Elite Group 651-M (V1.0) motherboard software CD

Hi ArcEye,

Yes I have loaded 8.04 to the 4.3 Gbyte HDD and in this situation I am un-able to load the G-Code Reference.
I tried to set the browser using the GUI..It already had Firefox selected and the command (greyed out) was
"firefox %s"

I still was not able to get the G-Code Reference to load.
I went to "Howto Geek....." but could not do any better.
He quotes using the command line process as an alternative but I did not see any way to do that.

I take your advice re the 80 Gbyte HDD...it will come in handy at some stage.

Regards Graham

Hi

I have never used the quick ref to G Codes, not sure it continued beyond 2.4.3

I went to "Howto Geek....." but could not do any better.
He quotes using the command line process as an alternative but I did not see any way to do that.

Unfortunately there is a typo in the example -config should be --config.

Open a terminal and type
$: sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
You then get

There are 2 choices for the alternative x-www-browser (providing /usr/bin/x-www-browser).

Selection Path Priority Status

---

* 0 /usr/bin/konqueror 100 auto mode
1 /usr/bin/firefox 40 manual mode
2 /usr/bin/konqueror 100 manual mode

Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:
enter
$: 1 (or whatever is right one if choices different)

reply is
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/firefox to provide /usr/bin/x-www-browser (x-www-browser) in manual mode.

I have just done this and it works fine.

The default browser is Konqueror, but unless you have installed KDE it does not get installed.

If that does not work still just create bookmarks in your browser to the documentation you want.

regards

Hi BigJohnT,

Thanks for your reply.
I take on board your advice.
I tend to be like a dog with a bone so your help is appreciated.

Hi ArcEye,

I re-read Howto Geek and read what some respondents had said ,before BigJohnT replied,and then the penny dropped regarding the double
hyphen.The result however was less than useful.It gave the following:

"There is only 1 program which provides x-www-browser
"/usr/bin/firefox). Nothing to configure."

So I guess I'll carry on using the EMC2 User Manual
So thanks again

Regards Graham