KiCad crash using remote desktop

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I am using KiCad 5.0.2-stable-201811280958+bee76a0~70~ubuntu16.04.1

I use it in a Linux server, that I access from a Windows computer. It works both if I access through mstsc.exe (Remote Desktop) and TightVNCviewer (VNC server).

However, in the first case (mstsc), KiCAD and the whole Ubuntu Mate desktop crashes if I select too many elements at a time in the schematics sheets and move them.

Note: this might be related by the fact that when using Remote Desktop, there is no GL available, whereas with VNC, GL is forwarded correctly.

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Is this a bug report? They go to a different place, https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad. This is a user forum (also run by users, not developers).

I already wrote about fallback mode, then I noticed you talked about schematic sheets. 5.0 doesn’t use OpenGL acceleration in eeschema. You could try 5.1 and the fallback toolset.

May I ask what’s the reason for remote? Can’t you use it directly on Windows?

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Thanks for the reply.

I just did not want to open an Ubuntu One account, and thought that the user forum also accepts bugs. My bad.

We have small Windows terminals at my work, which are used to remotely connect to our servers. You can not install anything on the Windows terminals.

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Bug report here https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1822481

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