can't get rid of cursor locations

[Larry Plumhoff]

I downloaded Kicad today (11/14/19) and got involved with the schematic. The position on the cursor is shown with a plus sign...BUT as I move the cursor, the plus signs just follow the position and it is just plain useless. I can't find a way to get rid of the unwanted plus signs no matter what I try. The problem is the same on 2 different operating systems ; linux mint 19 on a 32bit system and also on a 64 bit system running a ryzen processor (amd) . If I keep moving the mouse, the screen will be filled up with plus signs !

[Ian McInerney (imcinerney)]

Please paste the version information from About KiCad -> Copy Version Info into your report.

[Larry Plumhoff (lpkicad)]

Don't see the connection... attached is a screenshot of the problem.

Thanks,
Larry

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 1:41 PM Ian McInerney <email address hidden>
wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1339539 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1339539
>
> Please paste the version information from About KiCad -> Copy Version
> Info into your report.
>
> ** Changed in: kicad
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1852624
>
> Title:
> can't get rid of cursor locations
>
> Status in KiCad:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I downloaded Kicad today (11/14/19) and got involved with the
> schematic. The position on the cursor is shown with a plus sign...BUT
> as I move the cursor, the plus signs just follow the position and it
> is just plain useless. I can't find a way to get rid of the unwanted
> plus signs no matter what I try. The problem is the same on 2
> different operating systems ; linux mint 19 on a 32bit system and also
> on a 64 bit system running a ryzen processor (amd) . If I keep moving
> the mouse, the screen will be filled up with plus signs !
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1852624/+subscriptions
>

[Seth Hillbrand (sethh)]

This issue has been resolved by KiCad 5.1. If your distribution does not provide this, you will need to either download from another source or use a distribution that is officially supported.

Note that Mint is not officially supported and the Mint project does not maintain a KiCad release and there are some issues using Ubuntu packages. However, we provide some best-effort guidelines here: http://kicad-pcb.org/download/linux-mint/

Please report issues upstream to Linux Mint for this issue.

[Larry Plumhoff (lpkicad)]

First , thanks for your help ! BUT.... The version I downloaded from Linux
mint was 4.0.7 . I tried to uninstall it and then install 5.1.4 . It
installed , but has no symbols (or the libraries) so basically can do
nothing. Both of my systems respond the same way (LM 19 (32 bit , and LM
19.1 APEX 64 bit ) . I have tried to delete everything but must have missed
something because it still remembers what I was working on yesterday .

Thanks,
Larry

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 2:30 PM Seth Hillbrand <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1339539 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1339539
>
> This issue has been resolved by KiCad 5.1. If your distribution does
> not provide this, you will need to either download from another source
> or use a distribution that is officially supported.
>
> Note that Mint is not officially supported and the Mint project does not
> maintain a KiCad release and there are some issues using Ubuntu
> packages. However, we provide some best-effort guidelines here: http
> ://kicad-pcb.org/download/linux-mint/
>
> Please report issues upstream to Linux Mint for this issue.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1852624
>
> Title:
> can't get rid of cursor locations
>
> Status in KiCad:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I downloaded Kicad today (11/14/19) and got involved with the
> schematic. The position on the cursor is shown with a plus sign...BUT
> as I move the cursor, the plus signs just follow the position and it
> is just plain useless. I can't find a way to get rid of the unwanted
> plus signs no matter what I try. The problem is the same on 2
> different operating systems ; linux mint 19 on a 32bit system and also
> on a 64 bit system running a ryzen processor (amd) . If I keep moving
> the mouse, the screen will be filled up with plus signs !
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1852624/+subscriptions
>

[Seth Hillbrand (sethh)]

The KiCad project provides some basic instructions at http://kicad-pcb.org/download/linux-mint/

The user forum is also a good place to request usage support: https://forum.kicad.info/

Linux Mint is not a supported distribution. http://kicad-pcb.org/help/system-requirements/#_gnulinux