-11-06 Thread Kenneth Lerman
Hi Gene, I don't know how it is now, but fifty years ago, a high school kid with a copy of a study guide could pass the test for a first class phone license first try. I never did use the thing. :-) Ken Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 05 November 2008, Jon Elson wrote: Gene Heskett wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] Partition problem

2008-11-06 Thread Dave Houghton
-Original Message- From: Jon Elson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 November 2008 04:50 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Partition problem Dave Houghton wrote: From 'ls -al /boot' got the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -al /boot snip

[Emc-users] Acceleration

2008-11-06 Thread Jimmy Schneiderman
To All, Does anyone knows if there are different sets of acceleration for linear movements and curves? Jimmy - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based

Re: [Emc-users] Acceleration

2008-11-06 Thread Jeff Epler
For trivial kinematics machines, emc should always stay within the inifile acceleration limits. If it doesn't, there's a bug. The main acceleration-related difference I recall for arcs is that the centripetal acceleration required to follow the arc may affect the maximum attainable velocity.

Re: [Emc-users] Partition problem

2008-11-06 Thread Dave Houghton
-Original Message- From: Dave Houghton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 November 2008 04:41 PM To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Partition problem -Original Message- From: Jon Elson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 November 2008 04:50 AM

Re: [Emc-users] Partition problem

2008-11-06 Thread Jon Elson
I think I may have confused you, or at least I am. EMC2 was installed along with Ubuntu from the live CD a couple of weeks ago. (This is great runs well - no problems):-) BDI/EMC was installed a few months back from the Sherline CD it was the old EMC not the new EMC2. Does that make more

Re: [Emc-users] Partition problem

2008-11-06 Thread John Kasunich
Hi Jon Since the above I've done the following: Mounted sda1,sda2,sda3,sda4, sda5 sda6 in turn and use 'ls /mnt/olddisk' for each sda# to see what is there. sda2 - This is my old Sherline/EMC install because I found my 'gcode' file and 'vmlinuz 2.2.6.16.20-rtai' sda3 - says looks like

Re: [Emc-users] Partition problem

2008-11-06 Thread Dave Houghton
Jon wrote I think I may have confused you, or at least I am. EMC2 was installed along with Ubuntu from the live CD a couple of weeks ago. (This is great runs well - no problems):-) BDI/EMC was installed a few months back from the Sherline CD it was the old EMC not the new EMC2. Does that

Re: [Emc-users] internet connection

2008-11-06 Thread Mark Cason
On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 23:18 +0200, Dave Houghton wrote: snip Hi everyone I have changed the subject line from Qcad to Internet Connection, seemed more appropriate. This is where I'm at: I've plugged the modem in a few times and it is not auto detected. By that I mean nothing showed

Re: [Emc-users] Partition problem

2008-11-06 Thread Dave Houghton
-Original Message- From: John Kasunich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 November 2008 08:16 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Partition problem John wrote Did you unmount (umount) sda2 first? Remember, what mount does is takes the contents of a disk

Re: [Emc-users] internet connection

2008-11-06 Thread Dave Houghton
Snip.. Dave, Plug the modem in, and type this in a terminal: dmesg | tail -n 20 If the modem is recognized, it will show up there. If it is there, then check that NetworkManager is running, and an applet is by the clock. If there, click on it, and you should see a entry for 3G

Re: [Emc-users] internet connection

2008-11-06 Thread Dave Houghton
-Original Message- From: Mark Cason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 November 2008 07:54 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] internet connection On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 23:18 +0200, Dave Houghton wrote: snip Hi everyone I have changed the subject

Re: [Emc-users] internet connection

2008-11-06 Thread Dave Houghton
-Original Message- From: Dave Houghton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 November 2008 09:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' Subject: Re: [Emc-users] internet connection RESENT Snip.. Dave, Plug the modem in, and type this in a terminal:

Re: [Emc-users] internet connection

2008-11-06 Thread Mark Cason
On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 21:27 +0200, Dave Houghton wrote: snip Hello Mark Plugged it in usb2 - 'dmesg | tail -n 20' gave the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg | tail -n 20 [15686.548137] airprime 2-3:1.0: airprime converter detected [15686.548469] usb 2-3: airprime converter now

Re: [Emc-users] internet connection

2008-11-06 Thread Dave Houghton
mark wrote Hmm, I'm trying to remember on Ubuntu, My main computer is fedora, so... Do you have a applet on your panel, by the clock, that looks like two computers stacked one behind another, maybe with a small red x (or not)? If so, just left click on it with the modem plugged in, and

Re: [Emc-users] internet connection

2008-11-06 Thread Mark Cason
On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 23:36 +0200, Dave Houghton wrote: snip Mark I do have two computers stacked one behind another, with (what looks like it's a bit tiny) an orange triangle with a white exclamation mark inside the triangle. Left click just get O wired network (greyed out - no

Re: [Emc-users] internet connection

2008-11-06 Thread Dave Houghton
-Original Message- From: Mark Cason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 November 2008 12:05 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] internet connection On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 23:36 +0200, Dave Houghton wrote: snip Mark I do have two computers stacked one

Re: [Emc-users] internet connection]

2008-11-06 Thread Mark Cason
On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 00:44 +0200, Dave Houghton wrote: snip Hi Mark No Mincom I'm afraid. I do have 'wvdial' in the Synaptic Package Manager with a little green box next to it on the left side. Can't I install from here. Or do I have to download it first. Regards Dave Dave run this:

Re: [Emc-users] internet connection]

2008-11-06 Thread Mark Cason
On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 17:07 -0600, Mark Cason wrote: On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 00:44 +0200, Dave Houghton wrote: snip Hi Mark No Mincom I'm afraid. I do have 'wvdial' in the Synaptic Package Manager with a little green box next to it on the left side. Can't I install from here. Or do I

Re: [Emc-users] [EMC-users] Free 3D CADs on Linux WAS: BRL-CAD

2008-11-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 06 November 2008, Kenneth Lerman wrote: Hi Gene, I don't know how it is now, but fifty years ago, a high school kid with a copy of a study guide could pass the test for a first class phone license first try. I passed on the first try. And what's a study guide? Never cracked a book

Re: [Emc-users] internet connection]

2008-11-06 Thread Dave Houghton
Marh wrote Dave That means that wvdial is installed. I do not know why wvdialconf did not work, but here is a workaround. My satellite link keeps going down due to a thunderstorm, so it may take awhile to respond. Dave, copy/paste the following in a terminal, and let me know what the

Re: [Emc-users] [EMC-users] Free 3D CADs on Linux WAS: BRL-CAD

2008-11-06 Thread Dave Houghton
Gene wrote --snip 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) Q: How do you know when you're in the ethnic section of Vermont? A: The maple sap buckets are hanging on utility poles.

[Emc-users] man.pages

2008-11-06 Thread Dave Houghton
Hello everyone What are 'man.pages' Regards Dave - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize

Re: [Emc-users] man.pages

2008-11-06 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 03:22:08AM +0200, Dave Houghton wrote: Hello everyone What are 'man.pages' http://www.google.com/search?q=man+pages - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's

Re: [Emc-users] man.pages

2008-11-06 Thread John Kasunich
Dave Houghton wrote: Hello everyone What are 'man.pages' man is short for manual. At the command prompt, type man, followed by the name of a command you want to learn about. You will get the documentation for that command. Using man pages is a much better way to learn Linux than asking

Re: [Emc-users] man.pages

2008-11-06 Thread Dave Houghton
-Original Message- From: John Kasunich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 November 2008 03:28 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] man.pages Dave Houghton wrote: Hello everyone What are 'man.pages' man is short for manual. At the command prompt,

Re: [Emc-users] [EMC-users] Free 3D CADs on Linux WAS: BRL-CAD

2008-11-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 06 November 2008, Dave Houghton wrote: Gene wrote --snip 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) Q: How do you know when you're in the ethnic section of Vermont? A: The

Re: [Emc-users] man.pages

2008-11-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 06 November 2008, Dave Houghton wrote: Hello everyone What are 'man.pages' man.pages, NDI. There are man pages on almost anything in the *nix world, and to access one of them, like the man page for 'ls', one does, from an open shell/terminal man ls. 'man' is the reader, and 'ls'

Re: [Emc-users] man.pages

2008-11-06 Thread Dave Houghton
-Original Message- From: Chris Radek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 November 2008 03:25 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] man.pages On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 03:22:08AM +0200, Dave Houghton wrote: Hello everyone What are 'man.pages'

Re: [Emc-users] Acceleration

2008-11-06 Thread tomp
Jeff Epler wrote: For trivial kinematics machines, emc should always stay within the inifile acceleration limits. If it doesn't, there's a bug. The main acceleration-related difference I recall for arcs is that the centripetal acceleration required to follow the arc may affect the maximum

Re: [Emc-users] Partition problem

2008-11-06 Thread Jon Elson
Dave Houghton wrote: Since the above I've done the following: Mounted sda1,sda2,sda3,sda4, sda5 sda6 in turn and use 'ls /mnt/olddisk' for each sda# to see what is there. sda2 - This is my old Sherline/EMC install because I found my 'gcode' file and 'vmlinuz 2.2.6.16.20-rtai' sda4 - says