Pidgin and Rhythmbox Quit

[NoOp]

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.