[PCB_FORUM] Re: Allegro acting weird
- From: Barbara Seeger <blm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:09:09 -0400 (EDT)
Hi George,
Can you check this on one of those systems giving you trouble?
outside of allegro - check your variables - do you have tmp and/or temp
set to something like this or are they missing-
set temp = C:\Temp
set tmp = C:\Temp
I'd set these and then re open allegro and retry the command.
-Barbara Seeger - Cadence
> From: george.h.patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> That's the first thing I did :)
>
> Thanks, Frank.
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> Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Allegro acting weird
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> 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)
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