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Re: EESchema freezes a couple minutes after start.

 

--- In kicad-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@...> wrote:
>
> phinitnan_c wrote:
> > --- In kicad-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "phinitnan_c" <crackerizer@> wrote:
> >   
> >>
> >> --- In kicad-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "emmedics4" <marco.serantoni@> wrote:
> >>     
> >>>>>> As the subject, I still don't know what is happening. It freezes even without being used. Can someone confirm that? I'm using kicad R2389.
> >>>>>>             
> >>>>> Just to better focusing the problem:
> >>>>> On which platform that happens ?
> >>>>> With which wx-widgets version ?
> >>>>>           
> >>>> Here is my platform:
> >>>> Build: (20100223 SVN-R2389)-RC4
> >>>> wxWidgets 2.8.10 Unicode on 32 Bits GNU/Linux (Archlinux)
> >>>> Does eeschema has log/debug info? I would investigate the problem.
> >>>>         
> >>> Did you compile it ? if yes with in Debug or Release ?
> >>> And how you have started eeschema ? (executing the eeschema binary directly or passing by the project manager (kicad))
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Marco
> >>>
> >>>       
> >> Yes, I use arch building system to compile it as Release. I normally start eeschema with kicad. But I'm trying with eeschema start.
> >>
> >>     
> >
> > Marco, it's been about an hour without problem now. The problem seems to limit with eeschema started by kicad. I'll report again in a few hours.
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >   
> This is most likely a stray printf() function in the eeschema.  
> Printf()s or any output to stdout, should only be done in the debug 
> builds. Writing to stdout while running under Kicad will lock up the 
> child process when the output pipe gets full. This is a know issue.
> 
> So to find the problem, simply go run eeschema from the command line, 
> and look for any output on the console, what you see is your problem.  
> Those printfs() or whatever you see on screen, need to be conditional on 
> the DEBUG #define being in play.
> 
> 
> Dick
>

Dear all,

It's been hours without problem now. Dick, there is a string repeatly printout on the console, "** (eeschema:29056): WARNING **: IPP request failed with status 1280", Can this be the source of problem?

Tony







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