On Monday 09 February 2009 21:20:02 william ehlers wrote: > I have tried to update Kicad from the supplied 07/09/2007 version with > absolutely no luck. I have a toshiba laptop with an AMD 64bit dual > core processor and 4GB of memory running KDE4 desktop and Fedora 10 > x86_64. When I have tried the precompiled versions by overwriting the > old version my desktop crashes all the way back to the login screen. > When I delete the 7/9/07 version and follow the instructions on the > kicad website kicad does nothing the program does not come up at all. > I see a small bouncing Kicad icon then it disappears with nothing > happening. I have tried using the Windows version under wine which > runs until I try PCBNEW and my computer reboots back to the login > screen. I am not a software programmer so I haven't even tried the > nightmare of compiling the source code. I used linux about 8 years ago > and as I remember compiling code was a mind altering experience which > never did work. Again I am not a software guy so problem is mine. > > Any and all help will be appreciated. > AndyE
Andy, I run the latest Ubuntu on mydual core AMD 64 without any glitches whatsoever. How did you install KiCad? I use version kicad-full-version-2008-08-25c-final.tgz and that one is working. I unpacked it from /usr/local so the KiCad installation is /usr/local/kicad...... See what it complains about by starting a terminal window and type /usr/local/kicad/bin/kicad Look for error messages and try to trace them. Fedora doesn't feellike the - hrmm, majority installation Ubuntu is biut should still work. Fedora used to bite me in the past as they screwed up the libraries at updates. I couldn't have that so out went Fedora. //Dan, M0DFI