Desperately looking for a GUI (that runs with older graphics too)

I wouldn't have believed that I'd struggle this much with finding me a GUI for linuxcnc.

First of all what I look for must look good, Axis certainly doesn't. I liked screenshots of QtPyVCP GUIs a lot but was very disappointed when I found that these seem to need newer graphics than any of the machines I have on hand can offer, I want to be able to use, for example, older industrial pcs with onboard graphics, and many of these do support only OpenGL 2 it seems and I get an error thrown that a newer version is necessary to support gpu_shader4.

I tried Hazzy but I can't even get the sample configs to load, all I get is a black screen, and the documentation is not there to find out what's wrong. It looks to me that there are lots of projects that work somewhere but none that are bulletproof. And I don't have the patience to learn how to build my own from scratch, the journey certainly isn't the reward for me here.

Are there any further recommendations before I consider giving up on linuxcnc?

Regards
Martin

Try Touchy, then some of the QtVCP ones.
It would have been much more helpful to write the specs of the computer, instead of threatening to leave Linuxcnc.

Would this do linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/gui/qtdragon.html

Another option is to buy a cheap video card, I did this a year or so
ago to be able to run hazzy on a Core Duo 2008 vintage PC
total cost: about $15.00

In fact qtdragon would be a possibility. In the meantime by chance I found out how to run the sim configs. However the screen is still too wide and I would need to build a version for a narrower screen. If this is doable effort-wise I don't know but so far I haven't even been able to find out where to look for the bloody .ui-file that I'd need to be able to edit it in qt designer, does anyone know?

The problem with extension cards is that these machines always need a riser card - if they do have a card slot at all - and that is of course always missing. Most would then also need a pci graphics card. There's a single one that has an express connector but I have to wait for a flex cable adapter first to be able to try.

With hazzy I don't think the problem I have is with the graphics at all, I think the problem is that hazzy has problems with linuxcnc 2.8.

The Qtvcp screens are in either /usr/share/qtvcp/screens for a packge install or linuxcnc-dev/share/qtvcp/screens for a RIP install

linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/gui/qtvcp_development.html