Cvpcb doesn't show parts

Software
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I am a new user, playing around with KiCad for about 2 hrs now.
Made a simple circuit with KiCad. ERC, Netlist, BOM all worked well with no warnings/errors.

However, when I attempt to do the footprint thing, CvPcb opens up and shows a notice:
"Some files could not be found!

  • smd_crystal&oscillator.mod
  • smd_dil.mod"

When I then close this message box, I see in the left 2/3 in bluish white, empty.
However, I somehow expected to see the components list there.
Loading the .net file via File->Open doesn’t change anything.
In the bottom bar I read “Components: 0 (free: 0)”

However, the netlist file itself appears to look fine. It contains all components, nets etc.

What am I doing wrong?
I’d really be happy for any idea what I could try, as I feel stuck now…

My OS and kicad versions:

  • FreeBSD 10.2
  • Eeschema (2013-Dec-23)-stable
  • CvPcb (2013-Dec-23)-stable

P.S.: I attempted to upload the netlist file, but I got a message that I cannot to yet as I am new user.

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So you’re still using the obsolete version. Why?

Make sure the footprint libraries (.mod) are actually installed AND added to the list of libraries in pcbnew. Otherwise nothing will show up.

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Thanks Madworm :smile:

I found out I installed FreeBSD package “kicad”. It contains the (old) version mentioned in my post. I removed it and installed “kicad-devel”. Seems to be the new version and all things work smoothly using it. Currently playing around with the pcb layout and learning how to use it :smile:

Thanks again from a kicad newb :slight_smile: