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 -----------------------------------------------------------