I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 I experienced the same as described by tulku on 2009-10-31.
I ended up using the manual installation [1] above. I hope that this bug is fixed soon, as kicad users need the package to be functioning correctly (and up to date). a...@sig3:/usr/local/kicad/bin$ lspci 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) -- Pcbnew crashes while attempting 3D view https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191470 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs