Re: Printing from BDI

[Ray <rehenry-at-up.net>]

Jack (comments in)

On Fri, 07 Sep 2001, you wrote:
> Ray wrote:
> 
> > www.linuxcnc.org/bdi  There is a question and a download from programs on
> > printers.
> > 
> > > The BDI install was successful, I see there are four EMC icons on the
> > > desk top - they all come up but I need to figure out which ones do
> > > what, and then how to use them.
> > 
> I down loaded the  two files from www.linuxcnc.org/bdi :
> 
>    printtool-3_44-1_noarch.rpm
>    control-panel-3_13-1_i386.rpm
> 
> and copied them to a floppy which I stuck into my Linux BDI machine,
> clicked on the Floppy icon on the desk top and I get an error saying:
> 
>   Mount: can't find /dev/fdo in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
> 
> Now is the problem that the disk is in a DOS format and Linux can't
> read it?

No, the problem is the little icon named floppy.  There is a fix for that
listed on the bdi page as well.  Or you can just steer kfm from the home
icon to /mnt/floppy and you should be able to find the files.

> Once I get Linux to look at the the floppy and display its contents,
> where do I copy the files to?
> 
> If I am using the terminal mode, what would the commands be?

You can install the rpm's right from the floppy.  Once you have found them
with kfm, left click and you should get the installer window.  You will
need to be root to do this.  When the installer has finished flashing the
little bar across the bottom, close it and repeat for the second rpm 

When I got through installing these, I looked under the K menu at the
bottom left of the panel and found RedHat->System->Control Panel and
clicked on it.

This brings up a window with the print tool setup on it.  Click it and
select add, local printer, and ok.  You should see a message that says that
/dev/lp0 was detected. (unless you don't have a printer port or more than
one)  Click ok again and you will see several filled in entries.  Click on
the select and you will find a list of supported printers.  If your's is
not there try to find what it emulates and select that.  click ok there and
in the window above it and you should be good to go.


> > The key directory on the BDI for EMC stuff is /usr/local/emc.  You can get
> > there by pressing the home icon.  This launches a window of kfm the file
> > browser, and press up arrow to get to (/).  Then move to the directory next
> > on the list. ->usr ->local ->emc.  Once there, you can click (one time) on a
> > text file to see it's contents.  Clicking on an executable, the little
> > terminal icon, will attempt an execution of the file.  If nothing happens,
> >
> 
> I don't have a home icon on my KDE desktop that comes on when I boot
> up.  So I can't get there by this method.  Any suggestions?

The home icon should be a hut down along the bottom panel.  On my screen it
is right next to the K down there.  It is possible that your panel is
rolled up toward one side or the other.  If so there will be a little gray
arrow down in one of the bottom corners.  Click on that and it should show
the panel.
 
> > it is probably because there is some kind of error.  I prefer to start
> > execution by first opening a terminal.  By doing this I can see messages
> > and problems while starting and running the program.
> 
> I assume you do this by clicking on the terminal icon at the bottom
> of the screen.  That's what I have learned to do.

You got it.

> I have been reading the recent posts and discussions with Weyland -
> they have been quite helpful.  Hope I can catch up with Weyland's
> progress.
> 
> And by the way what is HTH?  You seem to end all your posts with it.

Hope This Helps

HTH

Ray