If you really want to start from scratch then you may also want to remove the ~/.cache/kicad (or there about, I am not on linux right now). But it is not as important, it only contains the scene graph model cache. (Or what ever it is really called)
2018-01-09 14:55 GMT+01:00 Clemens Koller <[email protected]>: > Hi! > > I am testing latest-git on Linux, collecting some UX issues when starting > Kicad from scratch (*): > > On a new installation, I cannot execute 3D Shape Downloader out of the > box. KISYS3DMOD points to ~/SW/share/kicad/modules/packages3d after > installation to ~/SW/share/kicad/bin. > > This folder doesn't exist yet at this point, but could be created by Kicad. > (The behaviour is still the same even when ~/SW/share/kicad/modules/packages3d > was created in advance.) > > The 3D Shape Downloader then tells me: > "It's not possible to write in the selected directory. Please choose > anothe one." > > When I press "Default 3D Path", I would expect that it resets the path to > a default working one, > but an message tells me that "KISYS3DMOD path not defined , or not > existing". > > Anyway it's possible to hit the Next-> button just to realize than after > an hour of downloading, the download is going to fail -> Duh! > When I replace the ~/ with /home/admin/ everything seems to work. > Is there a reason that the ~ cannot be used from within Kicad? > > Regards, > > Clemens > > (*) Kicad rebuilt from src and started from scratch after rm > ~/.config/kicad > > > --- > Application: kicad > Version: (2018-01-08 revision 0e9c8a423)-master, release build > Libraries: > wxWidgets 3.0.3 > libcurl/7.57.0 OpenSSL/1.1.0g zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.0.4 libpsl/0.19.1 > (+libidn2/2.0.4) libssh2/1.8.0 nghttp2/1.29.0 > Platform: Linux 4.14.12-1-ARCH x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK > Build Info: > wxWidgets: 3.0.3 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 2.24 > Boost: 1.66.0 > Curl: 7.57.0 > Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 with C++ ABI 1011 > > Build settings: > USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF > USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF > KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON > KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON > KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON > KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON > BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON > KICAD_USE_OCE=ON > KICAD_SPICE=ON > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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