Re: geda/gschem setup problems

In article <pan.2005.04.19.18.22.55.709000@xxxxxxxx>,
him <him@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 01:51:48 +0000, Stuart Brorson wrote:
>
>> Some RC files are optional, some are mandatory:
>>
>> system-gafrc -- mandatory
>> system-gschemrc -- mandatory
>
>Wow this is cool. I have been using PCB (the layout
>program for some time now under Solaris).
>
>Having problems building GSCHEM under that
>environment so I installed the Windows port from
>2002
>
>Is that what you guys are using?
>Did you build more recent ports?

actually there is a recent release which you can burn on a CD and
it auto configs and compiles/installs. I haven't tried to build
it under Solaris or Cygwin, but use it under Linux.

http://geda.seul.org/download.html

I think the most recent version is 20050329.

>Nice to know others are using these open source
>programs. I did a 2 layer board with PCB last
>month ... I have a 4 layer board planned for the
>next few months

I have been using PCB on SunOS/Solaris/Linux for almost 10 years now
and have several 2, 4 and a 5/6 layer board. It has been getting better
and better over the years.

I just completed my first completely gEDA based design, a 2-layer USB
programming dongle for Rabbit microprocessor. The design is mostly SMD
parts (0805 and QFP32) and I even used the autorouter in PCB. I had to
touch up some traces from the autorouter. They were functionally
correct and passed DRC, they just didn't look "pretty" enough.

I haven't tried this; PCB understands size attributes in the netlist
(like Power,Signal,Skinny, etc...). I haven't figured out how to set
the attributes in gschem and whether/if gsch2pcb can understand and
generate them.

Other than that, it's very very very nice to be able to do this all
under Linux. I used to have to switch to windows for part of my toolchain.

See ya, -ingo
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