Google Hangout crashes on openSUSE 13.1

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#1

I can’t get http://www.google.com/tools/dlpage/hangout to work. It always crashes in Chromium or Firefox no matter what version of the browser. There is no error message except a top bar saying the plugin crashed. I can’t see any logs nor submit an error report. Does anyone know a workaround? Is there an alternative available? Something that is Open Source and can be fixed would be best.

#2

Mailaender wrote:
>
> I can’t get http://www.google.com/tools/dlpage/hangout to work. It
> always crashes in Chromium or Firefox no matter what version of the
> browser. There is no error message except a top bar saying the plugin
> crashed. I can’t see any logs nor submit an error report. Does anyone
> know a workaround? Is there an alternative available? Something that is
> Open Source and can be fixed would be best.
>
>
Did you install the google talk rpm ?

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GNOME 3.10.2
openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86_64) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 3.11.6-4-desktop

#3

Yes. Also tried remove and reinstall.

#4

It worked just fine in 12.3 and Ubuntu users seem to have no trouble. :frowning:

#5

I’m having the same issue with Opensuse 13.1 64bit.

#6

Do you need the plugin
I use hangouts just directly from the browser

#7

you need the plugin for video chat from within gmail.

Having said that, I have absolutely no problem with the plugin on openSUSE 13.1 x86_64 in either Firefox or Chromium.

#8

remove it and then go into

~/.config/

and delete the google-googletalkplugin folder

try reinstalling then

also try disabling all addons in firefox in case there is a conflict (although seems unlikely if it also crashes in Chromium)

#9

Isn’t there a Chrome/Chromium extension called Hangouts

#10

google talk and hangouts are the same thing. It has just been renamed very recently.
The plugin/extension is for the os, not the browser. It works across all browsers (or should)

edit: oh, I see what you mean.
This, right?
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hangouts/nckgahadagoaajjgafhacjanaoiihapd?hl=en-GB

I’ve never tried it so not sure what it is like.

#11

It is actually getting worse. If you use an old version of WebKit it can take the whole application down. See https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=334466 There seems to be no way to tell Google about it.

#12

Found something in the ~/.config/google-googletalkplugin/gtbplugin.log

[008:388] Error(clientchannel.cc:618): 0xb88310a0: Connection to GoogleTalkPlugin lost while responding to getVersion. Give up. reason=0
[008:388] Error(clientchannel.cc:650): 0xb88310a0: No more retries remaining. Giving up on starting flute.
[008:388] 0xb8831500: SendConnectStatus: Connect Status:

"f-connect",

{
    "error" : 104,
    "step" : "4"
}

]

[008:389] Error(clientchannel.cc:618): 0xb8831500: Connection to GoogleTalkPlugin lost while responding to getVersion. Give up. reason=104
[008:389] Error(clientchannel.cc:650): 0xb8831500: No more retries remaining. Giving up on starting flute.

#13

I know what hangouts is

Just I never use the video part, but it’s always on offering from what I can see