No Edit or Tool Edit functions

Hi all,

I think the setup sequence for LinuxCNC, however, the Edit and Edit Tool Table menu commands do nothing. Have I missed a step in the setup sequence?

A brief look at the web - it seems I have to add some lines to the INI file. Can anyone tell me which INI file I have to edit, and what I need to add?

Kind regards
Pedro

How did you install LinuxCNC?
Can you please post your config files (ie .ini and .tbl)?

Thank you for your reply.

I installed it from linuxcnc-2.8.4-buster.iso

 

Kind regards
Pedro

If you open a terminal and run:

$ linuxcnc

then choose your config from the config picker and try to open the tool table or edit a gcodefile do you get any output in the terminal that may point to the problem?

From your .ini file it seems you are using QtDragon as your interface. I'm a bit puzzled as at least in my installation there is no menu bar, therefore no Edit menu nor Edit Tool Table menu command. Can you post a screenshot?

To edit tools in qtdragon, it may be necessary to activate and home the machine.

It has been a very steep learning curve. Sorry about the wrong INI file I posted earlier...

I have tried many of the GUIs in this system, and I've settled on the qtdragon.

Initially, qtdragon was reporting lots of warning and errors. I ended up reverse-engineering some of the GUI and noticed that quite a few file locations were hardcoded to the developers file system. I changed these locations suit my file system (which included moving some resource files around to suit) - things improved after that.

qtdragon doesn't have an editor, so I installed kate. The two work together well.

And, the Tool Editor works now...

I hope this info helps someone.

Kind regards
Pedro

I'm pretty sure that there should not be any hardcoded paths specific to a developer system -- would be nice if you could post your findings here or open a github issue.

Unfortunately, what should be and what is, can be very different...

  <qresource prefix="/home/jim/linuxcnc/configs/qtdragon/">
    <file>images/x_minus_jog_button.png</file>
    <file>images/y_minus_jog_button.png</file>
    <file>images/z_minus_jog_button.png</file>
    <file>images/a_minus_jog_button.png</file>
    <file>images/x_plus_jog_button.png</file>
    <file>images/y_plus_jog_button.png</file>
    <file>images/z_plus_jog_button.png</file>
    <file>images/a_plus_jog_button.png</file>
  </qresource>

I was wondering why some buttons were blank in some of the operating modes/ states..

Kind regards
Pedro

PedroSMS wrote:

Unfortunately, what should be and what is, can be very different...

  <qresource prefix="/home/jim/linuxcnc/configs/qtdragon/">
    <file>images/x_minus_jog_button.png</file>
    <file>images/y_minus_jog_button.png</file>
    <file>images/z_minus_jog_button.png</file>
    <file>images/a_minus_jog_button.png</file>
    <file>images/x_plus_jog_button.png</file>
    <file>images/y_plus_jog_button.png</file>
    <file>images/z_plus_jog_button.png</file>
    <file>images/a_plus_jog_button.png</file>
  </qresource>
I was wondering why some buttons were blank in some of the operating modes/ states..

Kind regards
Pedro

Can you post in the qtvcp section and include the file name. I'm sure Chris will get it fixed in no time.

They are in a few places. Just use your favourite file searcher, I installed and used kfind.

Search /usr/share/qtvcp for files containing "/jim/"

Kind regards
Pedro