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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/27/2014 02:43 AM, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote:
> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 09:33:30AM +0200, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote:
>> to pinpoint where the event loop is getting stuck... all the UI works
>> (menu opens and so on) but code is not getting dispatched.
> 
> OK, it was actually easier than I tought... during library load a lib is
> missing and it want to show the 'The following libraries could not be
> found:' dialog.
> 
> It does the ShowModal and the following nested gtk-main loop but the
> dialog is not mapped (strangely other UI elements are still accessible,
> something in the 'modal' stuff is incomplete). I presume it's still
> waiting for a dialog dismissal (but the dialog is not on screen anyway)!
> 
> No complaints from the debug gtk, either.
> 
> Could it be that at that time some wx structure is not yet ready from
> the kiface machinery?
> 

Alright, let's fix the message output capability first, (before we supply the library
which would sweep the reporting bug under the rug).

Help me duplicate the reporting bug please.

Can you do a

$ ldd _eeschema.kiface

and see what's missing?  I can hide that library and try and duplicate your situation.