I just installed a UI and now my chat windows arent working at all. i get a guild message fo the day and those lines saying addons are installed but i cant see guild, group or any normal chats, including my own, bugsack has these chat related bugs:

[2008/10/16 06:04:40-1668-x21]: Error: Original call failed after running hooks for:  ChatFrame_OnEvent :
 Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2218: bad argument #1 to 'strsub' (string expected, got nil)(tail call): ?:
(tail call): ?:
(tail call): ?:
<string>:"*:OnEvent":1: in function <[string "*:OnEvent"]:1>
:
Stubby-130\Stubby.lua:381: in function <Interface\AddOns\Stubby\Stubby.lua:325>
(tail call): ?:
(tail call): ?:
(tail call): ?:
<string>:"*:OnEvent":1: in function <[string "*:OnEvent"]:1>

  ---

[2008/10/16 06:04:40-1668-x2]: Error: Original call failed after running hooks for:  ChatFrame_OnEvent :
 Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2218: bad argument #1 to 'strsub' (string expected, got nil)(tail call): ?:
(tail call): ?:
(tail call): ?:
<string>:"*:OnEvent":1: in function <[string "*:OnEvent"]:1>
Blizzard_CombatLog\Blizzard_CombatLog.lua:3350: in function <...ace\AddOns\Blizzard_CombatLog\Blizzard_CombatLog.lua:3329>
:
Stubby-130\Stubby.lua:381: in function <Interface\AddOns\Stubby\Stubby.lua:325>
(tail call): ?:
(tail call): ?:
(tail call): ?:
<string>:"*:OnEvent":1: in function <[string "*:OnEvent"]:1>
Blizzard_CombatLog\Blizzard_CombatLog.lua:3350: in function <...ace\AddOns\Blizzard_CombatLog\Blizzard_CombatLog.lua:3329>

  ---

[2008/10/16 06:04:42-1668-x18]: Error: Original call failed after running hooks for:  ChatFrame_OnEvent :
 Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2218: bad argument #1 to 'strsub' (string expected, got nil)(tail call): ?:
(tail call): ?:
(tail call): ?:
<string>:"*:OnEvent":1: in function <[string "*:OnEvent"]:1>
<in C code>: in function `ChangeChatColor'
Chatter-1.0\Modules\ChannelColors.lua:91: in function `?'
CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:146: in function <...ber\libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:146>
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[12]":4: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[12]"]:4>
<in C code>: ?
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[12]":13: in function `?'
CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:91: in function `Fire'
AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:70: in function <Interface\AddOns\Ace3\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:69>
:
Stubby-130\Stubby.lua:381: in function <Interface\AddOns\Stubby\Stubby.lua:325>
(tail call): ?:
(tail call): ?:
(tail call): ?:
<string>:"*:OnEvent":1: in function <[string "*:OnEvent"]:1>
<in C code>: in function `ChangeChatColor'
Chatter-1.0\Modules\ChannelColors.lua:91: in function `?'
CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:146: in function <...ber\libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:146>
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[12]":4: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[12]"]:4>
<in C code>: ?
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[12]":13: in function `?'
CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:91: in function `Fire'
AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:70: in function <Interface\AddOns\Ace3\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:69>

  ---

[2008/10/16 06:04:42-1668-x3]: Error: Original call failed after running hooks for:  ChatFrame_OnEvent :
 Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2218: bad argument #1 to 'strsub' (string expected, got nil)(tail call): ?:
(tail call): ?:
(tail call): ?:
<string>:"*:OnEvent":1: in function <[string "*:OnEvent"]:1>
Blizzard_CombatLog\Blizzard_CombatLog.lua:3350: in function <...ace\AddOns\Blizzard_CombatLog\Blizzard_CombatLog.lua:3329>
<in C code>: in function `ChangeChatColor'
Chatter-1.0\Modules\ChannelColors.lua:91: in function `?'
CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:146: in function <...ber\libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:146>
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[12]":4: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[12]"]:4>
<in C code>: ?
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[12]":13: in function `?'
CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:91: in function `Fire'
AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:70: in function <Interface\AddOns\Ace3\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:69>
:
Stubby-130\Stubby.lua:381: in function <Interface\AddOns\Stubby\Stubby.lua:325>
(tail call): ?:
(tail call): ?:
(tail call): ?:
<string>:"*:OnEvent":1: in function <[string "*:OnEvent"]:1>
Blizzard_CombatLog\Blizzard_CombatLog.lua:3350: in function <...ace\AddOns\Blizzard_CombatLog\Blizzard_CombatLog.lua:3329>
<in C code>: in function `ChangeChatColor'
Chatter-1.0\Modules\ChannelColors.lua:91: in function `?'
CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:146: in function <...ber\libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:146>
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[12]":4: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[12]"]:4>
<in C code>: ?
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[12]":13: in function `?'
CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:91: in function `Fire'
AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:70: in function <Interface\AddOns\Ace3\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:69>

  ---

please help

ok I'm haveing this problem too anyone know how to fix it

have the same problem :.-(

ah.. updated my addons today & now it works :)

how do u update addons?

Mine was caused by cartographer... once i deleted that, chat window works.

it was cartographer for me too... someone told me to update to the newest ace3 but i can't find the link for that... so i started disabling addons and cartographer was the one causing the chat to mess up.

I have similar problem. I have disabled and re-enable various addons- nothing helps. I use Carbonite, CT-Mod basic, FuBar..... Any ideas?  

i dont use cartographer but any mod i install now just seems to make my chat window all white and cant see any chat messages or nout and everytime i close wow the curse clinet says sending error message from dll. so doing a repair on wow hopefully that will sort it out coz it does it with no addon's installed aswell :(

i had this problem too, and found out that the following addons will screw up your chatwindow

Autobar (havent found fix for this yet :( )

Cartographer (all addins for this mod will screw up too)

Ace 2 and 3 (strange)

Craftlist2 (upadted this one and it worked again)

Dailie Quest tracker (update fixed this)

ktm (switched to omen and working)

Routes

SCT + SCTD (havent found fix for this)

Spamsentry + spamsentry titan (worked after update)

All the addons i updated i removed old folder before unpacking and it worked after that, just trying to overwrite kept the errors (on my comp anyway)

I had problems with Gatherer. Disabeling gathere alone wasn't enough, i had to disable them all and enable them back without gatherer

ace2 and ace3 does not mess up my chat O_o 

I am getting these.

Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2218: bad argument #1 to 'strsub' (string expected, got nil):
Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2218: in function <Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2217>:
MetaMap-20100-2\MetaMap.lua:354: in function `oldChatFrame_MessageEventHandler'
DBM_API\API.lua:4322: in function `ChatFrame_MessageEventHandler'
Prat-3.0-3.0 (Beta Version) \addon\addon.lua:488: in function <Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\addon\addon.lua:416>
(tail call): ?:
Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2070: in function `ChatFrame_OnEvent':
<string>:"*:OnEvent":1: in function <[string "*:OnEvent"]:1>

Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2218: bad argument #1 to 'strsub' (string expected, got nil):

getting this spammed too.

This "strsub" error is caused by a program using the old way to hook ChatFrame_OnEvent.

Since patch 3.0, that no longer works.  The addon has to use ChatFrane_AddMessageEventFilter instead.

See http://www.wowwiki.com/API_ChatFrame_AddMessageEventFilter.

If you don't know how to reprogram the addon yourself, you'll have to wait for an update.  There are still quite a lot of addons which haven't been fixed.

use a program called WOWMATRIX.  when you open it, it scans your addons then lists the ones that are needing to be updated in red... Once you hit update all on the top right it will go out and update all of your addons.

Theres a second tab on top that says something like get addons, you can search for addons in there and it will install them for you when you click on one and click install.

Ooops lost quote... that post was for those asking how to update your addons.

I use the Curse client to download and update addons. However, no amount of downloading/updating will get rid of this error message:

Error:  bad argument #1 to 'strsub' (string expected, got nil)
File: Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua
Line: 2218
Count: Infinite

I'm going to blow away the Saved Variables in the WTF folder. I'll update this post if it works.

UPDATE: I had to go the drastic route. I deleted the WTF folder and all add-ons. Then, I installed and tested each add-on one-by-one. For me, the culprit was TasteTheNaimbow. It's an add-on that hasn't been updated since 2007 but still worked until this patch. Oh well.

  Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave1980

use a program called WOWMATRIX.  when you open it, it scans your addons then lists the ones that are needing to be updated in red... Once you hit update all on the top right it will go out and update all of your addons.

 

Theres a second tab on top that says something like get addons, you can search for addons in there and it will install them for you when you click on one and click install.

Ty M8 this works... anyone have problem with addon chatframe problem download WOWMATRIX...

Thank You Again! :D