Hi Milan: Thank you for the prompt response. Comments below:
On Wed, 2018-07-04 at 14:33 +0200, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote: > On Wed, 2018-07-04 at 16:18 +0800, John Serink wrote: > > ... > > Hi, > please, try to send in Plain Text here, not in HTML. Yes, sorry about that. I had to use gmail inside a browser and it defaults to HTML. Evolution (what I am using to write this) is setup for plain text but it was broken when I wrote you. > Using reply to list (Ctrl+L) is preferred, at least by me. > Top-posting is also kind of bad on this list. Again, a web-browser gmail thing, sorry about that. > > Anyway, back to the issue: > > > (evolution:1684): Gdk-WARNING **: 16:14:27.887: Native Windows wider > > or taller than 32767 pixels are not supported > > Let's start with the above. Could you run on console these commands, > please: > > $ gsettings get > org.gnome.evolution.window:/org/gnome/evolution/shell/window/ width > $ gsettings get > org.gnome.evolution.window:/org/gnome/evolution/shell/window/ height > > They will show what size the window has stored. You can reset it to its > defaults with: > > $ gsettings reset-recursively > org.gnome.evolution.window:/org/gnome/evolution/shell/window/ jserink@jserinki7 ~ $ gsettings get org.gnome.evolution.window:/org/gnome/evolution/shell/window/ width 49129 jserink@jserinki7 ~ $ gsettings get org.gnome.evolution.window:/org/gnome/evolution/shell/window/ height 884 jserink@jserinki7 ~ $ gsettings reset-recursively org.gnome.evolution.window:/org/gnome/evolution/shell/window/ jserink@jserinki7 ~ $ gsettings get org.gnome.evolution.window:/org/gnome/evolution/shell/window/ width 0 After resetting to defaults, evolution started no problem. THANKYOU for this. Will file in my useful-tidbits to know folder. > If it's it, then I've no idea how those values could get insane. Pass, me neither. Especially considering it happened, at least the crash happened, when I wasn't even at my desk and my computer was locked. Never mind, its fixed now, thanx Cheers, john > > > (evolution:1684): Gdk-ERROR **: 16:14:28.153: The program 'evolution' > > received an X Window System error. > > This probably reflects a bug in the program. > > The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'. > > (Details: serial 1856 error_code 11 request_code 53 (core protocol) > > minor_code 0) > > (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported > > asynchronously; > > that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. > > To debug your program, run it with the GDK_SYNCHRONIZE environment > > variable to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful > > backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() > > function.) > > If it's not it, then, please, follow the instructions above. It might > be hard to get to the function when the debug symbols are missing. This > symbol is from gtk+. Once you have them, the commands might be: > > $ export GDK_SYNCHRONIZE=1 > $ gdb evolution --ex "b gdk_x_error" --ex r --ex "bt" --ex "t a a bt" --ex > q > > where you'll be asked to confirm that you want to make the breakpoint > pending (there's some switch for it too, but I do not recall it). Thus > just answer 'y', when you'll be asked for something by gdb. > > Thanks and bye, > Milan > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list