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Hi all,recently my pc running version 2.8.2 broke down and i had to replace it and installed 2.9.
Thankfully I kept a copy of all my files, so that helped me out a lot.After a couple of hours i got my setup to work again.
The only thing that doesn't work is tool measurement.The option in the advanced settings tab keeps getting greyed out.The line in preference file gets changed to when loading LinuxCNC: use_toolmeasurement = False

Usually when I did a manual tool change, the spindle moved to a certain location and than a popup shows up to change the tool. After clicking ok, the actual tool measurement is performed.
Now the machine doesn't move, it just shows the popup.

(Homing, moving, starting the spindle all works. )

 

If a PC running Linux breaks, try putting the old hard drive in the new computer.

It actually works perfectly 99% of the time!

Why did you install 2.9?

Which version of 2.9? 2.9.4?

How does your PC control the machine?

I had a pretty hard time finding a pc with a parallel port. I don’t use a mesa card

The new pc is a dell optiplex 980 That is a very compact unit. The old HDD doesn’t seem to fit in the housing.

I use pcloud for gcode synchronization and I just couldn’t open the site on 2.8. So I decided to install te latest version of LinuxCNC

swapping the HDD gave some issues with the drivers for graphics card.
just gave it another try by installing 2.8.4 and somehow it sort of worked.

even pcloud installed
the issue is been solved for now, but I do find it confusing that an 'upgrade' to 2.9 breaks some functionality