ubuntu 17.10 Having difficulty installing waveforms 2015

[Peager]

I finally got a moment to try out my new Openscope MZ.  Upon using the digilent.waveforms_3.6.8_amd64.deb package for, the install failed so I backed up a bit and attempted to install the adept.runtime also from digilent.adept.runtime_2.16.6-amd64.deb.  This appeared to install, at least the installer reported it installed but upon perusing the system.log I found the following:

Dec 21 21:23:52 Thinker gnome-system-lo[24504]: Allocating size to GtkScrolledWindow 0x55b6114b6520 without calling gtk_widget_get_preferred_width/height(). How does the code know the size to allocate?
Dec 21 21:39:36 Thinker org.gnome.Shell.desktop[2960]: Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0x1c00008 (Ubuntu Sof)
Dec 21 21:39:36 Thinker PackageKit: get-details-local transaction /487_aaeacaeb from uid 1000 finished with success after 440ms
Dec 21 21:39:36 Thinker PackageKit: get-files-local transaction /488_baebdded from uid 1000 finished with success after 70ms
Dec 21 21:39:37 Thinker PackageKit: get-details transaction /489_dbaeaaea from uid 1000 finished with success after 347ms
Dec 21 21:39:37 Thinker gnome-software[3171]: running file-to-app with refine-flags=require-icon with failure-flags=use-events with timeout=60 with file=/home/paul/Downloads/digilent.adept.runtime_2.16.6-amd64 (1).deb on plugin=packagekit-local on apps  took 907ms
Dec 21 21:39:38 Thinker gnome-software[3171]: running refine with refine-flags=require-rating,require-reviews,require-review-ratings with failure-flags=use-events with timeout=60 on apps  took 1040ms
Dec 21 21:39:48 Thinker PackageKit: install-files transaction /490_ecaeaaca from uid 1000 finished with success after 522ms
Dec 21 21:39:48 Thinker gnome-software[3171]: running install with refine-flags=require-origin with failure-flags=use-events,fatal-auth with timeout=60 on plugin=snap on apps  took 6555ms
Dec 21 21:39:48 Thinker PackageKit: resolve transaction /491_bdbcedba from uid 1000 finished with success after 324ms
Dec 21 21:39:48 Thinker gnome-software[3171]: running refine with refine-flags=require-license,require-url,require-size,require-version,require-history,require-setup-action,require-origin,require-menu-path,require-addons,require-provenance,require-icon,require-permissions,require-origin-hostname,require-runtime,require-screenshots with failure-flags=use-events with timeout=60 on apps  took 345ms
Dec 21 21:39:49 Thinker gnome-software[3171]: running refine with refine-flags=require-rating,require-reviews,require-review-ratings with failure-flags=use-events with timeout=60 on apps  took 1028ms

What do I need to do to get this working?

Thanking you in advance,

Paul Richmond

 

 

 

[JColvin]

Hi @Peager,

What OS do you have? We have a few tutorials for installing WaveForms 2015 for reference on our reference site here.

Additionally, the OpenScope MZ isn't supported by WaveForms 2015; you would need use WaveFormsLive.com to use your OpenScope MZ.

Thanks,
JColvin

[Kristoff]

Hey Paul,

Like James mentioned you'll need to setup the Digilent Agent and use WaveForms Live with OpenScope MZ.  Let us know if you have any questions about that

Thanks!

-Kristoff

[Peager]

Kristoff,  thank you for your offer of support.  I am a retired IT pro but not particularly experienced with Linux.

I have been trying to get the Digilent Agent running on my Ubuntu box.  I am currently running version 17.10 and the digilent-agent_1.0.1-1_amd64.deb install appears to work but I don't see the icon in the system tray.  What am I doing wrong?

Thanking you in advance,

Paul Richmond

[Kristoff]

Hey Paul,

The Digilent Agent doesn't automatically run on Linux.  You should by able to launch it from the terminal with the following command (sudo is only required for access to the serial hardware):

sudo digilent-agent

 

You'll need to do this each time you reboot to start the agent, or setup a CRON job or similar to automate it.

Let us know if you have any questions about this.

Thanks!

-Kristoff