Linuxcnc always wants to update my INI file

Hello
Not until now. I'm still looking for a solution.

What happens if you allow LinuxCNC to update the INI file?

if i try to update i get an error.

Error report created by /usr/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc/show_errors.tcl:

Print file information:
RUN_IN_PLACE=no
LINUXCNC_DIR=
LINUXCNC_BIN_DIR=/usr/bin
LINUXCNC_TCL_DIR=/usr/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc
LINUXCNC_SCRIPT_DIR=
LINUXCNC_RTLIB_DIR=/usr/lib/linuxcnc/modules
LINUXCNC_CONFIG_DIR=
LINUXCNC_LANG_DIR=/usr/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc/msgs
INIVAR=inivar
HALCMD=halcmd
LINUXCNC_EMCSH=/usr/bin/wish8.6
LINUXCNC - 2.8.0-pre1-5304-gc20f7ed38
Machine configuration directory is '/home/linuxcnc/linuxcnc/configs/Fenja'
Machine configuration file is 'Fenja.ini'
INIFILE=/home/linuxcnc/linuxcnc/configs/Fenja/Fenja.ini
VERSION=
halfiles =
halpaths =
update script failed in an unexpected way.

Debug file information:
Can not find -sec EMC -var VERSION -num 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/update_ini", line 197, in <module>
all_sections.remove("EMC")
ValueError: list.remove(x): x not in list

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Date: Fr 10. Jan 09:26:12 CET 2020
UTC Date: Fr 10. Jan 08:26:12 UTC 2020
this program: /usr/bin/linuxcnc_info
uptime: 09:26:12 up 2 min, 1 user, load average: 0,91, 0,66, 0,27
lsb_release -sa: Debian Debian GNU/Linux 9.11 (stretch) 9.11 stretch
which linuxcnc: /usr/bin/linuxcnc


uname items:
nodename -n: linuxcnc-fraese
kernel-name -s: Linux
kernel-vers -v: #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Debian 4.9.189-3+deb9u2 (2019-11-11)
machine -m: x86_64
processor -p: unknown
platform -i: unknown
oper system -o: GNU/Linux

/proc items:
cmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-11-rt-amd64 root=UUID=d181fc0c-5f1c-4a2e-a0e1-6cfc77e43d12 ro quiet isolcpus=1,2,3
model name: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J1900 @ 1.99GHz
cores: 4
cpu MHz: 1999.200
parport:
serial:

Versions:
gcc: gcc (Debian 6.3.0-18+deb9u1) 6.3.0 20170516
python: Python 2.7.13
git: git version 2.11.0
git commit: NA
tcl: 8.6
tk: 8.6
glade: glade 3.20.0
glade-gtk2: not_in_PATH

linuxcnc_var all:

LINUXCNCVERSION: 2.8.0-pre1-5304-gc20f7ed38
LINUXCNC_AUX_GLADEVCP: /usr/share/linuxcnc/aux_gladevcp
LINUXCNC_AUX_EXAMPLES: /usr/share/linuxcnc/aux_examples
REALTIME: /etc/init.d/realtime
RTS: uspace
HALLIB_DIR: /usr/share/linuxcnc/hallib

all_sections.remove("EMC")

Interesting. Does your INI file have an [EMC] section?

(I wrote the update_Ini script, and it looks like you have found a bug in it)

Can you attach the current INI and also the oldest one in the "old" directory of the same config directory?

Here are my ini files

this is may the same as current

this is where i upgraded from.I had moved the old folder v2.7 so that it would not be overwritten or deleted.

This EMC error started when adding probe/toolsensor to the INI .Before i could start linuxcnc without any message for update.

Backtracking a bit:

How are you starting LinuxCNC? This looks a bit like you are starting LinuxCNC in such a way that it is looking at an INI file called "Fenja.ini" and that is not containing any of the expected sections.

If you pick your "current.ini" from the LinuxCNC config picker, do things work better?

Hi
sorry for confusion.
I changed the ini name so that you can see which version is current and which is older. but all are called fenja.ini in the current system

I guessed that the file names were changed. (That’s why I put the substitute file name in quotes).
But whatever file is being run, LinuxCNC is not finding a version or any Hal files.
So something odd seems to be going on.

Are you starting LinuxCNC from the config picker or some other way?

I start linuxcnc via a desktop shortcut that starts directly with fenja.ini

Can you try it the other way?