<div>On 10/30/07, NoOp <<a href="mailto:glgxg@sbcglobal.net">glgxg@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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.</blockquote> <div> 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? 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. 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 ? Thanks for the help. Bob </div> </div>