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From: Meino.Cramer@×××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Next adventure: Pidgin
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 18:09:42
Message-Id: 20160419180926.GC4731@solfire
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Next adventure: Pidgin by Raffaele BELARDI
1 Raffaele BELARDI <raffaele.belardi@××.com> [16-04-19 19:52]:
2 > Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote:
3 > > Meino.Cramer@×××.de <Meino.Cramer@×××.de> [16-04-19 19:04]:
4 > >> Hi,
5 > >>
6 > >> on the way to a hopefully working im-client with otr/encryption I next
7 > >> checked pidgin
8 > >>
9 > >> I set the use flags like this
10 > >>
11 > >> Installed versions: 2.10.11(18:48:35 04/19/16)(dbus doc gnutls
12 > >> gstreamer gtk ncurses nls perl python sasl tk xscreensaver -aqua
13 > >> -debug -eds -gadu -groupwise -idn -meanwhile -mxit
14 > >> -networkmanager -prediction -silc -spell -tcl -zephyr -zeroconf
15 > >> PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7 -python3_3 -python3_4"
16 > >> PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python3_3 -python3_4")
17 > >>
18 > >>
19 > >> The compilation runs fine resulting in a pidgin executable which does
20 > >> simply nothing.
21 > >> Called from the commandline the cursor jumps from behind 'pidgin' into
22 > >> next line on pressing <RETURN>.
23 > >> Nothing else happens.
24 > >>
25 > >> What I am doing wrong here?
26 > >>
27 > >
28 > > Ok, one additional finding:
29 > >
30 > > sudo pidgin displays a starting dialog (account setup).
31 > > I did not proceed to not to "pollute" the installation
32 > > with root permissions.
33 > >
34 > > I checked the implemented groups but found nothing
35 > > appropiate to add my uid to.
36 > >
37 > > Remains the one question: How can I fix it?
38 > >
39 >
40 > This won't help you much but here it works as expected: if I remove the
41 > config firectory (~/.purple) and issue 'pidgin' from the command line a
42 > GUI wizard shows up.
43 >
44 > [I] net-im/pidgin
45 > Installed versions: 2.10.12-r2(03:26:26 PM 03/22/2016)(dbus
46 > gnutls gtk ncurses nls spell xscreensaver -aqua -debug -doc -eds -gadu
47 > -groupwise -gstreamer -idn -meanwhile -mxit -networkmanager -perl -pie
48 > -prediction -python -sasl -silc -tcl -tk -zephyr -zeroconf
49 > PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7 -python3_3 -python3_4"
50 > PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4 -python3_3")
51 >
52 > 'pidgin -d' will print some debugging info, maybe you'll get something
53 > out of it.
54 >
55 > raffaele
56
57
58 Hi raffaele,
59
60 thank for your reply! :)
61
62 I also had that directory on my $HOME, removed it and TADA!
63 Thank you very much again!
64
65 Best regards,
66 Meino