Cura 3.0.4 Linux won't read printer definitions

[F1ynn]

Using Cura 3.0.4 on Ubuntu 17.10, I placed the machine definitions for my MP Select Mini (files attached) in ~/.local/share/cura/3.0/definitions. When attempting to add a new printer, Cura appeared to not see them. Placing the same files in the applicable folder on the latest Windows version of Cura worked fine.
monoprice_select_mini.zip

[ChrisTerBeke]

Are you sure the definition file is correct? I think the version number should be 3 and preferred quality profile should be a quality type instead of a layer height. Also the quality profiles should be in the qualities folder, not the definition folder.

[F1ynn]

After making those two changes, I still don't see the printer showing up in the list. I am sure there are errors in the definition, but at least in the Windows version of Cura it loaded.

[ChrisTerBeke]

Mmm there shouldn't be any difference between operating systems indeed. All other settings are the same between your 2 installs?

[F1ynn]

Yes, all settings are at their default values on both installs.

[Ghostkeeper]

No, the version number needs to be 2: https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/blob/913bcf45b184fe01392e41803a260d37b333a30c/resources/definitions/ultimaker2_plus.def.json#L3

[Ghostkeeper]

The preferred quality and variant match on (user-readable) profile names. Hence the asterisks. Take for instance the Ultimaker 3 preferred quality:
https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/blob/913bcf45b184fe01392e41803a260d37b333a30c/resources/definitions/ultimaker3.def.json#L20

This matches on the Normal with capital N, not on the normal quality type.

[Ghostkeeper]

When I put the definition file in my source directory in .../Cura/resources/definitions then it loads the definition fine. It seems that the definition folder is not loaded at all on Linux then.

Edit: And not the quality files either?

[ajford]

I was running into the same issues. Running the Cura-3.0.4.AppImage, on Ubuntu 17.10 (64 Bit).

When I put

"preferred_quality": "*Normal*",

into my monoprice_select_mini.def.json, I was then able to pull up the new definition. Before that, no luck.

[tristan-shelton]

I'm having similar troubles here with Cura 3.1.0 appimage on Mint (an Ubuntu variant). I put the .def.json in ~/.settings/cura/3.1/settings/definitions/ per the instructions and the data paths on the wiki.

Unfortunately changing the preferred quality setting to *Normal* didn't do the trick for me. :(

Edit: I rechecked the wiki and I was using the completely wrong location. After checking ~/.local/share/cura/3.1/ and finding a definitions folder there I dropped the original definition file (with a preferred quality of "*.175*") there and the printer did indeed show up under Other!

[ajford]

@tristan-shelton, check your paths again. On linux, the path that worked for me (and is specified in the wiki) is ~/.local/share/cura/VERSION/settings/definitions/, where VERSION is most likely 3.1.0 or 3.1.

You specify ~/.settings, which could be a typo in your comment, but just double checking.

Also, to quote Roy from IT Crowd, "have you tried turning off and on again?" When I tried things, it wouldn't register the file until after a restart.