Went on vacation, come home and gaim is broken!

**tuxxman** · 08-23-2006

I went on vacation for 4 days, got home, sat down at my computer and turned it on.
Went to start gaim, and it starts logging in, then it crashes.....but only as root!.
I tried starting gaim in a terminal, and i got this error message:

Code:

~ $ gaim
*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0x083fba60 ***
Aborted

BUT, when i start it as root...all is completely fine...a reinstall did not fix the problem

what's the deal? anybody know?

**Javasnob** · 08-24-2006

It probably has to do with one of your plugins; your other user's configuration doesn't load it, so it works fine. Move your ~/.gaim directory to another name (like gaim_temp), and start it up; see if that works.

**tuxxman** · 08-24-2006

that worked great

thanks man

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