Installing MatterControl 3D Printing Software

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victor@victor-ThinkCentre-M58p:~$

Hello Victor,
3D printer setup has not been performed correctly and may cause errors in the future.
I don’t know how I can help you do the right setup.
If you want, I can make a video demonstrating how to set up the printer, but possibly there must be some error during the copy & paste of the commands.
I’m available this weekend, if you wish, to help you install your printer.
We combine one hour and, here in the forum, we communicate by the topic and running the commands step-by-step. My time zone is GMT +1 UK Time, and I’m available from 14:00~15:00

Jorge

JA,
I’ve been working hard on a job project this weekend but late Saturday
I started all over, everything was going good and this part is when it goes wrong.

victor@victor-ThinkCentre-M58p:~$ gpasswd -a $USER dialout
gpasswd: Permission denied.

I’m missing something right here.

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Hi Victor,
The correct command is:

sudo gpasswd -a $USER dialout

I made this mistake of omitting ‘sudo’ nano’ when tried to follow the procedure of the Mattercontrol website. Unfortunately, I have done both as your tutorial and the website with no success. I even changed the format on the sudo nano rules by typing them horizontally with no breakup. I can say that I tried everything. I think that MatterControl is not updated for my cheap type of machine but only market brands.

Hi Victor,
I’m sorry to hear you can’t use MatterControl with your two printers.

JA,
So far, I’ve tried to activate one of the printers ( the Prusai3). My next move is trying with the other one I made which is a Prusa Mendel with platform Melzi 2.00 Ardentissimo. I have a hunch that this second one is going to work. I will follow with all the information that you kindly provided me and hopefully I’m going to have good news soon.

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