Sorry I can't help there, my windows box is XP pro and kicad is installed on it, but I have no idea what version. It must be a year or two old by now.
I'm sure others are running onvista, so a few comments may appear. Andy On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:28:05 -0800 (PST) yukku yukkoooooo <[email protected]> wrote: > Well I am actually using Windows Vista.. maybe thats the problem... does > Kicad 16 Feb version work on Vista ? > If it does not I also have a Windows ME machine .. let me know if I can > install on it. > > Regards > yukku > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Andy Eskelson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, December 31, 2009 7:27:57 PM > Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Pcbnew crash while filling a zone > > > Nothing wrong with it or your method at all, it fills perfectly, merging > the ground tracks as you would expect. > > Must be something odd about your install. > > I use the linux kicad-2009-02- 16-final- CENTOS_4. 4.tgz archive, running it > on a SUSE 11.1 install at the moment. > > If you are running on windows, check your graphic card drivers and > ensure that are up to date. Sometimes they can cause all sorts of odd > effects and crashes. (I'm not referring to kicad here, but more > generally) As a zone fill is very much an operation that the OS may use > the graphic card functions to do, it's worth checking. It might even be > worth turning off any high-end graphic card funbction to see if that > gives you any clues. > > Andy > > On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:52:33 -0800 (PST) > yukku yukkoooooo <yukku19752000@ yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Hi Andy and all, > > I followed the procedure given in the Pcbnew help .pdf file, and I still > > get a crash while trying to fill the Ground zone on a 2 layer board. > > I am attaching the .brd file in this mail. It was saved just before > > attempting the refill. Can you open it and see what I have not done right ? > > > > Sorry if this is some more newbie issues. > > > > Thanks for the help > > yukku > > > > > > > > > > > > >
