Installing and checking firmware on mesa 5125

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10 years 8 months ago #70730 by Ncmill.ts
ok i will try to update to newer linuxcnc,my linuxcnc computer is not hooked up to the internet at the moment so if there is
a updatefile that can be downloaded ill try that.
thank for your support and Quick reply.

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10 years 8 months ago #70757 by Ncmill.ts
hi again i have installed linuxcnc debian wheezy 2,7,0 (live cd).
sins there is no folder for 5125card under "lib/firmware/hm2/ i have downloaded 5125.zip from mesa homepage and unzipped it.
i am atempting to copy it to hm2 folder but unable to ,problems with permission i suspect.
owner: root(Root) unable change it .
how do i change it (i did not get sudo nautilus to work,does not accept my password and the only one i know about is the one i use when i start my computer and log in.
any ideas??.

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10 years 8 months ago #70759 by PCW
I would just unzip the 5i25.zip file in your home directory
there is no point in installing it anywhere permanent

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10 years 8 months ago #70760 by Ncmill.ts
????why not installing it where all the other firmwares are,is not that that the proper way?.

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10 years 8 months ago #70761 by Ncmill.ts
hi i have manage to flash my 5125 card thru Root terminal ..mesaflash etc.
im asked to do powercycle with the --reeload command.
how do i type this in terminal window??

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10 years 8 months ago #70762 by PCW
if you do the
Code:
mesaflash --device 5i25 --reload

you do not need to power cycle

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10 years 6 months ago #72746 by dinodf
Hello,
from LinuxCNC 2.5 to LinuxCNC 2.7 I have to re-flash mesa's cards?

Thank you
Dino

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10 years 6 months ago #72748 by PCW

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