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Title: Gaim won't launch
Post by: engwar on August 20, 2004, 04:15:05 pm

Hey there.

Just installed GAIM using the instructions from this page

http://qpe-gaim.sourceforge.net/installing.php (http://qpe-gaim.sourceforge.net/installing.php)

I have checked that I have all the packages listed at the bottom of the page that are required.  (I only installed libgaim-protocol-yahoo as I only plan to use it with YM at the moment.)

When I attempt to launch the app by clicking on the Gaim icon the icon changes state and I get an hourglass at the bottom of my Zaurus screen but Gaim doesn't launch.

I even tried rebooting my Z but still no luck.

Oh, I have a 5500 with the Sharp 3.10 ROM.

Title: Gaim won't launch
Post by: iamasmith on August 20, 2004, 04:20:09 pm

It's been a while since I did this, don't use GAIM any more but I seem to recall on the SourceForge site there's some extra instructions on creating some symlinks (I think for libpng ?).

Go have a look, it does work.

Title: Gaim won't launch
Post by: engwar on August 20, 2004, 08:22:56 pm

I'm open to that suggestion. I guess it seems to me that the error I'm seeing is different from the two reported on that site.

The libpng update is recommended for folks with the following problems...

+ No pictures display when I run Gaim.

+ Gaim is spitting out errors to the console saying my version of libpng is invalid.

However I can't even get Gaim to open. As a newbie I want to be careful what I do to my precious Z so I don't hose it.

Does anyone else suggest the libpng update or do you have any other suggestions? I'm not dissin' your suggestion, iamasmith, I'm just curious as to what other might think as my problem is different than the others reported.

Thanks!

Title: Gaim won't launch
Post by: xamindar on August 21, 2004, 02:02:00 am

I'm on a 5600 with the Sharp rom.  Gaim will still run without doing that libpng fix.  But, like the site says, it will not have any icons so I don't think that is your problem.  Try running gaim from a konsole and then tell us the errors you get back.  (Install the konsole ipackage if you haven't already to get a console)

Title: Gaim won't launch
Post by: engwar on August 21, 2004, 10:07:36 am

I went ahead with the libpng update and am still having the same problem. Gaim won't launch.

Thanks for the konsole ipackage tip. I'll try that next.

Title: Gaim won't launch
Post by: engwar on August 23, 2004, 05:08:49 pm

I ran gaim using my terminal app.

I get the following message

"error while loading shared libraries: libopie.so.1: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory"

Seems related to the post of iamasmiths that I assumed I resolved by following the instructions here...

http://qpe-gaim.sourceforge.net/faq.php#q10 (http://qpe-gaim.sourceforge.net/faq.php#q10)

Guess I need to doublecheck that step...

Title: Gaim won't launch
Post by: tumnus on August 24, 2004, 07:03:30 am

You need to install this:

http://opie.handhelds.org/feed/sharprom/st...1_1.0.3_arm.ipk (http://opie.handhelds.org/feed/sharprom/stable/libopie1_1.0.3_arm.ipk)