On Tuesday 15 October 2019 11:10:41 Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 01:30:59 -0400, Gene Heskett > <ghesk...@shentel.net> > > declaimed the following: > >On Monday 14 October 2019 12:56:22 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > >Continueing this thread, I now have a missing function by name, > > "units", that is preventing LinuxCNC from running. > > > >Where in the python 3 world do I find that function?, which in this > > case controls what it is fed on to a pyvcp display according to a > > logic signal that tells it whether the machine is in inches mode, or > > mm mode? > > Well, search your sources for where it is first referenced... > > There can only be three "hiding places" for a bare units() function. > > Local file: > > def units(...): > ... > > Imported module: > > from module import units > or > import module > units = module.units > > Any other usage should be qualified... > > something.units(...) > > I think the hal interpretor hides all that from the user. I've since discovered the raspbian-10.1 repo has a "units" but I don't think its what hal is looking for when it encounters a "loadusr units" command in the config file, and apparently its a silent error. I've now installed the repo's version, and am rebuilding LinuxCNC right now just to see if it now finds it. > > I'd suspect you have the "from m import f" form somewhere, in which > case you now need to find out what has changed in module "m" that > resulted in removing the function. > > NOTE: "from m import *" would not explicitly list it -- which means > you need to compare any module using such a * import for changes from > the version that used to work. > Sounds like not fun. :)
Thanks Dennis. > -- > Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN > wlfr...@ix.netcom.com http://wlfraed.microdiversity.freeddns.org/ 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> -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
