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28 Oct 2019 07:07 #148962 by phillc54
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I have tried the RTAI packages from Andys git repo and it seem to work fine on my dual core computer running Stretch.

The only issue I have is that it restricts the monitor to 1024x768. I haven't looked too hard to find what is causing this.

I also managed to build LinuxCNC 2.9 and it worked fine as well.

I did some air cutting on my mill with no issues.

Here are a latency-histogram from the one computer with RTAI and PREEMPT_RT for a comparison. Both are on identical SSD hard drives.

RTAI
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31 Oct 2019 01:22 #149247 by Bari
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Are you using an nvidia GPU card? The nvidia drivers are going to cause problems with RTAI. nouveau is disabled in the kernel.

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31 Oct 2019 01:44 #149249 by phillc54
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No, it is an Intel 915. These are what I get from lspci -k

4.9.0-11-amd64
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: i915
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)



4.14.148-rtai-amd64
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)

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31 Oct 2019 06:33 - 31 Oct 2019 06:35 #149260 by twoflowers
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Do you recall where you got RTAI for a Rpi2? The source at rtai.org is usually broken.


It one of the first machinekit images.

@1024x786 resolution: I have this, too, on intel onboard graphics.
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31 Oct 2019 06:44 #149262 by Bari
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@1024x786 resolution: I have this, too, on intel onboard graphics.


The RTAI dev has been using AMD hardware. He will look into what he left out that is required to support Intel graphics.
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31 Oct 2019 10:31 - 31 Oct 2019 10:34 #149273 by tommylight
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Here are some findings after having it successfully tested last night:
MB=Asrock D1800B-TX fan less, 4GB Ram, 320GB HDD, Parallel port on board.
-Linux Mint 19.2 with 4.16.12-rt5-kona-rt_amd64, Linuxcnc 2.9
---latency around 200.000
---youtube videos on Firefox only at 480p
---slugish
-Linux Mint 19.2 with this RTAI and the 2.8 version on the same github page
---Latency under 20.000, base thread set at 20.000 never get latency errors
---youtube videos at 1080p/60fps on firefox
---feels much snappier.
---some strange errors with updating the screen, can not rotate the screen, and some other video related stuff.
I can live with that.
I did install this on the same system while RT kernel was installed, for some reason it would not boot! Clean install boots properly.
Thank you all. This means i can wire Mesa THCAD directly to parallel port at 1/32 and still have plenty of room.
Last edit: 31 Oct 2019 10:34 by tommylight. Reason: more info

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19 Nov 2019 13:14 #150639 by tommylight
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Is there a dev version of that Linuxcnc somewhere ? I could not find it on github, i need halcompile.

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19 Nov 2019 13:19 #150641 by andypugh
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Is there a dev version of that Linuxcnc somewhere ? I could not find it on github, i need halcompile.


Have a look inside www.linuxcnc.org/temp

You probably need the kernel + rtai and LinuxCNC + dev as a matched set. (that's a 4.14.148 kernel that was built last week)

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19 Nov 2019 14:45 #150650 by tommylight
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Have a look inside www.linuxcnc.org/temp

You probably need the kernel + rtai and LinuxCNC + dev as a matched set. (that's a 4.14.148 kernel that was built last week)

Yup, everything is there, thank you.
Had to uninstall and reinstall, but it does work.

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19 Nov 2019 20:00 #150676 by twoflowers
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I just tested the new version. Everything works like expected :)

Just 2 points to note:
- the linuxcnc package requires python-vte, which is not to be found in buster/beowulf any more.
- screen resolution is still 1024x768 on intel gpu.

Otherwise, very pleased.

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