[Pan-users] Re: Frequent Freezes in Pan 0.14.2 through X11

[Lenny Nero]

On Sat, 08 May 2004 14:24:56 -0700, from under the noise of black
helicopters Michael said...

> I'm a new user to Pan. While I love it's quick, no-fault downloads, I'm
> having a problem with frequent (perceived) freezes while performing
> common tasks. For instance, when I mark an entire group read, the whole
> program just kinda stalls. If I have downloads in progress, I know that
> the files are still coming in, as I can see them piling up in the
> downloads directory. But the app just sits there. It's unresponsive, I
> can't change windows, I can't select/deselect any items, headers, menus
> even.
> 
> I'm using Pan 0.14.2 through X11 on Mac OS X 10.3.3, 400 MHz G3, 1 GB
> RAM. I have copious amounts of disk space left, in the range of 30-40
> GB.
> 
> Can someone help me understand why this happens? I let it go for up to a
> half an hour before I just shut down X11, thus losing all sorts of saved
> information. As I said above, I perceive this to be a freeze because the
> app is unresponsive, but because I'm new to working with Pan, and
> especially through X11, I don't know if it's the UI that's unresponsive
> or the whole app.
> 
> I would appreciate any advice at all!
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael

I sometimes use Pan on a 466mHz win box and if I ask it to mark the whole
group read with 10,000 + msg it will *look like* it has stalled but it
just needs time to clear. I noe mark groups as read a page down at a time,
may be slower but you can see it working.

L.
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