My Newb Plasma Table Attempted Build

In a terminal can you enter:
can you copy/paste the result rather then a pic.

Got that for you Phil.

total 336
drwxr-xr-x 2 pat pat 4096 Mar 17 11:58 backups
-rwxrwxrwx 1 pat pat 121601 Sep 16 03:23 configurator.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 108 Jul 26 2020 custom_gvcp.hal
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 103 Jul 26 2020 custom.hal
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 111 Jul 26 2020 custom_postgui.hal
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 1666 Mar 17 17:29 imperial_parameters.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 1666 Mar 17 17:23 imperial_parameters.txt.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 1666 Jul 29 2020 linuxcnc.var
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 1666 Jul 29 2020 linuxcnc.var.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 24247 Sep 16 03:23 materialverter.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 651 Mar 14 14:31 pats_v2_config.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 1593 Jul 29 2020 pats_v2_connections.hal
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 1593 Jul 29 2020 pats_v2_connections.hal.bakr
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 10748 Jul 30 2020 pats_v2.hal
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 10233 Dec 14 14:12 pats_v2.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 10083 Jul 29 2020 pats_v2.ini.bakr
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 5783 Mar 14 14:31 pats_v2_material.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 5004 Nov 9 15:15 pats_v2_material.cfg.bkp
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 462 Mar 14 14:31 pats_v2_run.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 230 Jul 29 2020 pats_v2_wizards.cfg
drwxr-xr-x 2 pat pat 4096 Mar 17 11:58 plasmac
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 426 Mar 17 17:29 plasmac_stats.var
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 21740 Sep 16 03:23 pmx_test.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 87 Jul 28 2020 postgui_call_list.hal
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 641 Jul 29 2020 postgui.hal
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 105 Jul 26 2020 shutdown.hal
drwxr-xr-x 2 pat pat 4096 Mar 17 11:58 test
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 41 Jul 30 2020 tool.tbl
-rw-r--r-- 1 pat pat 29708 Sep 20 00:55 versions.html
drwxr-xr-x 3 pat pat 4096 Mar 17 13:57 wizards
pat@hal9000:~$

It looks like a copy of a directory that has copied files and folders rather than links.
There are a few files/folders that need fixing.
What type of installation do you have, Run In Place or Package?

It's from the official debian buster 10 release (new pc). After I installed linuxcnc, I admit I copied in my machine's old files. I guess I did it too early?

How did you install LinuxCNC?

This time I did what it said initially in the Getting Linuxcnc doc.

So, it seems it is a package installation.
Try running the following commands in a terminal one by one:
You can copy/paste them.

I'll have to try that in the morning. Need to drive to my dad's and check up on him.
Thanks

At a guess, you need to find the file M190 (however Phill does it) and change the permissions to execute on it as well.