I have been trying, in vain, to get gSender Edge to run on Linux, Ubuntu and Debian/Cinnamon. I am using the .deb files. I can get gSender to load, but it refuses to connect to my USB ports. I can see the Longboard connected by typing “lsusb”, but gSender can’t find it. It does seams to recognize the ethernet port, at least one of them. Would perhaps a USB to ethernet adaptor work? Any help on the subject would be greatly appreciated!
-Gar
Did you give your user permissions to the use the USB?
sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER
no, but I will now…thank you very much!
Has anyone had luck with a stable version of g-sender on linux? Just curious, I have an old laptop running Windows 10 that I was hoping to recycle with linux and g-sender for my altmill thats a few months away. I got the spindle and the VFD up and running by itself. Next on my list, I was hoping to do a fresh install of linux and gsender, but in searching I see a few mentions of linux going back years but no real success stories. For industrial use with a single task, a linux OS just makes sense if its at a stable point with g-sender.
Before I got my gControl unit, I ran gSender on an old laptop running Ubuntu and other than a particular quirk with loading a file, everything seemed to work fine. I tried to run on a Pi with no success (it will apparently run on older versions of the PI os).
The quirk I was talking about is a case where, when you try to load a file, the file open dialog appears behind (ie is not visible) another dialog. It’s there but just not visible until you close the dialog that covers it. I don’t recall the exact details …
I originally ran on a Pi successfully and then got the gControl.
Before I even tried using the gControl with Windows, I plugged in a separate USB SSD and booted Linux on it. I ran a test file on Ubuntu w/ gSender successfully.
Now ever since then I’ve just run it as Windows due to also running VCarve on it.
Thank you all for the feedback. With news of at least a few successful linux/g-sender installs, I erased Windows 10 on my old laptop and installed Mint and g-sender. I can’t do much now until the Altmill arrives, but at least this part is checked off and was a zero cost item for the project. Side note, with Windows 10 the laptop was a little slow, the new Mint OS seems much faster to move around in.
Just one of the many reasons I love Linux! It can make a Coke machine into a super computer lol.
Seriously though, on another note - check into the Ethernet connection. The AltMill was my first experience with SLB, gSender, etc and I immediately had issues when trying to use USB regardless of the OS. Once I connected via Ethernet, no more gremlins in the code.
Ive added user to dialup on my linux machine but edge still says “unable to connect”. Plugged into a mac, gsender and edge both work great and ive been using it there but no dice on my linux machine. 