Thanks alot for that info Donald. That would certainly save me the hassle of repartitioning my hrd drive and having to reinstall everything again. Neva used Linux or anything like it before so it'll be a learning excercise for me also. I'll keep you posted as to my progress.
--- In [email protected], Donald H Locker <dhloc...@...> wrote: > > Hi, Andy. > > There is another option - install a virtual machine and run your Linux or > Solaris machine under that. I've started doing that using Sun's VirtualBox > <http://www.sun.com/software/products/virtualbox/> which I find very usable > and stable; and it's free for personal use as I read their license. I have a > Dell Latitude E6400 with Windows XP. I'm running two virtual machines as > needed - one OpenSolaris 10 and one Ubuntu 9.04 Install the virtual machine, > reboot the virtual machine, run the virtual machine. It's just another > program to the Windoze host OS. > > No re-partitioning, no hardware reboot to install or start or stop, nothing > nasty like that. It just works. (No interests, just a satisfied user.) > > I also have two virtual machines set up under a VMWare Workstation > virtualiser. That works too, but seems a bit more resource intensive and has > some UI issues that distract me. But that too is a solid product. > > Donald. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "andrwpodm" <andrwp...@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 5:50:09 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [kicad-users] Re: Zone Fill Crashes PCBNew > > > > --- In [email protected], "hal8000b" <hal8000b@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "andrwpodm" <andrwpodm@> wrote: > > > > > > Ok. I had this problem before but after searching the messages for a > > > possible solution I thought I had found it, but to no avail. Everytime I > > > create a zone and then try to fill it, PCBNew crashes.I have tried > > > setting the dimensions in inches and not mm, and left the clearance at > > > 0.02" as stated in a previous post. It worked a few times, but now its > > > started all over again. I am running Windows Vista Home Premium Edition > > > and Kicad build 20090216 final. > > > > > > Any suggestions?????? > > > > > > Andy > > > > > > > You're not going to like me answer, unless anyone else can verify. > > > > There are no problems with Windows XP filling zones so I feel this may be > > down to Vista. Unfortunately being run on windows, there is no further help > > to what causes this. > > You could try updating your graphics card drivers, as its a fill routine, > > it may be graphical related. Other than that have you tried a different > > version of kicad? > > > > > I somehow knew you was going to say that. lol. I'll check my graphics drivers > to see if I have the latest version, but considering I am using a Dell 1545 > laptop that Ive not long had, I think i may be out of luck there. > > I have not tried a different version of Kicad. Do you recommend a version to > try???? > > Can I just run Kicad in compatability mode???? > > The only other alternative I can think of, is creating a new partition on my > hard drive (which I wouldnt like to do) and installing Linux and trying it > thst way. What do you think????? > > Andy > > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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 >
