Re: [Pan-users] can you run Pan 2 on anything but GNOME/Linux? (and how to donate?)

[Jim Henderson]

On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 23:30:54 -0700, David Chmelik wrote:

> I've used Pan since '00s: best NNTP newsreader ever.  However last year
> it started crashing for me in KDE5, so I tried TWM, XFCE, MATE... can't
> run Pan 2 in anything.  I can't run it in regular GNOME (rather than
> maybe MATE or compiling Cinnamon) because I use command-line, not an X
> display manager (GNOME requires gdm) and I heard GNOME forces you to use
> only one session (and I'm not going to exit a KDE or TWM session just
> for GNOME just for Pan.)
>      The developers also didn't do the serious thing to list
> dependencies for real Unix (not just GNU/Linux) such as FreeBSD, etc.
> FreeBSD does have a package, but as it crashes all different ways in
> various window managers (WM)/desktop environments (DE) and when
> compiling.
>      If one uses other POSIX-based OSes & X WM/DE, is there any way
>      you
> can even run Pan anymore?

Pan doesn't care about the DE or WM you use - it just needs the libraries 
to be present (just like any GNOME or KDE application).

When you say "it crashes all different ways", if you can provide some 
example output (run it from the command-line), that would give someone 
something to diagnose. :)

I run Pan daily on openSUSE (in fact, posting this response using Pan 
through gmane.io).  Works great.

-- 
 Jim Henderson
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