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Cannot run pidgin - AndyM - 04-09-2022

If I run Pidgin from the command line, after a reboot, I get:

Code:
$ pidgin

(Pidgin:7130): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: 15:13:54.696: gst_element_message_full_with_details: assertion 'GST_IS_ELEMENT (element)' failed
and pidgin will not run. Google says that it is to do with the camera, but what do I know?
Any ideas?


RE: Cannot run pidgin - AndyM - 04-10-2022

(04-09-2022, 07:32 AM)AndyM Wrote: If I run Pidgin from the command line, after a reboot, I get:

Code:
$ pidgin

(Pidgin:7130): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: 15:13:54.696: gst_element_message_full_with_details: assertion 'GST_IS_ELEMENT (element)' failed
and pidgin will not run. Google says that it is to do with the camera, but what do I know?
Any ideas?

It seems that the error can be ignored  Undecided
The reason pidgin does not start is that Chatty also uses libpurple, so, if I start pidgin with the -m flag it runs as expected (at least for the moment  Smile)

I suspect that the video will not work, but that seems to be normal for the Pinephone camera.