Eagle 7.6.0 Linux x64 Control Panel "Name" window resize issue

Hello,

I'm running Opensuse 13.2 x64, (KDE, Nvidia graphic driver) and I don't have any trouble like yours (all eagle 7,x.0 versions).

Maybe there is some issues with some library of the 12.3 Opensuse version that are no more compatible with last Eagle version ...

May I ask why you're using the 12.3 and not a more recent one ? I know that is not always a good idea to update to the latest  version but the 13.2 is very stable now.(unlike like the last 'leap' Opensuse version ...)...

guillaume.

On 05/23/2016 12:15 PM, Guillaume barrey wrote:

May I ask why you're using the 12.3 and not a more recent one ?

Very simply, OpenSUSE has become quite unstable ever since Microsoft

became a major shareholder and started directing development.

I run a large number of services under Linux to support what I do.

Upgrading usually means being out of business for 1 week to 1 month

while I devote 100% of my time to fixing everything broken.  Last time I

upgraded from 11 to 12, Asterisk didn't work for a week.  This meant I

didn't have phone service for a week... not acceptable.  I listened

carefully to others upgrading to 13 and heard all manner of woe, mostly

email and php things breaking.  I rely heavily on email, run OwnCloud

for Firefox Sync, Contact sync, Calendar sync to desktops, laptops, and

phones... I use Dovecot for IMAPS to Thunderbird, SquirrelMail, etc.  I

won't bother listing all the rest of what I run as it relates to heavy

embedded systems development, hardware and software with revision

control and database support. In other words I'm a heavy experienced

user.  Linux is much more to me than a "Windows desktop replacement for

my applications". It has to be stable and work, out of the box so I can

do my own work instead of fixing someone elses work (which I do pro bono

work occasionally for open source projects).

From your description of 13.x stability it might be time to take the

upgrade risk. I will have a backup plan, such as switching to Ubuntu or

going back to 12.x if 13.x is still too messed up, or so heavily

"modified" that I might as well be learning a new distribution... Kind

of like why I switched from MS Office to OpenOffice/LibreOffice around

2003, well that and OpenDocument format [international standard ISO/IEC

26300].

BTW, I really like Eagle, as it does a lot of things right.  That's why

I'm here.

Craig

On 05/23/2016 12:15 PM, Guillaume barrey wrote:

May I ask why you're using the 12.3 and not a more recent one ?

Very simply, OpenSUSE has become quite unstable ever since Microsoft

became a major shareholder and started directing development.

I run a large number of services under Linux to support what I do.

Upgrading usually means being out of business for 1 week to 1 month

while I devote 100% of my time to fixing everything broken.  Last time I

upgraded from 11 to 12, Asterisk didn't work for a week.  This meant I

didn't have phone service for a week... not acceptable.  I listened

carefully to others upgrading to 13 and heard all manner of woe, mostly

email and php things breaking.  I rely heavily on email, run OwnCloud

for Firefox Sync, Contact sync, Calendar sync to desktops, laptops, and

phones... I use Dovecot for IMAPS to Thunderbird, SquirrelMail, etc.  I

won't bother listing all the rest of what I run as it relates to heavy

embedded systems development, hardware and software with revision

control and database support. In other words I'm a heavy experienced

user.  Linux is much more to me than a "Windows desktop replacement for

my applications". It has to be stable and work, out of the box so I can

do my own work instead of fixing someone elses work (which I do pro bono

work occasionally for open source projects).

From your description of 13.x stability it might be time to take the

upgrade risk. I will have a backup plan, such as switching to Ubuntu or

going back to 12.x if 13.x is still too messed up, or so heavily

"modified" that I might as well be learning a new distribution... Kind

of like why I switched from MS Office to OpenOffice/LibreOffice around

2003, well that and OpenDocument format [international standard ISO/IEC

26300].

BTW, I really like Eagle, as it does a lot of things right.  That's why

I'm here.

Craig

On 05/23/2016 12:15 PM, Guillaume barrey wrote:

May I ask why you're using the 12.3 and not a more recent one ?

Very simply, OpenSUSE has become quite unstable ever since Microsoft

became a major shareholder and started directing development.

I run a large number of services under Linux to support what I do.

Upgrading usually means being out of business for 1 week to 1 month

while I devote 100% of my time to fixing everything broken.  Last time I

upgraded from 11 to 12, Asterisk didn't work for a week.  This meant I

didn't have phone service for a week... not acceptable.  I listened

carefully to others upgrading to 13 and heard all manner of woe, mostly

email and php things breaking.  I rely heavily on email, run OwnCloud

for Firefox Sync, Contact sync, Calendar sync to desktops, laptops, and

phones... I use Dovecot for IMAPS to Thunderbird, SquirrelMail, etc.  I

won't bother listing all the rest of what I run as it relates to heavy

embedded systems development, hardware and software with revision

control and database support. In other words I'm a heavy experienced

user.  Linux is much more to me than a "Windows desktop replacement for

my applications". It has to be stable and work, out of the box so I can

do my own work instead of fixing someone elses work (which I do pro bono

work occasionally for open source projects).

From your description of 13.x stability it might be time to take the

upgrade risk. I will have a backup plan, such as switching to Ubuntu or

going back to 12.x if 13.x is still too messed up, or so heavily

"modified" that I might as well be learning a new distribution... Kind

of like why I switched from MS Office to OpenOffice/LibreOffice around

2003, well that and OpenDocument format [international standard ISO/IEC

26300].

BTW, I really like Eagle, as it does a lot of things right.  That's why

I'm here.

Craig

On 05/23/2016 12:15 PM, Guillaume barrey wrote:

May I ask why you're using the 12.3 and not a more recent one ?

Very simply, OpenSUSE has become quite unstable ever since Microsoft

became a major shareholder and started directing development.

I run a large number of services under Linux to support what I do.

Upgrading usually means being out of business for 1 week to 1 month

while I devote 100% of my time to fixing everything broken.  Last time I

upgraded from 11 to 12, Asterisk didn't work for a week.  This meant I

didn't have phone service for a week... not acceptable.  I listened

carefully to others upgrading to 13 and heard all manner of woe, mostly

email and php things breaking.  I rely heavily on email, run OwnCloud

for Firefox Sync, Contact sync, Calendar sync to desktops, laptops, and

phones... I use Dovecot for IMAPS to Thunderbird, SquirrelMail, etc.  I

won't bother listing all the rest of what I run as it relates to heavy

embedded systems development, hardware and software with revision

control and database support. In other words I'm a heavy experienced

user.  Linux is much more to me than a "Windows desktop replacement for

my applications". It has to be stable and work, out of the box so I can

do my own work instead of fixing someone elses work (which I do pro bono

work occasionally for open source projects).

From your description of 13.x stability it might be time to take the

upgrade risk. I will have a backup plan, such as switching to Ubuntu or

going back to 12.x if 13.x is still too messed up, or so heavily

"modified" that I might as well be learning a new distribution... Kind

of like why I switched from MS Office to OpenOffice/LibreOffice around

2003, well that and OpenDocument format [international standard ISO/IEC

26300].

BTW, I really like Eagle, as it does a lot of things right.  That's why

I'm here.

Craig

Hi Craig

I understand your point. At work, I think twice (or more) before asking for a soft, OS or computer update to the TI department because of the waste of time it can produce.

Even at home, I don't change easily, that why I'm still running 13.2  and not the leap 42.1. I just tried it on a laptop I barely use so I could not risk to be stuck with bugs from an un-really tested version. I was right to test it on this old laptop: this Leap 42.1 that should be the Opensuse 'Stable' version wasn't very stable at all (Kwin crashes every 5 minutes, random dual screen configuration at each login etc...).

On that point, you’re right, Opensuse really disappoints me : they didn't focus on the stability, but only on the 'shiny-brand-new-but-buggy-feature-that-I-don't-even-care'. They should reserved that for the tumbleweed version.

I'm really happy with the 13.2, (that's why I asked), but I must admit that I'm not an advanced user like you (I use thunderbird/firefox/eagle/freecad, and dlna services, and it not for my job (at work I'm running that I'm told to run :windows7 (I would prefer linux )...

BTW I love eagle too , but I'm helpless for your problem.

Guillaume.

I'm a long term OpenSuse user, now using OpenSuse 13.2 & KDE.

I agree with the complaints but prefer to stick with the devil I know.

I would like to ditch KDE but I need it to run Kate, my favorite text

editor for programming.

I still haven't found something that is as good as Kate.

But now, guess what. After doing some updates/patches, Kate crashes when

opening a file that

contains only two characters: space and newline. Also, in Dolphin,

right-click on that

textfile and select properties. Dolphin crashes.

And it seems that they are not going to patch it for OpenSuse 13.2 users.

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348977

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I'm a long term OpenSuse user, now using OpenSuse 13.2 & KDE.

I agree with the complaints but prefer to stick with the devil I know.

I would like to ditch KDE but I need it to run Kate, my favorite text

editor for programming.

I still haven't found something that is as good as Kate.

But now, guess what. After doing some updates/patches, Kate crashes when

opening a file that

contains only two characters: space and newline. Also, in Dolphin,

right-click on that

textfile and select properties. Dolphin crashes.

And it seems that they are not going to patch it for OpenSuse 13.2 users.

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348977

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Web access to CadSoft support forums at www.eaglecentral.ca.  Where the CadSoft EAGLE community meets.

On 25/05/16 09:28, Teuniz wrote:

I would like to ditch KDE but I need it to run Kate, my favorite text

editor for programming.

I still haven't found something that is as good as Kate.

I guess this is just one of those sources of holy wars. My personal

experience of Kate as a programming editor was enough to drive me back

to ViM! I mostly use Nedit on Linux, although Scite is tolerable. I'm

almost tempted to say I've not found a Linux programmer's editor to

match Notepad++ on Windows!

I haven't used KDE for a long time.

On 25/05/16 09:28, Teuniz wrote:

I would like to ditch KDE but I need it to run Kate, my favorite text

editor for programming.

I still haven't found something that is as good as Kate.

I guess this is just one of those sources of holy wars. My personal

experience of Kate as a programming editor was enough to drive me back

to ViM! I mostly use Nedit on Linux, although Scite is tolerable. I'm

almost tempted to say I've not found a Linux programmer's editor to

match Notepad++ on Windows!

I haven't used KDE for a long time.