gwibber don't start after the latest update

I have the same problem. I wonder how its possible for ordinary people to use gwibber since everyday there is a new bug

I am facing the same bug. Before this version (bzr990, buggy version is bzr992), gwibber works flawlessly.
Here is my error message.

ERROR:dbus.proxies:Introspect error on com.Gwibber.Service:/com/gwibber/Service: dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gwibber", line 98, in <module>
    client.Client()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/client.py", line 697, in __init__
    self.w = GwibberClient()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/client.py", line 40, in __init__
    self.model = gwui.Model()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/gwui.py", line 50, in __init__
    self.services = json.loads(self.daemon.GetServices())
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 68, in __call__
    return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in __call__
    **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/connection.py", line 620, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1

My platform is 32bit version of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with all latest updates except kernel (-pae blocked for update).

Same same.

ERROR:dbus.proxies:Introspect error on com.Gwibber.Service:/com/gwibber/Service: dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gwibber", line 98, in <module>
    client.Client()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/client.py", line 697, in __init__
    self.w = GwibberClient()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/client.py", line 40, in __init__
    self.model = gwui.Model()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/gwui.py", line 50, in __init__
    self.services = json.loads(self.daemon.GetServices())
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 68, in __call__
    return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in __call__
    **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/connection.py", line 620, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1

Any chance to fix this bug? I use the latest gwibber because the official release does not work.

3.1.0~bzr993-0ubuntu1~daily1~lucid still not working!!!

ERROR:dbus.proxies:Introspect error on com.Gwibber.Service:/com/gwibber/Service: dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gwibber", line 98, in <module>
    client.Client()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/client.py", line 697, in __init__
    self.w = GwibberClient()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/client.py", line 44, in __init__
    self.model = gwui.Model()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/gwui.py", line 50, in __init__
    self.services = json.loads(self.daemon.GetServices())
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 68, in __call__
    return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in __call__
    **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/connection.py", line 620, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1

Hello,

On Oneiric, Gwibber doesn't work if we doesn't use NetworkManager. I guess my problem is linked to this bug report
This is the traceback:
   $ gwibber-service
      Loading plugin Facebook version 1.1
      Loading plugin StatusNet version 1.1
      Loading plugin Twitter version 1.0
      Loading plugin Identi.ca version 1.1
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/usr/bin/gwibber-service", line 77, in <module>
          connection_monitor = dispatcher.ConnectionMonitor()
        File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/dispatcher.py", line 825, in __init__
          if str(self.nm.Get(NM_DBUS_INTERFACE, "Version")) >= "0.8.998":

I think I've fixed this bug in this bzr branch: https://code.launchpad.net/~matttbe/gwibber/fixes-lp-792355
I've proposed this branch for merging into the trunk: https://code.launchpad.net/~matttbe/gwibber/fixes-lp-792355/+merge/63976

I hope it will help you!

I think this has just been fixed in 994.

I confirmed just now that bzr994 works fine.

Ken, would you like to take a look into this please :)

Its working after the last update. Thanks!

I fixed this yesterday in trunk, which landed in the daily ppa last night.

I am using version 3.1.0 which on this site has not been released yet? What is going on with Gibber? The home web site is touting version 2.3.
Well my ver 3.1.0 will not update the page so I do not get new posts.

Is there anyone who knows how the code in Gwibber works and can fix it so it works. This is really frustrating and kind of make one want to just uninstall the whole "kit-n-kabootle".

It appears as if the developers have gone many different ways with all these versions and incorrect web pages. I suggest pulling it all together and straighten it out so it is a workable application.

The latest version is 3.1.90, we don't have anyone maintaining the website. 3.1.x won't work on lucid, in case that is what you are running. It requires gtk3, which would be pretty hard to get on lucid. I would suggest not using the daily ppa for lucid.