[PCB_FORUM] Re: Allegro acting weird

  • From: george.h.patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: <icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:41:48 -0700


That's the first thing I did :)

Thanks, Frank.

-- 
George Patrick
Tektronix, Inc.
Central Engineering, EDS Applications Support
P.O. Box 500, M/S 39-512
Beaverton, OR 97077-0001
* 503-627-5272 (voice)     * 503-627-5587 (fax)
http://www.tektronix.com    http://www.pcb-designer.com
 
"Off-Grid and Proud of it!"


-----Original Message-----
From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of fxf
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:50
To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Allegro acting weird


See if you /tmp is full ( df /tmp)

george.h.patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Y'all:
> I have a couple users having problems with Allegro, and it's got me 
> stumped. I am hoping somebody has seen this before.
> The original symptom was that Allegro crashes when the user attempts 
> to measure anything. A confirmer window pops that says *"Failed to 
> open file '/tmp/#Taaaaab03348.tmp' *(the number is different when 
> Allegro is shut down but the same as long as you don't shut down). I 
> did all the usual: cleared out the temp directory, verified that 
> environment variables were correct, looked at the env file, waved my 
> sacred rattle around. Nothing out of the ordinary, just the same as 
> all the other users around here.
> Then it got weird.
> I tried to look at the environment by typing "set" in the Allegro 
> command line, nothing happened (no window with all the environment 
> variables). I tried to look at the Design Paths in the Setup>User 
> Preferences form, some of the browse buttons looked like text boxes, 
> and if I clicked any of them they couldn't find the variable and 
> popped the now familiar warning about the *"Failed to open file 
> '/tmp/#Taaaaab03348.tmp'*.
> PLEASE tell me somebody has seen this and has an easy fix. I am 
> digging around for my windows XP CDROM 'cause I have a sinking feeling

> that the OS has gone bye-bye and the user is _not_ going to be happy.
:(
> -- 
> George Patrick
> *Tektronix, Inc.*
> Central Engineering, EDS Applications Support
>
> P.O. Box 500, M/S 39-512
> Beaverton, OR 97077-0001
> A* 503-627-5272 (voice) ? 503-627-5587 (fax)
> http://www.tektronix.com <http://www.tektronix.com/> 
> http://www.pcb-designer.com <http://www.pcb-designer.com/>
>
> /*"Off-Grid and Proud of it!"*/
>
-----------------------------------------------------------
To subscribe/unsubscribe: 
Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
with a subject of subscribe or unsubscribe

To view the archives of this list go to
//www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/

Problems or Questions:
Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
To subscribe/unsubscribe: 
Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
with a subject of subscribe or unsubscribe

To view the archives of this list go to 
//www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/

Problems or Questions:
Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----------------------------------------------------------

Other related posts: