Re: [Emc-users] Using LinuxCNC from the terminal

[Gene H. <ghe...@wd...>]

On Friday 20 June 2014 05:01:30 Jacob Grobler did opine
And Gene did reply:
> Hi, just started with LinuxCNC. I was just wondering out of curiosity,
> is it possible to use linuxCNC from just the terminal interface, like
> with ssh from another PC, or do we need the graphical interface.
> 
> Regards

It does need the gui, altho there are some that almost look like ncurses 
and do not do a backplot.  I like axis myself, which does do a backplot, 
and while the vesa drivers screen resolution is limited, it works well 
enough for axis.

I regularly log into my shop machines from here to do maintenance etc 
using "ssh -Y machine" where machine is the alias in the hosts file.  In 
fact, because this screen is bigger, I can stretch those "axis" gui's out 
to get a real close look.

I also have an nfs share to the home dirs on those machines, and amanda 
backs them up every night.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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