Description of problem: Pidgin fails to start after upgrade to FC8 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): pidgin-2.4.0-1.fc8 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start pidgin 2. 3. Actual results: [jes@mini ~]$ pidgin libnm_glib_nm_state_cb: dbus returned an error. (org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown) The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager was not provided by any .service files Expected results: Additional info: After upgrading my Mac Mini from Fedora Core 7 to Fedora Core 8, I am now getting the above strage error message when I try to launch pidgin. I do not run Network Manager on this box as it is assigned a static IP address and I am unable to get that working with NM. NM itself crashes when I try to add a new connection as a regular user. However it's beyond me why pidgin cares about network manager in the first place.
That error message is harmless, simply indicating that NetworkManager is not running. Please install the debuginfo packages (with "debuginfo-install pidgin") and get a backtrace as described on http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/StackTraces
Ok, this is the weirdest I've seen. After installing the 250MB of debuginfo packages, I am suddenly able to start pidgin again. No idea whats changned, but I'll close this one for now, and reopen if this happens again. Thanks, Jes