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Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:04:32 +0100
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On Sun, 2012-03-18 at 23:40 +0100, Stefan Salewski wrote:
> On Sat, 2012-03-17 at 16:36 -0700, W. Ekkehard Blanz wrote:
> > ...just installed and used gEDA tools for the first time (NOOB!!)...
> > 
> > [...]
> > Can any of you gEDA gurus help, please?
> > 
> 
> It is indeed very unpleasant that such problems may occur to new users.
> 
> I have read your post twice, but was not able to really see the problem.
> 

I forgot:

If you use pcb program to import the schematics without using gsch2pcb,
you have to specify paths as DJ told us recently:

http://www.delorie.com/archives/browse.cgi?p=geda-user/2012/02/14/13:48:44


That direct import is a new feature of pcb, so you may try to use the
latest release 20110918 available for ubuntu

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=pcb