Pidgin - Facebook ERROR

[Seagasm]

I downloaded the necessary files for the installation of purple-facebook plugin, I don't appear to have any errors. When I log onto facebook I get this error.

Failed to read thrift: api.c:1897 fb_api_cb_publish_pt: assertion 'fb_thrift_read_stop(thft)' failed

This appears in the error notice within Pidgin and no buddies appear. Does anyone have a solution here? Thank you.

[CharlesV]

Please post your QSI. ( MX Menu, Quick System Info, Copy for Forum, Paste here )

[Stevo]

I downloaded the necessary files for the installation of purple-facebook plugin, I don't appear to have any errors.

So many unanswered questions about every aspect of this. Can you guess a few?

The error seems to have been around quite a while: https://github.com/dequis/purple-facebook/issues/364

[Seagasm]

Steve, yes this seems to be a common complaint, I was hoping someone on this forum would have the answer.

Below is my updated system info:

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Snapshot created on: 20250317_1001
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-37-amd64 [6.1.140-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-37-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet splash init=/lib/systemd/systemd
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel, plank wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_x64 Libretto January 21  2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: TOSHIBA product: Qosmio F60 v: PQF65A-05M02W serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: type: 10 v: Version 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: TOSHIBA model: Portable PC v: Version A0 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: TOSHIBA
    v: Version 2.60 date: 09/08/2010
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 36.5 Wh (100.0%) condition: 36.5/44.3 Wh (82.4%) volts: 10.8 min: 10.8
    model: G71C000BE310 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: full
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7 Q 740 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Nehalem gen: core 1 level: v2
    built: 2008-10 process: Intel 45nm family: 6 model-id: 0x1E (30) stepping: 5 microcode: 0xA
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 958 high: 1066 min/max: 933/1734 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 933 2: 1066 3: 933 4: 934 5: 933 6: 933 7: 933 8: 1004
    bogomips: 27664
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: conditional; RSB
    filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GT216M [GeForce GT 330M] vendor: Toshiba driver: nvidia v: 340.108 non-free:
    series: 340.xx status: legacy (EOL) last: release: 340.108 kernel: 5.4 xorg: 1.20 arch: Tesla
    process: 40-80nm built: 2006-13 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:0a2b class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Silicon Motion - Taiwan (formerly Feiya ) USB 2.0 PC Cam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-1.4:4 chip-ID: 090c:537b class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3286x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 870x286mm (34.25x11.26") s-diag: 916mm (36.06")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 pos: primary,right res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 94
    size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.53") modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: LVDS-0 pos: left res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 101 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6")
    diag: 394mm (15.53") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 340.108 renderer: GeForce GT 330M/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Toshiba 5
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 2-1.2.1:4 bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 046d:0a04
    class-ID: 0300 chip-ID: 8086:3b56 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GT216 HDMI Audio vendor: Toshiba driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0be2 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Logitech V20 portable speakers (USB powered) type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-37-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
  Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: off (using pipewire-pulse) tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN driver: rtl8192se v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8172 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Toshiba driver: r8169
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Toshiba Integrated Bluetooth HCI type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.1:5
    chip-ID: 0930:0508 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.1
    sub-v: 149c hci-v: 2.1 rev: 149c
  Info: acl-mtu: 310:10 sco-mtu: 64:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio,
    telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 1.26 TiB (69.4%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT2000MX500SSD1 size: 1.82 TiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 032 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 263.33 GiB size: 263.33 GiB (100.00%) used: 111.28 GiB (42.3%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 263.33 GiB size: 263.33 GiB (100.00%) used: 111.28 GiB (42.3%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 9.3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda6
    maj-min: 8:6
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 44 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2880
Repos:
  Packages: 2921 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2899 libs: 1538 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 22
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:iDesmI:more.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/meganz-archive-keyring.gpg] https://mega.nz/linux/repo/Debian_12/ ./
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mx.debian.nz/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial-added-by-mxpi.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main
Info:
  Processes: 327 Uptime: 0m wakeups: 5 Memory: 7.68 GiB used: 2.05 GiB (26.7%) Init: systemd v: 252
  target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[Seagasm]

Oops, wrong post, sorry

[FullScale4Me]

This is likely a result of Facebook changing their API a few times since the program in question was initially released.

Have you taken this up with the program's author? I used to use it years ago.