norns: help

[zebra]

call screen.ping() from your midi handler(s)

[claasp]

# script load: /home/we/dust/code/less_concepts/less_concepts.lua

# cleanup

# script clear

including /home/we/dust/code/less_concepts/lib/beatclock-crow.lua

### MISSING INCLUDE: passersby/lib/passersby_engine

### SCRIPT ERROR: load fail

/home/we/dust/code/less_concepts/less_concepts.lua:117: MISSING INCLUDE: passersby/lib/passersby_engine

stack traceback:

/home/we/norns/lua/core/norns.lua:215: in function </home/we/norns/lua/core/norns.lua:215>

[C]: in function 'error'

/home/we/norns/lua/core/startup.lua:46: in function 'include'

/home/we/dust/code/less_concepts/less_concepts.lua:117: in main chunk

[C]: in function 'dofile'

/home/we/norns/lua/core/script.lua:149: in function </home/we/norns/lua/core/script.lua:149>

[C]: in function 'xpcall'

/home/we/norns/lua/core/norns.lua:216: in field 'try'

/home/we/norns/lua/core/script.lua:149: in function 'core/script.load'

/home/we/norns/lua/core/menu.lua:439: in field 'key'

/home/we/norns/lua/core/menu.lua:177: in function </home/we/norns/lua/core/menu.lua:154>

# script clear

i’m getting a load fail when trying to load a few scripts on my fates. anyone know what the issue could be? also apologies if this is something that’s already been discussed i’m new to the norns platform…thanks

[dani_derks]

@claasp

MISSING INCLUDE: passersby/lib/passersby_engine

this is the big tipoff – you need to install the passersby engine from maiden’s project manager . it’s the synthesis engine powering less concepts

[claasp]

thanks Dan, excuse my greeness…i’m in maidens project manager but don’t see anything relating to a passersby engine:/

ahhh i see passersby is a script which is what i suspected nvrmnd

[okyeron]

in maiden, go to the library section (stack of books icon), then click the available tab. Scroll a bit and you’ll see passerby. Then click install.

You will need to do SYSTEM>RESET from the norns menu after installing.

[ESC]

just did the update and all i get is a blinking light on the back

[tehn]

can you try re-running the update manually? instructions here: https://monome.org/docs/norns/help/#manual--offline-update-

or check if you can still connect to maiden and i can provide further debugging.

[ESC]

i tried connecting to maiden with no luck, i tried doing a manual update but when i do the screen command it gets stuck at the blank terminal screen. might have to pull the card and flash. should i use the os listed in the instructions? its an older 1.9 or 1.8?

[tehn]

pressing enter doesn’t get you anywhere in terminal?

here’s the fresh install instructions: https://monome.org/docs/norns/help/#fresh-install

the listed image is good. you can run UPGRADE after this to get all the way up to date.

[ESC]

ok so i did a fresh install. everything worked. did the update. after it updated i rebooted. its doing the same thing as before, after updating. am i totally missing something here?

[tehn]

does it say it’s trying to install 191201? and all the steps go seemingly well? i did exactly this process (with that same fresh install) twice last night successfully.

still no luck logging in with serial? or maiden?

i’m sorry to do a retry, but can you run the update with maiden open?

[ESC]

can do!
yeah it says “completed” or whatever comes up. then i reboot it by pressing the reset button

[ESC]

ok i didnt really do anything differently other than press a button instead of resetting it and it seems to be working

[Justmat]

Were you using the button on the bottom of norns to reset?

[ESC]

20 characters of yes

[ESC]

But I feel like I did that with a few updates without issue

[Justmat]

That button is more of a last-ditch effort/emergency shutdown sort of thing. It just cuts power to norns, instead of shutting down gracefully. which can lead to all sorts of problems.

Any time you see restart/reset/power-off, etc… for norns, it means use the sleep option in the menu.

[tehn]

when it says “complete” just touch any KEY (1,2,3) on the top of the device to shut down.

as @Justmat said, the bottom reset button is the nothing works at all panic button. don’t use this unless something is truly broken and not working. it shuts the computer down hard which likely puts it in a bad state.

[SPIKE]

Hey ya.

i have the ### SCRIPT ERROR: SUPERCOLLIDER FAIL problem.

i went digging around but couldn’t find a definate “how to” fix the problem.

• tried ;restart from maiden
• tried sleep
• tried reset

here’s what maiden says after a ;restart

Summary

*** WARNING *** The program ‘matron’ uses the Apple Bonjour compatibility layer of Avahi.
*** WARNING *** Please fix your application to use the native API of Avahi!
*** WARNING *** For more information see http://0pointer.de/avahi-compat?s=libdns_sd&e=matron
OSC rx port: 8888
OSC crone port: 9999
OSC ext port: 57120
starting lua vm
running lua config file: dofile(‘/home/we/norns/lua/core/config.lua’)
MATRON
norns version: 0.0.0
git hash: 9ceae9a5
running startup
start_audio():

ttyACM found, but not a crow
dev_list_add: error allocating device data
arc added: 1 monome arc m1100231 m1100231
grid added: 2 monome 128 m1000648 m1000648

script clear

norns.startup_status.timeout

SCRIPT ERROR: SUPERCOLLIDER FAIL

thanks for any help!

[ngwese]

@SPIKE

i have the ### SCRIPT ERROR: SUPERCOLLIDER FAIL problem.

i went digging around but couldn’t find a definate “how to” fix the problem.

• tried ;restart from maiden

In maiden there are two tabs in the REPL area. The first one is for matron which is the control program which is running scripts and controlling the display. The second tab is sc (for supercollider). Can you click the sc tab, type ;restart into that REPL and post the results here.

The selected tab controls which portion of the norns software actually gets restarted. It seems like restarting supercollider might yield more information as to the nature of the problem.