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28 Jun 2026 20:06 #347375 by Fr3nzy
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Try enabling UEFI in BIOS.
 

My motherboard is very old and doesn't support UEFI. Maybe I should use one that will support it.

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28 Jun 2026 20:21 #347376 by tuxcnc
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The "EFI variables are not supported on this system" has nothing to do with BIOS setup.
This is common kernels RT problem (efivars disabled in config).
The solution is to add "efi=runtime" to the kernel parameters (once at boot or to /etc/default/grub).

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28 Jun 2026 20:25 #347378 by tuxcnc
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My motherboard is very old and doesn't support UEFI. Maybe I should use one that will support it.

You have the right to have a computer museum, but do not require anyone to help you maintain it.

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29 Jun 2026 05:32 #347383 by Fr3nzy
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The "EFI variables are not supported on this system" has nothing to do with BIOS setup.
This is common kernels RT problem (efivars disabled in config).
The solution is to add "efi=runtime" to the kernel parameters (once at boot or to /etc/default/grub).
 

"efi=runtime" is added and the same "EFI variables are not supported on this system" error appears.

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29 Jun 2026 05:33 - 29 Jun 2026 05:34 #347384 by Fr3nzy
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My motherboard is very old and doesn't support UEFI. Maybe I should use one that will support it.

You have the right to have a computer museum, but do not require anyone to help you maintain it.




 

Would you suggest a hardware that is guaranteed to work with the latest repositories and EtherCAT?
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29 Jun 2026 11:39 #347386 by tuxcnc
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Would you suggest a hardware that is guaranteed to work with the latest repositories and EtherCAT?
 

Some second hand computer after leasing.
I use for ethercat HP 705 G3 AMD Radeon R7 A10-8770.
It is not newest, but small and powerfull.
In my opinion, you can buy very good computer for LinuxCNC for 50-100 USD.
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05 Jul 2026 17:48 - 05 Jul 2026 17:50 #347536 by Fr3nzy
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Another error after trying to "sudo apt upgrade".

Error: Failed to fetch www.linuxcnc.org/dists/trixie/2.9-uspace...pace_2.9.9_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 69.163.143.134 443]
Error: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

Why is that happening?

The good thing is that I managed to install the ethercat. But I used another computer with UEFI for the purpose.

Thank you very much in advance!

 
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05 Jul 2026 18:52 #347538 by Fr3nzy
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This is not good. I need working LinuxCNC EtherCAT master very soon. How can I compile this? Maybe install older version of LinuxCNC?

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05 Jul 2026 23:38 #347547 by rodw
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This has nothing to do with ethercat. 2.9.10  Debs think is available on GitHub releases but you can compile it yourself

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