Pidgin Won't Start

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Pidgin Won't Start

#1 Post by Gimlet »

I have tried Puppy 3.0 on 3 computers and Pidgin does not start. Any one have this prob
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#2 Post by Wolf Pup »

type pidgin in a terminal and past back what it says.
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#3 Post by paulh177 »

Same problem here ... this is puppy 3.00 booted straight off CD, first run

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# ./pidgin
process 7319: D-Bus library appears to be incorrectly set up; failed to read machine uuid: Failed to open "/var/lib/dbus/machine-id": No such file or directory
See the manual page for dbus-uuidgen to correct this issue.
  D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace
Aborted 
However having saved the session (pup_save + optional files) and rebooted, it works both from command line and from desktop icon

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#4 Post by designengineer »

I had this exact problem, but after trying it in the console, it worked and has worked since. strange but true.

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#5 Post by Wolf Pup »

type these into the terminal:
/etc/init.d/messagebus reload
/etc/init.d/messagebus restart
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#6 Post by Pizarro »

I had this problem and this cured it for me. Thankyou Wolf Pup

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It works now

#7 Post by Gimlet »

Weird after rebooting puppy 3.0 the second time with a save file Pidgin works great. Too much of a noob to know why.
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#8 Post by BarryK »

This D-Bus dependency is a new thing in Slackware 12, and I know nothing about it. I don't like it when another dependency is added that doesn't seem to improve the performance of the application, but it does add another layer of complexity and potential trouble.
I'm having a grumble, probably there were good reasons for having it.

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#9 Post by paulh177 »

be interesting to know why the problem seems only to manifest when puppy is "live" rather than "installed" in some way

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#10 Post by designengineer »

paulh177 wrote:be interesting to know why the problem seems only to manifest when puppy is "live" rather than "installed" in some way
Pidgin worked fine when I used the live CD, but after either a frugal or full install, that is when it would not start.

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puppy 3.00 pidgin

#11 Post by eccentric »

Hello Wolf pup,
Thank you for your advice, my Pidgin is flying in puppy 3.00 seamonkey.
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Pidgin Problems Puppy 3.0

#12 Post by uli27 »

I tried all-but Pidgin do not start after I installed Puppy 3.0 on my USB flash. Who had the same problems and solved it? I tried all, what I found in the forum.

pidgin
process 4064: D-Bus library appears to be incorrectly set up; failed to read machine uuid: Failed to open "/var/lib/dbus/machine-id": No such file or directory
See the manual page for dbus-uuidgen to correct this issue.
D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace
Aborted
# /etc/init.d/messagebus reload
Reloading system message bus configuration...
killall: dbus-daemon: no process killed
# /etc/init.d/messagebus reload
Reloading system message bus configuration...
killall: dbus-daemon: no process killed
# pidgin
process 4175: D-Bus library appears to be incorrectly set up; failed to read machine uuid: Failed to open "/var/lib/dbus/machine-id": No such file or directory
See the manual page for dbus-uuidgen to correct this issue.
D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace
Aborted
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#13 Post by Wolf Pup »

you forgot to type in /etc/init.d/messagebus restart after entering /etc/init.d/messagebus reload
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#14 Post by Joshas »

Sorry for bringing up an old thread, but I have this problem with Pidgin in Puppy 3.01 too

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# ./pidgin
process 7319: D-Bus library appears to be incorrectly set up; failed to read machine uuid: Failed to open "/var/lib/dbus/machine-id": No such file or directory
See the manual page for dbus-uuidgen to correct this issue.
  D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace
Aborted 
I made custom version from Unleashed (a Puplet?), where my default IM is Pidgin. Saving session is not an option, because I want everything to work from Live CD from first bootup.
After using this command: "dbus-uuidgen --ensure" Pidgin launches without problems.
Do I need to add this line to startup scripts (although it must be run only once, after the system installation to hard drive), or is there any other solution to this problem?

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#15 Post by steve_s »

My answer to this issue was to set the dbus machine id:

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dbus-uuidgen > /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
...from here.

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#16 Post by ttuuxxx »

steve_s wrote:My answer to this issue was to set the dbus machine id:

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dbus-uuidgen > /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
...from here.
Well I hope he wasn't holding his breath for 16Months for that answer :) lol
check out the posted date on his post :)
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#17 Post by steve_s »

ttuuxxx wrote:
steve_s wrote:My answer to this issue was to set the dbus machine id:

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dbus-uuidgen > /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
...from here.
Well I hope he wasn't holding his breath for 16Months for that answer :) lol
check out the posted date on his post :)
ttuuxxx
Ha! Yeah, I know..it was more for future reference for myself and others...I envision that being one of those, "Now, how did I do that dbus reset thing again?" scenarios so now at least I've got it posted somewher I can find...

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#18 Post by ttuuxxx »

steve_s wrote:
Ha! Yeah, I know..it was more for future reference for myself and others...I envision that being one of those, "Now, how did I do that dbus reset thing again?" scenarios so now at least I've got it posted somewher I can find...
hey steve I guess theres over 3000 unanswered post on here, well that one, you better get started, it will be a long night for you, LOL
kidding
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#19 Post by steve_s »

ttuuxxx wrote:
steve_s wrote:
Ha! Yeah, I know..it was more for future reference for myself and others...I envision that being one of those, "Now, how did I do that dbus reset thing again?" scenarios so now at least I've got it posted somewher I can find...
hey steve I guess theres over 3000 unanswered post on here, well that one, you better get started, it will be a long night for you, LOL
kidding
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#20 Post by sikpuppy »

or

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dbus-uuidgen --ensure
I have been fiddling with dbus simply because a lot of things seem to need it, or think they need it. The trouble is if dbus is installed without the machine-id file being created puppy crashes on my machines taking the desktop wallpaper, icons and all with it.

The only way to recover is to drop out of X to a terminal and set up the machine-id file as previously mentioned by steve_s.
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