I can confirm this error. Running Ubuntu 10.04 (64 Bit) with Linux
2.6.32-25-generic #44-Ubuntu, Gnome 2.30.2 and Pidgin 2.7.3 here.
The error »error reading blist.xml« happened to me the first time and
when executing »xmllint blist.xml~«, in my ~/.purple directory, I get
the following information
still happens from time to time in lucid.
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Error Reading blist.xml with utf-8 characters in group-descriptions
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now i'm running ubuntu 8.10 and pidgin 2.5.5 also has this problem but
it works just fine in windows vista
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Error Reading blist.xml with utf-8 characters in group-de
I'm seeing this on Jaunty now...
In two weeks it has happened twice where after I start my computer Pidgin
reports:
Error Reading blist.xml
An error was encountered reading your buddy list. They have not been
loaded, and the old file has been renamed to
/home/ged/.purple/blist.xml~.
XML L
I found a workaround for this bug.
After reading the above comments about utf-8 characters, I looked at the
groups I had while shoeing all offline buddies and found a couple
groups that had special or weird characters in them. I moved all my
buddies out of them and then deleted the groups. The
just FYI, this is an issue with pidgin not ubuntu, same issue on XP but
it worked fine till i renamed some aim groups in pidgin then after a
crash i get this error and it creates a group P '=` everytime i open
the program
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Error Reading blist.xml with utf-8 characters in group-descriptions
** Changed in: pidgin
Status: Unknown => New
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Error Reading blist.xml with utf-8 characters in group-descriptions
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** Changed in: pidgin
Bugwatch: Pidgin Trac #6443 => Pidgin Trac #767
Status: New => Unknown
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** Summary changed:
- xml error
+ Error Reading blist.xml with utf-8 characters in group-descriptions
** Description changed:
- Binary package hint: pidgin
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pidgin 2.5.0 on Hardy
- this happens before every time I start pidgin:
+ This happens every time I start pidgin:
Error Reading blist.
