Re: [Evolution] evolution client crashing at startup

[John Edward Serink <john_serink trimble com>]

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
>
>
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