gaim won't start as normal user.

[anyweb]

hi @ all,

 

i'm testing FCR5 t2, and now gaim refuses to work, when i click on the icon it starts the usual routine and just when it says 'retrieving buddy list' it crashes (disappears)

 

starting it in a console (terminal) i can see the following:-

 

Code:

[anyweb@localhost ~]$ gaim
*** glibc detected *** gaim: free(): invalid pointer: 0x08e77530 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6[0x63b948]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_free+0x79)[0x63ee4d]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_free+0x22)[0x573412]
gaim(gaim_privacy_permit_remove+0xcb)[0x3e011c]
/usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so(msn_got_lst_user+0x158)[0xd3f249]
/usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so[0xd3c93b]
/usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so(msn_cmdproc_process_cmd+0xe5)[0xd26b0a]
/usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so(msn_cmdproc_process_cmd_text+0x59)[0xd26c53]
/usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so[0xd3596b]
gaim[0x430031]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0x5937fd]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x16e)[0x56ca43]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0x56fa83]
/usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_loop_run+0x1a7)[0x56fe2c]
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0(gtk_main+0xb4)[0x10fbfec]
gaim(main+0xd2d)[0x4641e2]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdc)[0x5ed6b4]
gaim[0x3babe1]
======= Memory map: ========
00111000-001cd000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 2820540    /usr/lib/libaspell.so.15.1.3
001cd000-001d1000 rwxp 000bc000 fd:00 2820540    /usr/lib/libaspell.so.15.1.3
001d1000-001d5000 rwxp 001d1000 00:00 0
001d5000-001ee000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 2827523    /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0.1112.0001ee000-001f0000 rwxp 00019000 fd:00 2827523    /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0.1112.0001f0000-0022a000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 2824571    /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0.1101.1
0022a000-0022c000 rwxp 0003a000 fd:00 2824571    /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0.1101.1
0022c000-00269000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 2819829    /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.902.1
00269000-0026a000 rwxp 0003d000 fd:00 2819829    /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.902.1
0026a000-0026c000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 1146412    /lib/libdl-2.3.90.so
0026c000-0026d000 r-xp 00001000 fd:00 1146412    /lib/libdl-2.3.90.so
0026d000-0026e000 rwxp 00002000 fd:00 1146412    /lib/libdl-2.3.90.so
0026e000-00273000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 2832821    /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
00273000-00274000 rwxp 00004000 fd:00 2832821    /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
00274000-0027e000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 1144909    /lib/libgcc_s-4.1.0-20060117.so.1
0027e000-0027f000 rwxp 00009000 fd:00 1144909    /lib/libgcc_s-4.1.0-20060117.so.1
0027f000-002b5000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 2825098    /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1.0.4002b5000-002b9000 rwxp 00035000 fd:00 2825098    /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1.0.4002b9000-002ba000 rwxp 002b9000 00:00 0
002ba000-002bc000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 2832828    /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1.0.0
002bc000-002bd000 rwxp 00001000 fd:00 2832828    /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1.0.0
002bd000-002c4000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 2832866    /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0
002c4000-002c5000 rwxp 00006000 fd:00 2832866    /usr/lib/libXi.so.6.0.0
002c5000-002c6000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 2911574    /usr/lib/ao/plugins-2/libesd.so002c6000-002c7000 rwxp 00000000 fd:00 2911574    /usr/lib/ao/plugins-2/libesd.so002c7000-00313000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 2825202    /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2.2.3
00313000-00314000 rwxp 0004b000 fd:00 2825202    /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2.2.3
00314000-00317000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 2825916    /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2.0.0
00317000-00318000 rwxp 00002000 fd:00 2825916    /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2.0.0
00318000-00321000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 2827116    /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
00321000-00322000 rwxp 00008000 fd:00 2827116    /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
00322000-00347000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 2825271    /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0.1101.1
00347000-00348000 rwxp 00025000 fd:00 2825271    /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0.1101.1
00348000-0035a000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 2832816    /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3
0035a000-0035b000 rwxp 00011000 fd:00 2832816    /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3
0035b000-00363000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 2824871    /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1.3.0
00363000-00364000 rwxp 00007000 fd:00 2824871    /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1.3.0
00364000-00389000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 2832819    /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.1.2.8
00389000-0038a000 rwxp 00025000 fd:00 2832819    /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.1.2.8
0038a000-0038b000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 2878138    /usr/lib/gconv/ISO8859-1.so
0038b000-0038d000 rwxp 00000000 fd:00 2878138    /usr/lib/gconv/ISO8859-1.so
0038d000-00390000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 2911570    /usr/lib/ao/plugins-2/libalsa09.so
00390000-00391000 rwxp 00002000 fd:00 2911570    /usr/lib/ao/plugins-2/libalsa09.so
00391000-00395000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 2821863    /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.902.1
00395000-00396000 rwxp 00003000 fd:00 2821863    /usr/lib/libgAborted
[anyweb@localhost ~]$

 

as root i've uninstalled and reinstalled gaim using yum,

 

gaim worked just fine up until yesterday and the only things that changed were two large yum updates

 

gaim starts just fine as root, but of course I don't want to use it as root.

 

any ideas ?

 

cheers

anyweb

[anyweb]

fixed it by doing as follows

 

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# yum remove gaim
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package gaim.i386 1:1.5.0-13.fc5 set to be erased
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Removing:
gaim                    i386       1:1.5.0-13.fc5   installed          11 M

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)
Update       0 Package(s)
Remove       1 Package(s)
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Removing  : gaim                         ######################### [1/1]

Removed: gaim.i386 1:1.5.0-13.fc5
Complete!

 

then

 

Code:

[anyweb@localhost ~]$ rm -rf .gaim/

 

then

 

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# yum install gaim
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
development               100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
extras-dev: ################################################## 2/2
extras-development        100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package gaim.i386 1:1.5.0-13.fc5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
gaim                    i386       1:1.5.0-13.fc5   development       4.3 M

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      1 Package(s)
Update       0 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)
Total download size: 4.3 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing: gaim                         ######################### [1/1]

Installed: gaim.i386 1:1.5.0-13.fc5
Complete!
[root@localhost ~]#