Pidgin and Rhythmbox Quit

[Bob Cortez]

On 10/30/07, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> On 10/30/2007 01:24 PM, Bob Cortez wrote:
> > On 10/30/07, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 10/28/2007 12:48 AM, Bob Cortez wrote:
> >> > All of a sudden both applications start to load and then simply
> >> close.  No
> >> > error messages.  I've removed both and reinstalled both independently
> of
> >> one
> >> > another.  I haven't found any information about this in any of the
> usual
> >> > places.  Anyone have any ideas?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Both are working here. Try 'sudo apt-get -f install', then 'purge' both
> >> and reinstalling - could be that a config file is affecting them.
> >
> >
> > No-op-
> >
> > Thanks for the reply.  I got Rythmbox working. I removed some
> applications
> > running in the background at startup.  However, I still can't pidgin to
> > work.  The buddy list pops up and indicates 'connecting' but then after
> a
> > few seconds it quits and disappears.  This is an older Dell Inspiron
> 8200
> > laptop with 512 Ram.  Could limited resources be the problem?
>
> I doubt it - this only has 512M & my other only has 256M, and I have it
> running on 384M on a 800Mhz processor.
> >
> > This is a production machine so I need to  be careful that I don't
> render it
> > fubar and pidgin isn't a high priority. I installed Ayttm in the
> interim.
> > I'm a relative newbie so your patience is appreciated.  I'm not sure I
> > undestand what will happen when I run apt-get -f install.
>
> sudo apt-get -f install
>
> man apt-get:
>
> <quote>
> -f, --fix-broken
> Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place.
> This option, when used with install/remove, can omit any packages
> to permit APT to deduce a likely solution. Any Package that are
> specified must completely correct the problem. The option is
> sometimes necessary when running APT for the first time; APT itself
> does not allow broken package dependencies to exist on a system. It
> is possible that a system's dependency structure can be so corrupt
> as to require manual intervention (which usually means using
> dselect(8) or dpkg --remove to eliminate some of the offending
> packages). Use of this option together with -m may produce an error
> in some situations. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Fix-Broken.
> </quote>
>
> Go ahead & please run it; it won't hurt anything and will attempt to fix
> any problems that it encounters.
>
> I read the
> > terminal help and it says " -f  Attempt to continue if the integrity
> check
> > fails".  Does that mean it will try and fix any problems or conflicts it
> > discovers with the installation files?  Also, when you say purge, would
> that
> > be in the form sudo apt-get purge pidgin ?
>
> Yes. That will also remove any previous configuration files associated
> with pidgin as well as the program/package itself. You can do the same
> from Synaptics by selecting pidgin, right click and selecting "Mark for
> Complete Removal". Once you've done that, then reinstall.


Ok, ran -f install.  No problems found.  Suggested some packages that could
removed as no longer required, so I removed them with autoremove.  Purged
pidgin, re-booted, installed pidgin, same symptoms.  Buddy list window opens
then closes.  I thought maybe there were some old files from the gaim
installation, so I purgeed gaim, not installed.  There were some more
autoremove files which I also ran again.

Any other ideas?

Thanks again.

Bob
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