Installing Pidgin 2.10.11_4+x11 on PPC Powerbook G4 running 10.5.8

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jan 2, 2016, at 11:19 AM, John T. Chung wrote:

> Everything installed w/.o problems:
> 
> --->  Attempting to fetch pidgin-2.10.11_4+x11.darwin_9.ppc.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/pidgin
> --->  Fetching distfiles for pidgin
> --->  Verifying checksums for pidgin
> --->  Extracting pidgin
> --->  Applying patches to pidgin
> --->  Configuring pidgin
> --->  Building pidgin
> --->  Staging pidgin into destroot
> --->  Installing pidgin @2.10.11_4+x11
> --->  Activating pidgin @2.10.11_4+x11
> --->  Cleaning pidgin
> --->  Updating database of binaries
> --->  Scanning binaries for linking errors               
> --->  No broken files found.                             
> sh-3.2# exit
> exit
> 
> But when I run the Pidgin chat client I get this:
> 
> Macintosh-2:~ jchung$ Pidgin&
> [1] 45544
> Macintosh-2:~ jchung$ Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display "/tmp/launch-1lSHvK/:0".
> Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did not provide a socket path, verify that org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!
> Pidgin 2.10.11 has segfaulted and attempted to dump a core file.
> This is a bug in the software and has happened through
> no fault of your own.


Is org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist loaded, per the instructions shown by running "port notes dbus"?

If you're using the X11.app provided by Mac OS X, try using the X11.app provided by the MacPorts xorg-server port instead. Also make sure the xorg-libXrandr port is installed.