#3272·ranger

Color issue returns

Author: Colin11200Created Sep 3, 2026Updated Sep 3, 2026

I am using ranger to browse my file system and it crashes every single time i scroll down to this .yaml file.

colin11200@armament11200:~$ ranger ranger version: ranger 1.9.4 Python version: 3.14.4 (main, Jun 18 2026, 14:25:02) [GCC 15.2.0] Locale: en_US.UTF-8 Current file: '/mnt/pool/wow/azerothcore-wotlk/docker-compose.override.yml'

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ranger/core/main.py", line 201, in main fm.loop() ~~~~~~~^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ranger/core/fm.py", line 377, in loop ui.redraw() ~~~~~~~~~^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ranger/gui/ui.py", line 330, in redraw self.draw() ~~~~~~~~~^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ranger/gui/ui.py", line 357, in draw DisplayableContainer.draw(self) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ranger/gui/displayable.py", line 260, in draw displayable.draw() ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ranger/gui/widgets/view_miller.py", line 100, in draw DisplayableContainer.draw(self) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ranger/gui/displayable.py", line 260, in draw displayable.draw() ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ranger/gui/widgets/browsercolumn.py", line 187, in draw self._draw_file() ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ranger/gui/widgets/browsercolumn.py", line 214, in _draw_file Pager.draw(self) ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ranger/gui/widgets/pager.py", line 109, in draw self._draw_line(i, line) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ranger/gui/widgets/pager.py", line 139, in _draw_line self.set_fg_bg_attr(*chunk) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ranger/gui/curses_shortcuts.py", line 89, in set_fg_bg_attr self.win.attrset(curses.color_pair(get_color(fg, bg)) | attr) ~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ranger/gui/color.py", line 32, in get_color curses.init_pair(size, fg, bg) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ValueError: Color number is greater than COLORS-1 (7).

ranger crashed. Please report this traceback at: https://github.com/ranger/ranger/issues