Re: gEDA-user: Autorouter segfaults

[Karel Kulhavy <clock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 10:20:57PM -0500, Harry Eaton wrote:
> kmk wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >if I try to use any of the autorouting features of pcb with my
> >PID-project, the program segfaults immediately.
> >
> 
> The problem stems from the copper text appearing on the "component" 
> layer. Admittedly the string is an empty string, but it is origin point 
> is outside the bounds of the board; this makes it have the bounding box 
> that one character at that position would have.
> 
> So the autorouter is trying to create an avoidance region outside the 
> bounding box for the board, which causes the segfault. The quick 
> solution for you is to use a text editor to remove the offending "text" 
> (the one at 303567, 165071) -while you're at it, remove the other 3 null 
> texts.
> 
> Now if PCB created these null texts, that's a problem. But if they were 
> created by some other means, well ... I guess it should simply discard 
> null texts when reading a file.

I also got null texts. On outline layer. I don't remember placing a null
text on outline layer so I suspect PCB to create them.

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