Re: [Pan-users] Re: Previews gone screwy

[stevem]

On Friday 05 October 2007, walt wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:46:00 -0700, stevem wrote:
> > On Thursday 04 October 2007, walt wrote:
> >> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:24:04 -0700, stevem wrote:
> >> > ...And the body pane isn't blank, the top of the picture paints,
> >> > then the remainder is blank or filled with garbage images...
> >>
> >> Do you see any error messages in the event log when that happens?
> >
> > I reinstalled libgtk2.0-0 at version 2.12.0 and it failed right off,
> > it was working at 2.10.13.  Here are the associated log errors:
> >
> > Fri Oct  5 15:28:02 2007 - Error interpreting JPEG image file
> > (Application transferred too few scanlines)
>
> Yes, that's caused by the fix to gdk-pixbuf I posted about two days
> ago.
>
> The cause is obvious for multi-part jpegs, but you said that you see
> the problem with single-part jpegs also?  I'd assume that you don't get
> this error with *all* jpegs, right?  If you could point me to a sample
> post that causes you problems I like to take a look at it.
>
Some single part posts display correctly although note these examples are 
mime'd multipart.

In alt.binaries.pictures.wallpaper -- this displays fine:

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Subject: Reposts: Beautiful Scenery from 1/12/07 - Denali Sunrise over
 Wonder Lake, Alaska.jpg (1/1)
From: Ozzy <address@hidden>
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While this one fails:

Xref: sn-us alt.binaries.pictures.wallpaper:1214052
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.wallpaper
Subject: Reposts: Beautiful Scenery from 1/12/07 - Lake Pend Oreille,
 Sandpoint, Idaho.jpg (1/1)
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Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:39:55 GMT
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My headers wrapped but you get the idea.  Seems to be related to the image 
data itself.  Some large simple images render while smaller (x by y) may 
not.

Easily fixed by replacing libgtk2 but that breaks a dozen other apps.

stevem