2008/11/26 gliderpull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > First I want to thank the developers for an excellent program for > making PCB's. > > I have used kicad for more than 6 months, on several machines, and it > has worked fine. > > Yesterday I did an install of the Ubuntu kicad package on Ubuntu intrepid. > > Like usual, eescema had a problem I solved as usual by installing a > newer version from the nightly builds that I have kept all the time. > > It also worked fine. > > Then I got tempted to install the newest build from > > http://beischer.com/kicad/ > > and started the program. > > Now all looked normal, but the mouse clicks was not working anymore, > neither in the eescema program nor anywhere else on the Ubuntu desktop. > > The keyboard was still functional, and the mouse cursor could be moved > as usual, but no reaction to mouse clicks. > > I have tried to completely remove the kicad packages and delete the > .kicad file and then reinstall kicad. > > The error stays put. If the kicad program is not started all seems normal. > > To my understanding the failure of one program should not affect other > programs. > > I can avoid the problem by not using kicad, but that is no solution > when I need to make PCB's. > > I tried searching for a solution, but without success. Does anyone > know how to get rid of this problem ? As this is a workstation with > lots of other special programs, a reinstall is not an attractive solution. >
Hi, I tried just now on Ubuntu 8.10, the version 20080811.r1188, it work perfectly. In my opinion you should search around your video drivers. HTH Danilo Uccelli
