A Sad Story and some Help Needed

TRAUPMANN00 wrote: I see I misstated I was updated to 2.8, I was looking at the PREL number only.

Updating to 2.8 (the development, unstable) version should never happen by accident or automatically.

Are you saying that you were running released 2.7.xx and somehow ended up on 2.8 without editing any repository links or anything?

That said, 2.8 is entirely usable, I have been using it for years.

Can you copy and paste the actual output from starting LinuxCNC from the command line? (command is "linuxcnc")

My note says that it was 2.7, but I really don't know now. Six months is a long time to remember release numbers. What I remember was that several times a week it was being updated and that there was a prel-xxxx-xxxx number after it. So if you know what that release was, that was what I was getting.
Right now I have a LinuxCNC connecting to empty folders (the errors in the attached file). What I need is the direction in getting something working like it did last July. I have all the old files but in several flavors that I'd made to get the pendant (worked fine) and the spindle (never did) to work, all crash in a similar manner.

TRAUPMANN00 wrote: What I remember was that several times a week it was being updated and that there was a prel-xxxx-xxxx number after it.

That sounds like a development (2. version, probably coming from the buildbot.

One major change since your machine last worked is a change in the name of all the spindle control pins (part of a move to support multiple spindles)
However, when you open a config you should be presented with a dialog that offers to automatically update the config.

Can you copy and paste or attach a file containing the error log?

Here are the files that were available from the error report

That's all rather unusual.

Can you open a terminal and just type "halrun" and see what is printed?
(If there is no error then you will need to use "exit" to get back to the shell)

I have found what is the main problem!
I had someone load Debian onto my computer and there are two copies of it. One on each Drive. The updates are going to the alternate drive, and the linuxCNC is looking to the first drive. As soon as I figure out how to fix this problem, I will likely have more questions, but at least most of this will make sense, instead of looking to empty files.

I appreciate everyones assistance, my brain is beginning to uncloud from the loss of my son.