----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Zeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <pan-users@nongnu.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [Pan-users] Re: Pan keeps "forgetting" server
> On 07/23/2008 Duncan wrote: >> Reinforcing the above, definitely, what version of pan are you using? >> Modern (0.132 being the latest, 0.133 should be out soon, I hope) pan >> keeps the server information in a separate file, servers.xml, in the >> (by default) ~/.pan2 dir. > > I am, of course, using .132, Waxed in Black. Yes, the info is in > ~/.pan2/server.xml, and every time the info vanishes, that file gets > overwritten. I know, because I close Pan and check. (I now have a > backup copy; next time it happens, I just copy it over the bad one and > be done with it.) I've not "done a proper fsck," because I only > installed Fedora 9 about 2 months ago, and except for some problems > caused by an intereaction between my nVidia drivers and xscreensaver > have had no problems or crashes. Frankly, except for this, I see no > evidence of file corruption, and after over 30 years using computers, > I know what it looks like. > > I might add, btw, that nuking and starting over would be a major PITA, > considering that, as I've mentioned earlier, there are at least 1,000 > old posts on the server in the group I frequent, and Pan is not > exactly good about sorting by date! I never have a problem using sort by date with Pan (0.132). I do it all the time. -- Travis in Shoreline Washington _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
