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XT_ · Joined:Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:17 pm Posts:4

Hi All

Newly installed MintPPC 11, Enjoying it very much. Only issue so far is that Pidgin will not start. If i click the icon for Pidgin, nothing happens. I have rebooted the machine multiple times and also reinstalled Pidgin from Software Manager. Still will not start. I tried installing Empathy. That will not start either. Clicking the icon does nothing. I need a working Instant Messaging client that supports the Yahoo! protocol. Any ideas? Before I posted this, I searched the board and found nothing, So I might be the only one having this issue as the version of Pidgin in MintPPC 11 was obviously meant to work on a PPC. Why me? It's always me!

Thank you for your help!

Computer Specs:

eMac G4 1.25Ghz
2 Gigs of Ram
160GB Hard Drive
Superdrive

linuxopjemac · Joined:Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:45 pm Posts:2744

what happens if you try to launch pidgin from the terminal ? any error messages ?

XT_ · Joined:Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:17 pm Posts:4

linuxopjemac wrote:

what happens if you try to launch pidgin from the terminal ? any error messages ?

Thanks for the quick answer back!

This is what I get in Terminal typing "Pidgin"

WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to: /home/xt/.cache/keyring-Qo9jro/pkcs11: No such file or directory

(Pidgin:4912): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_register: assertion `g_type_is_a (type, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT)' failed

ERROR: Caught a segmentation fault while loading plugin file:
/usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstclutter.so

Please either:
- remove it and restart.
- run with --gst-disable-segtrap --gst-disable-registry-fork and debug.

linuxopjemac · Joined:Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:45 pm Posts:2744

I don't see that behavior in pidgin, for me it works fine. What happens if you purge and reinstall pidgin ?

Code:

sudo apt remove --purge pidgin
sudo apt install pidgin

linuxopjemac · Joined:Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:45 pm Posts:2744

Could also be due to mint-artwork-gnome as a broken package in your system if you installed MintPPC 11 recently. I haven't had the time to fix this yet.
If you do have the package:

Code:

sudo dpkg -l | grep mint-artwork

and you see mint-artwork-gnome, take it out:

Code:

sudo dpkg -r mint-artwork-gnome

With synaptic package manager you can see if you have more broken packages in your system. If so, please report.

XT_ · Joined:Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:17 pm Posts:4

Thanks Again.

I got it working by just simply changing the widget style. I'm now on Shiki-Wise-LXDE. Now Pidgin is working correctly! If I have any further issues, I will follow the above steps to purge and re-install.

Only problem I have now with it is when someone sends me a IM. It sounds like a loud scratching sound. I checked the Pidgin settings for sounds and every sound looks it's pointing to the same default sound. Is there a way to change the sounds in the system, such as themes in sounds in Windows 7? I can't seem to find anywhere to do that. Other than that issue, the system sound is working great. I'm currently playing streaming audio in Exaile and it sounds great.

Thanks Again.

linuxopjemac · Joined:Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:45 pm Posts:2744

for your last question you should not expect any help from me, I am not into such things.

XT_ · Joined:Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:17 pm Posts:4

linuxopjemac wrote:

for your last question you should not expect any help from me, I am not into such things.

No problem, maybe someone else is having the same sound issue and can help.

Debuser21 · Joined:Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:48 am Posts:5

pidgin has been seg faulting on a debian wheezy install (i686) for about a week. I may submit a bug.