Attached parallel board to breakout board can't open up linuxcnc anymore

I should have been more clear. By "install" I meant I pushed the pci (not pci/e) into the slot.
Not familiar with "stepconfig" Is that a terminal command? I can hook up the rest.
Where do I find the kernel greater than 4.xxx?
Maybe I should reinstall the whole system if there is a version that will cover all of this.
Thanks all for your help.

I see you are still running Debian Wheezy with LCNC 2.8.3.

There might be newer kernel backports for Wheezy but you can just upgrade to Buster
www.linuxcnc.org/downloads/ with all 5.x kernels

Sounds reasonable to me. Im not sure what giving up some realtime performance equates to but I plan not to have anything else running while operating the router.

Thanks

Just run a preempt_rt kernel and you'll likely be fine.

Im not sure what giving up some realtime performance equates to

What are you referring to here? Why do you think that by upgrading to Buster and 5.x kernels would have an effect on realtime?
 

A number of web sites state the older version of lcnc wheezy is still the more stable realtime version. They recommend those new to this should start there.
Who knew.
Plan to install lcnc Buster 5.x.
Let you know how it works out.

Thanks

Here is an example:
linuxcnc.org/downloads/