Re: [Pan-users] Old Pan quits unexpectedly

[walt]

On 11/27/2009 11:24 AM, Tony Sivori wrote:
> Pan 14.2.91 on Kubuntu 8.04 (32-bit) with Kernel 2.6.24-23-generic.
>
> Quite a while back, Pan started shutting down when I'd read a post. What
> happens is the when I click the Subject to download the body, Pan
> instantly disappears. No error, no warning, and it is kind of startling.
>
> After Pan crashes, it will reopen with no trouble. The status log is
> empty, and Pan offers to resume the task it was on when it quit.
>
> Seems to be more frequent lately, perhaps once every few hours or so.
> Anyone else using old Pan experiencing this?

I've read similar posts before, and IIRC it usually turns out that
some file in ~/.pan2 got corrupted by the very first crash, and what-
ever it is that got corrupted is causing the subsequent crashes.

The quick and dirty test is to rename your ~/.pan2 to something else,
but don't delete it.  Just let pan re-create it, and then you can try
copying over some of the config files that are a pain to replace, like
your newsgroup preferences and list of servers, etc.

If Duncan is around, he'll have more specific advice for you.