LinuxCNC on Raspberry Pi 4

elovalvo wrote:

LinuxCNC also works on raspi400 (I have one and have checked) but the version is not the most recent and therefore the hal_pi_gpio driver does not work.

I am expecting to release a 2.8.3 fairly soon. Would you expect that to fix this? Or is there more to do?

andypugh wrote:

elovalvo wrote:

LinuxCNC also works on raspi400 (I have one and have checked) but the version is not the most recent and therefore the hal_pi_gpio driver does not work.

I am expecting to release a 2.8.3 fairly soon. Would you expect that to fix this? Or is there more to do?

Yes, the new version will solve the problem.

My observation is due to the fact that the correction of the hal_pi_gpio file is dated 21 March while the SD image to which the link refers dates back to October 2021


One question: Will version 2.8.3 still be based on Debian Buster or will it use Bullseye?

elovalvo wrote:

One question: Will version 2.8.3 still be based on Debian Buster or will it use Bullseye?

It will be a re-spin of the current ISO, possibly with a couple of packaging fixes. 

The third line of your comment... the link is now broken. I think you may have meant the buildbot page at buildbot.linuxcnc.org/ , but can you let us know if that's not what you meant? Thank you!

Dang it, I'm trying to respond to elovalvo's comments on Feb 28, but it keeps posting to the end of the thread. Sorry

The third link isn't working. Can you fix it or let us know if you meant the buildbot page: buildbot.linuxcnc.org/ or the linuxcnc.org/docs/html/getting-started/g...lling_on_raspbian_10 page, or somewhere else? 

(I'm stuck on the problems downloading the raspberry pi kernel: I'm having trouble installing using sudo apt-get, or using the native synaptics-like software update interface, was hopeful this thread would help, but not there yet.)

Thanks!

Vector wrote:

The third link isn't working. Can you fix it or let us know if you meant the buildbot page: buildbot.linuxcnc.org/ or the linuxcnc.org/docs/html/getting-started/g...lling_on_raspbian_10 page, or somewhere else? 

(I'm stuck on the problems downloading the raspberry pi kernel: I'm having trouble installing using sudo apt-get, or using the native synaptics-like software update interface, was hopeful this thread would help, but not there yet.)

Thanks!

That link was related to the most updated version at that time.

The most updated version to date is this:

buildbot.linuxcnc.org/dists/buster/2.8-r...g33a366cac_armhf.deb

The link to all the versions available today can be found here

buildbot.linuxcnc.org/dists/buster/2.8-r...inary-armhf/?C=M;O=D

To install, you can use gdebi:

sudo apt-get install gdebi

wget buildbot.linuxcnc.org/dists/buster/2.8-r...g33a366cac_armhf.deb

sudo gdebi ./linuxcnc-uspace_2.8.2.135.g33a366cac_armhf.deb