PCB - no message when file not found

[VaclavPe]

I tried two following scenarios:
- start PCB, menu File-Import Schematic-choose .SCH file
   - black window flashes, nothing happens
   - in the Message Window, message below appears:
      "Can't add rat lines because no netlist is loaded."

What happened ? Why is my SCH not imported correctly ? Can I see more messages in the log ?

I load .PCB from "schem2pcb" converter:
- start PCB, menu File-Load Layout
- :ExecuteFile(file.cmd)
   - nothing happens, no message in the log

Why did it nothing ? How can I know where is the problem ? I want to know what went wrong.

Testing platform - PCB v20110918, Windows XP

[DJ Delorie (djdelorie)]

Because of the way mingw works, printed messages are lost from the sub-programs. To diagnose this, open a command window and type (assuming you've also installed the gschem/gaf package):

  gnetlist -g pcbfwd whatever.sch > junk.txt

Then, junk.txt should have the messages. It's likely you'll need to either (1) set one or more environment variables related to guile, or (2) create zero-length config files as needed to aovid a file-detection bug in that version of libgeda. See http://www.delorie.com/pcb/geda-windows/ for some more installation notes.

[Peter TB Brett (peter-b)]

> (2) create zero-length config files as needed to aovid a file-detection bug
> in that version of libgeda.

If you're using the latest nightly geda-gaf build you shouldn't experience that problem (I think I've fixed it).

[VaclavPe (vaclavpe)]

I run the command you had recommended. junk.txt contains following line:
Loading schematic [D:\V\projekty\PCB\whatever.sch]

But in CMD, I see following
Failed to read pcbfwd scm file [d:\sw\gEDA\share\gEDA\scheme\gnet-pcbfwd.scm]
Backtrace:
In current input:
   1: 0* (pcbfwd "output.net")

<unnamed port>:1:1: In expression (pcbfwd "output.net"):
<unnamed port>:1:1: Unbound variable: pcbfwd

And gnet-pcbfwd.scm is indeed missing.

I downloaded geda-gaf-1.7.1.tar.gz from seul.org but there is no such file gnet-pcbfwd.scm

Where can I get it ?

Are there geda-gaf nightly builds for Windows anywhere?

[Peter TB Brett (peter-b)]

Bug 700311 strikes again!

[Peter TB Brett (peter-b)]

This doesn't look like a gEDA/gaf bug. If it turns out to be a bug in gEDA/gaf, please re-open.

[VaclavPe (vaclavpe)]

OK, my mistake, it should be PCB bug. I thought that bugs for all GEDA components were here. I will fill the bug report for PCB.

[DJ Delorie (djdelorie)]

FYI: http://www.delorie.com/pcb/geda-windows/