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

[David Evans]

On 1/2/16 12:42 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

Also note that pidgin was just updated to version 2.10.12 so you'll want to update your ports and work with that version.