Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 21:40:34 +0300
From: Abdallah Ismail <abdallah DOT ismail DOT 2 AT gmail DOT com>
To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: [geda-help] Gnetlist DRC Errors
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I tried adding a proper footprint. I still get the same results. Below is the verbose output from gnetlist. Notice that it successfully finds pins 5 and 7 (as it did before).

- Starting internal netlist creation
 C CpnnPpnnP CpnnPpnnP DONE

- Staring post processing
- Naming nets:
pnpnpnpnpnpnpnpnpnpnpnpnpnpnpnpn DONE
- Renaming nets:
 DONE
- Resolving hierarchy:
 DONE
 DONE

- Staring post processing
- Naming nets of graphical objects:
 DONE

Internal netlist representation:

component J1 
        pin 1 (1) unconnected_pin-1
        pin 2 (2) unconnected_pin-2
        pin 3 (3) unconnected_pin-3
        pin 4 (4) unconnected_pin-4
        pin 5 (5) unnamed_net1
                J1 5 [100]
                J2 5 [150]
        pin 6 (6) unconnected_pin-5
        pin 7 (7) unnamed_net2
                J1 7 [110]
                J2 7 [160]
        pin 8 (8) unconnected_pin-6

component J2 
        pin 1 (1) unconnected_pin-7
        pin 2 (2) unconnected_pin-8
        pin 3 (3) unconnected_pin-9
        pin 4 (4) unconnected_pin-10
        pin 5 (5) unnamed_net1
                J2 5 [150]
                J1 5 [100]
        pin 6 (6) unconnected_pin-11
        pin 7 (7) unnamed_net2
                J2 7 [160]
                J1 7 [110]
        pin 8 (8) unconnected_pin-12


DRC errors found. See output file.

On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 04:32:42PM -0400, Ian Chapman wrote:
> Without looking really close and setting up a project, I wondered do you
> have a footprint assigned to the component in the schematic?  A symbol ie
> 7400 can be in a 14 pin DIP or various SMT packages.  Your symbol has
> footprint=TBD and your schematic has the same thing twice so my guess is NO
> footprint.  Ian.
> 
> 
> On 07/05/2014 09:18 AM, Abdallah Ismail wrote:
> >Hello,
> >Attached is a schematic file that contains two connectors connected together. The symbol file of the connectors is also attached. I run
> >
> >  gnetlist -g drc2 -o drc
> >
> >and I get (formatted output):
> >
> >...
> >Checking unconnected pins...
> >ERROR: Unconnected pin J2:1
> >ERROR: Unconnected pin J2:2
> >ERROR: Unconnected pin J2:3
> >ERROR: Unconnected pin J2:4
> >ERROR: Unconnected pin J2:6
> >ERROR: Unconnected pin J2:8
> >ERROR: Unconnected pin J1:1
> >ERROR: Unconnected pin J1:2
> >ERROR: Unconnected pin J1:3
> >ERROR: Unconnected pin J1:4
> >ERROR: Unconnected pin J1:6
> >ERROR: Unconnected pin J1:8
> >...
> >
> >even though the schematic does not leave any pins unconnected. What am I doing wrong? Below are the contents of my local gafrc, gschemrc, drcrules, and attribs files.
> >
> >gafrc:
> >     (component-library \"library/symbol\" \"project\")
> >     (make-backup-files \"disabled\")
> >gschemrc:
> >     (third-button \"mousepan\")
> >     (define default-titleblock \"TITLE-B.sym\")
> >drcrules:
> >attribs:
> >     value
> >     comment
> >     footprint
> >     distributor
> >     manufacturer
> >     part
> >     price
> >
> >Thank you.
>