Can't load smileys?

[Dennis Carr]

On Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:15:44 -0500
Kevin Stange <kstange at pidgin.im> wrote:

> If you still have libpurple 2.4.x installed on your system, and it's
> in /usr/lib rather than /usr/local/lib, it may be getting picked up
> ahead of your new libpurple.  Generally speaking, Pidgin always
> requires the most recent minor version of libpurple (so 2.5.0 or
> higher).  For best results, you should use the same version of both,
> since they are developed and tested together.

Ripped out the libpurple that was already installed with the tree, and
that did the trick - thanks for the pointer!

-Dennis