Updating from LINUXCNC - 2.8.4-23, Mint 20.3

Yes, I used the official LinuxCNC ISO. I see what you mean about XFCE, in contrast to the previous Mint GUI.....

Had a few problems installing it, which may have been due to using a 256GB UFD. Changed to a 16GB and it went well, whether that was the problem or not.

Now I have a functioning OS, I will have a go at reinstituting gmoccapy.

There's always the possibility of installing MATE, but unfortunately the Debian setup of the Menus and panels isn't as nice as Mint's setup.

XFCE is not all bad.

It's actually a bit likeable in a weird sort of way.

Though it is highly unintuitive and has no search bar.

(Analoguous to the windows key menu or SpotLight Seach (command+spacebar) or Mac)

On the lower panel one of the icons is search, although it maybe just be an application search, either way it's quite easy to customise, right clicking on a panel allows you to add, delete or modify icons.

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On the lower panel one of the icons is search, although it maybe just be an application search, either way it's quite easy to customise, right clicking on a panel allows you to add, delete or modify icons.

Meh.

I still think a Windows-key(or Ctrl+Spacebar)-activated search prompt would be nice.

XFCE is not beginner friendly, and whoever made it has terrible taste in screensavers.

Though Thunar is pretty good, and it does have a dock by default (unlike MATE as far as I can see), not that that is particularly impressive.

Yes, I lost an hour or more of my life today trying to map my network drive. It was quick and easy with Mint but XFCE's Thunar doesn't like to get involved with network drives, so you have to install gigolo it seems but even that has changed since the few how-to guides were created, just to keep you guessing. The user instructions are "commendably sparce". That's working finally.

I'm clearly going to have to run pncconfig again, if only to create some placeholder files that I can edit / replace / merge, since it seems I can't simply copy the original folders over and expect it to work.

Although I previously flashed the 5i25 with the required bitfile (link below), my particular combination of boards (5i25 / 7i76 / 7i85) doesn't appear in the pncconfig screen, so I can't configure my IO. Consequently, the generated HAL file won't be right. Is there a workaround for this?
forum.linuxcnc.org/27-driver-boards/4254...nnectors-over#208828

My plan seems to be to generate a dummy gmoccapy installation, then copy the contents of my previous INI and HAL files across, then knock over the resulting errors one by one.