Re: gEDA-user: geda-user Digest, Vol 32, Issue 25

2009-01-10 Thread eas lab
Subject: gEDA-user: New user to PCB - what does this error mean? Susan Mackay wrote:- I'm new to PCB and I'm trying to create my first board after following the tutorials. Yes but, did you 'build-up' towards it via several refinements of a 'hello world' minimal tester. == Chris Glur. PS.

gEDA-user: New-install ? dbus-launch

2009-01-10 Thread eas lab
I'm having considerable problems running geda, gschem, or pcb. [Altho' I first wanted to just 'see' spice, which I found isn't even in the massive package]. A major problem is that over the years of linux usage, I've always logged in as root. The need to login as non-root creates a whole layer

Re: gEDA-user: New-install ? dbus-launch

2009-01-10 Thread John Griessen
eas lab wrote: I'm having considerable problems running geda, gschem, or pcb. [Altho' I first wanted to just 'see' spice, which I found isn't even in the massive package]. A major problem is that over the years of linux usage, I've always logged in as root. The need to login as non-root

Re: gEDA-user: New-install ? dbus-launch

2009-01-10 Thread Peter Clifton
On Sat, 2009-01-10 at 19:18 +0300, eas lab wrote: I'm having considerable problems running geda, gschem, or pcb. [Altho' I first wanted to just 'see' spice, which I found isn't even in the massive package]. spice doesn't as such exist. The closest open source is ngspice, which is its own

Re: gEDA-user: New-install ? dbus-launch

2009-01-10 Thread Peter Clifton
On Sat, 2009-01-10 at 22:03 +, Peter Clifton wrote: On Sat, 2009-01-10 at 19:18 +0300, eas lab wrote: I'm having considerable problems running geda, gschem, or pcb. [Altho' I first wanted to just 'see' spice, which I found isn't even in the massive package]. spice doesn't as such

Re: gEDA-user: EDIF standard?

2009-01-10 Thread James F. Carroll
Árpád, What are you trying to accomplish? I assume you wish to parse in some EDIF and then modify it in some way. I am part of a research team that has developed some tools to parse and manipulate EDIF: * [1]http://reliability.ee.byu.edu/edif/ *

Re: gEDA-user: New user to PCB - what does this error mean?

2009-01-10 Thread Susan Mackay
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this. From several of the comments, I realise that I didn't say that I would not be using a commercial fabrication shop for this as the board is quite small, I'm still in the prototyping stage, I using this to learn about PCB et al, and the local

Re: gEDA-user: geda-user Digest, Vol 32, Issue 27

2009-01-10 Thread eas lab
web-based applications are crap ! I can't edit the 'Subject:' field. I'm nor committed to any particular linux. All GNU/linux should work. My geda-0.0.2 was installed under Mandrake9. Since multiple scripts handle/block running as root, I don't want to add extra complications by trying to

Re: gEDA-user: geda-user Digest, Vol 32, Issue 27

2009-01-10 Thread Peter Clifton
On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 04:02 +0300, eas lab wrote: web-based applications are crap ! I can't edit the 'Subject:' field. I'm nor committed to any particular linux. All GNU/linux should work. They all do, and BSD, Mac, Solaris, Windows... (gEDA runs on all of those - not all from the binary

Re: gEDA-user: geda-user Digest, Vol 32, Issue 27

2009-01-10 Thread Dave McGuire
On Jan 10, 2009, at 8:02 PM, eas lab wrote: web-based applications are crap ! Yup. This is what happens when people use technology for things it wasn't designed to do. Web browsers for email, Windows machines connected to networks...What's next, using Volkswagens to haul steel girders

Re: gEDA-user: New-install ? dbus-launch

2009-01-10 Thread al davis
On Saturday 10 January 2009, Peter Clifton wrote: spice doesn't as such exist. The closest open source is ngspice, which is its own project - although does come under the gEDA umbrella. Actually, there are a bunch of open source Spice programs. You can still download spice-3f5 from Berkeley,

Re: gEDA-user: New user to PCB - what does this error mean?

2009-01-10 Thread Dave N6NZ
DJ Delorie wrote: A number of us here in the USA have boards made in Europe or China, so shipping can't be *that* much. Try www.pcb-pool.com or www.olimex.com for starters. Olimex has a couple of big fans among my local friends, though I've never used them. I've used AP Circuits and

Re: gEDA-user: New user to PCB - what does this error mean?

2009-01-10 Thread DJ Delorie
DJ is um. unique? That crazy guy who does XYZ at home. I'm the guy who does 4 layer boards at home. I'm the guy who does 6/6 rules at home. I think I can do 4/4 but not reliably. I'm the guy who does 01005 parts at home. (not by choice any more) I'm the guy with the six-cpu furnace