Description of problem: open finch and nothing works Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.2.2-r1 How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. open finch 2. try to do anything except Ctrl-C 3. Actual results: nothing works Expected results: finch should work normally Additional info:
Did you try turning it on?
Yes, I believe this is not a bug with finch but with the rpm produced for 2.2.2-r1. I think it probably just needs to be rebuilt.
Just an additional note: RPMS for 2.2.1 and earlier all work fine. Finch compiles (and works) from source without any problems. It is just the rpm finch-2.2.1-1.fc7 appears to be broken. (This tested on multiple 64 bit machines)
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/pidgin/2.3.0/ Please try the latest builds from here.
These are giving me similar issues. I will mess with the spec file and see if I can't get it to work.
When I configure pidgin manually (without rpmbuild) and build it with the same options in the latest spec file, everything works. Therefore, there must be an issue either with rpmbuild or possibly with file listings. Building pidgin from source using the configure command found in this SRPM fixed the finch problem: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/pidgin/2.3.1/1.fc7/src/pidgin-2.3.1-1.fc7.src.rpm
Identical problem on an FC8 x86_64 DomU, no TERM setting seems to help. Finch draws the interface and then freezes. Control-C produces a quit dialog box but you can't even hit enter to exit. Have to Control-Z and kill it.
The latest Fedora7 RPM for 32 bit machines (finch-2.3.1.fc7) appears to be working again. However, the 64 bit version still has the same problem.
pidgin-2.4.0-1.fc7 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 7
If this is the same rpm from here: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/pidgin/2.4.0/1.fc7/x86_64/ it has even worse problems. It exits immediately with the following message: finch: symbol lookup error: finch: undefined symbol: purple_blist_node_get_first_child
You need the libpurple from there too
Okay, I was able to track down the problem. If you have no .purple file and you start finch, it looks for .gaim. Something in .gaim causes problems when starting finch. Thanks
pidgin-2.4.0-1.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update pidgin'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F7/FEDORA-2008-2154
That fixed the problems. This looks to be resolved.