20091203 pidgin-2.6.4 [VL6.0]

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hatap_ph has built a new Pidgin package for VectorLinux 6.0.
   
   

• Package:   pidgin-2.6.4-i586-2vl60.tlz
• MD5: e596971c5040d068adffc2ac1ba254ec
• Package Size:   6397 K
• Installed Size:   31050 K
• Sources: http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/veclinux-6.0/source/testing/net/pidgin

   
   

Code:

pidgin: pidgin (multi-protocol Instant Messaging client)
pidgin:
pidgin: Pidgin is an instant messaging program for Windows, Linux, BSD,
pidgin: and other Unixes. You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ,
pidgin: Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC,
pidgin: Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE,
pidgin: MySpaceIM, and Zephyr.
pidgin:
pidgin: License: GPL
pidgin: Authors: Sean Egan
pidgin: Website: http://www.pidgin.im/

   
   After testing this package please stop back here and let us know how it works for you.
   

[budulay]

it all works except for the audio calls with gtalk.

getting the following error:

Code:

(06:51:02 PM) Error creating session: Could not create the valve element
(06:51:02 PM) Error adding stream.
(06:51:02 PM) The call has been terminated.

Is it just on my box, or is it the package that misses something?

[hata_ph]

Try remove your gstreamer folder from your home directory....

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7834225

[budulay]

First of all thanks a lot for keeping the pidgin package updated.

Try remove your gstreamer folder from your home directory....

I tried that one before, but it didn't help.
Tried with this version again, but I still get the same error.
I have gst-plugins-good and gst-plugins-bad installed,absence of which was causing this problem for the people at arch linux forum.

Does this function work for you?

EDIT:
I think I found what the problem was - I didn't have gst-plugins-farsight installed.
Now it just says "Error creating session."

Actually no, I tried again, pidgin crashed, and now it's back to the whole valve element business again.

[hata_ph]

I don't have a webcam so I cannot test it for you....

what version of gstreamer you have?
does it crash only you use the video?

[budulay]

I don't have a camera either, so I was just testing the audio call part.

It crashed once after I installed gst-plugins-farsight. it went like this:
I installed the plugin, I tried to call someone, it gave me "Error creating conference".
Then I tried to call again and it chashed.
Then it went back to the original valve element error.

I will try resetting gstreamer options again once I get home, and see what happens.

I use the latest one from the repo - gstreamer-0.10-25 I believe.

[budulay]

Basically here is the picture:

if I have .gstreamer-0.10 directory, once I try audio call I get the good old valve element story

if I delete .gstreamer-0.10 and then run pidgin and try audio call, it crashes.
I ran it from command line and here's the output:

Code:

(Pidgin:15031): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_caps_ref: assertion `GST_CAPS_REFCOUNT_VALUE (caps) > 0' failed

(Pidgin:15031): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_caps_unref: assertion `GST_CAPS_REFCOUNT_VALUE (caps) > 0' failed

(Pidgin:15031): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_caps_ref: assertion `GST_CAPS_REFCOUNT_VALUE (caps) > 0' failed

(Pidgin:15031): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_caps_unref: assertion `GST_CAPS_REFCOUNT_VALUE (caps) > 0' failed

(Pidgin:15031): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_caps_ref: assertion `GST_CAPS_REFCOUNT_VALUE (caps) > 0' failed

(Pidgin:15031): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_caps_unref: assertion `GST_CAPS_REFCOUNT_VALUE (caps) > 0' failed

(Pidgin:15031): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_caps_ref: assertion `GST_CAPS_REFCOUNT_VALUE (caps) > 0' failed

(Pidgin:15031): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_caps_unref: assertion `GST_CAPS_REFCOUNT_VALUE (caps) > 0' failed
OIL: ERROR liboiltest.c 361: oil_test_check_impl(): illegal instruction in mmxCombineAddU

(Pidgin:15031): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_register: assertion `g_type_is_a (type, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT)' failed
Pidgin 2.6.4 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.

If you can reproduce the crash, please notify the developers
by reporting a bug at:
http://developer.pidgin.im/simpleticket/

Please make sure to specify what you were doing at the time
and post the backtrace from the core file.  If you do not know
how to get the backtrace, please read the instructions at
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/GetABacktrace
Aborted

I'll google that and 'll see what I could find.

EDIT:
Found lots of gstreamer errors like the one I had. The problem seems to be a conflict between the gst-plugins-farsight and gst-plugins-good. Also it looks like the newer gst-plugins-good makes gst-plugins-farsight obsolete.

Can someone else please test the pidgin-gtalk audio call function to check whether it is my local problem, or there is something missing in the pacakge.

[hata_ph]

It seem to enable video/voice call in pidgin require gst-plugins-good and gst-plugins-bad...i have upload the plugins and repackage pidgin....I have uploaded it....pls help to move to the testing repo...

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