Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC Linux newby needs help

Bill Vance wrote:

>
> If you're in the same directpry you could try prefixing the command with a dot
> slash, "./", or you could type, "source", and then the command as follows:
>
> ./EMC.RUN
> or
> source EMC.RUN
>
> Are you sure these are in all caps? In *ix the names: FileName, Filename,
> fileName, and filename, are 4 different file names, as the filenames are case
> sensitive.
>
> You also don't seem to have the dir containing the, "which", and, "modprobe",
> commands in your $Path variable, where they can automatically looked for. I'm
> not sure where that should be on your system. If you type:
>
> echo $PATH
>
> it should look something like the following colon seperated list:
>
> /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
>
> You can add to that list by typing it in with the addition as follows:
>
> PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/java/bin"
>
> however this only works for the shell window you're in, and for this session.
> If you want it to come up with the addition every time you boot/reboot, you need
> to add it to your shells .bashrc or .profile file, in your dir. If you want it
> to be available system wide, then you do that in the /etc directory. I assumed
> that you're using the bash shell there.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Bill
>
> On Mon Feb 18 13:15:15 2002, Ed Fanta, <atex57@...> wrote:
>
> >I need HELP! I received the BDI EMC from Mr. Henry (Thanks!) and after

((((A bunch of stuff snipped))))
Still no luck getting it going but here is a copy of what happens,along
with my path. This is almost as much fun as learning CPM with no
manuals. 8-) Ed.



[ed@localhost ed]$ su -
Password:
[root@localhost /root]# cd /usr/local/emc
[root@localhost emc]# ./emc.run
Current platform is linux_2_2_18
Current real-time platform is rtlinux_3_0
inivar = plat/linux_2_2_18/bin/inivar
INIFILE = emc.ini
starting emc...
Application initialization failed: no display name and no $DISPLAY
environment variable
bad image file emc.gif
starting EMC MOTION PROGRAM -- steppermod.o...done
starting EMC IO PROGRAM -- minimillio...done
simDioInit(emc.ini)
starting EMC TASK PROGRAM -- minimilltask...done
running EMC DISPLAY PROGRAM -- tkemc...
Application initialization failed: no display name and no $DISPLAY
environment variable
Error in startup script: invalid command name "option"
while executing
"option readfile $f startupFile"
("foreach" body line 3)
invoked from within
"foreach f {TkEmc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/TkEmc} {
if {[file exists $f]} {
option readfile $f startupFile
break
}
}"
(file "plat/linux_2_2_18/bin/tkemc" line 25)
[root@localhost emc]# echo $PATH
/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:usr/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr:/usr/local/emc/plat/linux_2_2_18/bin:/usr/local/emc:/::/root/bin
[root@localhost emc]#