Mihai T. Lazarescu wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 09:20:02PM -0000, william ehlers wrote: > > > 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. > > I can provide the kicad-20081208-1.fc9.src.rpm to rebuild. > It appears to work for my F10 i386, although not tested > in depth. Let me know. > > Mihai > > I'll try Dan's way one more time and get back to you for the RPM if needed.
AndyE
