Re: problems getting started

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

Gord

The shared memory and some of the IO must be running as root or suid 
root.  There is an FAQ about this on linuxcnc.org.  By following those 
directions, I've had a common user running the EMC for quite a while now.

This search to find a parport defined outside of the EMC can be a red 
herring. The EMC stuff deals directly with parports without the need for 
any intermediate drivers.   If you have a parport at 378, and you ask the 
emc to use it, it will whether Linux recognizes it or not.  Even if you 
don't have a parport at an address, and you ask the emc to use it, it 
will attempt to.  This can cause some estop problems if you are using 
bridgeporttask and bridgeportio.

Ray


On Tuesday 12 February 2002 01:23 pm, Gord Lendrum wrote:
> After loading BDI, I cannot open mini, generic and run unless I log in
> as root.  Out side root I can only run sim.
>
> I cannot find a parallel port in linux but it does show up in the CMOS.
>
> Can some one tell me what I am doing wrong.
>
> Gord
> gord-at-lendrum.ca