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New MintPPC 11 Install - Pidgin will not start
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:27 pm 
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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! :D

Thank you for your help!

Computer Specs:

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


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Re: New MintPPC 11 Install - Pidgin will not start
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:22 pm 
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what happens if you try to launch pidgin from the terminal ? any error messages ?


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Re: New MintPPC 11 Install - Pidgin will not start
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:01 pm 
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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.


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Re: New MintPPC 11 Install - Pidgin will not start
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:56 pm 
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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


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Re: New MintPPC 11 Install - Pidgin will not start
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:05 pm 
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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.


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Re: New MintPPC 11 Install - Pidgin will not start
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:23 pm 
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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.


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Re: New MintPPC 11 Install - Pidgin will not start
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:27 pm 
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for your last question you should not expect any help from me, I am not into such things.


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Re: New MintPPC 11 Install - Pidgin will not start
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:30 pm 
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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.


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Re: New MintPPC 11 Install - Pidgin will not start
PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:22 pm 
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pidgin has been seg faulting on a debian wheezy install (i686) for about a week. I may submit a bug.


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