PCB - no message when file not found
Bug #903709 reported by
VaclavPe
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #700311: gnetlist may not find backends installed by pcb.
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Bug Description
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(
- 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
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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.