On Tuesday 31 October 2006 12:52, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 10:41:51 -0800, tom arnall wrote: > > On Monday 30 October 2006 13:16, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 09:27:24 -0800, tom arnall wrote: > > > > I upgraded my system recently and now have font problems. For > > > > example, if I run gaim as non-root, it takes a password and then > > > > disappears, leaving: > > > > > > > > gaim: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0: > > > > undefined symbol: cairo_scaled_font_get_f > > > > > > > > In /usr/lib I find: > > > > > > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2006-10-28 10:57 > > > > libpangocairo-1.0.so > > > > -> \ libpangocairo-1.0.so.0.1400.7 > > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2006-10-28 10:57 > > > > libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 > > > > -> \ libpangocairo-1.0.so.0.1400.7 > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29256 2006-10-13 11:30 \ > > > > libpangocairo-1.0.so.0.1400.7 > > > > > > > > I ran pango-querymodules, and this helped some of the font problems > > > > in other programs. I tried reinstalling libpango1.0-0. But no change > > > > with gaim run as non-root. When I run gaim as root, it's fine, and > > > > there is no error message. > > > > > > Did you already try to create a new user and check if this new user can > > > run gaim? There might be a problem with the gaim configuration data in > > > your regular user's $HOME. > > > > I set up a new acc't and got the following trying to run gaim: > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > > Xlib: No protocol specified > > (gaim:7377): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_display_get_name: assertion \ > > `GDK_IS_DISPLAY (display)' failed > > ** (gaim:7377): WARNING **: cannot open display: unset > > > > > > the appl' never started. > > Did you start X as the new user before you tried this? The first Xlib > error suggests that your user (at that moment) did not have > authorization to access the X display. This would be a completely > different thing than your previous problem. (I am not sure about the > significance of the "No protocol specified" message, though.) >
Florian, I fixed the problem by copying the .gaim directory from root to my directory. The problem was as you suggested: corrupted config' file. Thanks very much for your help in this. tom arnall north spit, ca usa -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
