Definitive guide to installing MX Linux, Probe Basic and LinuxCNC 2.9

Probe Basic installs with QtPyVCP 0.3.9. The latest version of QtPyVCP is master. Probe Basic is not compatible with that release and breaks the LCNC runtime with ini and other file issues. Most likely this is a file path issue. But I have not found the file path that is causing it. I am certain they are working it out.

Python 3.9 introduces quite a few new problems. Most are not backwards compatible. Sadly.

Follow up....I got it working!  I reused my old config files and discovered an error in the path to the probe basic subroutines in my .ini file.  

Could you post your .ini file? I would like to see the working version.

Thanks

Here's my .ini file.  Note the path to the subroutines.

cmw wrote:

I had a debian 9, linuxcnc 2.8 and probe basic setup working great except for the jogging speed issue on my 4th axis.  So I thought I would upgrade to get that fixed.  But, I can't get probe basic working.  I'm very new at linux and git.

If you're still having issues with 4th axis jog speed (using screen buttons), see the thread here:

forum.linuxcnc.org/qtpyvcp/43904-solved-...-rotary-axis-jogging

That particular issue went away when I switched to a different branch in github Probe Basic (test_layouts), so a permanent fix is being developed. 

But if you're still having the issue your branch, the above post is a decent work-around.

Thanks, I followed those instructions and now have rotary axis jog speed control....yay!!

Learning more everyday!