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[19:05:59] <dgarr> halscope saga:
http://filebin.ca/njowyj/02mar_2.2.8.txt
[19:22:43] <jepler> the baffling thing is, there are no halscope changes from 2.2.6 to 2.2.8
[19:23:07] <jepler> if I understand right, 2.2.6 worked for you
[19:24:02] <dgarr> jmk suggested i try compiling an older version so i started with 2.2.8. 2.2.6 has worked for me using binary packages. i will try compiling it next
[19:24:30] <alex_joni> 2.2.6 compiled by you vs. binary package will probably provide a lot of insight
[19:24:49] <dgarr> i predict it will segfault too
[19:24:51] <alex_joni> maybe? you have some corrupted gtk lib on the system which gets linked ot the halscope binary?
[19:25:01] <alex_joni> although something like that shouldn't happen
[19:25:38] <dgarr> i'm using debug packages in order to get a good backtrace: libglib2.0-0.dbg and libgtk2.0-0.dbg
[19:26:00] <alex_joni> what gcc and g++ ?
[19:26:53] <jepler> gcc version: gcc (GCC) 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)
[19:27:02] <dgarr> gcc (GCC) 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7) g++ (GCC) 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)
[19:29:51] <dgarr> biab going to test with 2.2.6
[19:35:41] <alex_joni> sorry.. didn't read close enough
[19:39:01] <jepler> hi rayh
[19:39:06] <rayh> HI Jeff
[19:39:28] <rayh> Did you guys figure out a time and place for fest?
[19:39:28] <alex_joni> hi rayh
[19:39:35] <rayh> Hi Alex.
[19:39:51] <jepler> no, we're chronically unable to make decisions.
[19:40:16] <rayh> Roland just called.
[19:40:25] <jepler> how's he doing?
[19:40:50] <rayh> Village Press -- the guys who publish Digital Machinist are interested in carrying on.
[19:41:03] <rayh> But they can't get their act together for this year.
[19:41:14] <rayh> And don't know where it will be located when they do.
[19:41:31] <rayh> Roland is good. Off the last of the meds as of next weekend.
[19:42:02] <rayh> All of his hardware will be up for auction during the first week of June.
[19:42:40] <rayh> Jeff you really need that BIG G&L
[19:42:51] <jepler> heh I need nothing of the sort
[19:44:35] <jepler> rayh: if someone else is going to pick up the CNC Workshop banner next year, that's another indication that this year we should focus on something emc specific and with a smaller scope
[19:47:13] <rayh> I think you are very right.
[19:47:39] <rayh> We need an EMC2 gathering and it will be easier if we do it for our folk.
[19:48:17] <jepler> and personally I like any option that's an easy day's drive for me
[19:49:28] <rayh> How do you feel about Matt's offer of the Smithy space in Ann Arbor?
[19:50:12] <rayh> Or Stewart's offer in Witcheta(sp)
[19:52:30] <jepler> At Stuart's there a possibility of interesting machines to work on, but the local restaurants are lousy
[19:53:25] <dgarr> halscope segv on 2.2.6 built from cvs checkout:
http://filebin.ca/tegzcp/02mar_2.2.6.txt
[19:54:12] <jepler> on the basis of "devil that I know", I'd probably lean towards Kansas..
[19:55:13] <rayh> 960.20 miles from here
[19:55:50] <rayh> I agree that he has an interesting set of machine abilities that developers can work with.
[20:00:40] <jepler> dgarr: how easily can you test package 2.2.6?
[20:01:00] <dgarr> not sure what you mean
[20:01:04] <jepler> if 2.2.6 package still works, then the problem is in your build. If it's broken now, then either your recollection is wrong or an upgrade to another package affected it
[20:01:23] <jepler> "apt-get install emc2=1:2.2.6", run /usr/bin/halscope, see if it crashes too
[20:04:11] <dgarr> i had made some customizations in scripts that would take a while to figure out again -- these are things i've submitted patches for which is why i really want to run trunk/2.3
[20:05:23] <dgarr> i dont do regular upgrades of other packages -- only by manual selection
[20:07:06] <dgarr> pretty convince the problem is with my build or build environment not sure what to change
[20:10:49] <alex_joni> how about just taking the binary for halscope from the deb?
[20:11:41] <dgarr> i could do that, do you know the sequence to get a single file from the deb
[20:13:03] <jepler> if emc 2.2.8 is in your working dir, "dpkg-deb -x emc2_2.2.8....deb /tmp/emc2.2.8" should put it in /tmp/emc2.2.8/usr/bin/halscope
[20:13:06] <alex_joni> dgarr: I use mc
[20:13:32] <alex_joni> with mc when you hit enter on a deb it only opens it up, without installing it
[20:13:33] <jepler> that is, if the .deb is in your working dir
[20:13:49] <alex_joni> I think the deb is basicly a tar.gz
[20:14:02] <alex_joni> so another thing to do is rename it to tar.gz then unpack it
[20:14:25] <dgarr> biab i'll work on this, thanks
[20:46:44] <alex_joni> hi seb_kuzminsky
[20:46:54] <seb_kuzminsky> hi :-)
[20:47:08] <alex_joni> got a couple of things for you .. if you have time :)
[20:47:24] <seb_kuzminsky> i have a little time right now, more in a couple hours
[20:47:26] <seb_kuzminsky> so go ahead
[20:48:05] <alex_joni> http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Emc2.3Status
[20:48:14] <alex_joni> added some hostmot2/mesa ideas there
[20:49:05] <seb_kuzminsky> i like removing the hostmot2 config, people are better off looking at the hm2-{stepper,servo} configs now
[20:49:07] <alex_joni> nothing definitive, but wanted to put them somewhere so they don't get forgotten
[20:49:25] <seb_kuzminsky> i dont think we should temove the m5i20 config yet...
[20:49:37] <alex_joni> not sure about the m5i20, but I think it would be wise to at least put some warnings on it
[20:49:44] <alex_joni> (maybe in the README)
[20:49:50] <seb_kuzminsky> i agree a deprecation warning in the m5i20 readme is a good idea
[20:51:03] <BJT-Work> I put some warnings in the manual on the 5i20
[21:03:08] <alex_joni> seb_kuzminsky: feel free to adapt the page to what you think is needed
[21:03:16] <alex_joni> those were only suggestions
[21:03:43] <alex_joni> the extended part for the hm2-servo came from helping a user which had a hard time figuring out what the IO pins are called
[21:04:00] <seb_kuzminsky> i saw some stuff about the firmware packages being built wrong, did jeff or someone fix that?
[21:04:29] <dgarr> halscope binary result
http://filebin.ca/udtoku/02mar_2.2.8-binary.txt
[21:04:33] <seb_kuzminsky> well, looking up the names of io pins in the manpage *is* very complicated...
[21:05:11] <dgarr> i wonder if some kind soul with hardy&emc2.2.8 could startup halscope and run lsof|grep halscope to show libraries in use
[21:08:32] <alex_joni> seb_kuzminsky: jeff fixed that
[21:08:42] <seb_kuzminsky> jepler: thanks :-)
[21:08:51] <alex_joni> seb_kuzminsky: basicly s/any/all/
[21:09:05] <alex_joni> any specifies the package can be built for any architecture
[21:09:16] <alex_joni> all specifies there's a single package for any architecture
[21:09:31] <seb_kuzminsky> makes sense
[21:11:06] <alex_joni> seb_kuzminsky: once you look it up obviously ;)
[21:11:20] <alex_joni> re man page, I looked and it wasn't _that_ transparent
[21:11:33] <seb_kuzminsky> well that's because i suck at writing docs
[21:12:14] <BJT-Work> Oh no can't break line is back :)
[21:14:15] <alex_joni> haha
[21:14:30] <alex_joni> BJT-Work: I can vividly imagine you waking up from a nightmare screaming that
[21:15:01] <BJT-Work> after all the time it took to get rid of it last time yep :)
[21:16:17] <alex_joni> seb_kuzminsky: I looked at the manpage for hostmot2 and at the lyx docs about hostmot2
[21:16:29] <alex_joni> they look lots better than I remembered (not sure why :D)
[21:16:32] <BJT-Work> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_5JoGCBt34
[21:16:41] <alex_joni> but they could use 1-2 complete examples
[21:16:55] <seb_kuzminsky> alex_joni: ah yes, examples
[21:16:57] <seb_kuzminsky> that would be good
[21:17:09] <seb_kuzminsky> * seb_kuzminsky scribbles in the todo file
[21:17:18] <alex_joni> instead of only having: hm2_<BoardType>.<BoardNum>.gpio.<IONum>.
[21:17:41] <alex_joni> maybe also have: example: hm2_5i20.0.gpio.023.in and in-not
[21:19:09] <alex_joni> seems some guys on a german forum are having a mesa group-buy ;)
[21:19:27] <alex_joni> reminds me of jmk's movement ..
[21:19:44] <seb_kuzminsky> alex_joni: are they buying the 5i20?
[21:19:48] <alex_joni> 9 pcs
[21:20:15] <alex_joni> and a couple 7i31 & 7i33 & 7i37
[21:20:19] <seb_kuzminsky> cool
[21:21:50] <seb_kuzminsky> i'll add the pin name examples to the manpage, but can someone else add the limit switch stuff to the sample configs?
[21:21:57] <seb_kuzminsky> someone with limit switches perhaps?
[21:22:16] <seb_kuzminsky> got to go, bbl
[21:22:21] <alex_joni> see you later
[21:22:58] <BJT-Work> see you later seb_kuzminsky
[22:37:45] <CIA-2> EMC: 03tissf 07TRUNK * 10emc2/docs/src/gcode/main_fr.lyx: french translation update
[23:09:37] <seb_kuzminsky> ok, who sneezed on the server?
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[23:56:16] <jepler> jepler has changed the topic to: EMC2 development --
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