Linux will not recognize my BOB no matter WHAT I try to do
16 Jun 2021 20:28 #212213
by Kidkasual1
Replied by Kidkasual1 on topic Linux will not recognize my BOB no matter WHAT I try to do
Mr. Beagle, THANK YOU SINCERELY for that last post. The tenor and topic of it really makes some things click a little bit and makes me feel very optimistic about where this will all end. 
I'm not really afraid of the command terminal. To be perfectly honest with you, it is actually one of the main reasons I chose to try to run with Linux to begin with (besides believing it to be the absolute BEST platform for CNC functionality), and it has quickly become one of my absolute FAVORITE features of the operating system. I just don't speak the language very well at all yet. I would liken it to being in say, Mexico, and not knowing the words to be able to order the taco-burrito hybrid thingie you want to have for lunch. You know what you want because you can see it right there, you know what you want to do with it once you can physically access it, but you don't know the right words to tell the waitress to get her to understand what it is that you actually want to eat -- and you want to make CERTAIN that it is carne asada and not menudo..... I'll get better with my computer speak as I work through dialing in my machine, but until then, I have to beat my head against the wall la vida loca style.... That's why I am so grateful for that last post. It saved me at LEAST a FEW head bonks....
Thank you for the link to the wiki page. I have read it twice, but I will be reading it again at least a few more times because there are still some parts of it that just aren't clicking in my brain quite just yet. I will also MOST CERTAINLY be checking out the *extra credit* references. Those sound like they are probably going to be my best source for learning to speak Linux and Python.
So, I have renamed the file Linux_parport.conf and saved it to my home directory as you directed. When I open a command terminal and type in what you directed me to, this is what I am getting back from the OS.
kidkasual@Mill:~$ sudo cp Linux_parport.conf /etc/modprobe.d/
[sudo] password for kidkasual:
cp: -r not specified; omitting directory 'Linux_parport.conf'
kidkasual@Mill:~$
What is "-r not specified" telling me? What is it that I am doing wrong and not telling Linux to do, or put a different way, what is "-r" and how do I specify it?
I'm not really afraid of the command terminal. To be perfectly honest with you, it is actually one of the main reasons I chose to try to run with Linux to begin with (besides believing it to be the absolute BEST platform for CNC functionality), and it has quickly become one of my absolute FAVORITE features of the operating system. I just don't speak the language very well at all yet. I would liken it to being in say, Mexico, and not knowing the words to be able to order the taco-burrito hybrid thingie you want to have for lunch. You know what you want because you can see it right there, you know what you want to do with it once you can physically access it, but you don't know the right words to tell the waitress to get her to understand what it is that you actually want to eat -- and you want to make CERTAIN that it is carne asada and not menudo..... I'll get better with my computer speak as I work through dialing in my machine, but until then, I have to beat my head against the wall la vida loca style.... That's why I am so grateful for that last post. It saved me at LEAST a FEW head bonks....Thank you for the link to the wiki page. I have read it twice, but I will be reading it again at least a few more times because there are still some parts of it that just aren't clicking in my brain quite just yet. I will also MOST CERTAINLY be checking out the *extra credit* references. Those sound like they are probably going to be my best source for learning to speak Linux and Python.
So, I have renamed the file Linux_parport.conf and saved it to my home directory as you directed. When I open a command terminal and type in what you directed me to, this is what I am getting back from the OS.
kidkasual@Mill:~$ sudo cp Linux_parport.conf /etc/modprobe.d/
[sudo] password for kidkasual:
cp: -r not specified; omitting directory 'Linux_parport.conf'
kidkasual@Mill:~$
What is "-r not specified" telling me? What is it that I am doing wrong and not telling Linux to do, or put a different way, what is "-r" and how do I specify it?
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
Moderators: PCW, jmelson
Time to create page: 0.093 seconds