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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/28/21 12:34 PM, Ruth Ivimey-Cook wrote:
> I have v5.1 from http://ppa.launchpad.net/kicad/kicad-5.1-releases/ubuntu/

In the short term, we will probably continue to package 5.1 with wx 3.0. 
 This is primarily to ensure that our python scripts aren't broken by 
Python 3 which is require when building with wxWidgets 3.1.

> And the kicad built nightly v5.99 from 
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/kicad/kicad-dev-nightly/ubuntu/
>
> And it's v5.99 I was asking to include wx 3.1.

I though we had changed our nightly Ubuntu builds over to 3.1 but 
apparently not.  Maybe our PPA package dev can comment about what it 
would take to do that.  I've been using 3.1 on Debian testing for quite 
a long time now and it seems to be stable and it also fixes a lot of issues.

> 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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