RE: EMC help.

I've locked up Linux a few times, particularly on the machine that is now
running with the KDE xmanager. My most stable machines by far are my NT
systems.


Tim
[Denver, CO]

> Yes, nothing like having a 'general protection fault' right in
> the middle of
> cutting a workpiece with hundreds of hours of time in it with a many-tens-
> of-dollars cutting tool. I've never had a system crash with Linux-EMC.
> The old Xwindows server had a problem where it would occasionally
> lose the connection between the keyboard, mouse, etc and the user
> programs. Even during that, EMC managed as gracefully as possible,
> with the real time motion control coming to a stop and then holding
> position until you hit the hardware E-stop button. Since I put the
> updated Xwindows server in, I have had no trouble with it, in about
> 9 months of operation, I think.
>
> But, installing and configuring everything has been a bit of a pain.
>
> Jon
>