we've just released Arduino IDE version 1.6.1. It's a bug fix release. It fixes a couple of issues that were reported here on the forum, on github issues and on the developers mailing list.
Native dialogs on MacOSX on the Java 7+ experimental version
Improved library name matching, so IRemote library won’t conflict with RobotIRremote library (thanks Paul Stoffregen)
Fixed bug on Windows when attempting to open a sketch by double clicking it
Another important fix often reported on the forum is the update of the java virtual machine bundled with the windows version.
Many of you linked to alselectro post: those suggestions are now part of 1.6.1
installer requires admin privileges, as it puts files into system folder "Program files" and installs drivers and associates .ino files to the IDE
Zip instead is just a zip file: you unpack it, and double click arduino.exe. No magic
Zip is good if you don't have admin rights (most likely a student at some school pc) or you're trying a different IDE but don't want to uninstall the stable one
Just tried the 64 bit Linux version on Fatdog64. The Yun detection works well now. I have IP addresses for my one defined in /etc/hosts. Found the device right away. This version looks like a good improvement. This one solves the problem for me. No more work arounds needed for the Yun.
All kinds of problems reported after downloading and during installation.
The previous version was running smoothly.
Have to program some sketches this week for my students. Big trouble now!
Please, check more thoroughly before you publish "improved versions"
Paul_van_de_Veen:
All kinds of problems reported after downloading and during installation.
The previous version was running smoothly.
Have to program some sketches this week for my students. Big trouble now!
Please, check more thoroughly before you publish "improved versions"
All prior versions are still available for download under previous releases !
I'm having problems with SoftwareSerial on this new release 1.6.1. I'm not getting any readable RX response into Arduino. Maybe I'm missing something because I haven't debugged it yet, so went back to 1.6.0 for now.
@Meaghan, I think you're using an outdated version of the library: I've just downloaded it from Arduino Playground - EEPROMex and its examples compile fine
@User0689 indeed that message is cryptic. Can you try starting the IDE from the terminal and check if some more info is printed?
To start it from the terminal, open Terminal, then type /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub (if you're using the recommended version)
or /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/MacOS/Arduino (if you're using the experimental version)
Replace /Applications with the folder you unpacked the IDE in to
I'm facing some minor graphical glitches with the new version of the IDE. I downloaded the .zip version and I'm on a win7 x64. I ran the debug and nothing showed up.
The glitches are:
Whites dots in the turquoise bar just below the menu (the one with the "Compile", "Upload"... options).
Disappearing menus and submenus
I added a screenshot to illustrate.
I came from the 1.0.6 version so I don't know if it's the 1.6.0 or the 1.6.1 which is causing that.
GregLaDebrouille sometimes we face similar glitches, restarting the IDE usually make them disappear. It may be java+windows related and are hard to reproduce
