Kshowmail keeps crashing

[WasteOfSpace]

Hello
Up until today Kshowmail was working perfectly.
I do not remember changing any settings and the only installations I have done today have been the normal updates.
Now however, when I try to start kshowmail I get the KDE crash handler.
The trace back gives me:

(no debugging symbols found)
+++++Repeated quite a few times+++++
(no debugging symbols found)
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread 0xb678c6c0 (LWP 8680)]
(no debugging symbols found)
+++++Repeated more times here +++++
(no debugging symbols found)
[KCrash handler]
#6 0x08070c06 in ?? ()
#7 0x0806e9e0 in ?? ()
#8 0x0807dd6b in ?? ()
#9 0x0806c12e in ?? ()
#10 0xb775e516 in KUniqueApplication:rocessDelayed ()
from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4
#11 0xb7779243 in KUniqueApplication::qt_invoke ()
from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4
#12 0xb7043704 in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#13 0xb73d2aba in QSignal::signal () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#14 0xb70627b2 in QSignal::activate () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#15 0xb706a936 in QSingleShotTimer::event () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#16 0xb6fd7c36 in QApplication::internalNotify () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#17 0xb6fd9a5f in QApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#18 0xb77989b2 in KApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4
#19 0xb6f6828d in QApplication::sendEvent () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#20 0xb6fcab19 in QEventLoop::activateTimers () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#21 0xb6f7d64b in QEventLoop:rocessEvents () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#22 0xb6ff2f90 in QEventLoop::enterLoop () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#23 0xb6ff2c8e in QEventLoop::exec () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#24 0xb6fd97df in QApplication::exec () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#25 0x0807eb37 in ?? ()
#26 0xb67ee450 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#27 0x0805d101 in ?? ()

Can anybody help me with this please?

Bob Willson

[Snowhog]

Re: Kshowmail keeps crashing

kshowmail appears to not be compatible with 8.10 (KDE 4.2.00), at least at this time:

sudo apt-get install --simulate kshowmail
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 kshowmail: Depends: libmimelib1c2a (>= 4:3.5.7) but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

Have you considered just using the notifier available within Kmail?

[WasteOfSpace]

Re: Kshowmail keeps crashing

Thank you for your reply Snowhog.

I did point out that the program has been working quite well for the last year until the last day or so.
It only stopped working after installing the latest updates.

I tried the command that you used and got this:
sudo apt-get install --simulate kshowmail
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
kshowmail is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Also, I tried the following.
sudo apt-get install libmimelib1c2a
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libmimelib1c2a is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

As you can see, that library is also installed and running.

Do you have any other ideas?

Bob Willson

[Snowhog]

Re: Kshowmail keeps crashing

Your situation, is that you had kshowmail installed before upgrading to 8.10. But, in 8.10 it depends on libmimelib1c2a (>= 4:3.5.7) - that's version greater or equal to 4:3.5.7. If you open a console and type:

aptitude show libmimelib1c2a | grep Version

you will see what version of the package you have is.

[WasteOfSpace]

Re: Kshowmail keeps crashing

$ aptitude show libmimelib1c2a | grep Version
Version: 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy3

[WasteOfSpace]

Re: Kshowmail keeps crashing

So if I reinstall the earlier version of libmimelib1c2a will it all work again or will that just break something else?

[Snowhog]

Re: Kshowmail keeps crashing

It appears to me, that while you have the dependent package installed on your system, as aptitude show reports, it is for Hardy, while you are now running Intrepid. I'm not sure if this situation has a resolution.