Comment 20 for bug 1778203

@Orson, fair enough. I will go ahead and tag rc3 once there is a fix
for the segfault bug Seth just reported. Thanks for looking into this.

On 6/25/2018 3:23 AM, Maciej Suminski wrote:
> Wayne, I am afraid it will take a lot of time. All machines I have handy
> (including a Macbook) display the board correctly even on integrated
> GPUs, so all I can do is to blindly throw patches at the problem and
> that is never fast or efficient. The discussed issue does not cause a
> crash and the board is still editable with Cairo, though I admit it is
> not very convenient with 6 layers.
>
> Most likely it is a problem of lacking video memory or poorly
> implemented video driver, especially that the OP is able to load other,
> simpler boards. A potential solution involves rendering engine
> optimization which I would rather avoid in such late stage of the
> development cycle. Anyway, optimization will let us handle slightly
> complex boards with the same video card, but you will always find a
> design that will torture a video card.
>
> Nikolas, could you try what Seth and I have suggested? Did you try
> unfilling the zones (please save and reload the board after doing so) or
> exporting gerbers and loading them in gerbview? It is an important data
> point for us.
>
> ** Changed in: kicad
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Maciej Suminski (orsonmmz)
>