Installing QtVCP

robertspark wrote: I did a restart (when in doubt, pull the plug out and it seems to fire up with all of the linuxcnc bits

The following messages when starting from terminal:

rob@RobsCNC:~$ designer -qt=5
('Qtvcp python plugin found:', '/home/rob/.designer/plugins/python/qtvcp_plugin.pyc')
[QtDesigner][INFO] Logging to "/home/rob/qtdesigner.log" (logger.py:100)
tool_mmap_user(): file open fail: No such file or directory
tool_mmap_user(): no mmap file,continuing
mmap tool data not available, continuing emc/usr_intf/axis/extensions/emcmodule.cc
[QtDesigner.QT5_GRAPHICS][WARNING] linuxcnc staus failed, Assuming linuxcnc is not running so using fake status for a XYZ machine (qt5_graphics.py:214)

I seem to recall Chris mentioning this somewhere recently but I cannot seem to find it, hopefully he will chime in.

EDIT: I found the issue: github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/issues/1067

tool_mmap_user(): file open fail: No such file or directory
tool_mmap_user(): no mmap file,continuing

This printout is expected now - This is not an actual error.

Script has been updated with some files required for other distributions and should now work for both python2 and python3 installations.

robertspark wrote:

libpyqt5_py2.so.tar.gz not found in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/qtvcp/designer/x86_64/qt5.11/

I can confirm that there is no qt5.11 folder within /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/qtvcp/designer/x86_64/

This is also fixed and now available on buildbot installs.

The script is now avilable from the LinuxCNC repo, new instuctions ion the first post.

Did you get this working on Mint 20.1 , I can't install the script from the repo 'linuxcnc-uspace-dev package' because of uninstallable python-serial and python-yapps dependencies. (master branch).
Doing it manual doesn't resolve my problems either.

Axis works, but QTplasma refuses to work. Always get Qtvcp / Qtwidgets and QT-core errors. (On Mint 19.3 everything works.)

I'm new and just trying to convert my router to a plasma table with a mesa 7i96. I've got a long way to go..

Sven_A wrote: Did you get this working on Mint 20.1 , I can't install the script from the repo 'linuxcnc-uspace-dev package' because of uninstallable python-serial and python-yapps dependencies. (master branch).
Doing it manual doesn't resolve my problems either.

Axis works, but QTplasma refuses to work. Always get Qtvcp / Qtwidgets and QT-core errors. (On Mint 19.3 everything works.)

I don't use use Mint so I can't help you there...

I'm new and just trying to convert my router to a plasma table with a mesa 7i96. I've got a long way to go..

If you are new to LinuxCNC then it would be best to start with a known working distribution.

Works on Mint 19.3, already have it on 4 PC's.

mint 20 requires linuxcnc to be compiled for python3.
I don't believe there is a buildbot version for python3

Python3 is not ready for prime time IMHO

Yeah, does not work on Mint 20, even after having 6 versions of python installed, it fails to import QT5 modules!