[Machinekit] Re: Compiling Machinekit on BBB

2018-04-09 Thread Jeff Pollard
Hi, From one of the previous posts: = add a swap file first: dd if=/dev/zero of=my_swap bs=1024 count=524288 mkswap my_swap sudo chown root my_swap sudo chmod 600 my_swap sudo swapon my_swap you can make the file permanent by

[Machinekit] Re: Compiling Machinekit on BBB

2018-04-08 Thread mahdi . abidi63
could you please tell me how to set the swap file properly > > On Friday, March 31, 2017 at 1:29:32 PM UTC-7, ceha...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> I just checked which image I have on my BBB, and it is the 1-30-2017 >> release. My notes had the 3-15-17 release specified, but while that >>

[Machinekit] Re: Compiling Machinekit on BBB

2017-03-31 Thread Jeff Pollard
Hi, Thanks, I got it to compile. I needed to set the swap file properly. I didn't get it properly set up the last time, and I wasn't sure if it was *needed*, but it is. I had compiled machinekit on the BBB a couple of years ago and it wasn't needed back then, but I guess *a lot* has

[Machinekit] Re: Compiling Machinekit on BBB

2017-03-31 Thread cehadady
I just checked which image I have on my BBB, and it is the 1-30-2017 release. My notes had the 3-15-17 release specified, but while that compiled, it would not run. I think the 2-12-17 release works though. Sorry for any confusion. On Friday, March 31, 2017 at 4:21:42 PM UTC-4,

[Machinekit] Re: Compiling Machinekit on BBB

2017-03-31 Thread cehadady
I've compiled on beaglebone using these steps. The process runs much faster when running out of EMMC, so I recommend that you flash your SD card image onto the BBB, otherwise it will take hours. The swapfile is necessary as you've noted. My first compile failed in the same way but I had