Mozilla Firebird/Thunderbird and GAIM only run as root

The Analog Kid · 2004-01-05 23:55:24

I seem to not be able to start the following programs in the topic as a regular user, but can start them fine with root, XMMS is able to start but looses it's playlist upon each start up. My user belongs to user and wheel groups, and is there any other group it should belong to?

kritoke · 2004-01-06 02:28:21

Almost sounds as though you dont have write access to your home dir (like for instance making the dir as root and then forgetting to make it writable by the user). That would explain the xmms not remembering your playlist and I think gaim requires that you have a .gaim in your home dir. Can you load up the programs in a terminal and see what the output is and maybe that could give an idea of what really is going on.

Kritoke

The Analog Kid · 2004-01-06 02:45:43

Hmm, doesn't give me anything, just goes back to the prompt as if I were to load a program that CTRL-C in the terminal to exit. The directories are being made fine, .gaim is there and .xmms, and all the rest of the folders.

The Analog Kid · 2004-01-07 23:12:24

I did gaim --debug and this is what I got

plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/gaim-remote.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/gaim-remote.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libirc.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libirc.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/timestamp.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/timestamp.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libzephyr.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libzephyr.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libtoc.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libtoc.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/statenotify.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/statenotify.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libyahoo.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libyahoo.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ssl-gnutls.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ssl-gnutls.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/notify.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/notify.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/gestures.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/gestures.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ssl-nss.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ssl-nss.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libjabber.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libjabber.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/iconaway.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/iconaway.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/history.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/history.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/spellchk.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/spellchk.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ssl.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ssl.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/relnot.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/relnot.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/liboscar.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/liboscar.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/idle.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/idle.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/perl.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/perl.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libgg.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libgg.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libnapster.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libnapster.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ticker.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ticker.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/docklet.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/docklet.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/autorecon.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/autorecon.so
plugins: probing /home/matt1/.gaim/prefs.xml
plugins: probing /home/matt1/.gaim/smileys
prefs: Reading /home/matt1/.gaim/prefs.xml
prefs: Finished reading /home/matt1/.gaim/prefs.xml
accounts: Error reading accounts: Failed to open file '/home/matt1/.gaim/account s.xml': No such file or directory
gaimrc: Loading preferences.
prefs: writing prefs out to disk.
pounces: Error reading pounces: Failed to open file '/home/matt1/.gaim/pounces.x ml': No such file or directory
status: Error reading statuses: Failed to open file '/home/matt1/.gaim/status.xm l': No such file or directory
Session Management: ICE initialized.
Session Management: Connecting with no previous ID
Session Management: Handling new ICE connection... done.
Session Management: Connected to manager (KDE) with client ID 105e0d658c00010735 2770100000014260008
Session Management: Using gaim as command
g_log: Cannot open font file for font Verdana 10
g_log: Cannot open fallback font, nothing to do

The Analog Kid · 2004-01-08 02:00:00

The Analog Kid wrote:

I did gaim --debug and this is what I got
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/gaim-remote.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/gaim-remote.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libirc.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libirc.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/timestamp.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/timestamp.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libzephyr.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libzephyr.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libtoc.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libtoc.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/statenotify.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/statenotify.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libyahoo.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libyahoo.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ssl-gnutls.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ssl-gnutls.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/notify.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/notify.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/gestures.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/gestures.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ssl-nss.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ssl-nss.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libjabber.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libjabber.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/iconaway.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/iconaway.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/history.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/history.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/spellchk.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/spellchk.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ssl.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ssl.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/relnot.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/relnot.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/liboscar.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/liboscar.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/idle.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/idle.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/perl.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/perl.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libgg.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libgg.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libnapster.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libnapster.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ticker.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ticker.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/docklet.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/docklet.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/autorecon.la
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/autorecon.so
plugins: probing /home/matt1/.gaim/prefs.xml
plugins: probing /home/matt1/.gaim/smileys
prefs: Reading /home/matt1/.gaim/prefs.xml
prefs: Finished reading /home/matt1/.gaim/prefs.xml
accounts: Error reading accounts: Failed to open file '/home/matt1/.gaim/account s.xml': No such file or directory
gaimrc: Loading preferences.
prefs: writing prefs out to disk.
pounces: Error reading pounces: Failed to open file '/home/matt1/.gaim/pounces.x ml': No such file or directory
status: Error reading statuses: Failed to open file '/home/matt1/.gaim/status.xm l': No such file or directory
Session Management: ICE initialized.
Session Management: Connecting with no previous ID
Session Management: Handling new ICE connection... done.
Session Management: Connected to manager (KDE) with client ID 105e0d658c00010735 2770100000014260008
Session Management: Using gaim as command
g_log: Cannot open font file for font Verdana 10
g_log: Cannot open fallback font, nothing to do

EDIT - SOLVED

Had to change the folder permissions for /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts

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#1 2004-01-05 23:55:24

Mozilla Firebird/Thunderbird and GAIM only run as root

#2 2004-01-06 02:28:21

Re: Mozilla Firebird/Thunderbird and GAIM only run as root

#3 2004-01-06 02:45:43

Re: Mozilla Firebird/Thunderbird and GAIM only run as root

#4 2004-01-07 23:12:24

Re: Mozilla Firebird/Thunderbird and GAIM only run as root

#5 2004-01-08 02:00:00

Re: Mozilla Firebird/Thunderbird and GAIM only run as root

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