gEDA-user: gEDA, where are the loadable examples?

[Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings; 

First, total noob to gEDA.

The subject says it all I think.  I've run gerbv and gEDA now, and 
cannot find any loadable examples.  Are there some?
Also, I note that when I ran gschem just bow, I get an advisory
window that tells me:

Read system-gschemrc file [/opt/geda-install/share/gEDA/system-gschemrc]
Did not find optional ~/.gEDA/gschemrc file [/root/.gEDA/gschemrc]
Did not find optional local gschemrc file [./gschemrc]
Did not find optional local gafrc file [./gafrc]
Read init scm file [/opt/geda-install/share/gEDA/scheme/gschem.scm]

These are, I assume, files to be used to do such as to set the
base of the file opening requestors so I don't have to back out
of /root first for each time I try to open something?

Ok, if I cd to the install dir first, then I get that as
the root of the search menu, much better.  But I still
cannot find any examples to explore.

Opening up firefox and finding the html docs, I have arrived
at that page of the gschem totorial where there are some
sample commands to check the install.

That link is:
<file:///opt/geda-install/share/doc/geda-doc/gschem/node5.html>
and these 4 commands are to be issued:
        libgeda-config --version
bash: libgeda-config: command not found

        gesym-config --version
bash: gesym-config: command not found

So those die a lonely death, while the next 2 do ok.

        which gschem
/opt/geda-install/bin/gschem

        ldd `which gschem`
        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
        libgeda.so.22 => /opt/geda-install/lib/libgeda.so.22 (0xb7fc5000)
        libguile.so.12 => /usr/lib/libguile.so.12 (0x4be48000)
        libguile-ltdl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libguile-ltdl.so.1 (0x4bc13000)
        libqthreads.so.12 => /usr/lib/libqthreads.so.12 (0x4bc39000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0 (0x4bacd000)
        libcrypt.so.1 => /usr/lib/tls/i686/libcrypt.so.1 (0x4bbc7000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/libm.so.6 (0x4b9c6000)
        libglib-2.0.so.0 => /root/kde3.3/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xb7f2a000)
        libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb7c6c000)
        libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x423b4000)
        libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0xb7c52000)
        libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0x4239d000)
        libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 (0x4244a000)
        libpangox-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangox-1.0.so.0 (0x4284e000)
        libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x4502d000)
        libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /root/kde3.3/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0xb7c20000)
        libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /root/kde3.3/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0xb7c1d000)
        libdl.so.2 => /usr/lib/tls/i686/libdl.so.2 (0x4b9c0000)
        libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x417d3000)
        libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x417bb000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x416ec000)
        libc.so.6 => /usr/lib/tls/i686/libc.so.6 (0x4b8a2000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x4b889000)
        libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0x41826000)
        libXi.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXi.so.6 (0x4182b000)
        libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0x41821000)
        libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x417ac000)
        libXft.so.2 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.2 (0x417e7000)
        libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x4bb18000)
        libXrender.so.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x417dd000)
        libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x4a9f0000)
        libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0x42423000)
        libexpat.so.0 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.0 (0x4bba6000)
        libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/tls/i686/libz.so.1 (0x4b9eb000)

So I guess, from the above, the install may be missing something?

Also, in grepping for the chip building blocks I'd need, none of
the 3 main chips '82c55', 'L298' or 'L297' I need seem to be present.

Are these downloadable from someplace, or do I need to write
first, the logic block descriptions etc for them?  And if
I do write them, where can I upload them to share with
other potential users.  I don't have an available server,
verizon's TOS deny access anyway.  Fscking jerks...
But if granted ftp access someplace, I could move them with gftp.

I do have the chip makers docs on all 3 of them.

Thats enough dumb questions for one day I think.

Thanks for any help this group can supply.

-- 
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