[Error] pidgin 2.4.1-1

JaDa · 2008-04-05 17:48:56

Purple's D-BUS server is not running for the reason listed below
Failed to get connection: Failed to execute dbus-launch to autolaunch D-Bus session

after update the pidgin 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 I get this Error message.

cems · 2008-04-07 05:51:41

Do you have dbus installed? If so, check

ps -e | grep dbus

If there is output, try stopping it

/etc/rc.d/dbus stop

Run the first command again and maybe you'll have to kill some dbus processes that didn't stop.

Then

/etc/rc.d/dbus start

and launch pidgin again. Did it work?

JaDa · 2008-04-07 17:47:20

So far it looks like a problem with the dbus.

[jada@archlinux-01 ~]$ /etc/rc.d/dbus start
:: Starting D-BUS system messagebus                                      [BUSY] Failed to start message bus: The pid file "/var/run/dbus.pid" exists, if the message bus is not running, remove this file
                                                                         [FAIL]

#!/bin/bash

# general config
. /etc/rc.conf
. /etc/rc.d/functions

case "$1" in
    start)
        stat_busy "Starting D-BUS system messagebus"
        if [ ! -x /var/run/dbus ] ; then
            install -m755 -g 81 -o 81 -d /var/run/dbus
        fi
        if [ -x /usr/bin/dbus-uuidgen ] ; then
            /usr/bin/dbus-uuidgen --ensure
        fi

        /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
        if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
            stat_fail
        else
            add_daemon dbus
            stat_done
        fi
        ;;
    stop)
        stat_busy "Stopping D-BUS system messagebus"
        [ -f /var/run/dbus.pid ] && kill `cat /var/run/dbus.pid`
        if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
            stat_fail
        else
            rm -f /var/run/dbus.pid
            rm_daemon dbus
            stat_done
        fi
        ;;
    restart)
        $0 stop
        sleep 1
        $0 start
        ;;
    *)
        echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
        ;;
esac
exit 0
~
~
~
~
[1-/etc/rc.d/dbus]

cems · 2008-04-08 10:15:41

Do it again but do not start dbus (just stop it and kill unstopped dbus processes). Make sure

ps -e | grep dbus

do not show anything and then

rm /var/run/dbus.pid
/etc/rc.d/dbus start

and finally try launching pidgin again.

ralvez · 2008-04-08 19:35:42

I have the same problem but D-Bus seems to be OK.
Pidgin, however, seems to believe it cannot get a connection

R.

Last edited by ralvez (2008-04-08 19:36:47)

grave · 2008-04-09 05:44:39

I had the same problem , so installed the purple-plugin-pack and a system update and restarted, i don't have the error anymore ?

In menu extra plugins the plugin in dutch -Dbus-voorbeeld 2.4.1- in english i think something Dbus-example 2.4.1 it is not selected if i select it then the error returns here.

Last edited by grave (2008-04-09 21:30:37)

Lachkater · 2008-04-09 15:19:18

Same problem here. Graves solution didn't helped me.

domanov · 2008-04-10 16:38:39

I had the very same problem. I tried to re-install pidgin, but got lots of errors like

pidgin: /usr/bin/finch already present on filesystem

Re-installing pidgin with -Sf solved it. Now it seems to work. I have no clues on what the problem was...

Lachkater · 2008-04-15 11:16:11

My problem was that the DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS variable wasn't set. After setting this variable manually it works. Still pretty bad if you have to set it all time you want to use Pidgin by hand. Is there any solution?

securitybreach · 2008-04-27 16:05:04

I get the same error using Pidgin 2.4.1 after doing a fresh install of Arch 2007.08-2 and dbus is working just fine.

THanks

Arch Linux

#1 2008-04-05 17:48:56

[Error] pidgin 2.4.1-1

#2 2008-04-07 05:51:41

Re: [Error] pidgin 2.4.1-1

#3 2008-04-07 17:47:20

Re: [Error] pidgin 2.4.1-1

#4 2008-04-08 10:15:41

Re: [Error] pidgin 2.4.1-1

#5 2008-04-08 19:35:42

Re: [Error] pidgin 2.4.1-1

#6 2008-04-09 05:44:39

Re: [Error] pidgin 2.4.1-1

#7 2008-04-09 15:19:18

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#8 2008-04-10 16:38:39

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#9 2008-04-15 11:16:11

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#10 2008-04-27 16:05:04

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