[Coco] pyDriveWire Q

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 29 April 2020 16:07:09 Kevin Becker wrote:

> Mikey announce an "easy install version" a few weeks ago.  I've been
> meaning to check it out but haven't given it a try personally yet.
>
> ======================================================================
>= =
> Announcement: pyDriveWire v0.5c - The Easy Install Edition
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---
>
> (new for v0.5c) pyDriveWire has two Easy Installtion Methods: Binary
> Package
> and Docker. These options are designed for Ease Of Use and do not
> require a
> complex series of installation steps. pyDriveWire can also be run
> directly
> from any pypy or python install if it meets the appropriate
> requirements.
>
> Documentation:
>
> https://tinyurl.com/yc9r7eg8
> https://github.com/n6il/pyDriveWire/blob/v0.5c/docs/The%20pyDriveWire%
>20Manual.md
>
> Downloads::
>
> https://tinyurl.com/y7olbpod
> https://github.com/n6il/pyDriveWire/releases/latest
>
> GitHub Main Page::
>
> https://github.com/n6il/pyDriveWire

I've got and read all that, but there are at least 20 ways to do it, none 
of which appear to work on linux.

I am setup with drivewire to run on /dev/USB1, but all I can get out of 
10,000 monkeys is the help screen, I need an invocation line that 
actually works, and that I con put in a config file, if it would tell me 
where to actually put that config file.  That little detail is lost in 
20 pages of how-to's that don't show an actual working config for linux. 
Something that actually runs long enough to tell me the speed is wrong 
or whatever else I need to spec.  The coco3 on the other end of the 
cable is running and patiently waiting, booted to a drivewire enabled 
kernel that has worked with an older mobo in this box for several years.  
But the RTXT stuff has quit working for some unk reason.
>
Thanks for any install requirements or invocation advice that will  make 
it run.

> On Wed, 2020-04-29 at 15:55 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Drivewire has died, can't find the RXTX libraries
> > So trying to make pyDriveWire run, but there seems to be a total
> > lack of install and configure hot-to's. recommended to run it with
> > pypy, which has been installed, but the failure msg is, shall wwe
> > say, less than helpfull.gene at coyote:/CoCo/pyDriveWire$ pypy
> > pyDriveWire  File "pyDriveWire", line 3    python=$(which pypy)     
> >      ^SyntaxError: Unknown characterThat don't mean jack to me.
> >
> > Anybody have a clue where to find this stuff?
> > 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)If we desire respect for the law, we
> > must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. BrandeisGenes Web
> > page < http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>


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)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
 - Louis D. Brandeis
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>