I have tried to update Kicad from the supplied 07/09/2007 version with absolutely no luck. I have a toshiba laptop with an AMD 64bit dual core processor and 4GB of memory running KDE4 desktop and Fedora 10 x86_64. When I have tried the precompiled versions by overwriting the old version my desktop crashes all the way back to the login screen. When I delete the 7/9/07 version and follow the instructions on the kicad website kicad does nothing the program does not come up at all. I see a small bouncing Kicad icon then it disappears with nothing happening. I have tried using the Windows version under wine which runs until I try PCBNEW and my computer reboots back to the login screen. I am not a software programmer so I haven't even tried the nightmare of compiling the source code. I used linux about 8 years ago and as I remember compiling code was a mind altering experience which never did work. Again I am not a software guy so problem is mine.
Any and all help will be appreciated. AndyE
