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Pidgin will not display when just starting a new Unity session

Bug #957998 reported by Neal Gamradt on 2012-03-17

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	pidgin (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I just upgraded my laptop to Ubuntu 12.04 Beta1 (I have run all the updates). I was surprised to see an old and annoying bug return. In 11.10 (and now in 12.04), when you first log into Ubuntu, the very first time you load the Pidgin client, it loads without crashing, however, no matter how many times you click on it, or try to alt-tab to it, it will never become visible.

The only way to get it to load is to shut down Pidgin and restart it, then you have to alt-tab to it. Once you do that, it will be visible and continue to work fine for the rest of the session. This is a very annoying bug. Before I report it again, I was wondering if others are having this issue and if it is a bug that is already being worked on. Thanks.

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Neal Gamradt (ngamradt-d) wrote on 2012-03-17:

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First run:

ngamradt@ngamradt-HP-EliteBook:~$ pidgin --debug

Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

First run:

ngamradt@ngamradt-HP-EliteBook:~$ pidgin --debug

Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(10:44:04) prefs: Reading /home/ngamradt/.purple/prefs.xml
(10:44:04) prefs: Finished reading /home/ngamradt/.purple/prefs.xml
(10:44:04) prefs: purple_prefs_get_path: Unknown pref /pidgin/browsers/command
(10:44:04) dbus: okkk
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/timestamp.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/xmppconsole.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/xmppdisco.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/gestures.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/pidginrc.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/spellchk.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/gtkbuddynote.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/timestamp_format.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/sendbutton.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/musicmessaging.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/vvconfig.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/iconaway.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/history.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/ticker.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/themeedit.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/notify.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/markerline.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/cap.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/extplacement.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/convcolors.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libaim.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/tcl.so
(10:44:04) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/tcl.so is not loadable: libtcl8.5.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/idle.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libgg.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libyahoojp.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/buddynote.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/joinpart.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/perl.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/psychic.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libsametime.so
(10:44:04) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/libsametime.so has a prefs_info, but is a prpl. This is no longer supported.
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/newline.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libmyspace.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/pidgin-libnotify.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libsimple.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libbonjour.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libzephyr.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libirc.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/offlinemsg.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/autoaccept.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libxmpp.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libjabber.so
(10:44:04) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/libjabber.so is not usable because the 'purple_init_plugin' symbol could not be found.  Does the plugin call the PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN() macro?
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/log_reader.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/dbus-example.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/ssl-nss.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libmxit.so
(10:44:04) prpl-loubserp-mxit: Loading MXit libPurple plugin...
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libicq.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/liboscar.so
(10:44:04) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/liboscar.so is not usable because the 'purple_init_plugin' symbol could not be found.  Does the plugin call the PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN() macro?
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/ssl.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libymsg.so
(10:44:04) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/libymsg.so is not usable because the 'purple_init_plugin' symbol could not be found.  Does the plugin call the PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN() macro?
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/statenotify.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libnovell.so
(10:44:04) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libyahoo.so
(10:44:04) util: Reading file xmpp-caps.xml from directory /home/ngamradt/.purple
(10:44:04) util: File /home/ngamradt/.purple/xmpp-caps.xml does not exist (this is not necessarily an error)
(10:44:04) jabber: creating hash tables for data objects
(10:44:04) prefs: /purple/status/scores/offline changed, scheduling save.
(10:44:04) prefs: /purple/status/scores/available changed, scheduling save.
(10:44:04) prefs: /purple/status/scores/invisible changed, scheduling save.
(10:44:04) prefs: /purple/status/scores/away changed, scheduling save.
(10:44:04) prefs: /purple/status/scores/extended_away changed, scheduling save.
(10:44:04) prefs: /purple/status/scores/idle changed, scheduling save.
(10:44:04) prefs: /purple/status/scores/offline_msg changed, scheduling save.
(10:44:04) util: Reading file accounts.xml from directory /home/ngamradt/.purple
(10:44:04) util: Reading file status.xml from directory /home/ngamradt/.purple
(10:44:04) certificate: CertificateVerifier x509, singleuse requested but not found.
(10:44:04) certificate: CertificateVerifier singleuse registered
(10:44:04) certificate: CertificatePool x509, ca requested but not found.
(10:44:04) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 requested but not found.
(10:44:04) certificate/x509/ca: Lazy init failed because an X.509 Scheme is not yet registered. Maybe it will be better later.
(10:44:04) certificate/x509/ca: Init failed, probably because a dependency is not yet registered. It has been deferred to later.
(10:44:04) certificate: CertificatePool ca registered
(10:44:04) certificate: CertificatePool x509, tls_peers requested but not found.
(10:44:04) certificate: CertificatePool tls_peers registered
(10:44:04) certificate: CertificateVerifier x509, tls_cached requested but not found.
(10:44:04) certificate: CertificateVerifier tls_cached registered
(10:44:04) prefs: /purple/logging/format changed, scheduling save.
(10:44:04) prefs: /purple/logging/format changed, scheduling save.
(10:44:04) prefs: /purple/proxy/type changed, scheduling save.
(10:44:04) prefs: /purple/proxy/host changed, scheduling save.
(10:44:04) prefs: /purple/proxy/port changed, scheduling save.
(10:44:04) prefs: /purple/proxy/username changed, scheduling save.
(10:44:04) prefs: /purple/proxy/password changed, scheduling save.
(10:44:04) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 requested but not found.
(10:44:04) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 registered
(10:44:04) util: Reading file smileys.xml from directory /home/ngamradt/.purple
(10:44:04) util: File /home/ngamradt/.purple/smileys.xml does not exist (this is not necessarily an error)
(10:44:04) stun: using server 
(10:44:04) sound: Initializing sound output drivers.
(10:44:04) prefs: /pidgin/conversations/placement changed, scheduling save.
(10:44:04) prefs: purple_prefs_get_bool: Unknown pref /pidgin/docklet/x11/embedded
(10:44:04) gtkmedia: Registering media element types
(10:44:04) certificate: CertificateVerifier tls_cached unregistered
(10:44:04) certificate: CertificateVerifier singleuse unregistered
(10:44:04) certificate: CertificatePool tls_peers unregistered
(10:44:04) certificate: CertificatePool ca unregistered
(10:44:04) main: Unloading normal plugins
(10:44:04) plugins: Unloading plugin NSS
(10:44:04) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 unregistered
(10:44:04) plugins: Unloading plugin SSL
(10:44:04) util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory /home/ngamradt/.purple
(10:44:04) util: Writing file /home/ngamradt/.purple/accounts.xml
(10:44:04) account: Destroying account 0xb7cf3a18
(10:44:04) GLib: g_hash_table_remove_internal: assertion `hash_table != NULL' failed
(10:44:04) main: Unloading all plugins
(10:44:04) plugins: Unloading plugin AIM
(10:44:04) plugins: Unloading plugin Gadu-Gadu
(10:44:04) plugins: Unloading plugin Yahoo JAPAN
(10:44:04) plugins: Unloading plugin Perl Plugin Loader
(10:44:04) plugins: Unloading plugin Sametime
(10:44:04) plugins: Unloading plugin MySpaceIM
(10:44:04) plugins: Unloading plugin SIMPLE
(10:44:04) plugins: Unloading plugin Bonjour
(10:44:04) plugins: Unloading plugin Zephyr
(10:44:04) plugins: Unloading plugin IRC
(10:44:04) plugins: Unloading plugin XMPP
(10:44:04) jabber: destroying hash tables for data objects
(10:44:04) plugins: Unloading plugin MSN
(10:44:04) plugins: Unloading plugin MXit
(10:44:04) plugins: Unloading plugin ICQ
(10:44:04) plugins: Unloading plugin GroupWise
(10:44:04) plugins: Unloading plugin Yahoo
(10:44:04) Gtk: IA__gtk_main_quit: assertion `main_loops != NULL' failed
(10:44:04) util: Writing file prefs.xml to directory /home/ngamradt/.purple
(10:44:04) util: Writing file /home/ngamradt/.purple/prefs.xml
Exiting because another libpurple client is already running.

Second Run:

ngamradt@ngamradt-HP-EliteBook:~$ pidgin --debug

Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(10:45:49) prefs: Reading /home/ngamradt/.purple/prefs.xml
(10:45:49) prefs: Finished reading /home/ngamradt/.purple/prefs.xml
(10:45:49) prefs: purple_prefs_get_path: Unknown pref /pidgin/browsers/command
(10:45:49) dbus: okkk
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/timestamp.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/xmppconsole.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/xmppdisco.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/gestures.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/pidginrc.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/spellchk.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/gtkbuddynote.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/timestamp_format.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/sendbutton.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/musicmessaging.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/vvconfig.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/iconaway.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/history.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/ticker.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/themeedit.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/notify.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/markerline.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/cap.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/extplacement.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/pidgin/convcolors.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libaim.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/tcl.so
(10:45:49) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/tcl.so is not loadable: libtcl8.5.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/idle.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libgg.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libyahoojp.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/buddynote.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/joinpart.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/perl.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/psychic.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libsametime.so
(10:45:49) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/libsametime.so has a prefs_info, but is a prpl. This is no longer supported.
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/newline.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libmyspace.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/pidgin-libnotify.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libsimple.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libbonjour.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libzephyr.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libirc.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/offlinemsg.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/autoaccept.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libxmpp.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libjabber.so
(10:45:49) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/libjabber.so is not usable because the 'purple_init_plugin' symbol could not be found.  Does the plugin call the PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN() macro?
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/log_reader.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/dbus-example.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/ssl-nss.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libmsn.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libmxit.so
(10:45:49) prpl-loubserp-mxit: Loading MXit libPurple plugin...
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libicq.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/liboscar.so
(10:45:49) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/liboscar.so is not usable because the 'purple_init_plugin' symbol could not be found.  Does the plugin call the PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN() macro?
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/ssl.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libymsg.so
(10:45:49) plugins: /usr/lib/purple-2/libymsg.so is not usable because the 'purple_init_plugin' symbol could not be found.  Does the plugin call the PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN() macro?
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/statenotify.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libnovell.so
(10:45:49) plugins: probing /usr/lib/purple-2/libyahoo.so
(10:45:49) util: Reading file xmpp-caps.xml from directory /home/ngamradt/.purple
(10:45:49) util: File /home/ngamradt/.purple/xmpp-caps.xml does not exist (this is not necessarily an error)
(10:45:49) jabber: creating hash tables for data objects
(10:45:49) prefs: /purple/status/scores/offline changed, scheduling save.
(10:45:49) prefs: /purple/status/scores/available changed, scheduling save.
(10:45:49) prefs: /purple/status/scores/invisible changed, scheduling save.
(10:45:49) prefs: /purple/status/scores/away changed, scheduling save.
(10:45:49) prefs: /purple/status/scores/extended_away changed, scheduling save.
(10:45:49) prefs: /purple/status/scores/idle changed, scheduling save.
(10:45:49) prefs: /purple/status/scores/offline_msg changed, scheduling save.
(10:45:49) util: Reading file accounts.xml from directory /home/ngamradt/.purple
(10:45:49) util: Reading file status.xml from directory /home/ngamradt/.purple
(10:45:49) certificate: CertificateVerifier x509, singleuse requested but not found.
(10:45:49) certificate: CertificateVerifier singleuse registered
(10:45:49) certificate: CertificatePool x509, ca requested but not found.
(10:45:49) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 requested but not found.
(10:45:49) certificate/x509/ca: Lazy init failed because an X.509 Scheme is not yet registered. Maybe it will be better later.
(10:45:49) certificate/x509/ca: Init failed, probably because a dependency is not yet registered. It has been deferred to later.
(10:45:49) certificate: CertificatePool ca registered
(10:45:49) certificate: CertificatePool x509, tls_peers requested but not found.
(10:45:49) certificate: CertificatePool tls_peers registered
(10:45:49) certificate: CertificateVerifier x509, tls_cached requested but not found.
(10:45:49) certificate: CertificateVerifier tls_cached registered
(10:45:49) prefs: /purple/logging/format changed, scheduling save.
(10:45:49) prefs: /purple/logging/format changed, scheduling save.
(10:45:49) prefs: /purple/proxy/type changed, scheduling save.
(10:45:49) prefs: /purple/proxy/host changed, scheduling save.
(10:45:49) prefs: /purple/proxy/port changed, scheduling save.
(10:45:49) prefs: /purple/proxy/username changed, scheduling save.
(10:45:49) prefs: /purple/proxy/password changed, scheduling save.
(10:45:49) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 requested but not found.
(10:45:49) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 registered
(10:45:49) util: Reading file smileys.xml from directory /home/ngamradt/.purple
(10:45:49) util: File /home/ngamradt/.purple/smileys.xml does not exist (this is not necessarily an error)
(10:45:49) stun: using server 
(10:45:49) sound: Initializing sound output drivers.
(10:45:49) prefs: /pidgin/conversations/placement changed, scheduling save.
(10:45:49) prefs: purple_prefs_get_bool: Unknown pref /pidgin/docklet/x11/embedded
(10:45:49) gtkmedia: Registering media element types
(10:45:49) certificate: CertificateVerifier tls_cached unregistered
(10:45:49) certificate: CertificateVerifier singleuse unregistered
(10:45:49) certificate: CertificatePool tls_peers unregistered
(10:45:49) certificate: CertificatePool ca unregistered
(10:45:49) main: Unloading normal plugins
(10:45:49) plugins: Unloading plugin NSS
(10:45:49) certificate: CertificateScheme x509 unregistered
(10:45:49) plugins: Unloading plugin SSL
(10:45:49) util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory /home/ngamradt/.purple
(10:45:49) util: Writing file /home/ngamradt/.purple/accounts.xml
(10:45:50) account: Destroying account 0xb8d47978
(10:45:50) GLib: g_hash_table_remove_internal: assertion `hash_table != NULL' failed
(10:45:50) main: Unloading all plugins
(10:45:50) plugins: Unloading plugin AIM
(10:45:50) plugins: Unloading plugin Gadu-Gadu
(10:45:50) plugins: Unloading plugin Yahoo JAPAN
(10:45:50) plugins: Unloading plugin Perl Plugin Loader
(10:45:50) plugins: Unloading plugin Sametime
(10:45:50) plugins: Unloading plugin MySpaceIM
(10:45:50) plugins: Unloading plugin SIMPLE
(10:45:50) plugins: Unloading plugin Bonjour
(10:45:50) plugins: Unloading plugin Zephyr
(10:45:50) plugins: Unloading plugin IRC
(10:45:50) plugins: Unloading plugin XMPP
(10:45:50) jabber: destroying hash tables for data objects
(10:45:50) plugins: Unloading plugin MSN
(10:45:50) plugins: Unloading plugin MXit
(10:45:50) plugins: Unloading plugin ICQ
(10:45:50) plugins: Unloading plugin GroupWise
(10:45:50) plugins: Unloading plugin Yahoo
(10:45:50) Gtk: IA__gtk_main_quit: assertion `main_loops != NULL' failed
(10:45:50) util: Writing file prefs.xml to directory /home/ngamradt/.purple
(10:45:50) util: Writing file /home/ngamradt/.purple/prefs.xml
Exiting because another libpurple client is already running.

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Neal Gamradt (ngamradt-d) wrote on 2012-03-24:

As a work-around, if I set Pidgin to load when I log in and set "Show System Tray Icon" to "Always", then this appears to work around the issue. I am unsure why this seems to work, but it would be nice to not have to do all of this in order to just get the Buddy List to work.

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