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Ok, I have to clone the git hub repository and then run the updated tool from the cloned directory.

Not fighting me now.

Thanks

Hi all,
Long story short before my time on a tempermanent repair a wire bender was run on linuxcnc but they liked it and kept it (ran 7yrs no issues)
CMOS battery died, shut down cleaned and replaced.
PC boots up fine but linuxcnc won't open.
I've attached a few images of what I get from it when trying to run and open it and the debug file.
apologies for the images, offline machine and no USB to hand (trying to get them to 21st century).

I'm very basic with linux but the messing around has inspired me to grab my raspberry pi and to get playing again (for one never thought to look for a linuxcnc OS)
 

The link was to an updated version of rpi-eeprom-config.
The tool that you tried to use initially.

Sorry but cannot understand how the tools in the link are intended to be used.
So I'll do the "install the RasPiOS image, change from wayland to X via raspiconfig.
Then install the RT kernel & Linuxcnc."

As you first suggested.

Yeah I did and put forward a reason why. The 5 kinda broke a bit the RPi ecosystem for using the gpios, a lot of mature code won’t work on the 5.
Computation wise it is a beast for a SBC.

No idea.

I’d try the utility I linked to, plus install the extra bits mentioned at the “help section of the file” and see what happens.
But I’m sure you can update the eeprom as well using the above.

I prefer the rsapios as I don’t have issues with setting screen resolution and such.

What rod uses to create the images isn’t too bad, but misses some of the raspios utils.

Until there’s a linuxcnc spi driver for the RPi5 mines sitting in a draw as ATM it’s kinda useless, well for its intended use.

Ok Thanks.

But I could take a Pi5 version of the pieeprom.bin from the github link and place it instead of the current one?

Did anyone notice the RPI4/8gb is more expensive than RPI5/8gb ?
Still, at 90E it is to much.
BTW, sometimes, i get nice deals on that website, being a good customer n stuff, they are the only ones that actually work here, they deliver to my door and they never failed to deliver whatever i ordered there, even when the price listed was wrong , example got 2 of Creality CR-5 PRO for 656 Euro total when the price was $1300 in china, for one!
So i can justify a bit higher prices for sure, but not for RPI.
End rant.
So what are the prices for ethernet variants?

yeah there's a bit missing from the image, that makes life easier.
I found the easiest route was install the RasPiOS image, change from wayland to X via raspiconfig.
Then install the RT kernel & Linuxcnc.

One of the RPi5 threads has the info to do this.

There's an update version here github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom/blob/master/rpi-eeprom-config

I've installed the rpi-5-debian-bookworm-6.1.61-rt15-arm64-ext4-2023-11-17-1520.img to the drive, and can see it under lsblk.
PI is booted from the same OS on SD card.
To change the boot order, I believe I need to edit the BOOT_ORDER=0xf416 entry
sudo rpi-eeprom-config  --edit  however fails with:-
ERROR: --edit/--apply must run on Raspberry Pi4
sudo rpi-eeprom-update -a   
Message is :- This tool only works on Raspberry Pi4
Is there another way to change the boot order?


 

tommylight wrote:

Normally i would ask "where is the price", but given the current state of RPI exorbitant prices, i am skipping it for the foreseeable future. :
This is the current actual pricing here, see if you can spot a glaring issue:

The prices of that supplier are exaggerated.
This is the site of a distributor in Italy  (www.melopero.com/shop/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-5-8gb/)

 

dont worry tommy, you can use ethernet also

Tommy I can actually believe that, but those prices look really high for both models. The RPi5 "broke" a lot of what works with the RPi4, especially if you want to play with gpios.

cakeslob wrote:

github.com/cakeslob/RRW_LAB

Normally i would ask "where is the price", but given the current state of RPI exorbitant prices, i am skipping it for the foreseeable future.
This is the current actual pricing here, see if you can spot a glaring issue:

ok cool, if its RC servos, check out remora

github.com/scottalford75/Remora

remora-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

and since im here, shameless self plug for an ultra low cost educational cnc controller

github.com/cakeslob/RRW_LAB