Librecad won't start

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04. I've just started using Librecad. I was playing around with the import image function and used it to trace out a sink. I saved the sink as a block and started having problems. Although I've rescaled it several times, the sink remained 213 feet long which wouldn't fit on my kitchen plans.

Eventually Librecad would not start. It would come up with the splash screen and the hopeful message "loading..." In the System Monitor it showed Librecad using 50% to 100% of the CPU and the memory use continued to increase. At 450 megs i halted the program. I do have the system crash file at 18 megs that I could send.

Is there any command line switches that might be useful?

I've reinstalled twice, and restarted the system of course. Any suggestions?

Hello squirp,

More info needed.

First, what LC version do you use?

The saved block, contains the image or only lines, arcs, etc.?

You can attach the created files for test?

LC version was 1.0.1.

Below are the attached files requested.

At one time I had the image as well as the traced layer. I had forgotten to remove it from the block. The dxf file I've attached is only arcs and lines.

I have two crash files in my /var/crash directory for librecad. I can send them if needed.

sink.dxf
sink_1.jpg

I thank you for your help. This is very interesting software and would like to get it working again.

Both the development version (2.0 series) and 1.0.2 open the file sink.dxf for me.

I installed the very old LC 1.0.1 in my openSUSE and made some tests:

open the attached file sink.dxf: good
insert it using library browser: good

open, insert sink_1.jpg and save as sink1.dxf:
open the file sink1.dxf: good
insert sink1.dxf using library browser: good

I tried to scale the image and works well.

In short, I can not reproduce any of the problems.

Is highly recommended that you upgrade your LC installation to 1.0.2 or more recomended 2.0.0-alpha4
even not a bad idea use daily-builds
http://librecad.org/cms/home/installation/linux.html

Tips: in LC v2 you can use "Modify->properties" to vary the image scale or use "Modify->align" plugin
to move, rotate and scale image using two reference points

And in linux you have to restart the application the system is not needed

If updating LC do not work, another posibility is Qt, I use Q t4.8.1

Thanks all for your suggestions. I'm going to update my version to the v2.0 alpha and will see what goes.

This is a lovely program and suits my needs as a contractor perfectly. Also, the support response time is amazing.

I'll post my results here if I get time today to experiment.

I updated the ppa to allow daily builds and tried to install librecad and got this error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

librecad: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14) but 2.15-0ubuntu10 is to be installed
          Depends: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1) but 1:4.6.3-1ubuntu5 is to be installed
          Depends: libqt4-help (>= 4:4.5.3) but 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.2 is to be installed
          Depends: libqt4-svg (>= 4:4.5.3) but 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.2 is to be installed
          Depends: libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.8.0) but 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.2 is to be installed
          Depends: libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.8.0) but 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.2 is to be installed
          Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 4.6) but 4.6.3-1ubuntu5 is to be installed
          Depends: librecad-data (= 2.0.0~alpha4+yeslib20120910+aef0f8b-0ubuntu0~daily7~precise1) but 2.0.0~alpha4+yeslib20120906+f59b759-0ubuntu0~daily7~precise1 is to be installed

I then went to the terminal and entered sudo apt-get build-dep librecad which installed a number of gcc and c6 packages. Then sudo apt-get install librecad and got the following:

sudo apt-get install librecad
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 librecad : Depends: librecad-data (= 2.0.0~alpha4+yeslib20120910+aef0f8b-0ubuntu0~daily7~precise1) but it is not going to be installed
            Recommends: librecad-doc (= 2.0.0~alpha4+yeslib20120910+aef0f8b-0ubuntu0~daily7~precise1) but 2.0.0~alpha4+yeslib20120906+f59b759-0ubuntu0~daily7~precise1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Thank you for your time. Any help would be appreciated.

I do not know great as it runs Ubuntu so I do not think I am the most suitable to help.

gcc ? is a compiler and not needed for LC

using instruction from http://librecad.org/cms/home/installation/linux.html
You first install the old LibreCAD (v 1.0.1) then
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:librecad-dev/librecad-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Note: seems that "apt-get build-dep" is for install dependencies for BUILD LC, therefore has installed the compiler

Well, I backed up my drive and installed Ubuntu 12.04 again and restored my users files and my fav apps - like VLC, Calibre, Blender, and tried to install LibreCad again - and got the same error!

I went to Google and the Ubuntu forums and tried all the suggestions, but noone in the couple of hours I spent on it seemed to know what "held broken packages" actually meant. After thinking about it I wondered if it might be something silly in my user files in my home directory.

I reformated and reinstalled Ubuntu - and first thing - installed LibreCad. Worked fine. I have restored bit by bit my system and so far okay. I was wondering if a config file might be causing problems. Found one for LibreCad in the .config/LibreCad folder in my backup. Didn't look particularly corrupt or hosed, but choose not to install it back.

So far no problems even with the sink.dxf file.

Let's close this thread as the original problem seems to be gone. Sorry don't have the config file any more. On the second reformat I backed up an empty file and overwrote the original.

I'm glad that it has solved, even if it was by the force

About config file do not worry, it contain Language settings, window dimension,
recent files, and dimensions sizes.

The only important is dimensions sizes but in last versions of LC are saved / restored
from file

No worries! I see lot's of new features in 2.0 to play with. Thanks for your support.

I'm glad that it has solved, even if it was by the force

About config file do not worry, it contain Language settings, window dimension,
recent files, and dimensions sizes.

The only important is dimensions sizes but in last versions of LC are saved / restored
from file

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