Pidgin-libnotify has stopped working.

[merlinfmct87]

Hello, all

I've been using Pidgin-libnotify for a while now, and it's been very reliable. However, recently it's stopped working and I'm not sure why.

The only error message I've gotten is:

merlin@Familiar:~$ pidgin
libnm_glib_nm_state_cb: dbus returned an error.
  (org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown) The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager was not provided by any .service files
libnotify-Message: Unable to get session bus: Failed to execute dbus-launch to autolaunch D-Bus session

The first error I get when Pidgin starts up. The second is when I try to enable libnotify in the plugin list.

I've tried re-installing dbus, libnotify, pidgin-libnotify, I've even tried messing around with the /etc/group file, making sure my user was included in the messagebus group. Google and the ubuntu forum search have turned up nothing.

Any help would be appreciated.

All best,

Adam

[Dr Small]

Does it do the same thing if you run it with sudo?

[merlinfmct87]

Interestingly enough, no. I'm able to load up the plugin and configure it.

Output from running it on the command line:

libnm_glib_nm_state_cb: dbus returned an error.
  (org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown) The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager was not provided by any .service files

That's after enabling libnotify. I'm waiting on some happy soul in my buddy list to message me or sign on/off so I can be sure the notifications are running properly. Pidgin started from scratch, however -- I'm assuming it's reading /root, rather than /home/merlin.

Well, that's some progress, at least. What do I do now?

Merlin

[merlinfmct87]

Friendly self-bump.

Adam

[sweetsinse]

libnotify-Message: Unable to get session bus: Failed to execute dbus-launch to autolaunch D-Bus session

i get that same error under Xubuntu hardy.

the interesting thing is... if i close pidgin, delete the .purple folder in my home directory, then restart fresh, the plugin works perfectly. but as soon as i logout/shutdown/restart then log back in the plugin stops working again..??

it always works after i delete the .purple folder, but never when i reinstate a backed up .purpleBAK folder.

[sweetsinse]

after searching for a really, really long time i found a fix... not sure the actual cause of the problem but this will work for me.

launch pidgin like this:

/usr/bin/dbus-launch /usr/bin/pidgin

-or-

dbus-launch pidgin


i renamed pidgin to pidgin.real and made a script that does it for me, similar to compiz/compiz.real

peace

[KlausPaiva]

after searching for a really, really long time i found a fix... not sure the actual cause of the problem but this will work for me.

launch pidgin like this:

/usr/bin/dbus-launch /usr/bin/pidgin

-or-

dbus-launch pidgin


i renamed pidgin to pidgin.real and made a script that does it for me, similar to compiz/compiz.real

peace

Great! Thanks!

[Zetheroo]

I am having a similar issue ... except that I don't have Pidgin-libnotify installed.

Here is my output from the Terminal:

zeth@zeth-ubuntu:~$ pidgin
libnm_glib_nm_state_cb: dbus returned an error.
(org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown) The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager was not provided by any .service files
*** glibc detected *** pidgin: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x0830f6c0 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb75aea85]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x90)[0xb75b24f0]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_free+0x31)[0xb770fc61]
/usr/lib/libpurple.so.0[0xb782972f]
/usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_proxy_get_setup+0x92)[0xb782d22c]
/usr/lib/libpurple.so.0(purple_proxy_connect+0x10f)[0xb782d57a]
/usr/lib/libpurple.so.0[0xb7842714]
/usr/lib/libpurple.so.0[0xb784194e]
/usr/lib/libpurple.so.0[0xb7851bf7]
pidgin[0x80abca3]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb773c0ed]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x176)[0xb7707dd6]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0xb770b193]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_loop_run+0x1e7)[0xb770b577]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_main+0xb4)[0xb7bc9264]
pidgin(main+0xbbc)[0x80c70d5]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0)[0xb7559450]
pidgin[0x806c821]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-08115000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 3025217 /usr/bin/pidgin
08115000-08118000 rw-p 000cc000 08:02 3025217 /usr/bin/pidgin
08118000-08695000 rw-p 08118000 00:00 0 [heap]
b4100000-b4121000 rw-p b4100000 00:00 0
b4121000-b4200000 ---p b4121000 00:00 0
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b43d8000-b43ef000 r--s 00000000 08:02 1261887 /var/lib/aspell/en_GB-ise-wo_accents-only.rws
b43ef000-b4406000 r--s 00000000 08:02 1261891 /var/lib/aspell/en_US-wo_accents-only.rws
b4406000-b468e000 r--s 00000000 08:02 1261879 /var/lib/aspell/en-common.rws
b468e000-b4792000 rw-p b468e000 00:00 0
b4792000-b4794000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 3073925 /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so
b4794000-b4795000 rw-p 00001000 08:02 3073925 /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so
b4795000-b4826000 r--p 00000000 08:02 3139153 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
b4826000-b482c000 r--s 00000000 08:02 1261632 /var/cache/fontconfig/945677eb7aeaf62f1d50efc3fb3ec7d8-x86.cache-2
b482c000-b482f000 r--s 00000000 08:02 1261642 /var/cache/fontconfig/e383d7ea5fbe662a33d9b44caf393297-x86.cache-2
b482f000-b4830000 r--s 00000000 08:02 1261634 /var/cache/fontconfig/c69f04ab05004e31a6d5e715764f16d8-x86.cache-2
b4830000-b4831000 r--s 00000000 08:02 1261627 /var/cache/fontconfig/4c73fe0c47614734b17d736dbde7580a-x86.cache-2
b4831000-b4834000 r--s 00000000 08:02 1261633 /var/cache/fontconfig/a755afe4a08bf5b97852ceb7400b47bc-x86.cache-2
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b48bf000-b48f1000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 3024324 /usr/lib/libcroco-0.6.so.3.0.1
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b48f4000-b4924000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 1671254 /usr/lib/libgsf-1.so.114.0.7
b4924000-b4927000 rw-p 0002f000 08:02 1671254 /usr/lib/libgsf-1.so.114.0.7
b4927000-b4928000 rw-p b4927000 00:00 0
b4928000-b4958000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 1671577 /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2.22.2
b4958000-b4959000 rw-p 00030000 08:02 1671577 /usr/lib/librsvg-2.so.2.22.2
b4959000-b495c000 r--s 00000000 08:02 1261640 /var/cache/fontconfig/de9486f0b47a4d768a594cb4198cb1c6-x86.cache-2
b495c000-b4963000 r--s 00000000 08:02 1261637 /var/cache/fontconfig/d52a8644073d54c13679302ca1180695-x86.cache-2
b4963000-b4969000 r--s 00000000 08:02 1261621 /var/cache/fontconfig/089dead882dea3570ffc31a9898cfb69-x86.cache-2
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b496d000-b496e000 r--p 00000000 08:02 3073983 /usr/share/locale-langpack/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/launchpad-integration.mo
b496e000-b4982000 r--p 00000000 08:02 26265 /home/zeth/.local/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
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b4d2e000-b4d8e000 rw-s 00000000 00:09 9043985 /SYSV00000000 (deleted)
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b4e1f000-b4e20000 rw-p 0003a000 08:02 335873 /usr/lib/nss/libfreebl3.so
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b4e50000-b4e51000 rw-p 00030000 08:02 335874 /usr/lib/nss/libsoftokn3.so
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b6271Aborted