LinuxCNC Install using MX Linux 19.4 - Geared Toward New Users

Attached is an Installation Guide that I created to walk a user through an installation of LinxuCNC using MX Linux 19.4.It is geared toward new users. The forum wouldn't allow me to upload the guide as one file, so I've chunked the installation guide in to 4 parts.

I've also included a quick guide I created for a user on the forum that showed how to set the IP address on a Mesa 7i96. This process will be similar for all Mesa ethernet cards, but consult the appropriate manual for the exact jumper to change. This step should be performed before proceeding with the user guide as the IP addresses in the guide will be incorrect otherwise. The main point of this jumper change is to prevent the Mesa card from conflicting with any WiFi cards.

This user guide is broken up into 15 sections with a bonus section for Tommy:

Sections 1-7 are required.

Sections 8 is optional if the user does not wish to use a Run In Place installation of LinuxCNC.

Sections 9 is optional and demonstrates how to restore a previously working LinuxCNC configuration using QtPlasmaC as an example.

Sections 10-11 are optional and demonstrate how to turn off the screen saver, and how to set the GRUB chooser so that the user doesn't have to wait for it to time out during boot.

Sections 12-15 (and bonus) are optional depending on the user's preferences. They mainly deal with making MX Linux feel more "Windows Like".

Bonus Section for Tommy should he decide to give MX Linux a go others may find it useful as well.

I intended for this guide to be as simple and painless as possible. It's been vetted by myself and a few others now but there are bound to be small mistakes I've missed. I'll do my best to update any major issues anyone finds; feedback is also welcomed.

I separated and locked this topic as some of the comments were contradictory/confusing.

If you have any questions, either start a new topic, or continue adding to this one:

forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...new-users-discussion


 

Snowwy, can we unsticky this, i think it's time?
It served us good, but we have to part ways ....

Looks like you installed MX Linux 23 which is based on Bookworm instead of 19.4 which is based on Buster.  To my knowledge MX Linux 23 does not have a "rt" kernel.  

I am not sure the reason you strayed from the doc to 23 instead of 19.4, but if you are looking for something newer than Buster and wanted to stay with MX Linux, you could do MX Linux 21, based on Bullseye.  

That said, most of my dev work is done on 19.4, and my plasma table also runs 19.4.  That said, I know nothing about your setup

It looks like the link to the ISO gets corrupted in the PDF and it then points you to the latest version.

Try this one: 

Thanks Phill.

This is interesting, I opened the Install Guide 1, and clicked both links on page 3, and they both take me to the correct place.  I am using Adobe Reader though, I wonder if it has to do with whatever program opens it?  

My favorite thing about computers is how they all work the same 

I don't have Adobe Reader...

On my Mac in both Safari (browser) and Preview (file viewer) if I click the link then copy/paste  the result is:
If I highlight all the text  then copy/paste the result is:
It obviously puts a newline where the link is split.