Gscreen - a GTK / Glade / Python based screen

can't decide if blue works.. I kinda liked tkemc...the text needs to be bolder though... image missing http://www.linuxcnc.org/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/gscreen_blue.png

I bet if i changed the graphics background color lighter it would look better... wonder if i can

Here is a sample: image missing http://www.linuxcnc.org/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/gscreen_gray_plot1.png

and another. I'm pretty sure I could expose the colors to the Hal_gremlin widget so users could change them
but I'm not sure whether its worth it... image missing http://www.linuxcnc.org/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/gscreen_gray_plot2.png

Nice work! Trying to get it going now.

( This was a post asking for a tutorial, but then I found the Linux CNC git wiki and the fog lifted...)

Edit... And I am back.
Please help me with a detailed guide to setup Gscreen from a fresh live cd ISO image install of LinuxCNC 2.5
(i am listing every step so that it may help other complete noobs too...) please correct where wrong.
$ su

$ sudo apt-get install git-core gitk git-gui
$ git clone git://git.linuxcnc.org/git/linuxcnc.git linuxcnc-dev


cd to linuxcnc-dev directory
$ git reset --hard remotes/origin/master
$ git pull origin master
$ git pull git://git.mah.priv.at/emc2-dev.git gscreen_master
$ apt-get install libboost-python-dev
$ cd src
$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install-menus
$ make setuid
$ . ./scripts/rip-environment
$ linuxcnc

wonderfull, I now have 2.6pre running from the Linuxcnc-dev folders. but if I go to the Applications,CNC LinuxCNC it still launches Linuxcnc2.5
I cannot edit any of the sample configs for 2.6
I ran stepconf from usr/bin, which created a desktop icon(which .ini i changed from AXIS to gscreen for my machine but this does not load 2.6

How do i get this new version to replace and function exactly as the old 2.5 did?

or am I missing a whole lot about how to actually install gscreen...

Thanks

OK i need ALOT of help.

Please this is doing my head in...
Much appreciated..

debug.txt
Can not find -sec MOT -var MOT -num 1
Can not find -sec IO -var IO -num 1
Can not find -sec LINUXCNC -var NML_FILE -num 1
Can not find -sec EMC -var NML_FILE -num 1
3606
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
Stopping realtime threads
Unloading hal components

When Starting up the terminal spits out...

LINUXCNC - 2.6.0~pre
Machine configuration directory is '/home/cnc/linuxcnc/configs/Coral_SX2'
Machine configuration file is 'Coral_SX2.ini'
Starting LinuxCNC...
/home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/scripts/realtime: line 159: /home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/bin/linuxcnc_module_helper: Permission denied
Realtime system did not load
Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC...
RTAPI: ERROR: could not open shared memory (errno=2)
/home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/scripts/linuxcnc: line 435: 4181 Segmentation fault $HALCMD stop
RTAPI: ERROR: could not open shared memory (errno=2)
/home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/scripts/linuxcnc: line 435: 4182 Segmentation fault $HALCMD unload all
RTAPI: ERROR: could not open shared memory (errno=2)
RTAPI: ERROR: could not open shared memory (errno=2)
RTAPI: ERROR: could not open shared memory (errno=2)
RTAPI: ERROR: could not open shared memory (errno=2)
RTAPI: ERROR: could not open shared memory (errno=2)
RTAPI: ERROR: could not open shared memory (errno=2)
RTAPI: ERROR: could not open shared memory (errno=2)
RTAPI: ERROR: could not open shared memory (errno=2)
RTAPI: ERROR: could not open shared memory (errno=2)
RTAPI: ERROR: could not open shared memory (errno=2)
/home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/scripts/realtime: line 192: /home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/bin/linuxcnc_module_helper: Permission denied
/home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/scripts/realtime: line 192: /home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/bin/linuxcnc_module_helper: Permission denied
/home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/scripts/realtime: line 192: /home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/bin/linuxcnc_module_helper: Permission denied
/home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/scripts/realtime: line 192: /home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/bin/linuxcnc_module_helper: Permission denied
/home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/scripts/realtime: line 192: /home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/bin/linuxcnc_module_helper: Permission denied
/home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/scripts/realtime: line 192: /home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/bin/linuxcnc_module_helper: Permission denied
/home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/scripts/realtime: line 192: /home/cnc/linuxcnc-dev/bin/linuxcnc_module_helper: Permission denied
Cleanup done
LinuxCNC terminated with an error. You can find more information in the log:
/home/cnc/linuxcnc_debug.txt
and
/home/cnc/linuxcnc_print.txt
as well as in the output of the shell command 'dmesg' and in the terminal