LinuxCNC Install using MX Linux 19.4 - Geared Toward New Users - Discussion

EDIT:

I split the install thread and the discussion thread to keep the amount of info new users had to wade through to a minimum.

A link back to the install guide is here: forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...red-toward-new-users

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Note this guide is not limited to Mesa cards. If you don't have a mesa card, from Section 4 you can skip steps 3 through 5 and also steps 11 through 13. Additionally you can skip Sections 5 and 6.

I can update these sections to make that more clear, thank you for the feedback.

i installed today and sim works however i don't know how to install hostmot2 for my 5i23. I will have become stupid with age

The 5i23 should work fine.  I didn’t have to install anything additional to use the 5i25 that drives my table.  Are you encountering an error of some kind?

i don't have hostmot2 i /lib/firmware..I don't remember how to install the package .. i can't find it

www.google.com/search?q=5i23+hostmot2+fi...CrAnAQ4dUDCA4&uact=5

I understood how it works Tom I cutter and plasma working in closed loop. in this mx19 installation there is no hostmot and I don't remember how to install it.