Hello - Thanks for the lengthly explanation. I tried it with another WinME machine and there is the same problem.
I don't understand why a copied and modified lib cannot be added to the list of installed libs. regards - Henry Andy Eskelson schrieb: > I would not assume too much with the win 98 crashes, one different > driver installed by something else and things could easily get unstable. > I recall my old 98 system suffering various failings as it got older... > > > Kicad libs are kept in the the usr/local/kicad/share/... (for linux) > and under program files/kicad/share/... for windows. > > Do note that I am running the newer linux version, so check things out > carefully, as files may be in different places. > > > Under the share directory you should have two other directories, library > and modules. That is where the standard set of libraries and modules are > kept. > > A kicad library or module file can consist of a number of individual > devices, hence you will find that the 74xx.lib contains most of the 74 > series of chips and so on. > > The standard libs should already be available, but it is easy enough to > check. start a new project and open up eescheam and use > > preferences > library > > this will bring up a window that lists all the available libs. You > should see the standard set in the list. > > If not you can add the libs as required using the add button. > > You do the same thing with modules from PCBnew (again use preferences > > library) > > Don't forget to save the settings once you have added a lib or module. > > Kicad will save the setting in the CURRENT project, so you have do this > for every new project. - (You can set defaults) > > If you have NO libs or modules displayed, then it is likely that the > default template has gone missing for some reason. Check in > share/template , there should be a file called kicad.pro which is the > default project template. If you open this with a text editor you will > see the included libraries for eeschema and pcbNEW > > If you want a library to always be available when you start a new > project, you need to open a new project which will load this set of > defaults, then add the necessary libs, and save the project as kicad.pro > IN THE TEMPLATE DIRECTORY. > > New projects will then pick up the libs. > > > A general word of warning, when you start adding your own libs and > modules, DO NOT add them to existing standard libs and mods. If you ever > reinstall kicad, they get overwritten. Store you own libs and mods in a > separate directory and separate file. > > I can't say much about the 3d stuff. That's not something that I use very > often. > > Andy > > > > > > > > On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:00:17 +0200 > ehydra <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Andy - >> >> Yes, indeed. >> >> I tried the old versions. kicad-2006-08-28 seems to work. Strange that a >> newer version explicitly says it will work with Win98 but if I open a >> menue the prog crashes every time. >> >> OK. How is it possible to let find Kicad the libraries? I added the >> path. Don't works. So I must EVERY library and the same procedure for 3D. >> >> >> regards - >> Henry >> >> -- >> ehydra.dyndns.info >> >> >> Andy Eskelson schrieb: >>> There is a directory of old versions here. >>> >>> However, the old versions will of course be lacking in some areas. >>> >>> If upgrading your OS is not an option, consider installing Linux, perhaps >>> on a second HD and then you can run the latest version. >>> >>> Andy >>> >>> >>> ftp://iut-tice.ujf-grenoble.fr/cao/ >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> 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 >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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 > > > > -- ehydra.dyndns.info
