KiCad 8.0 crashes when opening PCB or SCH from KiCad Project file

maestroque · March 19, 2024, 4:19pm

What I have tried:

initially i was on v7, and upgraded to v8
clean reinstall of v8, including deletion of AppData files
Windows Update
Graphic Drivers were up to date
Removing Python from path before reinstalling

Do you have any recommendations? Is there any extra info needed? Thanks

RaptorUK · March 19, 2024, 4:32pm

Please post your full KiCad version information . . . you can copy it from Help > About KiCad > Copy Version Info

maestroque · March 19, 2024, 4:35pm

Here it is:

Application: KiCad x64 on x64

Version: 8.0.1, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.4
FreeType 2.12.1
HarfBuzz 8.3.0
FontConfig 2.14.2
libcurl/8.5.0-DEV Schannel zlib/1.3

Platform: Windows 11 (build 22631), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW

Build Info:
Date: Mar 15 2024 01:52:47
wxWidgets: 3.2.4 (wchar_t,wx containers)
Boost: 1.83.0
OCC: 7.7.1
Curl: 8.5.0-DEV
ngspice: 42
Compiler: Visual C++ 1936 without C++ ABI

Build settings:

mf_ibfeew · March 19, 2024, 4:43pm

The version information looks good, and there is no issue known which generally produces a crash at loading a schematic/pcb file.

Does the crash happen with all your projects?
Does the crash also happen with downloaded projects from the internet? (you could try example projects from gitlab, for instance selecting tracks: insonsistent selection behaviour (#17299) · Issues · KiCad / KiCad Source Code / kicad · GitLab)
Does the crash also happen with the original Kicad demo projects?
Do you get a crash if you create a new project with new schematic/board files?
Could you attach one of the crashing projects in this thread?

maestroque · March 19, 2024, 5:13pm

Yes it happened with all of them
I tried the one attached, but still crashing
Same for demo projects
Yes, I tried it, still crashes

mf_ibfeew · March 19, 2024, 5:40pm

So if all projects (schematic+board files) are crashing I think it depends on your computer system / windows installation.
Could you change the global Preferences setting prior to opening the schematic/pcb files:

common section: aliasing completely off
schematic/pcb editor → display section: use fallback graphics
schematic editor: default font == kicad font
Data collection: enable data collection and set (reset) a unique Sentry ID
after changing these settings close kicad (this saves the settings), then restart and try to open a project/schematic/board again.

Do you work from a network drive? Do you have installed kicad on a non-standard path?

If you have enabled the data collection provoke 1…2…3 crashes, then you could open a gitlab bugreport (from main project manager-_>Help–>Report bug) and provide your Sentry ID in this bugreport. If the crash was catched by the data collection engine then some information should be collected for the developers.

maestroque · March 19, 2024, 5:47pm

Okay with fallback graphics it works! Thanks a lot!

Then this should be surely be an issue of my graphics drivers. I’m not sure what could it be since there are no updates and I have not made any recent changes that could provoke this behavior. Thanks again!

maestroque · March 19, 2024, 5:52pm

The 3D viewer does not work though still.

JohnRob · March 19, 2024, 9:11pm

I suggest you try viewing step files with “CAD Assistant” by Open Cascade. It is a free utility that does nothing but view step files. It will prove or disprove you computer & graphics is capable as it uses NO kicad files.