You may also try one of the Live CD distributions of Linux and have all of the kicad stuff on a USB stick for example. I use Linux and Windoz versions of kicad and I never had any problems with Zones. Martin
---- andrwpodm <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > >
