Mesact 2 Setup

Yeah, sorry I'm at a loss also.
I was thinking of getting linux mint and installing Linuxcnc on that.
After all this is a fresh install I am attempting to install the mesact on.

Hi,

After a new install I have the following setup (but still problems loading mesact)

uname -a
Linux debcnc 6.1.0-26-rt-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_RT Debian 6.1.112-1 (2024-09-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux

when I run (from the terminal)
mesact
I get the error dialog box
Debian is required to run the Mesa Configuration Tool

NO application window opens as I was expecting

The terminal window freezes, so I need to Kill the window to exit the state


The linuxmint information window shows the following:

System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-26-rt-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 Desktop: Cinnamon
v: 6.2.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.38 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: LMDE 6 Faye
base: Debian 12.1 bookworm
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Compaq 8000 Elite SFF PC v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 4 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 3646h serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Hewlett-Packard
v: 786G7 v01.02 date: 10/22/2009
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Core2 Duo E8400 bits: 64 type: MCP smt: <unsupported> arch: Penryn
rev: A cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1996 high: 1998 min/max: 1998/3000 cores: 1: 1998 2: 1995 bogomips: 11969
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx

Can we get this to run?
Do you need further information from me?

Thanks.

Open a terminal and start python3 then import distro and then run distro.id() and let me know what it returns.
 

JT

I just added to the error message what OS Python reports so download the deb and run again.

JT

I tested in Debian 13 and got debian so I'm a bit confused and waiting for your test.

JT

I just ran the live cd from Linuxcnc and they chose to not have the python3-distro package installed by default... you can install python3-distro from a terminal with

I'll add that to the requirements...

JT