On Friday 27 February 2015 14:14:07 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Ok, I had the same issue: > > Put this in your .bashrc: > > # LinuxCNC SIM > alias linuxcnc="xrdb -all -query|sed -e 's#[A-Z_]*BACKGROUND# gray90#' -e > 's#[A-Z_]*FOREGROUND# Black#' -e 's#[A-Z_]*HIGHLIGHT# White#' -e > 's#[A-Z_]*LOWLIGHT# Black#'|xrdb -merge; linuxcnc" > > then run "linuxcnc" Works perfectly, thank you VERY much! > > Nik > > Am Freitag, 27. Februar 2015 schrieb Gene Heskett: > > On Friday 27 February 2015 11:27:08 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > Hi Gene! > > > > > > You are the same Gene from over at the linuxcnc mailing list? > > > Did you install TDE on LinuxCNC? > > > > > > Nik > > > > AaiiYup, thats me. And yes. I now have control over the fonts used in > > kmail. > > > > And the simulated Linuxcnc I find, in the uspace version, runs well on a > > non-prempt AMD64 kernel. Latency figures are of course astronomically > > horrible so one could never ever run even a servo controlled machine with > > it safely, but it serves to proof-read and execute cutting electronic > > air, the gcode I write just fine. That was the point. :) However I > > hadn't tried it since installing TDE, and it now fails: > > > > gene@coyote:~$ linuxcnc -l > > LINUXCNC - 2.7.0-pre4 > > Machine configuration directory is '/home/gene/linuxcnc/configs/sim.axis' > > Machine configuration file is 'axis.ini' > > Starting LinuxCNC... > > Application initialization failed: unknown color name "BACKGROUND" > > Error in startup script: invalid command name "." > > while executing > > ". configure -borderwidth 0 -highlightthickness 0" > > (file "/usr/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc/bin/popimage" line 35) > > Found file:./core_sim.hal > > Note: Using POSIX non-realtime > > Found file:./sim_spindle_encoder.hal > > Found file:./axis_manualtoolchange.hal > > Found file:./simulated_home.hal > > Found file:./check_constraints.hal > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/bin/hal_manualtoolchange", line 62, in <module> > > app = Tkinter.Tk(className="AxisToolChanger") > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1712, in __init__ > > self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, > > interactive, wantobjects, useTk, sync, use) > > _tkinter.TclError: unknown color name "BACKGROUND" > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/bin/axis", line 121, in <module> > > root_window = Tkinter.Tk(className="Axis") > > File "/usr/bin/axis", line 44, in __init__ > > OldTk.__init__(self, *args, **kw) > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1712, in __init__ > > self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, > > interactive, wantobjects, useTk, sync, use) > > _tkinter.TclError: unknown color name "BACKGROUND" > > Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC... > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/bin/axis-remote", line 78, in <module> > > t = Tkinter.Tk(); t.wm_withdraw() > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1712, in __init__ > > self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className, > > interactive, wantobjects, useTk, sync, use) > > _tkinter.TclError: unknown color name "BACKGROUND" > > Note: Using POSIX non-realtime > > Application initialization failed: unknown color name "BACKGROUND" > > LinuxCNC terminated with an error. You can find more information in the > > log: /home/gene/linuxcnc_debug.txt > > and > > /home/gene/linuxcnc_print.txt > > as well as in the output of the shell command 'dmesg' and in the terminal > > > > So how do I fix this Unknown color problem? > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>