0003073: xchat-gnome crashes when selecting Preferences from the menu.

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0003073	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2016-02-16 16:38	2025-07-14 09:38

Reporter	crypiehef	Assigned To	rhertzog
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	won't fix
Product Version	2016.1

Summary	0003073: xchat-gnome crashes when selecting Preferences from the menu.
Description	After launching xchat-gnome, when selecting Prefs from the pull-down menu it crashes with this error from /var/log/messages: kali xchat-gnome.desktop[3194]: ERROR:preferences-dialog.c:194:preferences_dialog_init: assertion failed: (gtk_builder_add_from_file ( xml, path, NULL) != 0)
Steps To Reproduce	Open xchat-gnome and select preferences from the pull-down.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2016-02-16 16:38	crypiehef	New Issue
2016-02-17 07:58	rhertzog	Note Added: 0004710
2016-02-17 07:58	rhertzog	Status	new => closed
2016-02-17 07:58	rhertzog	Assigned To	=> rhertzog
2016-02-17 07:58	rhertzog	Resolution	open => won't fix
2025-07-14 09:38	g0tmi1k	Severity	crash => minor

rhertzog 2016-02-17 07:58 administrator ~0004710	xchat-gnome is not Kali specific and we won't invest time in fixing. Furthermore it will likely be dropped by Debian since hexchat is another GTK+ based IRC client that can take over the xchat config.