> On Feb 8, 2017, at 3:13 PM, Mário Luzeiro <[email protected]> wrote: > > As a technical reference, > KiCad webpage [1] it sugests as requirements a GPU with OpenGL 2.1 (btw, in > one line it suggests 2.1 on other two lines it suggests 2.0 ? ) > From wikipedia [2] this standard was release in July 2006, so on the expected > next release, it will be 11 yrs old. > > I understand the use of KiCad of (very) old systems (eg: on tests lab or > assembly site) but I think from my "computer technology perspective" view 11 > yrs is old enough. > > So as I said before, my solution for this issue on a Linux machine with 11 > yrs old is to buy a second hand ($15.. $30) NVidia ( GeForce 7 .. GeForce > 8..) GPU card and install the proprietary NVidia drivers (on a recent light > linux distro)
There was someone on the EEVblog forums complaining that “The graphic driver in my computer has OpenGL 2.0, but KiCAD needs 2.1!!! Why???” I suppose that no matter where you draw the line, someone will bitch and moan. -a _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
