Launchpad insanity runs rampant

[Nils Kassube]

gene heskett wrote:
> On Thursday, August 11, 2011 08:18:37 PM Nils Kassube did opine:
> > gene heskett wrote:
> > > There is no error, but any time the updater software even checks
> > > for updates, I have another popup that takes manual closing by
> > > grabbing focus & refusing to allow a click away, advising me
> > > that ntp is miss-behaving.
> > 
> > Can you tell us what _exactly_ the error message is? Maybe that
> > helps to find out the real reason for the popup.
> 
> it says error 1 in the popup.
> 
> From the crash file before I nuked it:
> SourcePackage: ntp
> ErrorMessage:
>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
> status 1

Right - that explains it. It looks like there was an update for the ntp 
package which didn't work for some reason and the post installation 
script returned an error code. I'm not sure if everything is well with 
that package - maybe it would happen again? I would suggest that you 
manually check for updates with the command

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

and check if there is an update for the ntp package which would possibly 
cause the problem again.

> > > If that pops up on top of the emc control screen,
> > > stealing the focus so I have to clear it before I can even hit
> > > the emergency stop and save a $500 part from being trashed, I am
> > > going to be more than this amount of upset.
> > 
> > IMHO the emergency stop should be a real switch, not a button on
> > the screen.
> 
> No argument there, but if tripped at high speed, then all axis's will
> need rehomed, destroying the present calibration.  The button on the
> screen, or the esc key, does a graceful stop using the programed
> accel/decel rates so it doesn't lose position.

OK, that makes sense - while I roughly know how a cnc milling machine 
works, I didn't think of that detail.


Nils