Help getting started on Debian Testing aka Linux Mint LMDE

of my old bbdb entries without getting any that are possibly creating my current pain. I'd try cleaning my current .bbdb first, if there was a way to do that. I haven't even found (or at least recognized) a definition of the file structure, though. Suggestions? Bill -- Bill Harris

bbdb args out of range

) ` Is there a good next step? Or is the best thing to go grab my backup of .bbdb from yesterday and stick with the encoding problem? Thanks, Bill -- Bill Harris http://makingsense.facilitatedsystems.com/ Facilitated Systems Everett, WA 98208 USA http

Re: bbdb args out of range

FWIW, I replaced the .bbdb with my backup copy, and now it works as before. I think I'll spend a bit of time searching for and deleting names in BBDB that have funny characters. Tips are welcome. Bill -- Bill Harris http://makingsense.facilitatedsystems.com/ Facilitated

Re: corrupt bbdb?

Bill Harris bill_har...@facilitatedsystems.com writes: I've been using bbdb with Gnus for quite a while, and it's almost always been great. (I have had a problem, reported here and never solved, in which I sometimes get errors like Args out of range: 0, 31 or the like when trying to read

Re: Args out of range: 0, 31 error on move between machines

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bill Harris bill_har...@facilitatedsystems.com writes: FWIW, I figured out that bbdb works okay if Gnus starts okay. I sometimes forget to establish the tunnels I use for Gnus, and that seems to confuse bbdb. After a few more weeks of trial

Re: Args out of range: 0, 31 error on move between machines

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Leo sdl@gmail.com writes: On 2008-12-28 16:06 +, Bill Harris wrote: After a few more weeks of trial, I've discovered that bbdb works every other time I start Emacs and Gnus. That is, if I start Emacs and then start Gnus, bbdb will fail

Re: Args out of range: 0, 31 error on move between machines

Bill Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't yet know what causes it to work occasionally and fail most of the time. My perception is that it is a random event that changes with each new restart of Gnus or perhaps with each new restart of Emacs and then Gnus. FWIW, I figured out that bbdb

Args out of range: 0, 31 error on move between machines

sometimes? I'll search out her code and install it on my Linux box later to see if that helps. - -- Bill Harris http://facilitatedsystems.com/weblog/ Facilitated Systems Everett, WA 98208 USA http://facilitatedsystems.com/ phone: +1

Re: bbdb 2.34

Thanks. I'll try it later today. Bill -- Bill Harris 3217 102nd Place SE Facilitated Systems Everett, WA 98208 USA http://facilitatedsystems.com/ phone: +1 425 337-5541