pidgin 2.4.1 is freezing up after a few second I ran it

[Vicfred]

topic, any ideas what is this happening? :confused:

[gaffurabi]

you could try to install amsn :(

which works fine on my system and is better than pidgin in my opinion.

[Vicfred]

sorry i like pidgin, amsn is not my type =x. pidgin was running perfectly on the RC but when i upgraded it stopped to work.

[billgoldberg]

open a terminal and type


pidgin

then post the error the terminal gives.

note: asmn sucks and is ugly. emesene is a much better alternative (use it myself) but you'll need a deb, it's not in the repo's (at least not in gutsy).

[Vicfred]

vicfred@maggie:~$ pidgin
DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach failed Could not open network socket
DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach failed Could not open network socket
ERROR: Couldn't attach to DCOP server!


where can i get that deb, do you have any screenshot?

[billgoldberg]

vicfred@maggie:~$ pidgin
DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach failed Could not open network socket
DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach failed Could not open network socket
ERROR: Couldn't attach to DCOP server!


where can i get that deb, do you have any screenshot?

sure, the deb is here:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/all/emesene/download

it looks good, gtk.

[Vicfred]

sure, the deb is here:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/all/emesene/download

it looks good, gtk.

ok, but how do i fix that error displayed on the console? ><

[billgoldberg]

I have no clue,

did you try reinstalling it?

(deleting the hidden folder and all?)

[mister_pink]

emesene seems to be in the hardy repos so you dont need to download a deb. You don't have any extra plugins installed in pidgin do you? Skype for example?