That's a side effect of the containerization. You should be able to do XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority kicad5.kicad
Am Do., 21. März 2019 um 10:12 Uhr schrieb Nick Østergaard <oe.n...@gmail.com>: > > I think it makes sense to put it under the github project such that it is > easier for other people to find it and make fixes if needed in the future. > > But before this happens I would like to make sure it works properly and it is > a think that can seamlessly supported. > > Does snaps not work over X forwarding? I just tried: > kicad5.kicad > PuTTY X11 proxy: Unsupported authorisation protocol > 10:07:55: Error: Unable to initialize GTK+, is DISPLAY set properly? > > And kicad did not show up. That is performing X forwarding with putty from > windows via xming. Firefox opens fine in that very same shell... > > I would also like if other people will try the snap thing and report back > before we pull it in. > > On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 at 09:56, Maximilian Federle <max.fede...@googlemail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hello Nick, >> >> could you take a look now? I'm eager to have a recent release in the >> store. I'm open to discussing all details (like the split out 3d >> packages) if necessary. >> We could/should also host the packaging under the KiCad github project >> if you decide to publish an official package. >> >> Best wishes >> Max >> >> Am Fr., 15. März 2019 um 13:34 Uhr schrieb Nick Østergaard >> <oe.n...@gmail.com>: >> > >> > Hello >> > >> > It seems that I have it under my canonical account. >> > >> > I am not sure if access can somehhow be shared. If you add some >> > instructions on the readme in your repo I will take a look at it. >> > >> > Nick >> > >> > On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 at 13:30, Maximilian Federle >> > <max.fede...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> I've packaged KiCAD 5.1 as a snap package (https://snapcraft.io/) as >> >> well as the libraries: https://github.com/ppd1990/kicad-snap >> >> >> >> It is not in the store yet, however a very outdated (also not building >> >> anymore) version is: https://snapcraft.io/kicad-snap >> >> The developer states that he doesn't have the time to maintain it >> >> anymore and so I'd like to take over publishing more up-to-date >> >> packages. Store guidelines recommend using a name without suffix, so >> >> in this case that'd be "kicad" and not "kicad-snap". >> >> However, "kicad" is already registered by some unknown (to me) >> >> developer, but nothing is published under this name. >> >> >> >> So my questions are: >> >> >> >> 1) >> >> Does anyone here hold the registration of the "kicad" name in the snap >> >> store? >> >> If yes, would you agree to publish a package under it or transfer the >> >> name? >> >> >> >> 2) >> >> Do you, as a project, have interest in such a package? >> >> If yes, I could request a name transfer of the "kicad" snap name with >> >> the backing of the upstream project. >> >> >> >> Thank you for this excellent piece of software and your time >> >> >> >> Max >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
