Hey, so in cough, hack, gasp Windows I can use regcleaners and other tools to remove failed installs and dead stuff. In Linux how can you do that? Here's the story...

Tried and tried and tried to install Kopete it never worked. Tried and tried and tried to MAKE/COMPILE/CONFIGURE Kopete never worked. Finally upgraded to KDE 3.2 now Kopete's installed but me thinks all my previous attempts are what is keeping it from spinning up so I can use it.

Any ideas on how to clean off the old crap? Any ideas on how to troubleshoot kopete? What's the best approach? Do I focus on removing the old or fixing the new? Ideas, comments and insults are always welcome.

- Rex

Open a terminal. 'cd' to the Kopete source directory (where you did the configure/make/make install). 'su' to root. Type 'make uninstall'. Delete the source folder.

However, this may or may not be the reason you can't use your currently installed version. Have you tried starting Kopete from a terminal window? If not, do so. When/if it crashes, you can then see what the error is that is causing the problem and either solve it, or post it here for help.

Hope this helps.

From the console...

/usr/bin/kopete
QFile:pen: No file name specified
QObject::connect: No such signal KopeteMessageManagerFactory::newEvent(KopeteEvent*)
QObject::connect: (sender name: 'unnamed')
QObject::connect: (receiver name: 'unnamed')

From backtrace...

(no debugging symbols found)...Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".
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P.S. - Thanks for the help!!!

Hmmm... Did the build directly from CVS...

- Rex

Oh... well, that's out of my league, sorry.

Try to install another version, there is a chance that it would work. A problem when compiling from source is that it is difficult to remove the packages again. Some packages have as said a make uninstall option.

Your could write locate kopete to find all files with that name in the path on your system, and then remove the files manually. Be aware that not all files belong to a package (for example, KDE often has a lot of icons for packages that are not installed).

Yes, that would be the thing I would have suggested to try next, as well-- install the KDE 3.2 version of kopete over itself and see if it picks up whatever dependencies it may need. But since you haven't listed your distro in your profile I don't know if your package management (assuming you have or use such a thing, compiling from CVS as you do) will be of any use to you in this situation.

Fedora Core1, I did the CVS build because nothing else was working...It didn't either...

- Rex

Nothing? Nor binaries?

My first attempt was a binary of Kopete, it kept dying...

So then I downloaded the source and did the ./configure I even did the ./configure --option=/usr/ (I think that's the argument) the configure in both cases worked fine but on "make" I kept getting errors about the target not being specified...

So then I tried to build from CVS following the instructions at http://kopete.kde.org no luck there.

Then I logged out of KDE into Gnome (ICK) and just upgraded to 3.2. I had zero errors here and the only thing not working is kopete!!!

Which is the one thing I really wanted as it's how I was planning on communicating with my dev staff/peers. I don't want to use GAIM but I might have too...{SIGH}

I'm a dork, if you think it say it. I don't care. I wish I could grock how to repair this baby. I'd like to try it...

Is that enough information?

I'm very new to Linux but I think I'm catching on fast. However one detail I omitted is that I upgraded from the default 2.4X kernel to 2.6.3. I had no errors doing that either. It's funny, I can throw a new interface on, I can bump the kernel but I cannot install a freaking CHAT client...ERRRGGG!!!!

I'm a complete idiot!!!

....

1. Did you uninstall the original Kopete binary before trying the other attempts?

2. When you built from CVS, did you use the parameters suggested for Red Hat 9 users (since Fedora is based on RH9, I would imagine that they might have that in common)?

3. To echo meldar, what is the output of 'locate kopete'?

I'm starting to suspect that you have several conflicting binaries/libraries, and kopete doesn't know how to open, or what to call when it tries. At this point, I would suggest uninstalling all kopete binaries (rpms), and then try 'locate kopete' again. Hopefully you will only get the cvs checkout data, but no binary. If so, you could then hopefully either reinstall the KDE 3.2 binary, or complete the CVS build.

[root@localhost root]# locate kopete
/root/.kde/share/config/kopeterc
/root/.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments/kopete.desktop
/root/.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments/kopeteemailwindow.rc.desktop
/root/.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments/kopetechatwindow.rc.desktop
/root/.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments/kopeterc.desktop
/root/.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments/kopeteui.rc.desktop
/root/.kde/share/apps/kopete
/root/.kde/share/apps/kopete/contactlist.xml
/root/.kde/share/cache/favicons/kopete.kde.org.png
/root/.kde/share/cache/http/k/kopete.kde.org_img_distro_redhat.png_018262e1
/root/Desktop/Trash/kopete
/root/Desktop/Trash/kconf_update_bin/kopete-account-kconf_update
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kopete
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kopete/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kopete/common
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kopete/index.docbook
/usr/share/apps/kconf_update/kopete-account-kconf_update.sh
/usr/share/apps/kconf_update/kopete-account-kconf_update.upd
/usr/share/apps/kconf_update/kopete-pluginloader.pl
/usr/share/apps/kconf_update/kopete-pluginloader.upd
/usr/share/apps/kconf_update/kopete-pluginloader2.sh
/usr/share/apps/kconf_update/kopete-pluginloader2.upd
/usr/share/apps/kopete
/usr/share/apps/kopete/historychatui.rc
/usr/share/apps/kopete/eventsrc
/usr/share/apps/kopete/icons
/usr/share/apps/kopete/icons/crystalsvg
/usr/share/apps/kopete/icons/crystalsvg/128x128
/usr/share/apps/kopete/icons/crystalsvg/128x128/apps
/usr/share/apps/kopete/icons/crystalsvg/128x128/apps/aim_protocol.png
/usr/share/apps/kopete/icons/crystalsvg/16x16
/usr/share/apps/kopete/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/actions
/usr/share/apps/kopete/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/actions/aim_connecting.mng
/usr/share/apps/kopete/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/actions/yahoo_tea.png
/usr/share/apps/kopete/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/apps
/usr/share/apps/kopete/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/apps/aim_protocol.png
/usr/share/apps/kopete/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/apps/icq_protocol.png
/usr/share/apps/kopete/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/apps/irc_protocol.png
/usr/share/apps/kopete/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/apps/jabber_protocol.png
/usr/share/apps/kopete/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/apps/msn_protocol.png
/usr/share/apps/kopete/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/apps/sms_protocol.png
/usr/share/apps/kopete/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/apps/yahoo_protocol.png
/usr/share/apps/kopete/kopeteemailwindow.rc
/usr/share/apps/kopete/kopetechatwindow.rc
/usr/share/apps/kopete/msnchatui.rc
/usr/share/apps/kopete/kopeteui.rc
/usr/share/apps/kopete/pics
/usr/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons
/usr/share/apps/kopete/styles
/usr/share/apps/kopete/styles/Enclosed.xsl
/usr/share/apps/kopete/styles/XChat.xsl
/usr/share/apps/kopete/nowlisteningchatui.rc
/usr/share/apps/kopete/nowlisteningui.rc
/usr/share/apps/kopete/webpresence
/usr/share/apps/kopete/webpresence/webpresencedefault.xsl
/usr/share/apps/kopete/webpresence/wpimages.xsl
/usr/share/apps/kopete/translatorchatui.rc
/usr/share/apps/kopete_contactnotes
/usr/share/apps/kopete_contactnotes/contactnotesui.rc
/usr/share/apps/kopete_cryptography
/usr/share/apps/kopete_cryptography/cryptographyui.rc
/usr/share/apps/kopete_history
/usr/share/apps/kopete_history/historychatui.rc
/usr/share/apps/kopete_history/historyui.rc
/usr/share/apps/kopete_translator
/usr/share/apps/kopete_translator/translatorui.rc
/usr/share/apps/kopeterichtexteditpart
/usr/share/apps/kopeterichtexteditpart/kopeterichtexteditpartfull.rc
/usr/share/apps/kopeterichtexteditpart/kopeterichtexteditpartsimple.rc
/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/128x128/apps/kopete.png
/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/apps/kopete.png
/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/22x22/apps/kopete.png
/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/32x32/apps/kopete.png
/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/48x48/apps/kopete.png
/usr/share/icons/crystalsvg/64x64/apps/kopete.png
/usr/share/icons/slick/16x16/apps/kopete.png
/usr/share/icons/slick/32x32/apps/kopete.png
/usr/share/icons/slick/48x48/apps/kopete.png
/usr/share/services/kconfiguredialog/kopete_autoreplace_config.desktop
/usr/share/services/kconfiguredialog/kopete_cryptography_config.desktop
/usr/share/services/kconfiguredialog/kopete_highlight_config.desktop
/usr/share/services/kconfiguredialog/kopete_history_config.desktop
/usr/share/services/kconfiguredialog/kopete_msn_config.desktop
/usr/share/services/kconfiguredialog/kopete_nowlistening_config.desktop
/usr/share/services/kconfiguredialog/kopete_texteffect_config.desktop
/usr/share/services/kconfiguredialog/kopete_translator_config.desktop
/usr/share/services/kconfiguredialog/kopete_webpresence_config.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_accountconfig.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_aim.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_appearanceconfig.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_autoreplace.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_behaviorconfig.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_connectionstatus.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_contactnotes.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_cryptography.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_highlight.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_history.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_icq.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_irc.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_jabber.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_msn.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_nowlistening.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_sms.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_texteffect.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_translator.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_webpresence.desktop
/usr/share/services/kopete_yahoo.desktop
/usr/share/servicetypes/kopeteplugin.desktop
/usr/share/servicetypes/kopeteprotocol.desktop
/usr/share/servicetypes/kopeteui.desktop
/usr/share/applnk/Internet/kopete.desktop
/usr/bin/kopete
/usr/bin/kconf_update_bin/kopete-account-kconf_update
/usr/lib/kde3/kcm_kopete_accountconfig.la
/usr/lib/kde3/kcm_kopete_accountconfig.so
/usr/lib/kde3/kopete_yahoo.la
/usr/lib/kde3/kopete_yahoo.so
/usr/lib/libkopete_msn_shared.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libkopete.la
/usr/lib/libkopete_oscar.so.1
/usr/lib/kconf_update_bin/kopete-pluginloader2-kconf_update
/usr/lib/kconf_update_bin/kopete-account-kconf_update
/usr/lib/libkopete.so.1
/usr/lib/libkopete_msn_shared.so.0
/usr/lib/libkopete.so
/usr/lib/libkopete.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libkopete_msn_shared.la
/usr/lib/libkopete_msn_shared.so
/usr/lib/libkopete_oscar.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libkopete_oscar.la
/usr/lib/libkopete_oscar.so
/usr/doc/kopete-0.7.3
/usr/doc/kopete-0.7.3/AUTHORS
/usr/doc/kopete-0.7.3/COPYING
/usr/doc/kopete-0.7.3/INSTALL
/usr/doc/kopete-0.7.3/README
/lib/kde3/kopete_autoreplace.la
/lib/kde3/kopete_aim.la
/lib/kde3/kopete_aim.so
/lib/kde3/kopete_connectionstatus.la
/lib/kde3/kopete_autoreplace.so
/lib/kde3/kopete_connectionstatus.so
/lib/kde3/kopete_contactnotes.la
/lib/kde3/kopete_contactnotes.so
/lib/kde3/kopete_cryptography.la
/lib/kde3/kopete_cryptography.so
/lib/kde3/kopete_highlight.la
/lib/kde3/kopete_highlight.so
/lib/kde3/kopete_history.la
/lib/kde3/kopete_history.so
/lib/kde3/kopete_icq.la
/lib/kde3/kopete_icq.so
/lib/kde3/kopete_irc.la
/lib/kde3/kopete_irc.so
/lib/kde3/kopete_jabber.la
/lib/kde3/kopete_jabber.so
/lib/kde3/kopete_msn.la
/lib/kde3/kopete_msn.so
/lib/kde3/kopete_nowlistening.la
/lib/kde3/kopete_nowlistening.so
/lib/kde3/kopete_sms.la
/lib/kde3/kopete_sms.so
/lib/kde3/kopete_spellcheck.la
/lib/kde3/kopete_spellcheck.so
/lib/kde3/kopete_texteffect.la
/lib/kde3/kopete_texteffect.so
/lib/kde3/kopete_translator.la
/lib/kde3/kopete_translator.so
/lib/kde3/kopete_webpresence.la
/lib/kde3/kopete_webpresence.so
/lib/kde3/kopete_wp.la
/lib/kde3/kopete_wp.so
/lib/kde3/kopete_yahoo.la
/lib/kde3/kopete_yahoo.so
/lib/libkopete.la
/lib/libkopete.so.1.0.0
/lib/libkopete.so
/lib/libkopete.so.1
/lib/libkopete_oscar.so.1
/lib/libkopete_oscar.la
/lib/libkopete_oscar.so
/lib/libkopete_oscar.so.1.0.0
/share/applnk/Internet/kopete.desktop
/share/apps/kconf_update/kopete-account-kconf_update.sh
/share/apps/kconf_update/kopete-account-kconf_update.upd
/share/apps/kconf_update/kopete-pluginloader.pl
/share/apps/kconf_update/kopete-pluginloader.upd
/share/apps/kopete
/share/apps/kopete/icons
/share/apps/kopete/icons/hicolor
/share/apps/kopete/icons/hicolor/16x16
/share/apps/kopete/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/sms_protocol.png
/share/apps/kopete/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/wp_protocol.png
/share/apps/kopete/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/yahoo_protocol.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/BoxedEmoticonSet
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/BoxedEmoticonSet/bigsmile.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/BoxedEmoticonSet/tongue.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/BoxedEmoticonSet/wink.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/Default
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/Default/emoticons.xml
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/Default/biggrin.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/Default/wink.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/KMess-Blue
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/KMess-Blue/confused.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/KMess-Blue/angry.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/RedOnes
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/RedOnes/confused.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/RedOnes/tongue.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/RedOnes/unhappy.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/RedOnes/wink.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/Yazoo-Smileys-16
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/Yazoo-Smileys-22/sad.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/Yazoo-Smileys-22/smile.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/Yazoo-Smileys-22/tongue_out.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/Yazoo-Smileys-22/wink.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/ccmathteam.com
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/ccmathteam.com/confused.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/ccmathteam.com/wink.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/greggman.com
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/greggman.com/confused.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/greggman.com/wink.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/phpBB
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/phpBB/confused.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/phpBB/biggrin.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/set1/oh.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/set1/smile.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/set1/tongue.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/set1/unhappy.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/emoticons/set1/wink.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/jabber_connecting.mng
/share/apps/kopete/pics/aim_connecting.mng
/share/apps/kopete/pics/icq_connecting.mng
/share/apps/kopete/pics/irc_connecting.mng
/share/apps/kopete/pics/msn_connecting.mng
/share/apps/kopete/pics/msn_newmsg.png
/share/apps/kopete/pics/newmessage.mng
/share/apps/kopete/styles
/share/apps/kopete/styles/Kopete.xsl
/share/apps/kopete/styles/MSN.xsl
/share/apps/kopete/styles/XChat.xsl
/share/apps/kopete/webpresence
/share/apps/kopete/webpresence/webpresencedefault.xsl
/share/apps/kopete/webpresence/wpimages.xsl
/share/apps/kopete/kopeteemailwindow.rc
/share/apps/kopete/contactnotesui.rc
/share/apps/kopete/cryptographyui.rc
/share/apps/kopete/eventsrc
/share/apps/kopete/historychatui.rc
/share/apps/kopete/historyui.rc
/share/apps/kopete/kopetechatwindow.rc
/share/apps/kopete/msnchatui.rc
/share/apps/kopete/kopeteui.rc
/share/apps/kopete/nowlisteningchatui.rc
/share/apps/kopete/nowlisteningui.rc
/share/apps/kopete/translatorchatui.rc
/share/apps/kopete/translatorui.rc
/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/kopete.png
/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/kopete.png
/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/kopete.png
/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/kopete.png
/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/kopete.png
/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/kopete.png
/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/fo/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/nso/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/ven/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/xx/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/locale/zu/LC_MESSAGES/kopete.mo
/share/servicetypes/kopeteplugin.desktop
/share/servicetypes/kopeteprotocol.desktop
[root@localhost root]#

I can see that you have some preferences in your user-directory (/root). Try to delete contactlist.xml and kopeterc; it may have some buggy settings.

Just an idea, I am a newb too , but have you used "which kopete" to find out exactly which executable file is being used to try to start.

Perhaps the older/non working executable is first in your PATH

HTH