On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 13:20 -0400, Jim wrote: > FC8 x86_64. > Pidgin will only run as 'root', Why ?? Saying "it doesn't run" doesn't tell us anything that would help to answer your question. Try to be more precise. What happens when you run it as a user? It doesn't start? it crashes or freezes? it won't connect to your account? it gives an error message? poc