Linux Mint with RTAI

The "post-installation" script is a shell script run by dpkg after a package's files are all in place. The package is still not in a fully-installed state until this script successfully executes.

This script includes some lines hard-coded for linuxcnc, as well as some lines written automatically by "debhelper". Right now there's no information about what step is failing. I believe that you can get debugging output on the terminal if you add "set -x" on its own line directly below the "#!"-line in the file debian/linuxcnc.postinst, rebuild and reinstall the package; or you may be able to directly edit (as root) /var/lib/dpkg/info/linuxcnc.postinst, and then (as root) dpkg --configure linuxcnc to try running the script again.

Thanks to all supplying advice for my problem. I have been running the Rs2 package for the last month on an old Hp Pavilion 4 with a Pentium 4 1.6 GHz. A couple of months ago I upgraded to Linuxcnc 2.7.3 om Ubuntu 10.04. I had trouble at first and found some strange errors in the files. Fixed that and has been performing fine since. The Mint effort has been done on a Hp Pavilion a1610n with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core, and a Compaq Presario SR1230NX with AMD Athlon XP 3200+. Results have been the same for both machines. The documents transmitted are all from using the Pentium system. I will spend some time digesting all the comments rebuild using JT's revised directions, comment out Camview, and the other potential fixes. I am a computer user, and not very versed in other aspects but will press forward to try and resolve this issue. I do appreciate all of the effort that you have devoted in trying to help me. After spending some time on this I will report back as to the outcome.
Thanks again,
Hickory43

I installed on all 32 bit processors and your using 64 bit, I wonder if the script is wrong for 64 bit?

The script is installing linux-image-rt-686-pae and I think you need linux-image-rt-amd64. Change the script and try that.

JT

Thanks, JT. I will try that change, however, I assumed that when running on 32 bit software version of Mint that the 32 bit kernel would be needed. Trying to get my arms all this information will take me some time but that is what winter nights are for. Thanks again,
Hickory43

I assume if you have a 64 bit processor you need the 64 bit OS as well as the 64 bit linuxcnc.

JT

That Makes sense. Will give it a go on both systems since I have both available. I'll let you know what happens.

Hickory43