PESTERCHUM 3.41: Updated Pesterchum! New Thread!

[timidThespian]

Pesterchum is trying to open a file that doesn't exist. Namely C:\Users\bluh\AppData\Local\pesterchum\profiles\ch eshireMagician.js
Most likely in your pesterchum.js file you have defaultprofile set to cheshireMagician, but the cheshireMagician profile doesn't exist. Change pesterchum.js and remove ""defaultprofile": "cheshireMagician""



You're constantly connecting to irc.mindfang.org, succeeding in the connection, then right after joining the #pesterchum channel, receiving an unknown error and disconnecting ("INFO:root:error: closing socket"). Unfortunately I have no idea what the cause of your problems are. Make sure you have a stable internet connection, try connecting to irc.mindfang.org via a different IRC client and see what happens.
Sorry I can't be of more help :/

I'm not sure if I even did it right, but it didn't work either way. *Sigh*
I would get some weird unsolvable problem...

Oh well. Thank you for your time anyway.

[Minty]

Oh man i feel so weird after replying to this after such a long time.
I have had Pesterchum for awhile now, maybe almost a year? And awhile ago i had the update but it crashed my pc or something and i had to re-install the older version. Today i decided, lets try to install the newest version and get up to date, but then i had the same problem. It would not open, so i decided to re-install, etc, turn off my pc, and do it all over again. I deleted my old pesterchum, and i also got the backup files. i deleted that and tried to install the version that says if you are new. After installing it a few times, and re-installing now it wont even install and it says there is an error. And now i cant even open the older version. Any help..? Please?

[Touzouko]

I'm having some trouble with my Pesterchum 6.0 - I've been using it and it's been working smoothly for the past few months or so with no problem. Today I went to open it and nothing at all came up. I click it open, even ran it as administrator, and still nothing at all happened. So I reinstalled it and still nothing. Is there an issue with it that I can fix? I'm not sure why it isn't working.

[emeraldRosencrantz]

Hello there! I was wondering if I could get some assistance.

Every time I boot Pesterchum (regardless of whether I'm running it as an admin or not), I get error #10013. I sometimes get that error with Pidgin as well, and sometimes it fixes it and lets me connect to IRC, but Pesterchum doesn't seem to do that. I've tried looking in the FAQ for help, and it mentions a file called pesterchum.js and that I should futz with it. I eventually found the thing, but it's... well, not futzable.

Could I please get some assistance? I'd really like to start using this thing!

[Freack]

I realize this would be a huge undertaking, but would a Pesterchum ipod app, which can interact with the computer version even be possible someday?

Edit: After reading through the backlog, I have decided that this is possible, but unlikely to happen. IT would be so cool though.

[UnstableCreature]

I Keep Getting An Error Number 10053 Saying My Connection Was Aborted By The Software in My Machine?? What Does This Mean? And How Could I Fix it. .
Oh! And Im Using A Different Connection As Well, Not My Usual Internet. Could This Be A Problem At All? Or Is It Maybe Being Blocked By A Firewall of Somekind?

[ThamosII]

I need some help, too. My Pesterchum gave me an error for deleting my default handle, and wouldn't start. So I did everything I could (updating, uninstalling, ect.) and now it won't do anything at all. It doesn't even run the process. Please for the love of god, tell me what to do. I am so frustrated over here.

[ashdenej]

I need some help, too. My Pesterchum gave me an error for deleting my default handle, and wouldn't start. So I did everything I could (updating, uninstalling, ect.) and now it won't do anything at all. It doesn't even run the process. Please for the love of god, tell me what to do. I am so frustrated over here.

Change the "defaultprofile" setting in the pesterchum.js located in C:/Pesterchum to one that you actually have. (Open the .js with notepad.)

Maybe that will work?

[kittyTier]

Has ANYONE gotten help on the issue with pesterchum not opening at all? I've been following the threads for quite some time now and have seen several people with the same issue of it installing fine but not opening at all, but no one have ever gotten an answer on how to fix this. :/

[Isamual]

The error I had on pesterchum stopped appearing. Instead it just didn't open like it used to so I tried using the 2.5 version of pesterchum and that too didn't work. I read most of the comments on this thread and I'm not the only person whose pesterchum stopped working out of the blue and so far I didn't see anyone saying what I should do to fix this or even just tell me it can't be fixed. If so many people have the same problem shouldn't anyone try to fix it?

[ThamosII]

Change the "defaultprofile" setting in the pesterchum.js located in C:/Pesterchum to one that you actually have. (Open the .js with notepad.)

Maybe that will work?

For some reason it put a folder on my desktop when I reinstalled. it contains the only pesterchum.js I know of. I've already edited it and deleted the defaultprofile thing. Help? Possibly within the next couple of hours? I really need to talk to my friend.

[opticVisualist]

I realize this would be a huge undertaking, but would a Pesterchum ipod app, which can interact with the computer version even be possible someday?

Edit: After reading through the backlog, I have decided that this is possible, but unlikely to happen. IT would be so cool though.

Just like Dave has on his iPhone

[cyberneticGynaecoid]

Hey-- quick question, not sure if it's been answered or not.

For some reason when I sign on it only allows me to sign on with my main SN. When I try to sign in as another character/SN by opening pesterchum again, it automatically puts me onto a random "pesterclient" username. All the SNs I'm using are unrelated to canon characters and I've tried using the "switch" option under "profile" as well. Nothin' seems to be working. :/ Any advice?

Edit: Forgot to mention.
The option to switch usernames doesn't even pop up for me. ._.;

[AikyoSmitten]

I've got a question! I've been using Pesterchum just fine for the past couple of months just fine without any issues. Last night, I got an error that forced me to close my client. Since then whenever I try opening the program, I receive the Connection Closed error. I'm not sure if this is a firewall issue, since my has actually been off? I'm just wondering what the issue might be.

[ragingCommunist]

Ok. I need some help here. I got a new hard drive, corrupted it, and now running off a disk of Ubuntu. I am not one for working miracles on Linux, in fact, I have no idea what I'm doing. I followed the instructions for linux, and I was about to start up Pesterchum, and then this happened, in the terminal.

(python2.6:3040: Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

(python2.6:3040: Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

(python2.6:3040: Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

(python2.6:3040: Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
there is no soundcard
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "pesterchum.py", line 2196, in <module>
pesterchum = MainProgram()
File "pesterchum.py", line 2001, in __init__
self.widget = PesterWindow()
File "pesterchum.py", line 961, in __init__
self.closeButton = WMButton(PesterIcon(self.theme["main/close/image"]), self)
File "/home/ubuntu/Documents/pesterchum/generic.py", line 29, in __init__
QtGui.QIcon.__init__(self, *x, **y)
TypeError: keyword arguments are not supported


I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me what I am doing wrong here. It's probably something I'm just missing, but I don't know. Also, if that person could tell me how to fix it, that's wonderful, however if I know the problem I can fix it. Anyways, thanks alot guys!

[Blue_Icer]

PesterChum won't download for me, it downloads all the way and... Nothing happens, no file appears or anything. Ideas?

[SimplyGio]

To all those people who had a problem with the newest Pesterchum not opening, where it considers opening for a moment and just doesn't, this is the troubleshoot that worked for me:
https://github.com/illuminatedwax/pesterchum/issues/21

[Jovian]

just a nitpick: is random encounter supposed to give you offline people? it's not very fun to constantly have to go through dozens of idle and offline handles for one successful conversation. could this be worked out in the future?

[ragingCommunist]

I think it cycles through people online but I am not entirely sure. The reason why people may not respond is because people might be AFK and leave pesterchum open. Kinda like skype.

[ragingCommunist]

My problem has been fixed, thanks everyone! My handle is my name!

[ragingCommunist]

just a nitpick: is random encounter supposed to give you offline people? it's not very fun to constantly have to go through dozens of idle and offline handles for one successful conversation. could this be worked out in the future?

Actually to correct my previous statement, it does connect to offline people. I just fooled around with it and checked the status of a few people, and they were in offline. Sorry!

[Sparks]

Need some help with this.

Pesterchum is refusing to open. No error message, nothing. Just doesn't open. It was working yesterday, now it isn't. Anyone have any idea what to do?

Really hoping to get some help, since it's always worked perfectly before.

[dokuekihebi]

Help! I registered my nick a while ago and I've never had this problem before but recently I kept on getting an error message saying that I can't use that nick because it's been registered. WHY?!!!!!

[Jovian]

I have a friend encountering a cx_freeze "cannot get zipimporter instance" error when she tries to start Pesterchum.

After a quick google, the error seems to do with non-English characters? But she has an English OS. XP, I believe. She upgraded Python and she's still getting the error.

Any ideas?

[Sylenon]

that means that someone is online with that handle