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Well I knew there would be another question. I successfully installed 10.04 desktop w/o LinuxCNC and then went to this link: wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LinuxCNC_Pure_Simulator
for instructions about how to install the Pure Simulator. Unfortunately the 10.04 link to the binary is broken. Where can I find the Pure Simulator and how should I install it?
Thanx

Which link is broken? I clicked on the 32bit link for 10.04 and it seemed to work for me.

www.linuxcnc.org/lucid/dists/lucid/emc2....2-sim_2.4.6_i386.deb

Also, you can use the Synaptic Package Manager to get the sim by pointing to linuxcnc2.5-sim.

John

Wow - I can't believe it - the link fairy must have come along in the last few hours. I tried the link not only directly from the url but from several other places on the web over most of today all without success - kept getting the 404 error. At this moment it is indeed functioning.
Thanks

Well folks - I'm stumped again.
1) fresh install U 10.04 desktop - no EMC
2) followed instructions on this link (mentioned in a previous post)
wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LinuxCNC_Pure_Simulator
Entered the 4 lines of code into terminal and watched things happen - seemed to run OK
3) Opened the resulting app and it appeared identical to what 'normal' LinuxCNC looks like after installing the live CD - I thought I would see something to indicate the Pure Simulator thing
4) Chose a configuration and it puked again with the attached file This attachment is hidden for guests. Please log in or register to see it.
Can anyone clarify? - I am at a loss just now
Thanks

centaur wrote:hal_parport: dlopen: /usr/lib/emc2/modules/hal_parport.so: cannot open shared
object file: No such file or directory

OK, you are trying to run a real config on a sim system, right?
So, this config is trying to install the real time parallel port driver as
a kernel module, and it doesn't exist on a sim system. There is a corresponding
simulated parport driver that is associated with the sim system that should be
used instead. There should be sim configs files present on your install,
only those will work without change.

Jon

From earlier post...
Try this...
Start EMC2
You should be presented with a list of configurations.
Go down the list till you find the "SIM" section.
Select one of these to try.

Rick G