Re: [Pan-users] Re: Previews gone screwy

[Travis]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "stevem" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Pan-users] Re: Previews gone screwy


> On Friday 05 October 2007, walt wrote:
>> On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:46:00 -0700, stevem wrote:
>> > On Thursday 04 October 2007, walt wrote:
>> >> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:24:04 -0700, stevem wrote:
>> >> > ...And the body pane isn't blank, the top of the picture paints,
>> >> > then the remainder is blank or filled with garbage images...
>> >>
>> >> Do you see any error messages in the event log when that happens?
>> >
>> > I reinstalled libgtk2.0-0 at version 2.12.0 and it failed right 
>> > off,
>> > it was working at 2.10.13.  Here are the associated log errors:
>> >
>> > Fri Oct  5 15:28:02 2007 - Error interpreting JPEG image file
>> > (Application transferred too few scanlines)
>>
>> Yes, that's caused by the fix to gdk-pixbuf I posted about two days
>> ago.
>>
>> The cause is obvious for multi-part jpegs, but you said that you see
>> the problem with single-part jpegs also?  I'd assume that you don't 
>> get
>> this error with *all* jpegs, right?  If you could point me to a 
>> sample
>> post that causes you problems I like to take a look at it.
>>
> Some single part posts display correctly although note these examples 
> are
> mime'd multipart.
>
> In alt.binaries.pictures.wallpaper -- this displays fine:
>
> Xref: sn-us alt.binaries.pictures.wallpaper:1214041
> Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.wallpaper
> Subject: Reposts: Beautiful Scenery from 1/12/07 - Denali Sunrise over
> Wonder Lake, Alaska.jpg (1/1)
> From: Ozzy <address@hidden>
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> Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:28:28 GMT
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> While this one fails:
>
> Xref: sn-us alt.binaries.pictures.wallpaper:1214052
> Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.wallpaper
> Subject: Reposts: Beautiful Scenery from 1/12/07 - Lake Pend Oreille,
> Sandpoint, Idaho.jpg (1/1)
> From: Ozzy <address@hidden>
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> Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:39:55 GMT
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> My headers wrapped but you get the idea.  Seems to be related to the 
> image
> data itself.  Some large simple images render while smaller (x by y) 
> may
> not.
>
> Easily fixed by replacing libgtk2 but that breaks a dozen other apps.
>
> stevem

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Travis in Shoreline Washington