On 8/19/2011 3:23 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 08/19/2011 01:27 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> On 8/19/2011 12:05 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >>> Before filing a bug report, I thought I'd ask: >>> >>> Latest code, EESCHEMA library path issue, Ubuntu Linux. >>> >>> 1) Load any existing schematic into EESCHEMA through the normal method. >>> >>> 2) Menu File | New >>> >>> Immediately an error window shows up: >>> >>> Load Error! >>> >>> The following libraries could not be found: >>> >>> * power >>> * device >>> * transistors >>> etc. >>> >>> Looking at the library path settings after this process (Preferences | >>> Libraries), one sees that >>> /usr/local/share/kicad/template is there, >>> >>> *but not /usr/local/share/kicad/library* >>> >>> which is the essence of the problem I think. >>> >>> Is this a bug on Linux? >> Dick, >> >> If the EESchema executable you're running is located in /usr/local/bin or >> /usr/local is in your PATH environment variable, >> /usr/local/share/kicad/library >> should be in the list (assuming it exists) of default search paths. If not, >> then this is definitely a bug. I've run into similar problems when running >> EESchema from build folders depending on where I have my Kicad libraries >> installed. The best solution I've found is to set the KICAD environment >> variable to point to the base path to my library files. >> >> Wayne > > Thanks Wayne. > > I found that when I run eeschema from the project manager the problem does not > occur. > > Also, I found that setting KICAD environment variable to > /usr/local/share/kicad > allows me to run eeschema from the development tree. > > So your workaround was spot on. > > The question remaining is, is it a bug or not?
It appears to be a bug. I just noticed that on Linux and Windows the first default library path always gets clobbered when you do a File | New after opening a valid schematic. I get the same behavior if I launch EESchema from Kicad or run it directly from the command line. In your case, was /usr/local/share/kicad/library the first path in the list before you created a new schematic? The only other explanation I can think of is that somehow the user library path is getting set to the first default path which gets removed from the list when you create a new schematic. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
