Galaxium 0.7.2 Chat Window is empty/blank

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After installing the latest Galaxium Version from the Ubuntu Repository
(8.04), the Chat Window isn't shown anymore.

It is a empty window with nothing inside, practically blank, just one color.
No Interaction nothing.
I attached a picture, so that you can imagine what i'm talking about

I installed it today through the Ubuntu Repository on a Hardy Heron machine

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Pano...@gmx.de on 23 Jun 2008 at 1:11

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• Bildschirmfoto-Galaxium.Startup.png

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after running it in a terminal i get this error Message:

2008/06/23 15:43:28 [ERROR] [ContainerWindow.AddConversation] Error 
initializing chat
widget
NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
  at Galaxium.Protocol.Msn.GtkGui.MsnChatWidget.Initialize () [0x00000] 
  at Galaxium.Client.GtkGui.ContainerWindow.AddConversation (IConversation
conversation) [0x00000] 

Original comment by Pano...@gmx.de on 23 Jun 2008 at 1:44

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Well that makes no sense, there is barely anything actually being executed on 
that
method. Paul, why are line numbers not showing again in Deb releases? We need 
those
line numbers for ALL release IMO until 1.0 :P

Original comment by dra...@gmail.com on 23 Jun 2008 at 2:18

• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Component-Gui, Milestone-0.7.3, Priority-High
• Removed labels: Priority-Medium

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i don't understand what you mean.
Is it a general problem of galaium or is it just me with this error?

Original comment by Pano...@gmx.de on 23 Jun 2008 at 3:55

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So far you are the only person who has reported this problem. I can open chat 
windows
in all protocol types right now in SVN. I have also updated my regular chat 
client
version to 0.7.2 and am able to chat on MSN there.

The error is saying that it is finding a NULL object and trying to use it. This 
is in
the initialization of the MSN chat widget. Which does not do much. It passes on 
most
of its tasks to the basic chat widget implementation.

There are SOME tasks performed there, like printing out history etc, and it 
could be
there that its crashing, unfortunately, the line numbers are missing from your 
debug
information so I cannot tell what line this is happening on.

Paul needs to keep debugging details in the releases because galaxium is so new.

Original comment by dra...@gmail.com on 23 Jun 2008 at 4:46

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Try doing a clear of your config folder:

# rm ~/.config/Galaxium -rf

or if you run Galaxium from MonoDevelop:

# rm ~/.config/GalaxiumDebug -rf

Original comment by dra...@gmail.com on 23 Jun 2008 at 4:52

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The debug info is present in the debs, but the startup script doesn't run mono 
with
the debug flag by default. To get the more detailed output you'll need to run
galaxium with:

MONO_OPTIONS="--debug" galaxium

Original comment by paulburt...@gmail.com on 23 Jun 2008 at 7:15

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after running it with MONO_OPTIONS="--debug" galaxium, i get this error message:

2008/06/24 09:32:41 [ERROR] [ContainerWindow.AddConversation] Error 
initializing chat
widget
NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
  at Galaxium.Protocol.Msn.GtkGui.MsnChatWidget.Initialize () [0x00000] 
  at Galaxium.Client.GtkGui.ContainerWindow.AddConversation (IConversation
conversation) [0x00000]

After deletimng the config folder, it worked!
Then i disabled the logging and it wasn't working again, so i enabled logging, 
closed
galaxium, restarted galaxium and it worked.

SO the Problem must be somewhere with the conversation logging

Original comment by Pano...@gmx.de on 24 Jun 2008 at 7:48

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Great troubleshooting. so the window doesn't show up when the logging is turned 
off?

Original comment by dra...@gmail.com on 24 Jun 2008 at 1:23

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This is fixed. It will be resolved in 0.7.3 release. Just going to apply the 
changes
(sort of) into 0.8 svn as well.

Original comment by dra...@gmail.com on 25 Jun 2008 at 12:05

• Changed state: Fixed

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i'm glad i could help this great project!
;)

Original comment by Pano...@gmx.de on 25 Jun 2008 at 9:54