I need a terminal to start with EMC2 to display all start up commands and any error's that EMC2 might have. The old EMC was installed on this machine that I am running, and it had a konsol start with EMC, just not sure how to do it in Ubuntu. Any help would be appreciated. :)

I need a terminal to start with EMC2

Think you provided the answer. Terminal is in the menu Applications -> Accessories.
Konsole is the KDE (K desktop enviroment) equivalent, Ubuntu uses the Gnome desktop.

Hope that was the question.

What I mean is that, when I launch EMC2, I would like a terminal to launch simultaneously to monitor the start up operation of EMC and to report any errors it finds. Maybe a tcl file that would tell a terminal to launch as EMC launch's and have the terminal monitor EMC.

LOL, I thought that question was a bit softball. Looking at an old emc (still installed) it's clear what you're asking.

Don't know the answer. Emc2 is a different animal.

What I mean is that, when I launch EMC2, I would like a terminal to launch simultaneously to monitor the start up operation of EMC and to report any errors it finds. Maybe a tcl file that would tell a terminal to launch as EMC launch's and have the terminal monitor EMC.

I have seen it suggested to open a terminal and launch EMC2 from the command line within the terminal.

Alan

I have seen it suggested to open a terminal and launch EMC2 from the command line within the terminal.

Alan

I tried that, but unfortunately it only launched the program, but did not display anything further.

Have you tried reading the included manpage?
In a terminal;
man emc

There's -v for verbose and -d for debug. Maybe the info you want is then displayed?

I tried that, but unfortunately it only launched the program, but did not display anything further.

Strider,

This is old as the hills -- predates Linux and graphical interfaces, but starting EMC2 from a terminal window, you might try redirecting stderr > stdout. I don't even know if there are any error messages written to stderr, but it could be worth a try.

There are supposedly some error messages written to a system log file.

Alan

Thank you both, I will give each a try tommorrow when I am back in the shop. Will post back the results.

Have you tried reading the included manpage?
In a terminal;
man emc

There's -v for verbose and -d for debug. Maybe the info you want is then displayed?

Thank you very much. This worked like a charm. Now if I can only figure out how to get emc to do this when I launch the program form the launcher rather then the terminal. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Thanx again.:)

Thank you very much. This worked like a charm. Now if I can only figure out how to get emc to do this when I launch the program form the launcher rather then the terminal. Any suggestions would be welcomed. Thanx again.:)

How about right clicking on the desktop icon, going to properties and editing the command?

Alan

That's a great idea. I should have thought of that. I have been so consumed with getting EMC2 configured to my liking, that the simplest solutions elude me sometimes. I also operate in multiple OS's so it is hard to remember those little short cuts all the time. I will give it a shot tomorrow when I am Back in the shop. Thanx.

Now if I can only figure out how to get emc to do this when I launch the program form the launcher rather then the terminal

A couple of thoughts.

If you want to use the applications menu;
In a terminal
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/emc2.desktop
if you want verbose edit these lines

Exec=/usr/bin/emc -v
Terminal=true

This will close the terminal window when emc exits.

If you want to use a desktop launcher;
Right click desktop to create.
For the command entry
/usr/bin/xterm -e "emc -v ; bash"
In this case the terminal returns to the prompt but stays open.

No guarantee against unintended side effects. My linux knowledge has reached the "monkey with a hand grenade" stage :)

note: some of the command whitespace was exaggerated for clarity. Assume any space = 1 space

A couple of thoughts.

If you want to use the applications menu;
In a terminal
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/emc2.desktop
if you want verbose edit these lines

This will close the terminal window when emc exits.

If you want to use a desktop launcher;
Right click desktop to create.
For the command entry
/usr/bin/xterm -e "emc -v ; bash"
In this case the terminal returns to the prompt but stays open.

No guarantee against unintended side effects. My linux knowledge has reached the "monkey with a hand grenade" stage :)

note: some of the command whitespace was exaggerated for clarity. Assume any space = 1 space

Thank you cyclestart, and thanx to all others who helped. This worked exactly how I needed it to. Now I can focus on other more impotant things. Thanx again.:)