#flex-dev Logs

May 18 2025

04:44 AM Tom_L: morning
05:29 AM JT-Chicken: monrningg
09:54 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> good morning
09:56 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> Tom_L: I loaded the latest flex on my mill machine, and checked out a couple of the examples.....
10:26 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> and just loaded it on my desk computer
10:29 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> JT-Shop: JT-Chicken I see you just updated the flex deb.....
10:35 AM JT-Shop: yup
10:38 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> JT-Shop: good morning.... hey, what's the best preempt-rt kernel thing to use now?
10:40 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> I have a bunch, the oldest is a 4.19, newest is current 6.1.0-35.
10:41 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> and where is the source for the current linuxcnc .iso ????
11:05 AM Tom_L: roguish, the preempt-rt kernel can be gotten from synaptic package manager nowdays
11:05 AM Tom_L: it may not be the very latest but it's included there now
11:07 AM Tom_L: as far as source, is this what you meant? http://buildbot2.highlab.com/debian/dists/
11:07 AM Tom_L: http://linuxcnc.org/downloads/
11:08 AM Tom_L: 2.9.4
11:09 AM Tom_L: or if you want RTAI, https://onelaboratories.us/abc/
11:09 AM Tom_L: capn and memleak put that together
11:10 AM Tom_L: i've got that on one of mine atm
11:14 AM Tom_L: for the package manager preempt-rt search 'linux-image
11:19 AM Tom_L: JT-Shop, PR #297 for version bump
11:20 AM Tom_L: working on mesact..
11:21 AM Tom_L: PR #147 mesact
01:20 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> Tom_L: thanks for the reply.........
01:21 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> I know ya can get the kernel from synaptic manager, I have.
01:21 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> I'm just curious which one is the best....
01:21 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> was machining the other day and the job stopped. error message was the realtime thread had stopped.
01:22 PM * JT-Shop 4... squirrels 0
01:22 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> wtf. never saw that one before....
01:22 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> JT-Shop: don't hurt the poor little critters.
01:24 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> Tom_L: as for source. i'm referring to the downloadable .iso for a full debian install that includes linuxcnc. not the buildbot2.
01:25 PM Tom_L: dl page then
01:25 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> yeah, the source for the the downloadable .iso
01:25 PM Tom_L: no clue
01:25 PM JT-Shop: the best one is the one that works best with your hardware
01:25 PM Tom_L: that's an andy question
01:26 PM JT-Shop: freaking tree rats
01:26 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> JT-Shop: that's what i'm trying to figure out......... guess I ask pcw. he probably has a good opinion
01:27 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> we have lots of squirrels around here. and i see lots of squished on the streets when i ride
01:28 PM Tom_L: i think the iso source is more of a process than a downloadable source
01:31 PM JT-Shop: like I said it really depends on what motherboard you have as to what kernel might work the best... on my CHNC I'm running Ubuntu 10.04!!!
01:32 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> i
01:34 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> i'm running bookworm, with master. usually no problems, but yesterday I did a general OS update and the fricking network quit.
01:34 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> the onboard nic
01:34 PM Tom_L: if it ain't broke don't fix it
01:34 PM JT-Shop: that's the chance you take using master
01:34 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> plugged in a usb nic and now it's ok
01:34 PM JT-Shop: you must expect things to break with master
01:35 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> not the os
01:35 PM JT-Shop: just saying
01:36 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> i run master so i get the latest gui updates that morely does. for qtdragon.. but it's starting to bug me again. that's why i'm looking at flex again..........plus you're making it better all the time....
01:42 PM JT-Shop: and Flex doesn't depend on master...
01:42 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> JT-Shop: i know. it's pretty independant
01:42 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> part of the nicenest
01:43 PM JT-Shop: yay strap is off now to remove the rotten boards
01:46 PM Tom_L: if you don't like axis, flex is the way to go
01:47 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> Tom_L: your example is still looking good. but it's not expandable.... i have a big 27" screen
01:47 PM Tom_L: i know, i thought you fixed that part of it for yourself
01:48 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> long time ago........
01:48 PM Tom_L: that started out as a test screen just for me. it really wasn't intended to be an example
01:48 PM Tom_L: so i wasn't that concerned about those things
01:48 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> I'm hoping I can cobble together something from both your's and JT's
01:49 PM Tom_L: take a look at his bp or his axis version
01:49 PM JT-Shop: if you like Axis then flex is the way to go :)
01:49 PM Tom_L: they look pretty good to me
01:49 PM Tom_L: JT-Shop, what are you up to now?
01:49 PM Tom_L: still building cabinets?
01:50 PM Tom_L: or shelves....
01:50 PM Tom_L: i left you 2 updates a while ago
02:05 PM JT-Shop: yup, I've not been down in the beer cave in a while
02:05 PM JT-Shop: replacing the floor of my 16' trailer so I can haul home the wildfire lift next week
02:05 PM JT-Shop: gotta rewire it while it's open
02:06 PM Tom_L: much easier now than later
02:22 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> JT-Shop: did you get any of that nasty weather the last few days...???
02:36 PM JT-Shop: https://ibb.co/KjdP46xq
02:36 PM JT-Shop: no, it went around us and did a lot of damage north of us
02:45 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> lucky you, once again
03:13 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> JT-Shop: have you worked on your gcode generator lately ???
03:13 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> like including it in flex ???
03:15 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> doesn't look like it.... .deb is 3 years old
03:17 PM JT-Shop: that would just be a menu item to load it but flex has a much better way
03:21 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> well, i'll probably start working on a flex gui soon. getting a bit frustrated with qtdragon. it's not bad, but I don't think Morley does much, if any , actual machining....
03:34 PM JT-Shop: IIRC Chris works in a shipyard
03:40 PM JT-Shop: I am surprised that I had two side marker lights in stock as well as two tail lights
03:46 PM Tom_L: i'm not :)
03:50 PM JT-Shop: I'm sure at one time I was going to rebuild the trailer but now I NEED to rebuild it
03:58 PM Tom_L: how far away is the lift?
03:59 PM Tom_L: looks like we might get some pretty good storms
04:00 PM JT-Shop: I have to pick it up at the ABF terminal in Sikeston so about an hour away
04:01 PM Tom_L: some assembly required...
04:02 PM JT-Shop: yup, it will take some skill and cunning to assemble by myself
04:03 PM JT-Shop: hmm these tail lights need a ground wire...
04:03 PM Tom_L: brain vs braun
04:04 PM Tom_L: with all that steel maybe some of both
04:04 PM JT-Shop: and the wire I bought has a ground wire!
04:05 PM Tom_L: awesome
04:05 PM JT-Shop: I just hope 25' is long enough
04:05 PM Tom_L: heh