gaim on suse 9.1

[dcg]

hey all...

the base install of suse 9.1 comes with gaim .75, which is out-dated, has security issues, and doesn't always allow a connection to yahoo; as a result i wanted to update it. the newer version (0.78) calls for several upgraded libs and files (atk, gtk2, pango, and librsvg), which all upgraded nicely. originally, i used an rpm designed for suse 9.1 from usr-local-bin.org and did a 'rpm -Uvh' as the command, but this failed (details below), also tried 'rpm -ivh' after uninstalling the original one but this too failed. i start getting messages that the gtk-theme engines can't be found and an error related to qtpixmap. so then i downloaded the tarball, which compiled quite nicely but everytime i launch gaim it just says "aborted". during the initial install of 9.1, i chose all of the gnome libs/files (to be safe) although kde is what i use. any thoughts?

thanks!
dcg

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by dcg
'rpm -Uvh' as the command, but this failed (details below), also tried 'rpm -ivh' after uninstalling the original one but this too failed.

i start getting messages that the gtk-theme engines can't be found and an error related to qtpixmap.

Those are the errors from -Uvh/-ivh?

Would you mind posting the full error messages?

[dcg]

hey...

thanks for your reply...i've since rebuilt the box, but was able to locate, via google, one of the error messages:

Gtk-Warning **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "qtpixmap"

i now recall there was another error related to pango as well, but i can't quite remember it. if i recall it or can recreate it, i'll post it.

thanks!
dcg

[Ocasta]

http://www.usr-local-bin.org

[dcg]

hey!

unfortunately, that's where i picked up the .78 rpm and the required libs from, in the first place, that resulted in these problems...

thanks tho!
dcg

[timothykaine]

Had no issues in 9.1 with Guru's RPM.

http://guru.unixtech.be/rpm/packages/Network/gaim/

[dcg]

the rpm's from this site (eventually) worked!!

i say eventually because, and this is mostly just informational for anyone else who might experience this issue: i found that libtasn1 was not installed, so i downloaded the source and it compiled fine, then running gaim still didnt work, so i did "ldd /usr/local/lib/gaim/ssl-gnutls.so" and this showed that libtasn1 was still not linked, so i did "ldconfig" and this allowed gaim to run properly.

thank you sooo much for all of everyone's help!

dcg