[Skencil-users] No rulers and guide lines on x86_64

[Lothar Birk]

Hi,

I am running Skencil on a Fedora 6 x86_64 system.
Installation is from the skencil-0.6.17-8.fc6.x86_64.rpm.
During startup of the program I get the error messages below. Rulers do
not show up and you cannot pull new guide lines into the drawing.
Otherwise the program is running fine.

--- Calling RedrawMethod failed---
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/skencil-0.6.17/Sketch/UI/ruler.py", line 249, in
RedrawMethod
    self.draw_ruler_horizontal()
  File "/usr/lib64/skencil-0.6.17/Sketch/UI/ruler.py", line 281, in
draw_ruler_horizontal
    DrawString(pos - tw / 2, y, text)
OverflowError: signed integer is less than minimum
---
--- Calling RedrawMethod failed---
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/skencil-0.6.17/Sketch/UI/ruler.py", line 251, in
RedrawMethod
    self.draw_ruler_vertical()
  File "/usr/lib64/skencil-0.6.17/Sketch/UI/ruler.py", line 333, in
draw_ruler_vertical
    DrawString(dx - TextWidth(text), pos, text)
OverflowError: signed integer is greater than maximum
---

The error also occurs with the newer skencil-0.6.17-10.fc6.x86_64.rpm
Does anyone have an idea how to fix this. Last fall someone filed a 
bug on a Debian mailing list which was later closed because a new
edition of the rpm apparently made the error go away.

Any help appreciated.

Best regards,
Lothar

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