Converseen crashes when opened

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Hello,

Requirements:

I have Searched the forum for my issue and found nothing related or helpful
I have checked the Resources category (Resources Index)
I have reviewed the Wiki for relevant information
I have read the the Release Notes and Errata

OpenMandriva Lx version:
OpenMandriva Lx 25.06 (ROME) Rolling x86_64

Desktop environment (KDE, LXQT…):
KDE Plasma 6

Description of the issue (screenshots if relevant):
Converseen generates an error and crashes

Relevant informations (Converseen 0.9.8.0):
When I run Converseen from inside the terminal, I get the following:

*converseen
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'Magick::ErrorMissingDelegate'
  what():  converseen: Coder array not returned!
Aborted (core dumped)*

End of what I received in the terminal when trying to run it.

DNF installed it as follows:

sudo dnf install converseen
Last metadata expiration check: 1 day, 5:00:20 ago on Fri 18 Jul 2025 01:25:09 PM CDT.
Dependencies resolved.

 *Package                              Architecture     Version                  Repository                      Size*

*Installing:
 converseen                           x86_64           0.9.8.0-2                rolling-x86_64-extra           291 k
Installing dependencies:
 lib64Magick++7.Q16HDRI_4             x86_64           7.0.10.25-2              rolling-x86_64                 161 k
 lib64MagickCore7.Q16HDRI_7           x86_64           7.0.10.25-2              rolling-x86_64                 867 k
 lib64MagickWand7.Q16HDRI_7           x86_64           7.0.10.25-2              rolling-x86_64                 315 k*

*Transaction Summary*

*Install  4 Packages*

Total download size: 1.6 M
Installed size: 5.5 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/4): lib64Magick++7.Q16HDRI_4-7.0.10.25-2-omv4002.x86_64.rpm                       369 kB/s | 161 kB     00:00    
(2/4): lib64MagickCore7.Q16HDRI_7-7.0.10.25-2-omv4002.x86_64.rpm                     1.5 MB/s | 867 kB     00:00    
(3/4): lib64MagickWand7.Q16HDRI_7-7.0.10.25-2-omv4002.x86_64.rpm                     338 kB/s | 315 kB     00:00    
(4/4): converseen-0.9.8.0-2-omv4002.x86_64.rpm                                       489 kB/s | 291 kB     00:00    

Total                                                                                1.5 MB/s | 1.6 MB     00:01     
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                                                             1/1 
  Installing       : lib64MagickCore7.Q16HDRI_7-7.0.10.25-2.x86_64                                               1/4 
  Installing       : lib64MagickWand7.Q16HDRI_7-7.0.10.25-2.x86_64                                               2/4 
  Installing       : lib64Magick++7.Q16HDRI_4-7.0.10.25-2.x86_64                                                 3/4 
  Installing       : converseen-0.9.8.0-2.x86_64                                                                 4/4 
  Running scriptlet: converseen-0.9.8.0-2.x86_64                                                                 4/4 

Installed:
  converseen-0.9.8.0-2.x86_64                               lib64Magick++7.Q16HDRI_4-7.0.10.25-2.x86_64              
  lib64MagickCore7.Q16HDRI_7-7.0.10.25-2.x86_64             lib64MagickWand7.Q16HDRI_7-7.0.10.25-2.x86_64            

Complete

That is the end of what I received in the terminal at installation.

I have no idea as to how to go about fixing this on my own. I get around it by using the Flatpak Converseen package, which works so long as I don’t try to access any files stored across the network, a limit of flatpaks, not OpenMandriva. This is not mission-critical for me. I just thought I would send in what I found when I tried to install and use it.

According to the Converseen web page, https://converseen.fasterland.net, 0.15.0.2 is the latest version.

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Looks like the last time that package was built was 2021 so that would be out of date and the existing package would not work with current library packages. I notice some people have been working on it recently but it does not look ready to be built again. Also it is still the same version as you installed so it has not been updated.

I would ask OM devs on OM Chat if you want to dig in to this.

3

Yes, being out of date makes perfect sense. It probably got lost in the shuffle and few if any users would use it.

I never used OM Chat. Isn’t an invitation required?

4

OM-Chat

I think the main channels do not require an invite. But not sure. There are to many channels IMO. Main ones are

  1. OpenMandriva for saying hello and for users with problems.
  2. OpenMandriva Cooker is for developers.
  3. There is a OM Chat for I am not sure what, off topic chatting I suppose.
5

Upgraded version published to cooker extra repo. This will move down to ROME with the next update.

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@LeeTalbert
@ben79

The upgraded version going to Cooker and then Rome sounds like a plan. I can wait for the experts to make certain there are no surprises. Thank you to everyone involved at all levels.

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Thanks @DD15 for reporting this and @LeeTalbert for building the upgraded package.

converseen-0.15.0.2-1 is published to rolling/extra repositories. I decided to backport this package given the user request. I can verify that the package does install here in ROME x86_64. As for how well it works that will be up to you.

Edit: Also backporting this to Rock/6.0.

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I removed the Flatpak Converseen package and installed the upgraded version for Rome. I am happy to report that it works as intended.

This is nuts, in a good sort of way. I have never seen such a fast response for any software issue. Thank you to all involved for everything.

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