THC - out of ideas
18 Mar 2022 03:37 #237608
by tommylight
So onto Mint ... and it did not boot, looks like the poor USB stick got tired of working but not yet decided to give up the ghosts as Mint 20.2 boots, Debian 11.2 non free boots, Mint 20.3 Mate is missing something, Mint 20.3 Cinnamon does boot till it complains about not finding the /dev/sr0 .... despite me screaming at it that it is plugged in !
Guess the bootloader does not understand Albanian nor English.
Back on tracks,
No scripts, i only try to provide really simple solutions to have LinuxCNC up and running for new users, the Mint 19.3 was a nice example. More advanced users have no problem installing it even on Arch Linux.
Replied by tommylight on topic THC - out of ideas
Oh yeah, i did try that and it worked perfectly, but the Probe Basic stuff did not work. Cr@p, getting senile here, it's 4:24AM here, eyes burning like hell....The best how to out there for Bullseye is the one James did for QTPYVCP
www.qtpyvcp.com/install/bullseye.html
So onto Mint ... and it did not boot, looks like the poor USB stick got tired of working but not yet decided to give up the ghosts as Mint 20.2 boots, Debian 11.2 non free boots, Mint 20.3 Mate is missing something, Mint 20.3 Cinnamon does boot till it complains about not finding the /dev/sr0 .... despite me screaming at it that it is plugged in !
Guess the bootloader does not understand Albanian nor English. Back on tracks,
No scripts, i only try to provide really simple solutions to have LinuxCNC up and running for new users, the Mint 19.3 was a nice example. More advanced users have no problem installing it even on Arch Linux.
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18 Mar 2022 09:52 - 18 Mar 2022 12:12 #237624
by snowgoer540
I agree Tommy, new users shouldnt be compiling kernels, and should probably stick to package installs of LCNC. The guide I gave gives both click-by-click options, and recommends new people stay with the package installs which can be upgraded with 2 terminal lines, or the synaptic package manager if you're more comfy that way.
Really though, they're going to get comfortable with terminal no matter what. But, that said, the guide I made to is literally like baking a cake. It's every button click and command line, when to type it in, how to type it in, what you should and shouldn't do, etc.
It even has a whole page dedicated to telling them the need to know tips like "terminal commands are case sensitive" and gives several examples of how "plasma" "Plasma" "pLasma" are all different directories to Linux.
I made the guide because the official iso is SO terrible to work with I would never recommend any user use it let alone a new user. The wifi experience alone is enough to make you want to smash a computer like they do to the printer in "Office Space".
At any rate, so long as you can follow simple directions, the guide should make it pretty easy and make starting with LCNC a bit more painless.
I dont know the answer to the top one, I havent used the official iso in a long time.
For the second, yes, my guide was made with QtPlasmaC as the example GUI (biased, I know ) using it will net you a working 2.9 install.
Replied by snowgoer540 on topic THC - out of ideas
I still do not get it why would anyone advise new users to compile kernels and LinuxCNC.
At least ask if they are comfortable using the terminal, then all is good.
Is it simple to compile it = yes
Is it simple for windows users = oh hell no.
Case in point, using windows for 10 or 20 years will not ever teach you to mind the upper/lower case while typing, Linux will do that the first time you open a terminal.
I agree Tommy, new users shouldnt be compiling kernels, and should probably stick to package installs of LCNC. The guide I gave gives both click-by-click options, and recommends new people stay with the package installs which can be upgraded with 2 terminal lines, or the synaptic package manager if you're more comfy that way.
Really though, they're going to get comfortable with terminal no matter what. But, that said, the guide I made to is literally like baking a cake. It's every button click and command line, when to type it in, how to type it in, what you should and shouldn't do, etc.
It even has a whole page dedicated to telling them the need to know tips like "terminal commands are case sensitive" and gives several examples of how "plasma" "Plasma" "pLasma" are all different directories to Linux.
I made the guide because the official iso is SO terrible to work with I would never recommend any user use it let alone a new user. The wifi experience alone is enough to make you want to smash a computer like they do to the printer in "Office Space".
At any rate, so long as you can follow simple directions, the guide should make it pretty easy and make starting with LCNC a bit more painless.
So, the main questions are:
Does 2.9/Master work on the official 2.8.2 ISO?
Does 2.9/Master work on the Linux MX guide by Snowwy?
I dont know the answer to the top one, I havent used the official iso in a long time.
For the second, yes, my guide was made with QtPlasmaC as the example GUI (biased, I know
) using it will net you a working 2.9 install. Attachments:
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