Ethercat installation from repositories - how to step by step

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4 months 1 week ago #347195 by spumco
Replied by spumco on topic Ethercat installation from repositories - how to step by step
[Forum/internet is being really unresponsive, bear with me]

Thanks gents for having a look.  Here's the terminal outputs:

You need to use sudo for systemctl and journalctl. Can you redo and share?
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Is your /etc/ethercat.conf properly set?
Yes.  Added MAC addr for enp2s0 and "generic"

check the output of these command
Code:
mill@debian:~$ sudo dkms status | grep -i ethercat [sudo] password for mill:  ethercat/1.6.9: added mill@debian:~$ uname -r 6.12.86+deb13-rt-amd64 mill@debian:~$ lsmod | grep ec_ typec_ucsi             69632  1 ucsi_acpi typec                 114688  1 typec_ucsi roles                  16384  1 typec_ucsi usb_common             16384  3 xhci_hcd,usbcore,typec_ucsi mill@debian:~$ sudo modprobe ec_master modprobe: FATAL: Module ec_master not found in directory /lib/modules/6.12.86+deb13-rt-amd64

So it looks like something didn't get installed properly despite just pasting the linuxcnc-ethercat apt stuff from GH instructions.

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4 months 1 week ago #347196 by spumco
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Further terminal output after trying to re-install ethercat-master below:

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4 months 1 week ago #347197 by spumco
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And the contents of make.log referenced in the "Error!" line in last post:
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DKMS (dkms-3.2.2) make.log for ethercat/1.6.9 for kernel 6.12.86+deb13-amd64 (x86_64) Sun Jun 21 13:46:11 EDT 2026 Building module(s) # command: ./bootstrap && ./configure --with-linux-dir=/lib/modules/6.12.86+deb13-amd64/build --enable-generic --enable-8139too --enable-e100 --enable-e1000 --enable-e1000e --enable-r8169 --enable-igb --enable-igc --enable-genet --disable-stmmac-pci --disable-dwmac-intel --disable-ccat --disable-eoe --enable-cycles --enable-hrtimer --disable-rtdm --disable-debug-if --disable-debug-ring --disable-regalias --disable-tty --disable-wildcards --enable-sii-assign --enable-rt-syslog && make modules + touch ChangeLog + mkdir -p m4 + autoreconf -i ./bootstrap: line 32: autoreconf: command not found # exit code: 127 # elapsed time: 00:00:00

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4 months 1 week ago - 4 months 1 week ago #347203 by grandixximo
Replied by grandixximo on topic Ethercat installation from repositories - how to step by step
try the commands below

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sudo apt install autoconf automake libtool pkg-config linux-headers-$(uname -r) sudo apt --fix-broken install      # clears half-configured linux-image/headers sudo dkms autoinstall dkms status | grep ethercat        # want "installed", not "added" sudo modprobe ec_master sudo systemctl start ethercat.service

This is mostly due to missing dependencies, I will add the additional dependencies to the package, should not happen next time.
Last edit: 4 months 1 week ago by grandixximo.
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4 months 1 week ago #347206 by spumco
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That seems to have worked, sort of.

I got the following errors while pasting the commands:
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fix-broken install and dkms autoinstall seemed to have worked (no errors)

dkms status | grep ethercat reported "installed"

systemctl status ethercat.service:
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But final commands got an error:
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mill@debian:~$ sudo chmod 666 /dev/EtherCAT0 chmod: cannot access '/dev/EtherCAT0': No such file or directory mill@debian:~$ ethercat slaves Failed to obtain number of masters: Failed to open master device /dev/EtherCAT0: No such file or directory I wonder if the "dev" folder is for a RIP install?

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4 months 1 week ago #347207 by spumco
Replied by spumco on topic Ethercat installation from repositories - how to step by step
sudo apt update and upgrade seems to have fixed whatever was wrong.

after reboot:

mill@debian:~$ sudo systemctl start ethercat.service
[sudo] password for mill: 
mill@debian:~$ ethercat slaves
0  0:0  INIT  E  AS715N_sAxis_V0.10
1  0:1  INIT  E  AS715N_sAxis_V0.10
2  0:2  INIT  E  AS715N_sAxis_V0.10
3  0:3  INIT  E  AS715N_sAxis_V0.10

I think I'm in business.

Thanks a ton for the assistance.
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