Re: KiCad: "Could not use OpenGL, falling back to software rendering"

[Ted Spradley <tsprad%talent-free-studios.com@localhost>]

On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 11:01:12 +0200
Tobias Nygren <tnn%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:

> KiCad accelerated rendering is quite finicky and might need some OpenGL
> extensions you don't have. Software rendering should perform OKish on
> your hardware if the schematics aren't too complicated. Note that you
> have to change the setting in both the Schematic Editor and PCB Editor.
> 
> From the main dialog, before opening any drawings, go to
> Preferences->Preferences and set Rendering Engine to Fallback Graphics
> for all editors. You can find it under Display Options.

I switched to fallback graphics in six places in the preferences
dialogs and that got me past the hangup. Thanks!

I had used KiCad 7 on this ThinkPad with a NetBSD-10RC several months
ago with no problem.

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Ted Spradley <tsprad%talent-free-studios.com@localhost>