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#1 2013-04-22 14:42:07

oboedad55
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Registered: 2011-04-05
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Pidgin hangs with Gnome 3.8

After the update to Gnome 3.8 Pidgin hangs on opening with no buddy list  99.9% of the time. I tried wiping out all configs and starting from scratch with no plugins, etc. but still the same. Running 'pidgin --debug' from terminal gets only the following questionable lines:

(10:40:08) prefs: Unable to find rename pref for /core/plugins
(10:40:08) prefs: Renaming /core to /purple
(10:40:08) prefs: removing pref /core/plugins/core-plugin_pack-google/domain
(10:40:08) prefs: removing pref /core/plugins/core-plugin_pack-google
(10:40:08) prefs: removing pref /core/plugins
(10:40:08) prefs: removing pref /core
(10:40:08) prefs: purple_prefs_get_path: Unknown pref /pidgin/browsers/command
(10:40:08) dbus: okkk

Thanks in advance for any thoughts.


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#2 2013-04-22 14:44:37

Koven
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Re: Pidgin hangs with Gnome 3.8

Same problem here, I can't even write my password....

Similar problem with emesene

Apr 22 09:50:55 koven /etc/gdm/Xsession[1292]: ** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GstObject)
Apr 22 09:51:03 koven kernel: emesene[5255]: segfault at 98 ip 00007f455b0fe180 sp 00007fffb4b627e0 error 4 in libpython2.7.so.1.0[7f455b067000+173000]
Apr 22 09:51:03 koven /etc/gdm/Xsession[1292]: /usr/bin/emesene: line 2:  5255 Segmentation fault      (core dumped) python2 /usr/share/emesene/emesene "$@"
Apr 22 09:51:09 koven dbus-daemon[294]: dbus[294]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.ModemManager1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.service'
Apr 22 09:51:09 koven dbus[294]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.ModemManager1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.service'
Apr 22 09:51:09 koven dbus[294]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.service': Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManag...for details.
Apr 22 09:51:09 koven NetworkManager[285]: <warn> error poking ModemManager: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.LoadFailed: Unit dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManager...or details.
Apr 22 09:51:10 koven dbus-daemon[294]: dbus[294]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.service': Unit dbus-org.freed...or details

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Last edited by Koven (2013-04-22 14:52:06)

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#3 2013-04-22 14:47:12

oboedad55
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Registered: 2011-04-05
Posts: 392

Re: Pidgin hangs with Gnome 3.8

Koven wrote:

Same problem here, I can't even write my password....

Good to know I'm not alone. I'd use Empathy but it has even bigger issues. I can't even add an AOL or Yahoo account reliably to it...


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#4 2013-04-22 17:35:40

bwat47
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Registered: 2009-10-07
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Re: Pidgin hangs with Gnome 3.8

Sounds like this bug, its fixed in the upcoming pidgin 3.0: https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/15493

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