kicad is mostly unusable out of the box, help doesn't work, footprints are missing
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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kicad (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I installed kicad and the documentation and started it, then I selected Help->Getting Started in KiCad and was greeted with a dialog box:
Help file Getting_
OK, so then Help->Contents. That starts gimp. What the ???.
So I get Getting_
First problems when editing the schematic: By default, labels are displayed in black on black
Once you get to the "Run CvPcb" part, you get the expected FIle not found dialog, and then another dialog with
Some files could not be found!
sockets.mod
connect.mod
discret.mod
pin_array.mod
divers.mod
smd_capacitors.mod
smd_resistors.mod
smd_crystal&
smd_dil.mod
smd_transistors.mod
libcms.mod
display.mod
led.mod
dip_sockets.mod
pga_sockets.mod
valves.mod
and if you then try to follow along with the tutorial, you can select exactly zero possible footprints for all the components. That is https:/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: kicad 0.20131208+
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Thu May 1 21:26:33 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-14 (17 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20140326)
SourcePackage: kicad
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Related branches
- Ubuntu Development Team: Pending requested
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Diff: 126 lines (+107/-1)2 files modifieddebian/changelog (+1/-1)
debian/patches/missing_modules.patch (+106/-0)
Changed in kicad (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
I can confirm these bugs.