How to open QT ui file in LinuxCNC

while loading horizontal qtdragon_hd it says version 2.9.2 and attached is the error when i change the .ui file with vertical

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 - 2.9.2
Machine configuration directory is '/home/hakan/linuxcnc/configs/sim.qtdragon_hd.qtdragon_hd_xyz'
Machine configuration file is 'qtdragon_hd_xyza.ini'
INIFILE=/home/hakan/linuxcnc/configs/sim.qtdragon_hd.qtdragon_hd_xyz/qtdragon_hd_xyza.ini
VERSION=1.1
PARAMETER_FILE=qtdragon.var
TPMOD=
HOMEMOD=
TASK=milltask
HALUI=halui
DISPLAY=qtvcp qtdragon_hd
COORDINATES=XYZA
KINEMATICS=trivkins coordinates=XYZA
Starting LinuxCNC...
Starting LinuxCNC server program: linuxcncsvr
Loading Real Time OS, RTAPI, and HAL_LIB modules
Starting LinuxCNC IO program: io
Starting HAL User Interface program: halui
linuxcnc TPMOD=tpmod HOMEMOD=homemod EMCMOT=motmod
Found file(lib): /usr/share/linuxcnc/hallib/gantrysim.hal
Loaded HAL Components:
ID      Type  Name                                            PID   State
    26  RT    trivkins                                              ready
    25  User  halcmd8863                                       8863 ready
    21  RT    homemod                                               ready
    16  RT    tpmod                                                 ready
    10  User  halui                                            8852 ready
     4  User  iocontrol                                        8850 ready

Found file(lib): /usr/share/linuxcnc/hallib/simulated-gantry-home.hal
Starting TASK program: milltask
Starting DISPLAY program: qtvcp
Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC...
task: 12368 cycles, min=0.000003, max=0.036588, avg=0.010045, 0 latency excursions (> 10x expected cycle time of 0.010000s)
Removing HAL_LIB, RTAPI, and Real Time OS modules
Removing NML shared memory segments

Debug file information:
Note: Using POSIX realtime
[QTvcp.QTVCP.QT_ISTAT][[33mWARNING[0m]  Missing [DISPLAY] ANGULAR_INCREMENTS- using defaults. (qt_istat.py:317)
[QTvcp.QTVCP.QT_MAKEGUI][[41mCRITICAL[0m]  'VCPWindow' object has no attribute 'btn_goto_sensor_clicked' (qt_makegui.py:212)
[QTvcp][[41mCRITICAL[0m]  Retry from Error Dialog
 Qtvcp encountered an error.  The following information may be useful in troubleshooting:
LinuxCNC Version  : 2.9.2

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/qtvcp", line 545, in <module>
    _qtvcp = QTVCP()
             ^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/bin/qtvcp", line 275, in __init__
    window.instance(filename=self.PATH.XML)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/qtvcp/qt_makegui.py", line 201, in instance
    instance = uic.loadUi(filename, self)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/PyQt5/uic/__init__.py", line 241, in loadUi
    return DynamicUILoader(package).loadUi(uifile, baseinstance, resource_suffix)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/PyQt5/uic/Loader/loader.py", line 66, in loadUi
    return self.parse(filename, resource_suffix)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/PyQt5/uic/uiparser.py", line 1037, in parse
    actor(elem)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/PyQt5/uic/uiparser.py", line 929, in createConnections
    slot = self.factory.getSlot(name2object(conn.findtext('receiver')),
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/PyQt5/uic/objcreator.py", line 131, in getSlot
    return self._cpolicy.getSlot(obj, slotname)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/PyQt5/uic/Loader/qobjectcreator.py", line 147, in getSlot
    return getattr(object, slotname)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'VCPWindow' object has no attribute 'btn_goto_sensor_clicked'

 (qtvcp:505)
8846
8877
Stopping realtime threads
Unloading hal components
Note: Using POSIX realtime

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Info report created by linuxcnc_info:
The file:    /tmp/linuxcnc_info.txt
can be posted to a forum or a web site like:
     pastebin.com
in order to provide information about the linuxcnc
system and configuration.

                Date: Tue Mar 4 12:16:52 AM EST 2025
            UTC Date: Tue Mar 4 05:16:52 AM UTC 2025
        this program: /usr/bin/linuxcnc_info
              uptime: 00:16:52 up 7:21, 1 user, load average: 0.49, 0.57, 0.34
     lsb_release -sa: Debian Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) 12 bookworm
            linuxcnc: /usr/bin/linuxcnc
                 pwd: /home/hakan/linuxcnc/configs/sim.qtdragon_hd.qtdragon_hd_xyz
                USER: hakan
             LOGNAME: hakan
                HOME: /home/hakan
              EDITOR:
              VISUAL:
            LANGUAGE:
                TERM: dumb
           COLORTERM:
             DISPLAY: :0.0
             DESKTOP: xfce
        display size: 3840x3020 pixels (1016x799 millimeters)
                PATH: /usr/bin:/home/hakan/linuxcnc/configs/sim.qtdragon_hd.qtdragon_hd_xyz/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games

uname items:
         nodename -n: CSF750
      kernel-name -s: Linux
      kernel-vers -v: #1 SMP PREEMPT_RT Debian 6.1.67-1 (2023-12-12)
          machine -m: x86_64
        processor -p: unknown
         platform -i: unknown
      oper system -o: GNU/Linux

/proc items:
             cmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-16-rt-amd64 root=UUID=4d925627-cc3b-45aa-ae68-050d85babc80 ro quiet loglevel=3 fbcon=rotate:1 fbcon=rotate:1 quiet isolcpus=1,2,3 splash loglevel=3 mitigations=off
          model name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-8145U CPU @ 2.10GHz
               cores: 2
             cpu MHz: 3347.627
             parport:
              serial: 0000-0000 : serial

Versions:
                 gcc: gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0
              python: Python 3.11.2
                 git: git version 2.39.5
          git commit: NA
                 tcl: 8.6
                  tk: 8.6
               glade: not_in_PATH

linuxcnc_var all:

     LINUXCNCVERSION: 2.9.2
LINUXCNC_AUX_GLADEVCP: /usr/share/linuxcnc/aux_gladevcp
LINUXCNC_AUX_EXAMPLES: /usr/share/linuxcnc/aux_examples
            REALTIME: /usr/lib/linuxcnc/realtime
                 RTS: uspace
          HALLIB_DIR: /usr/share/linuxcnc/hallib
              PYTHON: /usr/bin/python3

dpkg -l '*linuxcnc*':
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                Version      Architecture Description
+++-===================-============-============-=====================================================================
un  linuxcnc            <none>       <none>       (no description available)
un  linuxcnc-dev        <none>       <none>       (no description available)
un  linuxcnc-doc        <none>       <none>       (no description available)
ii  linuxcnc-doc-de     1:2.9.2      all          motion controller for CNC machines and robots (German documentation)
ii  linuxcnc-doc-en     1:2.9.2      all          motion controller for CNC machines and robots (English documentation)
ii  linuxcnc-doc-es     1:2.9.2      all          motion controller for CNC machines and robots (Spanish documentation)
ii  linuxcnc-doc-fr     1:2.9.2      all          motion controller for CNC machines and robots (French documentation)
un  linuxcnc-sim        <none>       <none>       (no description available)
un  linuxcnc-sim-dev    <none>       <none>       (no description available)
ii  linuxcnc-uspace     1:2.9.2      amd64        motion controller for CNC machines and robots
ii  linuxcnc-uspace-dev 1:2.9.2      amd64        PC based motion controller for real-time Linux

 

Try this version for 2.9.
name it qtdragon_hd.ui
put it in YOUR CONFIG FOLDER/qtvcp/screens/qtdragon_hd/

Chris

Hi Chris,

yes that worked and it loaded the screen, thanks.
 

Excellent let me know of any bugs please.