Peter Gordon wrote: >> I get an immediate error when I start pidgin: >> "libnm_glib_nm_state_cb: dbus returned an error. >> (org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown) >> The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager was not provided >> by any .service files" > > This is a harmless warning. Pidgin will use NM if it is available on > your system to automagically reconnect your accounts when it detects a > network connection; but it will work just fine without NM. (Though, it > will lack this small functionality.) Thanks. I'll keep on with pidgin. Though I must say I regard harmless error warnings as a symptom of bad programming. In this case it doesn't seem necessary to say anything; maybe there should be an option in a config file - "Use NM if available". -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
