--- In [email protected], "denis_calchan_dupeyron" 
<denis.dupey...@...> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "insane_rosenberg" <insane_rosenberg@> 
> wrote:
> > I recently installed the latest version of Kicad available on the
> > Gentoo portage system.
> > 
> > Unfortunately (for me) the EEschema schematic template (border and
> > info box) has changed from the previous version, and all the labels
> > appear to be in an Eastern European language. 
> 
> When you're using an officially packaged application you should always look 
> for a bug (and create one if there isn't one already) in your distribution's 
> bug database. In your particular case there is already one for that 
> particular issue, you'll find it at:
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/267571
> 
> I'm the maintainer of Kicad in Gentoo. I have a fix for that but I don't like 
> it. And since I have been doing a lot of traveling lately I haven't had time 
> to investigate further. I'm not sure but I believe that once the fix is in 
> you will get the regular templates back with your schematics. So if you can 
> live with it for a few more days you can just keep it like this and when the 
> updated version comes it will be fixed automatically. If not, you can always 
> add the following line to /etc/portage/package.mask :
> =sci-electronics/kicad-20090320.1666
> 
> All you need is then to emerge kicad or update your system.
> 
> Denis.
>

Thanks Denis,

I did post to the Gentoo forums but had no reply - should have thought to check 
the bugzilla. I probably wouldn't have gone as far as posting my own bug if it 
did not already exist as I am not an experienced kicad user and thought perhaps 
there was some setting I wasn't able to find.

I am happy to wait for the updated version. At the moment I'm the only person 
who has to view my schematics but I am considering going commercial with my 
work and wanted to be sure I could produce schematics in English.

There is one other thing you could help with, the help menu item in my Gentoo 
kicad replies that it can't find the .pdf files. I emerged with the doc USE 
flag. Where should the PDF's be located? No existing bug for this one :-)

Thanks,
-Shane.





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