Hi, I use Kubuntu, but I always install Kicad this way: ** Under Linux:
You must be "root". goto /usr/local Untar kicad.tgz : tar zxvf kicad.tgz The main program is /usr/local/kicad/bin/kicad If you use KDE, users can copy the shortcut /usr/local/kicad/bin/kicad.desktop in <user home directory>/Desktop and use it to run kicad. In the example, kikad.tgz stands for one of these files: kicad-2009-02-16-final-CENTOS_4.4.tgz kicad-2009-02-16-final-UBUNTU_8.10.tgz Good luck, Pedro. > Yes, I know there is a new verion, but I don't know how to install it - the old version comes with the repositories in my distro PCLinuxOS. > I think the new version includes the zones in the DRC control (my version does not) , then it is easy to discover if this bug appears also in the new version ( if I just do an DRC test after the zones are made). > > Jens > > > --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Pedro Martin <pki...@...> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have not studied your problem, but some zone bugs were fixed in later > > versions. Try 2009-02-16 version. > > > > Pedro. > > > > > I've just encountered a very strange thing when generating a Zone in PCBnew. > > [version: "** PCBNEW (sept 1992 .. 2006) **Build Version:PCBNEW > > (2007-07-09) - Unicode version"] > > > > > > I have choosen the finest pitch (grid: 0.120 mm) and Zone clearance 0.444 > > mm. I had done first the GND zone, and next I was about to do the VCC zone. > > But it doesn't only generate the ordinary zone, but it also makes some very > > broad tracks that in some places override the zone clearance space, and in > > one spot actually shortcuts VCC to the GND zone. > > > (I doscovered this after measuring zero ohms on the final product!) > > > > > > The faulty tracks belongs to the generated zone - they are not editable, but > > disappear if I choose to delete the zone. > > > > > > How can I avoid this to happen? > > > > > > I uploaded some screenshots where you can see the PCB with and without the > > VCC Zone so you can understand what I mean. > > > > > > (pics: zone1.jpg, zone2.jpg, zone3.jpg and zone4.jpg at > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/photos/album/1407660911/pic/list ) > > > > > > > > > > >
