On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 19:28 -0400, Jim wrote: > lostson wrote: > > On Monday 17 March 2008 03:56:26 pm Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > >> 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 > >> > > > > As your user in a terminal run pidgin and see what it says, or post any error > > messages here. > > > > > Nothing , it just goes to the next prompt with no output. Is there any possibility that it's already running? To check, do this: pgrep -fl pidgin It might be being started by your desktop session. If it's already running you'll get the bouncing icon for a while but it won't start a new instance. poc
