Re: Red-Carpet - Segmentation Fault

Are you using a mirror, or http://red-carpet.ximian.com/?  If a mirror,
which one?  Try switching mirrors after blowing away
/var/cache/redcarpet.  I guess what I'm getting at is there might be a
mirror with some corrupt data on it.

-norm


On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 16:39, Jason A. Pfeil wrote:
> Well, I tried it.  I blew away /var/cache/redcarpet.  Red carpet then
> would switch tabs like it used to.  Then I stopped and restarted the
> rcd, and with the /var/cache/redcarpet directory it re-created, BOOM! 
> Still crashes like a champ.
> 
> Thanks for the attempt, though.  :-)
> 
> --Jason
> 
> On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 15:39, Charlie Cano wrote:
> > Wow,
> > 
> > I've had this bug for a long time and I've seen others post on this
> > list about it, but I've never found a solution.  I tried blowing away
> > the stuff in var/cache/redcarpet, and now it works again!
> > 
> > I think this should get marked as a FAQ, and hopefully a bug fix
> > soon.  This was killing me for sometime...
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 11:13, Walt Pennington wrote: 
> > > After I sent the email, I found the same bugzilla report, deleted the
> > > /var files, and was able to update Red-Carpet and Evolution. 
> > > 
> > > Walt
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 08:05, Norman P. B. Joseph wrote:
> > > > I too was frustrated by this for the longest time until I read a
> > > > suggestion (either in bugzilla or another Ximian list) to blow away
> > > > everything in /var/cache/redcarpet and then re-run red-carpet. 
> > > > Red-carpet rebuilds that directory if it finds it missing.  That worked
> > > > for me.  I read a later post that suggested that all you have to get rid
> > > > of is /var/cache/redcarpet/icons.  Give that a try.  I don't think you
> > > > can hurt anything that way other than losing cached packages in
> > > > /var/cache/redcarpet/packages if you do decide to trash everything.
> > > > 
> > > > -norm
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 19:51, Walt Pennington wrote:
> > > > > Three systems are using Mandrake 9.1.  On one system, Red Carpet crashes
> > > > > when I try to choose any options.  I removed, and then loaded the latest
> > > > > from Red Carpet.  Below are the error messages.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > I am able to use Red Carpet on a different computer using Mandrake 9.1,
> > > > > and have had no problems on that system.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks in advance for any assistance with finding why Red Carpet is not
> > > > > working on this computer.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Walt
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > # rpm -Uvh red-carpet-2.0.2-0.ximian.6.1.i586.rpm
> > > > > rug-1.4.5-0.ximian.6.0.i586.rpm
> > > > > rcd-1.5.0.0.200305060405-0.snap.ximian.0.i586.rpm
> > > > > Preparing...                ###########################################
> > > > > [100%]
> > > > >    1:rug                    ###########################################
> > > > > [ 33%]
> > > > >    2:rcd                    ###########################################
> > > > > [ 66%]
> > > > >    3:red-carpet             ###########################################
> > > > > [100%]
> > > > > [root@localhost redcarpet]# red-carpet
> > > > > Red Carpet Client 2.0.2
> > > > > Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Ximian Inc.
> > > > > 
> > > > > error: col=6 i=1 len=7
> > > > > 
> > > > > (red-carpet:2315): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: unable to set property
> > > > > `pixbuf' of type `GdkPixbuf' from value of type `gchararray'
> > > > > Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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