Found the source of the problem. There are three bugs that come together to produce this behavior
1) The footprint files "DIODE_LAY 300.fp", and other in different sizes, have a space in the file name. 2) The space in the file name breaks gsch2pcb, resulting in corrupted elements in the pcb file. 3) The pcb file, on encountering the corrupt elements, outputs no error message, except to say it cant load the file. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1771726 Title: After gsch2pcb, pcb fails to open the new pcb file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pcb/+bug/1771726/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs