hidconfig lcd problem

I am bulding a pendant for linuxcnc-lathe. I am using GenericHid and HidConfig (Franks Workshop) to program a Teensy ++2.
Everything is fine including Lcd output in Hidconfig. In postgui.hal its loaded: loadusr -W hidcomp -ini axis.ini lcd_axis.hid . In EMC section is
NML-FILE = lcd_axis.nml . This includes
P hidcomp emcCommand LOCAL localhost W 0 10.0 0 10
P hidcomp emcStatus LOCAL localhost R 0 10.0 0 10
P hidcomp emcError LOCAL localhost R 0 10.0 0 10
Inifile has : DEBUG = 0x00000040 (NML)

Starting linuxcnc via terminal gives an error -> hidcomp: symbol lookup error: hidcomp: undefined symbol: _ZN7IniFile4FindEPKcS1_i
I grepped the harddisk but i cannot find a file with this in it. Without terminal statrting linuxcnc gives no error but there is no LCD output that is
configured in Hidconfig. Any ideas?
regards

Hi,
got same problem here on a LinuxCNC 2.6.7 box. Futher investigation show me that nothing works on hal side of hidcomp, no LCD, no input buttons, no output...
I will try to build hidcomp from sources.

I've replied to the bug report in source forge...

sourceforge.net/p/hidcomp/bugs/2/

This is a loader error. Linux cannot find the library that hidcomp was compiled against. Because the program compiled successfully, all libraries are present. You just need to make sure when you run the program the same library you compiled against can be found.
This is normally a problem where the a package install is clashing with a source install.

You can start by identifying the symbol that the loader couldn't find...

> c++filt -n _ZN15RCS_CMD_CHANNELC1EPFiiPvP3CMSEPKcS6_S6_i
RCS_CMD_CHANNEL::RCS_CMD_CHANNEL(int ()(int, void, CMS), char const, char const, char const, int)

This probably doesn't tell use too much, except it is a linuxcnc NML function that should be in libnml.so

We can check which libnml.so hidcomp wants (put in the full path to hidcomp)...

> ldd hidcomp
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb77ad000)
libQtGui.so.4 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libQtGui.so.4 (0xb68ad000)
liblinuxcnchal.so.0 => /usr/lib/liblinuxcnchal.so.0 (0xb68a2000)
* libnml.so.0 => /usr/lib/libnml.so.0 (0xb685c000)
liblinuxcncini.so.0 => /usr/lib/liblinuxcncini.so.0 (0xb6858000)
libQtXml.so.4 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libQtXml.so.4 (0xb6816000)
...

We can check if the symbol is in libnml.so...

> nm /usr/lib/libnml.so | grep _ZN15RCS_CMD_CHANNELC1EPFiiPvP3CMSEPKcS6_S6_i
_ZN15RCS_CMD_CHANNELC1EPFiiPvP3CMSEPKcS6_S6_i

One of the previous commands should have failed if the library isn't in the right place.

Another possibility is you are still running the old hidcomp. If this is the case there are 2 options - 1) put the full path to the new hidcomp in the .hal file. 2) uninstall the old hidcomp package, then build the new hidcomp package (in the hidcomp source in the dpkg directory - run "sudo build.sh" will create a new package leave it a up couple of directory levels) Then you can install the new package.

One thing I forgot to mention is, when building against the source, make sure the version of the source is correct - there is a VERSION file in the root directory that contains linuxcnc's version.

building hidconfig on a LinuxCNC give a error at run time:
hidconfig: symbol lookup error: hidconfig: undefined symbol: _ZN9QListData6detachEi
I'm using a image based on the ubuntu-10.04-linuxcnc3-i386.iso. 
install -
sudo apt-get install qt4-qmake libqt4-dev
hidcomp_1.7_i386.deb

The C++ demangler says the undefined symbol: _ZN9QListData6detachEi is

QListData::detach(int)

This is from the QT libraries.

It could be you have multiple versions of QT installed. Check your PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH and QTDIR environment settings.

Are you actually compiling the hidcomp source, or just installing the precompiled binary? No new binaries have been bultt for a while.

Maybe someone had a similar problem.
I connected the hidcomp to Linuxcnc, everything works fine. On lcd it shows the movement of axes. On the Pathpilot it works but you need to disable lcd in the hidconfig. With the lcd turned on, the Pathpilot doesn’t respond to button presses and doesn’t show anything. I can not get the lcd to work on the Pathpilot together with the hidcomp.

porshe wrote:

I connected the hidcomp to Linuxcnc, everything works fine.

Is your linuxcnc configuration different to your pathpilot configuration? Different files? Different directories?

porshe wrote:

On the Pathpilot it works but you need to disable lcd in the hidconfig. With the lcd turned on, the Pathpilot doesn’t respond to button presses and doesn’t show anything. I can not get the lcd to work on the Pathpilot together with the hidcomp.

If the LCD isn't working, it is usually the NML configuration. That is described in the first post.

Do you see any errors? They should be logged to linuxcnc_print and linuxcnc_debug in you home directory.

I use one NML-FILE file for Linuxcnc and Pathpilot.



These parameters are spelled out.
Linuxcnc 10.04. Pathpilot 1.9.8.
I use the simplest example of moving the joystick.



Linux works well with LCD.
If you document the last line, it works fine in Pathpilot but without LСD

The pathpilotlog file shows errors.

porshe wrote:

2019/09/13 08:51:06.445,18034,1,hiddevice.cpp:312,Warning,hidcomp,HIDDevice,Failed to open usb device: -3
2019/09/13 08:51:06.459,18034,1,emcinterface.cpp:98,Error,hidcomp,EmcInterface,Failed to open ini file - 'tormach_lathe.ini'

Two errors. I'd fix the second one first - it can't find the ini file - either no read permission, or wrong path. The ini file is specified on the "loadusr" line.