[Evolution] Bug#499155: evolution: unable to scroll message list using vertical scroll bar

Nathanael Hoyle nhoyle at hoyletech.com
Tue Sep 16 15:38:27 UTC 2008


Package: evolution
Version: 2.6.3-6etch2
Severity: important

I am unable to utilize the vertical scroll bar to scroll the list of
messages in the message pane in Evolution.  I have tried clicking either
the top and bottom arrows, as well as attempting to click and drag the
slider element.  The shading of the arrows and slider changes when the
mouse hovers over the element, indicating that the mouse cursor is
indeed in that position, but the application completely ignores the
clicks.  I have tried with all 3 buttons, simply for completeness (using
a standard 3-button Sun mouse), although I would only expect the first
button to work.

I have attempted running the application with --disable-eplugins to
confirm that the behavior is not plugin-dependent.  I have attempted the
operation under both Xfce4 and fluxbox as well, and it occurs for both
window managers.

I have attempted to research this issue, and found only two related
bugs, one related to a compiz setting (compiz is not installed in my
case), and the other related to an older version of gtk-engines (see
description of this bug at
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=369100 ).  I am not certain
how the referenced gtk-engines package maps to the available packages on
debian currently, I did not see a package with the same name and roughly
similar package revision number.

I tried starting from the console and watching for messages which would
indicate a problem, but the only message was in relation to
network-manager not being installed (I am not using gnome desktop or
management tools).

This is a new installation of evolution, so I have no prior behavior,
and there is not a recent upgrade that I can point at as having broken
something.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: sparc (sparc64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-sparc64
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages evolution depends on:
ii  dbus          1.0.2-1+etch1              simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  evolution-com 2.6.3-6etch2               architecture independent files for
ii  evolution-dat 1.6.3-5etch1               evolution database backend server
ii  gconf2        2.16.1-1                   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-icon-th 2.14.2-2                   GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gtkhtml3.8    3.12.1-2                   HTML rendering/editing library - b
ii  libart-2.0-2  2.3.17-1                   Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0   1.12.4-3                   The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0 0.2.6-6                    Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libavahi-clie 0.6.16-3etch1              Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-comm 0.6.16-3etch1              Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-glib 0.6.16-3etch1              Avahi glib integration library
ii  libbonobo2-0  2.14.0-3                   Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2- 2.14.0-5                   The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6         2.3.6.ds1-13etch7          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2     1.2.4-4.1+etch1            The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcamel1.2-8 1.6.3-5etch1               The Evolution MIME message handlin
ii  libdbus-1-3   1.0.2-1+etch1              simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib- 0.71-3+b2                  simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libebook1.2-5 1.6.3-5etch1               Client library for evolution addre
ii  libecal1.2-6  1.6.3-5etch1               Client library for evolution calen
ii  libedataserve 1.6.3-5etch1               Utility library for evolution data
ii  libedataserve 1.6.3-5etch1               GUI utility library for evolution 
ii  libegroupwise 1.6.3-5etch1               Client library for accessing group
ii  libesd0       0.2.36-3                   Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libexchange-s 1.6.3-5etch1               Backend library for evolution cale
ii  libfontconfig 2.4.2-1.2                  generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6  2.2.1-5+etch3              FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4   2.16.1-1                   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11   1.2.3-2                    LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0   1:2.6.0-4                  library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0  2.12.4-2                   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyr 0.6.0-3                    GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome-pilo 2.0.15-2                   Support libraries for gnome-pilot
ii  libgnome2-0   2.16.0-2                   The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanva 2.14.0-2                   A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeprint 2.12.1-7                   The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
ii  libgnomeprint 2.12.1-4                   GNOME 2.2 print architecture User 
ii  libgnomeui-0  2.14.1-2                   The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2- 1:2.14.2-7                 GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgnutls13   1.4.4-3+etch1              the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgpg-error0 1.4-1                      library for common error values an
ii  libgtk2.0-0   2.8.20-7                   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgtkhtml3.8 3.12.1-2                   HTML rendering/editing library - r
ii  libhal1       0.5.8.1-9etch1             Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii  libice6       1:1.0.1-2                  X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62     6b-13                      The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libldap2      2.1.30-13.3                OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libnm-glib0   0.6.4-6                    network management framework (GLib
ii  libnotify1    0.4.3-1                    sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libnspr4-0d   1.8.0.15~pre080614d-0etch1 NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libnss3-0d    1.8.0.15~pre080614d-0etch1 Network Security Service libraries
ii  liborbit2     1:2.14.3-0.2               libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0 1.14.8-5                   Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpisock9    0.12.1-5                   library for communicating with a P
ii  libpisync0    0.12.1-5                   synchronization library for PalmOS
ii  libpng12-0    1.2.15~beta5-1             PNG library - runtime
ii  libpopt0      1.10-3                     lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6        1:1.0.1-3                  X11 Session Management library
ii  libsoup2.2-8  2.2.98-2                   an HTTP library implementation in 
ii  libtasn1-3    0.3.6-2                    Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libx11-6      2:1.0.3-7                  X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1   1.1.7-4                    X cursor management library
ii  libxext6      1:1.0.1-2                  X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3    1:4.0.1-5                  X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6        1:1.0.1-4                  X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1  1:1.0.1-4.1                X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2       2.6.27.dfsg-4              GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2    2:1.1.0.2-5                X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1   1:0.9.1-3                  X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  zlib1g        1:1.2.3-13                 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages evolution recommends:
pn  evolution-plugins             <none>     (no description available)
pn  gnome-desktop-data            <none>     (no description available)
pn  gnome-pilot-conduits          <none>     (no description available)
ii  spamassassin                  3.1.7-2    Perl-based spam filter using text 
pn  yelp                          <none>     (no description available)

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