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

[David Chmelik]

On 9/3/22 4:00 AM, Rhialto wrote:
> 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. [...]
I didn't change much: just set to show only subject, from, time, lines 
and/or bytes.

> > Pan only sometimes (50% to 75% times?) says this before crashing: [1]+
> > Segmentation fault      pan
> People seem to have changed the meaning of "crashing" [...].
Yes: when others than research scientists started using computers. If a 
program isn't supposed to stop but does without a user asking (excluding 
accidentally) everyone I know (even older 
programmers/scientists/instructors I've known since early 1990s, and in 
that time) say 'crash'.

After moving preferences.xml I restarted pan--no crash--but now don't 
see message bodies (might just be my night themes... I'll try tomorrow) 
and saw the below.

(gtk-chtheme:29761): WARNING **: 05:13:42.069: Invalid borders specified 
for theme pixmap: 
/usr/share/themes/Menta/gtk-2.0/widgets/Others/null.png, borders don't 
fit within the image.

I don't know what that theme is doing but most/all daytime others I used 
botched scrollbars and/or analogue clock or emit too much blue.

** (gtk-chtheme:29761): WARNING **: 05:13:42.069: invalid source 
position for bilinear gradient
** (gtk-chtheme:29761): WARNING **: 05:13:42.069: invalid source 
position for vertical gradient

Can I opt-out of gradients or are those errors also in Menta theme?   I 
don't know what X software installed it but it's nice...