I can confirm that when I build wxWidgets and KiCAD from source, that eliminates the problem.
--Mike > I believe I know what the problem is. I had the same thing in Linux, > and it turns out that the binaries for Linux that are available on the > Kicad site are compiled with an older version of wxWidgets which is the > culprit in this bug. > > You will need to install wxWidgets 2.8.x and compile Kicad yourself > (unless someone has better binaries somewhere!) > > I added the following line to my repositories in Ubuntu to get the > latest wxWidgets: > > deb http://apt.wxwidgets.org/ gutsy-wx main > > It says it's for gutsy but it's been working fine in hardy for me and I > haven't found a hardy repository yet. > > Moses > > > On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 23:19 +0000, wkleckler wrote: >> I've been looking for a schematic capture / PCB layout program to >> run in Linux-Kubuntu. KiCad looks promising but the schematic >> symbols for primitives (e.g. OR gates, AND gates, etc.) look very >> bad. It appears that the construction lines which generate the arcs >> are rendered in the schematic. This makes the schematic very >> cluttered and makes the symbols confusing. Does anybody have any >> good ideas for correcting this or should I bite the bullet and get >> Eagle? >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your >> question. >> Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator >> of Kicad. >> Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute >> your symbols/modules to the kicad library. >> For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the >> kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! >> Groups Links >> >> >> > >
