Re: [Evolution] mail component dies on "Get Mail" (version 0.6)

[Mark Phillips <mark ist flinders edu au>]

Jeffrey Stedfast [fejj helixcode com] wrote:

> Can you get us a backtrace from gdb?
>
> in 1 xterm, `gdb evolution-mail`
> and then type 'run' at the gdb prompt
>
> then, after a few seconds start up evolution in another xterm, do what you
> did to make Evo crash.
>
> In the xterm running gdb, type 'bt' and send us the output.

Okay, I did all this, it seemed to crash like before, except the
pop-up window didn't appear this time.  But anyway, here is the last
little bit of output from gdb as well as the result of "bt":

*** Message -- FINISH Loading "file:///home/mark/evolution/local/Inbox"
*** Message -- STARTING Rebuilding message view
*** Message -- FINISH Rebuilding message view
Loading folder metainfo from : /home/mark/evolution/local/Inbox/local-metadata.xml
*** Message -- STARTING Fetching email from mbox:/home/mark/muttmail/backup2
reporting status: Getting message 0 (0% of file)
*** Message -- MESSAGE
Warning: Unknown type encountered in parse tree: 135697264
wrong types in or operation
wrong types in or operation
wrong types in or operation
.
.
.
wrong types in or operation
wrong types in or operation
parse_term_free: unknown type: 135697264
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Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x408900b0 in free () from /lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0  0x408900b0 in free () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1  0x40890053 in free () from /lib/libc.so.6
#2  0x406e14eb in g_free () from /usr/lib/libglib-1.2.so.0
#3  0x4002205d in parse_term_free (t=0x816c8d0) at e-sexp.c:674
#4  0x4002201e in parse_term_free (t=0x816c860) at e-sexp.c:660
#5  0x4002248f in e_sexp_finalise (o=0x817c8c8) at e-sexp.c:923
#6  0x404d1f24 in gtk_object_unref () from /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0
#7  0x80956ea in filter_message_search (message=0x81800a0, info=0x8180480, 
    expression=0x8195e70 " (or\n  (match-all (header-contains \"From\"  \"TRIDY002 students unisa edu 
au\"))\n  (match-all (header-contains \"From\"  \"dot1 telstra easymail com au\"))\n  (match-all 
(header-contains \"From\"  \"WHEBS001 stu"..., ex=0x81002e0) at filter-message-search.c:377
#8  0x8092e63 in filter_driver_filter_message (driver=0x817dab8, 
    message=0x81800a0, info=0x8180480, source=0x809fb18 "incoming", 
    ex=0x81002e0) at filter-driver.c:621
#9  0x8092aba in filter_driver_filter_mbox (driver=0x817dab8, 
    mbox=0x8180ae8 "/home/mark/evolution/local/Inbox/movemail", 
    source=0x809fb18 "incoming", ex=0x81002e0) at filter-driver.c:511
#10 0x807131e in do_fetch_mail (in_data=0x8145f58, op_data=0x80b3488, 
    ex=0x81002e0) at mail-ops.c:302
#11 0x80756f1 in dispatch (unused=0x0) at mail-threads.c:640
#12 0x402f3cc5 in pthread_start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
(gdb) 

Hope this gives the info youu wanted?

Cheers,

Mark.

> On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Mark Phillips wrote:
> > I've just installed version 0.6 of evolution and initially it was
> > working okay, but now when I try to click on "Get Mail" it comes up
> > with the error box:
> >
> > Ooops!  The view for 'evolution:/local/Inbox' has died unexpectedly. :-(
> > This probably means that the mail component has crashed.
> >
> > There are a number of candidates for why the crash occured:
> >
> > 1. I have lots of filters set up.
> >
> > 2. I have made some folders within folders and have told the filters
> > to send stuff there.  It seems like Evolution is not entirely
> > comfortable with dealing with folders within folders yet.
> >
> > 3. I expunged everything from my Inbox --- perhaps this stuffed things
> > up?  I had problems with expunging on an earlier version of Evolution.
> >
> > Well, they're the thoughts I had.  Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mark.

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