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garymcrobertpdx wrote:I think that the problem is that the LinuxCNC startup script insists on copying the files to your home folder, but doesn't bring them all.

If you open a terminal and typethen you should get it to launch properly. You can then go to the MDI window and type M6T3 and watch it do a tool change.
So, it works. However you need to find all the files, they seem to be in a combination of usr/share/doc/linuxcnc/examples/sample-configs/sim/remap (support files) and /usr/share/linuxcnc/ncfiles/remap-subroutines for the ngc files.

Looking in racktoolchange.hal, it calls three HAL files, only one of which you need to duplicate / include in your HAL.
The [PYTHON] PATH_PREPEND and PATH_APPEND in the INI file will need to be modified to point to your actual routines.

I think it is mainly a case of moving all these files into your own config directory, and making all the references to them in the INI file point to the right places.

Sorry, I thought it was a lot tidier than this.

hi, I was away for a while.

I suggest to cd to /usr/share/doc/linuxcnc/examples/sample-configs/sim/remap/rack-toolchange and then run 'linuxcnc rack-toolchange.ini' to see whether this makes any difference.

I need to look into the 'selector' integration

- Michael

Did not get me any where I had a look in my directory usr/share/doc and did not find any thing like
/linuxcnc/examples/sample-configs/sim/remap Some how I seem to be missing a directory full of
routines.

Perhaps I should trash this install of 2.6 and start over.

Hi there -

If you're looking for files you know the name of on a linux system the following will help:

run this in a shell and your system will update a database of file locations. You can then search for files like so:

or
for wildcard searches.

Have you considered trying to get the source code and building yourself? If you start out with the Ubuntu 10.04 live cd installation and read the instructions here http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Installing_EMC2#On_Ubuntu_10_04_or_8_04_from_source, it's easy to get going.

HTH,
Ed