ron@ron-OptiPlex-9020:~$ cd linuxcnc/configs
ron@ron-OptiPlex-9020:~/linuxcnc/configs$ linuxcnc
LINUXCNC - 2.8.1-52-g31e229a90
Machine configuration directory is '/home/ron/linuxcnc/configs/Rs_plasmaC'
Machine configuration file is 'Rs_plasmaC.ini'
Starting LinuxCNC...
twopass:invoked with <> options
twopass:found ./Rs_plasmaC.hal
twopass:found ./Rs_plasmaC_connections.hal
twopass:found ././plasmac.tcl
Note: Using POSIX realtime
hm2: loading Mesa HostMot2 driver version 0.15
hm2_eth: loading Mesa AnyIO HostMot2 ethernet driver version 0.2
hm2_eth: 10.10.10.10: INFO: Hardware address (MAC): 00:60:1b:16:01:0b
hm2_eth: discovered 7I96
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: Low Level init 0.15
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: config.num_stepgens=5, but only 4 are available, not loading driver
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: failed to parse Module Descriptor 4
board fails HM2 registration
hm2_eth: in hm2_eth_reset
hm2_eth: rtapi_app_main: Invalid argument (-22)

twopass: load_the_modules cmd=<orig_loadrt hm2_eth [concat board_ip="10.10.10.10"] [concat config="num_encoders=1 num_pwmgens=0 num_stepgens=5 sserial_port_0=1"]>
waitpid failed /usr/bin/rtapi_app hm2_eth
/usr/bin/rtapi_app exited without becoming ready
insmod for hm2_eth failed, returned -1

Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC...
hm2: unloading
Note: Using POSIX realtime
LinuxCNC terminated with an error.  You can find more information in the log:
    /home/ron/linuxcnc_debug.txt
and
    /home/ron/linuxcnc_print.txt
as well as in the output of the shell command 'dmesg' and in the terminal
ron@ron-OptiPlex-9020:~/linuxcnc/configs$