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[Ruth Ivimey-Cook <ruth@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I compiled latest HEAD (master) from the gitlab repo, using dev packages 
as required (e.g. glew) from Kubuntu except for the wx 3.1 build, which 
came from https://repos.codelite.org/wx3.1.5/ubuntu/ ; (codelite maintain 
a set of builds of it for different distros).

Ruth

On 28/06/2021 16:53, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> Which version of KiCad are you talking about, 5.1 or master?  Where are
> you getting your Kubuntu KiCad package, Kubuntu or the KiCad PPA?  The
> decision to build against wxWidgets 3.1 is up to the disto package
> developer if you are using the disto's package.
>
> On 6/28/21 11:38 AM, Ruth Ivimey-Cook wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > I'm using Kicad on Kubuntu 21.04 with a 4K screen, and experience the
> > 'tiny fonts' problem on it. I got fed up with that a few days ago and
> > noticed the recommendations that wxWin 3.1 fixes many issues. I first
> > tried to install the 'flatpak' build, but couldn't do so, so then I
> > compiled it from scratch. It took a little while but I did get to a
> > build (re: the recent GLEW posts, that was a problem for me also).
> >
> > The project screen loaded fine and displays the fonts very nicely...
> > however, pcbnew fails (either directly or via project window) with a DRI
> > failed to authenticate message. Having looked around, I think this could
> > be because I'm using the nVidia driver for my GTX1060 GPU which doesn't
> > play nice with DRI. However, the officially-compiled kicad versions
> > (including nightly) work fine in that regard, so I'm not sure what is
> > happening there.
> >
> > So, this is a long post to say:
> >
> >      Please incorporate wx 3.1 into the Linux build, as you have for the
> > Win and Mac builds, because wx 3.0 is broken.
> >
> > Also, it would be good to know (if it is known) what happened with DRI 2.
> >
> > Ruth
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