just updated from 6.0.4 to 6.0.6; from now on I cannot handle plugins and already installed plugins seem to not work.
From the main window | Tools | Plugin management
I get this error:
Unable to load url repository
11:20:55: SSL connect error
11:20:55: Unable to load url repository
I verified the url in the browser and it works.
The two already installed plugins were visible in the list. I have uninstalled them and tried to reinstall, but I cannot access the repository due to the above error. Anyway the plugins where not working.
thank you for the reply Paul, I have something to add. Some days ago, after having posted my question, I was able to load the repository url (always in the main window, no eeschema and no pcbnew running) and so I have reinstalled three plugins and one theme. But I think that itās not correct to say that, in my case, plugins are not loaded; they are loaded (I mean the installed plugins and themes); and today I cannot load the url repository again (SSL error), but installed stuff is visible.
This happens with KiCad 6.06 release. I have another computer with 6.0.4 still installed and this error doesnāt happen. Now I try to update to 6.0.6 to see what happens.
The computer with 6.0.4 is ok. After updating to 6.0.6 it is still ok. The other computer, with 6.0.6 as well, gives the SSL error, but at this point I think that the update doesnāt matter.
Moreover, the %APPDATA%\kicad\6.0 folder is synced between the two computers. I return back to the non working computer so I will be able to attach a screenshot of the problem.
back on the non working computer. This is the problem. Even after syncing the %APPDATA%\kicad\6.0 (the two folders are equal), here it gives the erro, on the other computer it doesnāt.
Thatās just a download error.
Are you able to access https://repository.kicad.org/repository.json in a browser on that computer?
Can you check your system proxy settings are configured correctly?
Though my system is Mac, thus different file system, this may helpā¦
Background: Before I updated to v6.0.x, all my Plugins were working and had no problems with my custom folder locations.
Then, I updated my Mac and Kicad and lost all of the links so, my plugins were no longer accessible and I had similar url error plus headache. I removed an old link to GitHub and the URL problems went away but still, My plugins didnāt run.
After inspecting āthis and thatā, I discovered Kicad placed/added new Folders and locations. So, I reset my links as commonsense dictated (and, relocated My plugins) and, Bingo! All āMy Custom Pluginsā and Kicadās plugins came to life.
Screenshot shows the Folders and Path panel (after all is working) - some inspection of your system/etc may reveal a similar ādiscombobilationā
I actually have three computers with KiCad 6.0.6 installed: Two PC and one notebook.
On two out of three, KiCad Plugin Manager is working perfectly: On the most powerful computer (Windows 11, I7 7700K) from which Iām actually writing this message and on the HP notebook (Windows 11, I5 8700). Troubles are on the oldest PC (Windows 10, Core 2 Duo). The common denominator is that all the three computers have the %APPDATA%\kicad\6.0 folder synced with a fourth folder with the same name residing on a networked NAS. It serves only for this purpose, but all the three computers use the local %APPDATA% folder when running. Of course, no more than one computer can run KiCad at the same time.
So, the most likely cause of the problem is that on the Windows 10 PC something regarding SSL has broken, but what?
ā¢ Is the folder Read/Write?
ā¢ I notice in the posted screenshot there are āspacesā between words. Kicad/Python doesnāt play well with this or non-UTF8 charactersā¦
ā¢ Thereās a Hash in the .json extension (.json#) the first line. Is it supposed to be there?
You are pointing out completely irrelevant things and are only going to confuse the s.besso.
Python does not parse this json. This is in C++ domain. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that capture.
Iām writing these replies from the problematic computer. This morning, after boot, Iāve run the sync program as I do everytime I have run KiCad on one of the other computers. Strangely the āPlugin managerā has worked fine; after this test I have closed KiCad. I point out that I havenāt made any change to the operating system nor to KiCad (apart the sync). After about thirty minutes I have tried again and blam! Again the error. Then I powered off the computer. I tried again now, while Iām writing this reply and again the error. This thing starts to puzzle me.
I might be pointing out āCompletely irrelevant thingsā And, for sure, I left my Windows knowledge behind years ago. Nonetheless, my commonsense suggests looking into the ā#ā
Oh, and, just because an Application can Create a Folder, does not mean that Write permissions are set to enableā¦ If it were me, Iād delete the # and see what happensā¦
Iāll leave this topic aloneā¦
ADD: Oops! forgot to include a screenshot (and, you can Google hashtag problems in Windows10 filenames for URLās). Enough posts on net about this on Windows10
as the sync program accesses the %APPDATA%\KiCad\6.0 folder, it means that this folder has R/W permissions.
As I pointed out in my previous reply, this morning the āPlugin managerā worked as it should, but thirty minutes after not, with the same error. Very strange.
Regarding the # character, Iām not aware that this character could be illegal in the Windows world:
If it would, the operating system would start to scream as soon as you type it.
I have just tried on the other computer, and it works fine (Windows 11).
You couldnāt be anymore wrong about thisā¦ Google it and youāll discover it is Not the System perseā, itās the programs that use the filename under Windows and itās especially the case for URLāsā¦ Iām done. Good luck!
