On Thu, 2012-12-27 at 00:46 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > The program 'evolution' received an X Window System error. > > > > This probably reflects a bug in the program. > > > > The error was 'BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'. > > > > (Details: serial 138770 error_code 8 request_code 59 minor_code 0) > > > > > > > > What can/must I do ? > > > > > > What version of Evolution? What desktop are you using? (i.e. Gnome, > > > KDE, whatever) > > > > Evolution 2.32.2 on GNOME-Version 2.32.1 from Ubuntu > That's a very old version of Evolution.
*VERY* old [where the *@!&(*@(*@ do all these ancient users come from? Really, it baffles me. No updates for four+ years? Really?] I understand lagging for stability and getting-work-done, but... multiple years? > It is unlikely that the > Evolution devs will fix a bug (if there is one) in that version. If the > problem corresponds to a bug fixed in a later version, then it would be > up to the Ubuntu maintainers to back port the patch to the version they > distribute. If it worked previously and now doesn't - it is *not* an Evolution bug [because your Evolution hasn't changed]. Not creating an X error. This is a bug in X, your video driver, Gtk, etc... especially if it corresponds to scrolling; it is further down the stack than Evolution. I'd wager some library got updated [gasp!] to a slightly incompatible version, your video hardware is dying, or the user [admin?] mucked up the libraries by forcing something or making a 'manual' change. Do not discount your video hardware dying [or somehow becoming unstable]. I've twice been able to crash a workstation by doing things on the screen with particular applications - once because the video card installed was "not supported" and once because a RAM stick was dying. Replacing the *physical* components resolved the 'bug'. Why those particular actions invoked the doom? Way above my pay grade, but I went to college for Electronics Manufacturing and know enough about the insanity of bus timing on that scale to have no problem believing it. > > > Does Evolution crash completely? Is the crash reproducible? > > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ YES ! Haven't tried it yet, 'coz I'm > > happy with a running system. But I remember what I was doing before the > > crash was only rapidly scrolling down in a large mail ?:-| > A one off crash on an X call from an unknown part of the code is not > going to be easy to get to the bottom of. The only way to deal with it > is if the crash is reproducible and you can get a debugger back trace of > the crashed code. -- Adam Tauno Williams GPG D95ED383 Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
