Complete HOW-TO Linux Mint 18.1 32/64 RTAI or PREEMPT with RIP install or deb

cut2cut wrote:

Thanks for the fast reply. Ok, I've ignored those items and moved on to the Xconfig. Sadly, bumps in the road here too. You wrote in bold letters :
"CAUTION: You MUST at the minimum select "Fully Preemptable Kernel" in the "Processor Types and Features" section"

Well, I do not see an option for a Fully Preemtable Kernel in the processor Types and Features section.
Perhaps it is not available due to my specific hardware ? Any ideas ?

Jake

I had this problem to, There is a non graphical version of this command that does let you get to the settings. I don't really understand why , but sometime xconfig showed what I wanted, other times it didn't

I think I used make menuconfig

This link lists the options
www.linux.org/threads/the-linux-kernel-c...-kernel-part-1.4274/

using "make menuconfig" instead of "make xconfig" worked great. Thankyou. It was a bit hard to see that there are subdirectories, but once that was evident I found the preemptive kernel option and check marked it.
and that link was informative too. Much appreciated. Was getting a little frustrated already !

Until the next time

Cheers,

Jake

cut2cut wrote:

using "make menuconfig" instead of "make xconfig" worked great. Thankyou. It was a bit hard to see that there are subdirectories, but once that was evident I found the preemptive kernel option and check marked it.
and that link was informative too. Much appreciated. Was getting a little frustrated already !

Until the next time

Cheers,

Jake

Glad that sorted it for you Jake.

It appears, to check which kernel is installed, one should use the command :

uname -a

NAME
uname - print system information



SYNOPSIS
uname [OPTION]...



DESCRIPTION
Print certain system information. With no OPTION, same as -s.

-a, --all
print all information, in the following order, except omit -p
and -i if unknown:

-s, --kernel-name
print the kernel name

-n, --nodename
print the network node hostname

-r, --kernel-release
print the kernel release

-v, --kernel-version
print the kernel version

-m, --machine
print the machine hardware name

-p, --processor
print the processor type (non-portable)

-i, --hardware-platform
print the hardware platform (non-portable)

-o, --operating-system
print the operating system

--help display this help and exit

--version
output version information and exit

manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/en/man1/uname.1.html

Ok, Mission accomplished. Many thanks to cncnoob1979 ( and rodw ) for the instructions, as it wouldn't have been possible without your guidelines. Being a true linux "noob" I'll try to document and share which items I had issues with for other true beginners to gain from. I would not have been able to finish without using my "phone a friend" lifeline... a few times

For instance, I was using the apt-get update command and didn't realize I needed to add the sudo command. Thats truly a beginner mistake, eh !. Lesson learned, when an error comes back " permission denied " its probably because I'm not logged in with superuser privileges. Solution, get that permission by using the sudo command !

Ok, now its onto the next task.... getting linuxcnc to talk to the Mesa 7i76E.

Jake

cut2cut wrote:

Ok, now its onto the next task.... getting linuxcnc to talk to the Mesa 7i76E.

Jake

Jake, that is the easy bit!

I don't want to hijack the thread, but now it appears I need to install drivers for the Mesa 7i76E and then I'm told to use pncconf to configure it.

www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/drivers/hostmot2.html
and then
linuxcnc.org/docs/html/config/pncconf.html

Jake