Dec 4, 2016 - Gigabyte Brix J1900 and Linux (Mint 18.1 beta) (Good so far). I'm unsure if it is the kernel or xserver which contains the graphic drivers).
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Other benefits of registering an account are subscribing to topics and forums, creating a blog, and having no ads shown anywhere on the site. Or read our to learn how to use this site. JohnC, Thank you for your interest. Sorry for delay; been trying to get a better handle on the behavior; seems to happen frequently during video playbacks like youtube; but sometime does it when nothing running except desktop. To answer your questions: Crtl + Alt + F1 does NOT return as a console with a prompt; BUT once out of 20 or so times the follow up with Ctrl + Alt + F7 returned a partially functioning desktop. I have run memtest for an hour with no failures. Looked for additional video drivers; no luck.
It runs Intel video driver. I have a friend who tried pinging it through the network with no results. Latest crash this a.m. Was during a youtube video and looking in CRASH folder the filename points toward the date and time software. Edited by surfsider, 09 June 2017 - 03:41 PM.
Hi Folks, Moving on to my question, I recently bought a Gigabyte GB-BXBT-1900 and am currently in the process with figuring out which build of Linux to put on the computer. I've heard of people putting Linux Mint 18.3 but when setting up a computer for LinuxCNC there's a special kernel that must be installed?(sorry if I don't make sense I'm still learning from the ground up about Linux) Which Kernel would I use for the Gigabyte GB-BXBT-1900 or which version of Linux should I use? I will be using a Mesa 7I76E to control my stepper controllers Please or to join the conversation. It's all personal choice, Linux Mint does look pretty and is a very capable distro, actually I have it installed on my laptop & desktop. I really like it for everyday use On the laptop I have compiled Linuxcnc to run in simulator mode more for testing gcode prior to running it on the mill, but that's just my choice. If you are still feeling your way around Linux, the official release has everything you need to setup a machine, just do your config and off you go, barring Murphy sticking his head in. The time spent compiling Linuxcnc on Mint would be better spent learning to use Linuxcnc.
There's no reason you couldn't get your machine setup on the official release and then if you want, save all your configs and what not then setup Linuxcnc on Mint then copy your configs over. Please or to join the conversation. I'm going to put a spanner in the works for you. With your 7i76e, the preemptive kernel is a prerequisite. The official release does not include this but the docs tell you how to do it.
BUT: With more modern hardware, there is a lack of driver support on Wheezy and the reason why many of us moved to Linux Mint was because Mint sorted out all of our hardware problems. However, it meant that we had to compile the preemptive kernel. Once we got that far, it was not much more work to compile linuxcnc from source. That is why I use Linux Mint on on my Gigabyte Brix computer. Soon after, cncnoob wrote a tutorial on how to install Mint and Linuxcnc. Now there is a beta version ISO of linuxcnc built on a later version of Debian that includes the preemptive kernel. Hopefully somebody will come along with a link to the beta on buildbot somewhere.