Embedded Motion Control 2015/FAQ

When you ran into a problem, try to find the solution here first. If it's not here, try to find an answer by googling your problem, asking fellow students, or, as a very last resort, ask your tutor! If you found a solution, please put it here such that others can use it! Try to be as consise yet descriptive as possible, and try to file your Problem-Solution pair under the correct category (or add a new category if necessary).

Example

Just as an example! Please remove this section if you're the first to add a Problem-Solution pair!

My computer is on fire. Is this a bad thing?

Nah, probably not, the fire will soon die out. Be sure though to commit all your changes to the SVN! Just in case...

Ubuntu

My laptop is stuck on maximum brightness

Open your Terminal. Type

sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf

A text editor will open. Add the following content

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "card0"
        Driver      "intel"
        Option      "Backlight"  "intel_backlight"
        BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Log out and back in. You can now use the brightness controls on your keyboard to change the brightness.

C++

Everything related to the programming language

SVN

Everything related to Subversion

PICO

Everything related to the robot, how to operate it, how to maintain it...