Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC Linux newby needs help

I'd like to help, but you're getting out of linux proper, and into EMC below.
I'm not even close to EMC yet, as I'm still collecting parts and pieces.

Bill

On Sat Mar 2 19:56:38 2002, Ed Fanta, <atex57@...> wrote:

>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]#

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