Re: [Emc-users] Detective work

2017-05-10 Thread Chris Albertson
The sequence of instructions really is different each time you boot. Certainly interrupts and task switching happens in different places.The classic "goof" programmers make in writing systems that have multiple tasks going on at the same time is the "race".Program "A" saves the value of

Re: [Emc-users] Detective work

2017-05-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 10 May 2017 21:31:14 Chris Albertson wrote: > Are you running a real time OS on the Pi 3?Sorry to ask I just > can't keep details of your project in my head. What you are > describing sound like you might be.Seems lie whatever software > runs in Kernal mode is being a "hog"

Re: [Emc-users] Installing On Older Computer

2017-05-10 Thread Todd Zuercher
- Original Message - > From: "Jon Elson" > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 10:17:41 PM > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Installing On Older Computer > > On 05/10/2017 04:58 PM, Todd Zuercher

Re: [Emc-users] crashing under 2.8.0-pre1

2017-05-10 Thread Ralph Stirling
Thanks, Sebastian. That configure option did it. I didn't realize it was defaulting to uspace. Now I can debug the kins. Rtapi_print is giving me some strange formatting. -- Ralph From: Sebastian Kuzminsky [s...@highlab.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 10,

Re: [Emc-users] Installing On Older Computer

2017-05-10 Thread Jon Elson
On 05/10/2017 04:58 PM, Todd Zuercher wrote: > > That is what I am afraid of. But I had not seen any definitive "Yes we've > killed it" answer on the subject. A quick google seems to imply that Debian > still supports ISA, but... > > Does that machine have hyperthreading? If so, turn it off,

Re: [Emc-users] Detective work

2017-05-10 Thread Chris Albertson
Are you running a real time OS on the Pi 3?Sorry to ask I just can't keep details of your project in my head. What you are describing sound like you might be.Seems lie whatever software runs in Kernal mode is being a "hog" and running for more than a microsecond with interrupts disabled,

Re: [Emc-users] Installing On Older Computer

2017-05-10 Thread Chris Albertson
It's not a big deal if something is not supported by default. You compile the driver then "insmod" it in later. Or just rebuild the kernel. If it was once supported hardware you can keep it working. Many times you need to use ISA cards because it is come custom hardware or one off

[Emc-users] Detective work

2017-05-10 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; Detective stuffs, electronically, have always been my specialty. But I have one now that is a bit of a puzzle even for me. First, I mesaflash verified all 3 of my 7i90's. Then I hung them on the pi, and all of them returned the error I have posted quite a few times already.

Re: [Emc-users] Installing On Older Computer

2017-05-10 Thread Todd Zuercher
- Original Message - > From: "Gene Heskett" > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 5:38:05 PM > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Installing On Older Computer > > On Wednesday 10 May 2017 12:22:13 Todd Zuercher wrote: > > > Is there a trick to

Re: [Emc-users] Forum down?

2017-05-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 10 May 2017 17:15:05 giorgio foga wrote: > sorry Gene I'm not american what is means: Yup, its dead > Jim??? At least I can understand the trend he has developer > views. > > > regards > > giorgio That is one of the more famous lines from the original Star Trek tv

Re: [Emc-users] Installing On Older Computer

2017-05-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 10 May 2017 12:22:13 Todd Zuercher wrote: > Is there a trick to installing Linuxcnc/Wheezy on an older single core > computer? > > I have a machine that has been happily running Linuxcnc for some time > on an older Linuxcnc Ubuntu 10,04 install. It is an older P4 2.8gHz > cpu (single

Re: [Emc-users] Forum down?

2017-05-10 Thread giorgio foga
ok. Many thanks I did a good laugh in addition it was a lot that I did not see anything about Star Trek giorgio Da: Kurt Jacobson Inviato: mercoledì 10 maggio 2017 23.24 A: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Oggetto: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] Forum down?

2017-05-10 Thread Kurt Jacobson
https://youtu.be/MH7KYmGnj40 On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 5:15 PM, giorgio foga wrote: > sorry Gene I'm not american what is means: Yup, its dead Jim??? > At least I can understand the trend he has developer views. > > > regards > > giorgio > > >

Re: [Emc-users] Forum down?

2017-05-10 Thread giorgio foga
sorry Gene I'm not american what is means: Yup, its dead Jim??? At least I can understand the trend he has developer views. regards giorgio Da: Gene Heskett Inviato: mercoledì 10 maggio 2017 12.52 A:

Re: [Emc-users] Installing On Older Computer

2017-05-10 Thread giorgio foga
and why not continue to use ubuntu 10.04? I suspect that your ram is a bit slow ... try to buy new one more fast ex. 1333Mhz type and 2Gb regards giorgio Da: Todd Zuercher Inviato: mercoledì 10 maggio 2017 18.22 A:

Re: [Emc-users] Installing On Older Computer

2017-05-10 Thread Chris Albertson
It's hard to know from what you've told us. But one thing to look at is to start the machine up. do NOT start up X11. Working at the command promo on the monitor run the command "top" and you weill see cpu. memory and swap file usage that is updated about eery second. If the computer comes up

Re: [Emc-users] crashing under 2.8.0-pre1

2017-05-10 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 05/10/2017 12:16 PM, Ralph Stirling wrote: > I have compiled 2.8.0-pre1 from source for a non-trivkins > project. I am using a Mesa 7I43 board. When I run linuxcnc > with software stepgens (no hostmot2), all is well. If I create > a plain-vanilla Mesa-based stepper configuration with

Re: [Emc-users] crashing under 2.8.0-pre1

2017-05-10 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
I have successfully used 2.8.0-pre1 for quite a long time. On Wed, 10 May 2017 18:16:48 + Ralph Stirling wrote: > I have compiled 2.8.0-pre1 from source for a non-trivkins > project. I am using a Mesa 7I43 board. When I run linuxcnc > with software stepgens

[Emc-users] crashing under 2.8.0-pre1

2017-05-10 Thread Ralph Stirling
I have compiled 2.8.0-pre1 from source for a non-trivkins project. I am using a Mesa 7I43 board. When I run linuxcnc with software stepgens (no hostmot2), all is well. If I create a plain-vanilla Mesa-based stepper configuration with pncconf, the computer crashes during startup of linuxcnc and

[Emc-users] Installing On Older Computer

2017-05-10 Thread Todd Zuercher
Is there a trick to installing Linuxcnc/Wheezy on an older single core computer? I have a machine that has been happily running Linuxcnc for some time on an older Linuxcnc Ubuntu 10,04 install. It is an older P4 2.8gHz cpu (single core) with 1G memory and works reasonably well with Lucid.

Re: [Emc-users] Cleaning Carbide Bits -plywood gue.

2017-05-10 Thread Curtis Dutton
This works very well for me. But the stuff is NASTY! http://www.kleanstrip.com/product/naked-gun-spray-gun-paint-remover On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: > On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 11:23 AM, wrote: > > > Was gonna say

Re: [Emc-users] [emc-users] Building from source

2017-05-10 Thread Evan Foss
On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 10:07 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > On 05/09/2017 10:15 PM, Evan Foss wrote: >> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 3:13 AM, Evan Foss wrote: >>> On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 1:09 PM, suavesteve wrote: I've come across

Re: [Emc-users] [emc-users] Building from source

2017-05-10 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 05/09/2017 10:15 PM, Evan Foss wrote: > On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 3:13 AM, Evan Foss wrote: >> On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 1:09 PM, suavesteve wrote: >>> I've come across this earlier and had created a local patch, >> >> Would you please dig that patch out

Re: [Emc-users] [emc-users] Building from source

2017-05-10 Thread Evan Foss
On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 5:29 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 10 May 2017 at 05:15, Evan Foss wrote: >> Your patch for libmodplug works so linuxcnc-2.7.8 now fails at install >> instead of build (just like the git head). I am going to call that a >> win. > >

Re: [Emc-users] Forum down?

2017-05-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 10 May 2017 03:49:24 giorgio foga wrote: > Renew my ideas to add "donate" button in top of forum .I know many > give a lot to the forum every day others instead like me much > less ... and we are in many ... maybe in this way we can become > useful. > > > regards > > Giorgio

Re: [Emc-users] [emc-users] Building from source

2017-05-10 Thread andy pugh
On 10 May 2017 at 05:15, Evan Foss wrote: > Your patch for libmodplug works so linuxcnc-2.7.8 now fails at install > instead of build (just like the git head). I am going to call that a > win. --prefix _might_ help with that. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a

Re: [Emc-users] Gui Feature Request

2017-05-10 Thread robert - Innovative-RC
i think you are looking for something you get on machines with Pallet systems attached mostly normaly they have a screen on the pallet end where you can set what job is set to which pallet, the newer machins you can also set which jobs are set to each pallet face (or multi jobs to a pallet

Re: [Emc-users] Forum down?

2017-05-10 Thread giorgio foga
Renew my ideas to add "donate" button in top of forum .I know many give a lot to the forum every day others instead like me much less ... and we are in many ... maybe in this way we can become useful. regards Giorgio Da: Bengt Sjölund

Re: [Emc-users] Forum down?

2017-05-10 Thread Bengt Sjölund
And down again. Cheers Bengt Den 2017-05-09 kl. 15:58, skrev John Thornton: > I had to power cycle it this morning around 5am central time. > > JT > > > On 5/9/2017 7:24 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >> It's up from here. >> >> http://isup.me/forum.linuxcnc.org >> >> >> On May 9, 2017 1:49:45