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[gaim-migrate @ 17063] Fix an assertion that fails for me about half the time when I try to sign onto MSN. Here's a backtrace, in case someone wants to look at this more in depth: #4 0x00002aaab203d857 in msn_object_new_from_string (str=0x2aaaac4f0860 "0") at object.c:79 obj = (MsnObject *) 0x7fff2bc6efe0 tag = 0x2aaaac4f0861 "" c = 0x100000001 <Address 0x100000001 out of bounds> __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "msn_object_new_from_string" #5 0x00002aaab203bf37 in nln_cmd (cmdproc=0xd84f30, cmd=0xcb1e10) at notification.c:687 session = (MsnSession *) 0xd72e70 account = (GaimAccount *) 0x63c020 gc = (GaimConnection *) 0xd5d9b0 user = (MsnUser *) 0xcb1d90 msnobj = (MsnObject *) 0x2aaaacc127d9 clientid = 32767 state = 0xc97820 "NLN" passport = 0xd65310 "[e-mail]" friendly = 0x2aaaac4f0860 "0" #6 0x00002aaab202ff18 in msn_cmdproc_process_cmd (cmdproc=0xd84f30, cmd=0xcb1e10) at cmdproc.c:313 cb = 0x2aaab203be63 <nln_cmd> trans = (MsnTransaction *) 0x0 #7 0x00002aaab202ffbe in msn_cmdproc_process_cmd_text (cmdproc=0xd84f30, command=0xe082b0 "NLN NLN [e-mail] [e-mail] 1073741856 0") at cmdproc.c:335 No locals. #8 0x00002aaab2032c06 in read_cb (data=0xd4e600, source=7, cond=GAIM_INPUT_READ) at httpconn.c:380 httpconn = (MsnHttpConn *) 0xd4e600 servconn = (MsnServConn *) 0xd65360 session = (MsnSession *) 0xd72e70 buf = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nDate: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:29:58 GMT\r\nServer: Microsoft-IIS/6.0\r\nX-Powered-By: ASP.N ET\r\nX-MSN-Messenger: SessionID=26246177.8760; GW-IP=207.46.7.4\r\nContent-Length: 56\r\nContent-type: ap"... cur = 0xe082b0 "NLN NLN [e-mail] [e-mail] 1073741856 0" end = 0xe082e8 "" old_rx_buf = 0xe082b0 "NLN NLN [e-mail] [e-mail] 1073741856 0" len = 285 cur_len = 56 result_msg = 0xe082b0 "NLN NLN [e-mail] [e-mail] 1073741856 0" result_len = 56 error = 0 committer: Tailor Script <[e-mail]>

This file describes how to compile and run gaim with dbus support.
Hopefully, most of the steps from point 3 will soon be automated.


1. Make sure you have the latest version (0.34) of the dbus library
   installed, including glib bindings.  

   http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus


2. Compile gaim

   ./configure --enable-dbus
   make
   make install


3. Configure your dbus instalation for gaim

   A. Find your dbus session configuration file, usually

      /etc/dbus-1/session.conf

   B. In that file, find the <servicedir> section.  This section
      contains the directory that stores files describing services,
      usually

      /usr/share/dbus-1/services

   C. Copy src/dbus-gaim.service to that directory

   D. Edit the dbus-gaim.service file you've just copied, and replace
      the path in the "Exec=" line with the path to your gaim
      executable.


4. Start Session DBUS if you haven't done it already

   eval `dbus-launch --session`
   export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID

   These commands will set the two above shell variables.  These
   variables must be set before running any dbus-aware programs.

Start gaim as usual.  To communicate with it, use "gaim-send".  When
you execute gaim-send, the dbus system will automatically start a gaim
process if one is not running already.