application loads and disappears

[daredevil]

hi all am using kubuntu breezy... i dunno what happened but whenever i start yahoo messenger, avg anti virus the application looks as if it is loaded with the mouse pionter changing into appropriate icon but after sometime the button on the task bar disappears and the application does not open........
help plz.... thnk you

[daredevil]

Re: application loads and disappears

is it possible to do something like restore in windows........

[claydoh]

Re: application loads and disappears

You need to try running the apps from a terminal window to see what errors there are. It sounds like there are missing dependencies, most likely. You can find the correct commands if you open the menu editor and browse for your programs.

[daredevil]

Re: application loads and disappears

this is the error i get at console

sriram@indira:/usr/bin$ ymessenger
Segmentation fault


sriram@indira:/usr/bin$ avggui
No module named pygtk
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 23, in ?
sys.exit(1)
NameError: name 'sys' is not defined

[claydoh]

Re: application loads and disappears

you will need to install either python-gtk2 or python-gtk-1.2, most likely the first one for AVG. python-gtk-1.2 is in the universe repository, so that will need to be enabled in your /etc/apt/sources.list.

as for ymessenger, you need to install libgtk1.2 (also in universe) but installing python-gtk-1.2 should automatically install this as it is a dependency.

yahoo is using the older gtk version 1.2 for the UI, which is kinda clunky. ymessenger usually works fine, but imo most people end up migrating to kopete or gaim for stability and features.

[daredevil]

Re: application loads and disappears

thnx a million for ur help.............