On Thursday 22 January 2009 22:50:40 Gary L. Roach wrote:
> This is really wierd. I use Debian Linux with a KDE desktop. I have had
> a launcher icon for gschem on the desktop for months. I was trying to
> get the !@#$% rc files straightened out so that pcb and gnetlist would
> work properly when suddenly the launcher quit. If I use it, the loading
> icon appears in the panel with a spinning thingy, goes for about 20
> seconds, disappears and nothing happens. The thing is that all of the
> other gEDA launchers work fine. I can also start gschem from the command
> line with no trouble. I tried to make up a launcher from scratch
> -calling /usr/bin/gschem . It didn't work either. Picking gschem from
> the popup menu system doesn't work either.
>
> I know that this is a bit off the beaten track, but maybe someone has
> seen this before. I'm stumped.
Yes, if you screw your configuration files up you can make gschem fail with no
GUI warnings. Try running gschem from a terminal window and have a look at the
output -- it should give you hints about what's going wrong.
This is a known problem, and something that we're planning to address in
future releases.
Cheers,
Peter
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Peter Brett
Electronic Systems Engineer
Integral Informatics Ltd
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