purple-remote doesn't find libpurple instance

[raas]

Binary package hint: libpurple-bin

The command to change the status of my Pidgin session fails:

raas@pcitadc01:~$ purple-remote "setstatus?status=away&message=AFK"
No existing libpurple instance detected.

although there's Pidgin running. This used to work in Ubuntu Gutsy and stopped to after upgrading to Hardy.

ii libpurple-bin 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2 multi-protocol instant messaging library - extra utiliti

Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04

[raas (andras-horvath-gmail)]

hm.. this seems to be fixed, please close.

[Pedro Fragoso (ember)]

I'm closing this bug then. Thanks again for your bug report.

[raas (andras-horvath-gmail)]

I'm getting the message again -- even though I haven't exited pidgin (nor the X session) since.

Sorry for the flip/flopping. I'd be happy to debug this further if I knew how :-/

[aSmig (chin+pnuhalcda)]

Also having this issue. Changed status to Confirmed. It looks like pidgin is registering on the DBus system bus, not the session bus. But purple-remote looks like it is trying to find libpurple instances on the session bus. I really don't know how this DBus stuff works but am more than happy to follow any leads.

[aSmig (chin+pnuhalcda)]

Well now I know what that button does. Sorry for the clutter. This is not an acpi related issue.

[aSmig (chin+pnuhalcda)]

If I start pidgin like this, purple-remote works as expected:

#!/bin/sh

. .dbus/session-bus/*
export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID DBUS_SESSION_BUS_WINDOWID
exec /usr/bin/pidgin

[raas (andras-horvath-gmail)]

> If I start pidgin like this, purple-remote works as expected:

not for me, unfortunately :(

Andras

[aSmig (chin+pnuhalcda)]

Take a look in $HOME/.dbus/session-bus/ to make sure you don't have any extra session files. You can figure out which one to keep by matching up the id on the first line of the file with the running process:

chin@sven:~$ ps -eaf | grep dbus-launc[h]
chin 6678 1 0 Jun19 ? 00:00:00 dbus-launch --autolaunch a79877a8538ed3ab66c4c900462e067b --binary-syntax --close-stderr
chin@sven:~$ head -1 ~/.dbus/session-bus/*
# This file allows processes on the machine with id a79877a8538ed3ab66c4c900462e067b using

[raas (andras-horvath-gmail)]

That works, thanks. I'll script around it (or rather, around
/proc/$PID/cmdline)... ugly.

Andras

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version.Thanks in advance.

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