On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 11:01:12 +0200 Tobias Nygren <t...@netbsd.org> wrote:
> KiCad accelerated rendering is quite finicky and might need some OpenGL > extensions you don't have. Software rendering should perform OKish on > your hardware if the schematics aren't too complicated. Note that you > have to change the setting in both the Schematic Editor and PCB Editor. > > From the main dialog, before opening any drawings, go to > Preferences->Preferences and set Rendering Engine to Fallback Graphics > for all editors. You can find it under Display Options. I switched to fallback graphics in six places in the preferences dialogs and that got me past the hangup. Thanks! I had used KiCad 7 on this ThinkPad with a NetBSD-10RC several months ago with no problem. -- Ted Spradley <tsp...@talent-free-studios.com>