pulling my hair out please help

New to linux. have a very basic 3 axis vert mill, open loop with only a 7i96s and can either not get any motion or at this point even a configuration I believe mostly ready to get started. Im shammed to state how many days ive been trying to figure this out.can anyone please help me or point me to competent persons who may be able to do so. Id be willing to pay if need be for direct help. Ive bit off way more than I can chew having chosen linux for my project. "A configure error is preventing linuxcnc from running". I have other configurations with PID loops I could not disable that do launch just fine only obviously I dont have any motion. My eyes are full of blood from bashing my head on the wall. any and all help would be GREATLY appreciated more than you know. Ive never posted in a forum of any kind in my life so if ive posted in the wrong place please educate me and Ill move but here made the most sense after careful evaluation. Thank you guys
7i96s_d.bin
linux 2.9.7
joint 0,1,2 = XYZ
spindle driver is on step/dir4
IN 00 x driver fault. low=fault
in01 Y driver fault low=fault
ino2 Z driver fault low=fault
ino3 spindle fault low=normal open/high=fault
out00 spindle low to enable
XYZ home not yet assigned NC low 
 

ive added the following to my my main.hal and it launches now. I could cry right now....

# threads
addf hm2_7i96s.0.read servo-thread
addf motion-command-handler servo-thread
addf motion-controller servo-thread
addf hm2_7i96s.0.write servo-thread

Whoa!

Always keep in mind that humans survived for almost a million years without computers or CNC machines.

Did you try using PNCConf?

You should try making a new config with PNCConf (or stepconf, for a parallel port setup).

Editing the files is great, but I think it's very helpful to start out with a guided configuration tool.

Also, if you reply to your own topic, it does not apear in the "No Replies" tab anymore and your question may end up forgotten.