I have this same problem, because I automate my build with makefiles, and I'd like to have a build machine (that doesn't run X) be able to build everything (mostly software, but also PNGs and PDFs of my schematics, along with running DRC, making a netlist, etc.)
I did a search for an alternate way around the problem, and found this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/834723/a-dev-null-equivilent-for-display-when-the-display-is-just-noise I haven't tried it yet, but plan to soon. - Miles On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:35 AM, John Doty <[email protected]> wrote: > > On May 26, 2009, at 5:34 AM, Ineiev wrote: > >> On 5/26/09, Josef Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: >>> But scriptability is a concern, though: is it possible to create the >>> ps/eps from a script/Makefile without GUI intervention? >> >> (Do you mean you do it _with_ GUI?) >> >> pcb -x ps --psfile board.ps board.pcb >> >> PCB even does not requires X for this task. BTW I couldn't achieve >> this with gschem --- it doesn't work from text terminal for me. > > You can print using the print.scm from a text terminal or script as > long as there's an X server for gschem to flash the page on. A minor > annoyance, I think. > >> >> Regards, >> Ineiev >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> geda-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user >> > > John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. > http://www.noqsi.com/ > [email protected] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
