I am having a problem with Kicad OpenGL canvas flashing when I am trying to use it. In addition to this the Cairo canvas is non-functional.
Here is my Kicad version info:
Application: kicad
Version: 0.201508290901+6132~28~ubuntu14.04.1-product release build
wxWidgets: Version 3.0.2 (debug,wchar_t,compiler with C++ ABI 1002,GCC 4.8.4,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
Platform: Linux 3.16.0-46-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Boost version: 1.54.0
USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
USE_FP_LIB_TABLE=HARD_CODED_ON
BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
Here is some basic system info:
OS: Ubuntu 14.04LTS
Processor: Install i7-5820K
Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 290x
Memory: 64GB
Disk: 210GB
If there is any info that I have missed that is needed please let me know.
Have you checked that your graphics card driver supports greater than Version 2.1 of OpenGL? I had to upgrade my driver on my Nvidia card because it was using an older version of OpenGL.
We usually do not spend much time on forums looking for bugs, therefore we kindly ask to report such problems on our official bug tracker [1]. Would you describe your problem there, so it will be easier to handle it for us?
Please add some more details: what do you mean by ‘flashing’? Does it eventually switch to the OpenGL canvas or just returns back to the legacy view? Do you get an error when switching to the Cairo canvas? If so, what is the message?
One thing that is really hard with KiCad is how everything is spread around. There is KiCad home page, then there is a separate forum page, then there is a separate bug tracker page, then there is a separate repository, then there is a separate developer’s mailing list, then there is a separate IRC channel. May be we can put a big fat link on top of the forum page for the launchpad site? People post bug reports here all the time.
I was not sure this would have been a bug as much as something wrong on my end. Maybe a OpenGL version problem, hardware drive for graphics or something. That said it does make some sense that this could be a bug.
I have reported it but I will still give some description here.
It seems to flash back and forth between the layout of the board and some other screen buffer I am guessing. I have attached a screen shot of what I mean.
