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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/23/2016 10:48 AM, jp charras wrote:
> Le 23/06/2016 à 16:16, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
>> On 6/23/2016 10:13 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>>>
>>> Den 23/06/2016 15.52 skrev "Wayne Stambaugh" <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
>>> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>>:
>>>>
>>>> On 6/23/2016 9:49 AM, Mário Luzeiro wrote:
>>>>> Hi Wayne,
>>>>>
>>>>> Is that on the KiCad main branch?
>>>>
>>>> Yes
>>>>
>>>>> Do you experienced the same on my branch?
>>>>
>>>> I did not test the 32 bit build of your branch.  I will try to test it
>>>> today or tomorrow and let you know.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> As far as I was following the changed on 3d-viewer on main branch, I
>>> am not aware of any major change.
>>>>> The only thing I have in mind that may be causing this type of
>>> issues could be the OpenGL context implemented by Orson recently (that
>>> is also used on 3D-Viewer).
>>>>> (Orson did lots of changes / commits, make sure the source tree is
>>> updated)
>>>>>
>>>>> I have no Windows 32 to test it, but I just build it (the main
>>> branch) today and works for me on a Windows 7 64 bit.
>>>>
>>>> 32 bit windows is the only platform I'm having issues with.  The 64 bit
>>>> Linux and windows builds are fine.
>>>
>>> Are you testing the i386 msys2 build on a 32 bit or 64 bit windows system?
>>
>> Both my 7 and 10 versions of windows are 64 bits.  I don't have access
>> to a 32 bit windows any longer without using a VM.  I guess I will have
>> to set one up if no one else out there has a 32 bit windows machine that
>> they can verify this on.  It would be useful to know if the same
>> behavior occurs on 32 bit windows.  I'm guessing most 64-bit windows
>> users will download the mingw64 build of kicad so it may not be a big
>> issue but I'm sure someone else will get bit by it if I have.
> 
> On my 32 bits W7, I do not have any issue with the 3D viewer, neither with the current branch, nor
> with mario's branch, with Kicad build with msys2, 32bits.

So it appears that the problem is limited to 32 bit builds on 64 bit
windows.  Would someone else test this to see if it's just me or it
effects everyone?

> 
> 
>>
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mario
>>>>> ________________________________________
>>>>> From: Kicad-developers
>>> [kicad-developers-bounces+mrluzeiro=ua.pt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> <mailto:ua.pt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>] on behalf of Wayne Stambaugh
>>> [stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]
>>>>> Sent: 23 June 2016 00:11
>>>>> To: KiCad Developers
>>>>> Subject: [Kicad-developers] 3D viewer broken on 32 bit windows.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think this may be the same issue as JP is seeing but every time I
>>>>> launch the 3D viewer on 32 bit windows builds (msys2/ming32), it either
>>>>> hangs indefinitely with a blank canvas and a busy cursor on 64 bit
>>>>> Windows 7 or crashes almost immediately after being launched with the
>>>>> same blank canvas and busy cursor on 64 bit windows 10.  This situation
>>>>> really needs to be addressed.  Can one of our resident 3D viewer experts
>>>>> please take a look at this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Wayne
>>
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