Re: [Pan-users] pan always crashing fast again

[Rhialto]

On Fri 02 Sep 2022 at 19:37:53 -0700, dchmelik@gmail.com wrote:
> Like for past few years until earlier this year, pan always crashes fast
> again (on Slackware64 15+current GNU/Linux).
> 
> Pan always says something like this before crashing: (pan:16759):
> Gtk-CRITICAL **: 19:23:47.724: IA__gtk_tree_view_column_set_fixed_width:
> assertion 'fixed_width > 0' failed

If it says that, it suggests it has something to do with a user
interface element. And that would possibly be stored in
.pan2/preferences.xml. Moving aside that file might be enough.
If it isn't, you could experiment with preserving the files which
register the newsgroups you subscribed to. As far as I can see, this
includes files .pan2/newsgroups.*, .pan2/group-preferences.xml and
.pan2/newsrc*.

> Pan only sometimes (50% to 75% times?) says this before crashing: [1]+ 
> Segmentation fault      pan

People seem to have changed the meaning of "crashing", but in my mind,
if it doesn't say "Segmentation fault" or "Bus error" or somesuch, it
hasn't actually crashed.

> Is there any way I can clean/reset ~/.pan2 without having to delete the
> entire thing making me have to add almost 1400 newsgroups one-by-one?  Last
> time I only had to re-add almost 1000 on-by-one but almost wasn't worth it.
> 
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