Raffaele BELARDI <[email protected]> [16-04-19 19:52]: > [email protected] wrote: > > [email protected] <[email protected]> [16-04-19 19:04]: > >> Hi, > >> > >> on the way to a hopefully working im-client with otr/encryption I next > >> checked pidgin > >> > >> I set the use flags like this > >> > >> Installed versions: 2.10.11(18:48:35 04/19/16)(dbus doc gnutls > >> gstreamer gtk ncurses nls perl python sasl tk xscreensaver -aqua > >> -debug -eds -gadu -groupwise -idn -meanwhile -mxit > >> -networkmanager -prediction -silc -spell -tcl -zephyr -zeroconf > >> PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7 -python3_3 -python3_4" > >> PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python3_3 -python3_4") > >> > >> > >> The compilation runs fine resulting in a pidgin executable which does > >> simply nothing. > >> Called from the commandline the cursor jumps from behind 'pidgin' into > >> next line on pressing <RETURN>. > >> Nothing else happens. > >> > >> What I am doing wrong here? > >> > > > > Ok, one additional finding: > > > > sudo pidgin displays a starting dialog (account setup). > > I did not proceed to not to "pollute" the installation > > with root permissions. > > > > I checked the implemented groups but found nothing > > appropiate to add my uid to. > > > > Remains the one question: How can I fix it? > > > > This won't help you much but here it works as expected: if I remove the > config firectory (~/.purple) and issue 'pidgin' from the command line a > GUI wizard shows up. > > [I] net-im/pidgin > Installed versions: 2.10.12-r2(03:26:26 PM 03/22/2016)(dbus > gnutls gtk ncurses nls spell xscreensaver -aqua -debug -doc -eds -gadu > -groupwise -gstreamer -idn -meanwhile -mxit -networkmanager -perl -pie > -prediction -python -sasl -silc -tcl -tk -zephyr -zeroconf > PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7 -python3_3 -python3_4" > PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4 -python3_3") > > 'pidgin -d' will print some debugging info, maybe you'll get something > out of it. > > raffaele
Hi raffaele, thank for your reply! :) I also had that directory on my $HOME, removed it and TADA! Thank you very much again! Best regards, Meino
