Using Gwibber

Start gwibber from terminal and paste the text here that appears in the termianl please.

naveenmtp@KemliN-laptop:~$ gwibber
WARNING:root:desktopcouch is not available. . falling back to gconf

** (gwibber:4070): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowState' as flags when in fact it is of type 'GEnum'

** (gwibber:4070): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowActions' as flags when in fact it is of type 'GEnum'

** (gwibber:4070): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowMoveResizeMask' as flags when in fact it is of type 'GEnum'

Same problem to me, clean version of Ubuntu 10.04 RC, terminal looks like this:

** (gwibber:2641): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowState' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'

** (gwibber:2641): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowActions' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'

** (gwibber:2641): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowMoveResizeMask' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'
No dbus monitor yet
Updating...
Updating...
ERROR:dbus.proxies:Introspect error on com.Gwibber.Accounts:/com/gwibber/Accounts: dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name com.Gwibber.Accounts was not provided by any .service files
ERROR:dbus.proxies:Introspect error on com.Gwibber.Streams:/com/gwibber/Streams: dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name com.Gwibber.Streams was not provided by any .service files

Same problem here, adding output after authorizing facebook:

** (gwibber:29280): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowState' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'

** (gwibber:29280): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowActions' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'

** (gwibber:29280): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowMoveResizeMask' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'
Updating...
Updating...

** (gwibber-accounts:29316): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowState' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'

** (gwibber-accounts:29316): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowActions' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'

** (gwibber-accounts:29316): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowMoveResizeMask' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'

When I click "add", this happens:

Updating...
Saving...
Could not identify preference: username
Could not identify preference: session_key
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/accounts.py", line 184, in on_edit_account_save
    self.get_account_data()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/accounts.py", line 353, in get_account_data
    aId = "%s-%s" % (self.account["protocol"], self.account["username"])
KeyError: 'username'
Saving...
Could not identify preference: username
Could not identify preference: session_key
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/accounts.py", line 184, in on_edit_account_save
    self.get_account_data()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/accounts.py", line 353, in get_account_data
    aId = "%s-%s" % (self.account["protocol"], self.account["username"])
KeyError: 'username'
Updating...

This seems to work for me in both Desktop, and Netbook remix editions:
Uninstall Gwibber from the Universal Software Center., then re-install.
Previously linked accounts should update properly, and if you haven't been able to authenticate facebook, then click the "Add" button up to this point, then that problem should be fixed as well.

I have the same problem as Stephen Fabel has.
Ran Gwibber from the terminal and got the same error message. Also there is no twitter timeline visible.

Removed Gwibber & Gwibber-service from Ubuntu software Centre and re-installed it again. It doesn't solve the problem.
Is there any other way to get gwibber working.

Same Problem :(

doson@DOSON:~$ gwibber

** (gwibber:3285): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowState' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'

** (gwibber:3285): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowActions' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'

** (gwibber:3285): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'WnckWindowMoveResizeMask' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'
No dbus monitor yet
Updating...
Updating...
ERROR:dbus.proxies:Introspect error on com.Gwibber.Accounts:/com/gwibber/Accounts: dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name com.Gwibber.Accounts was not provided by any .service files
ERROR:dbus.proxies:Introspect error on com.Gwibber.Streams:/com/gwibber/Streams: dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name com.Gwibber.Streams was not provided by any .service files

doson, the error you are seeing is not a bug. please do the following and attach the logs here.

$ sudo pkill gwibber
$ gwibber-service -d -o

Omer Akram.. Thanks.. here's the log

doson@DOSON:~$ sudo pkill gwibber
[sudo] password for doson:
doson@DOSON:~$ gwibber-service -d -o
Updating...
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Setting up monitors
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Monitors are up
Gwibber Dispatcher: INFO Gwibber Service is reloading account credentials
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Refresh interval is set to 1
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG ** Starting Refresh - Tue May 18 22:14:15 2010 **
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:receive> Performing operation
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <flickr:images> Performing operation
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/network.py", line 32, in __init__
    self.curl.perform()
error: (6, 'name lookup timed out')
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR Failed to communicate with https://twitter.com/statuses/home_timeline.json?count=200
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR Failed to parse the response, error was: No JSON object could be decoded
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR <twitter:receive> Operation failed
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/dispatcher.py", line 75, in perform_operation
    message_data = PROTOCOLS[account["protocol"]].Client(account)(opname, **args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 146, in __call__
    return getattr(self, opname)(**args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 149, in receive
    return self._get("statuses/home_timeline.json", count=count, since_id=since)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 136, in _get
    if data.has_key("error"):
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'has_key'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/network.py", line 32, in __init__
    self.curl.perform()
error: (6, 'name lookup timed out')
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR Failed to communicate with http://api.flickr.com/services/rest?username=dosox&api_key=36f660117e6555a9cbda4309cfaf72d0&nojsoncallback=1&method=flickr.people.findByUsername&format=json
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR Failed to parse the response, error was: No JSON object could be decoded
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR <flickr:images> Operation failed
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/dispatcher.py", line 75, in perform_operation
    message_data = PROTOCOLS[account["protocol"]].Client(account)(opname, **args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/flickr.py", line 81, in __call__
    return getattr(self, opname)(**args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/flickr.py", line 85, in images
    user_id=self._getNSID(), format="json", nojsoncallback="1",
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/flickr.py", line 78, in _getNSID
    username=self.account["username"])["user"]["nsid"]
TypeError: string indices must be integers, not str

Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:responses> Performing operation
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:private> Performing operation
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/network.py", line 32, in __init__
    self.curl.perform()
error: (6, 'name lookup timed out')
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR Failed to communicate with https://twitter.com/statuses/mentions.json?count=200
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR Failed to parse the response, error was: No JSON object could be decoded
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR <twitter:responses> Operation failed
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/dispatcher.py", line 75, in perform_operation
    message_data = PROTOCOLS[account["protocol"]].Client(account)(opname, **args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 146, in __call__
    return getattr(self, opname)(**args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 155, in responses
    return self._get("statuses/mentions.json", count=count, since_id=since)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 136, in _get
    if data.has_key("error"):
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'has_key'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/network.py", line 32, in __init__
    self.curl.perform()
error: (6, 'name lookup timed out')
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR Failed to communicate with https://twitter.com/direct_messages.json?count=200
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR Failed to parse the response, error was: No JSON object could be decoded
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR <twitter:private> Operation failed
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/dispatcher.py", line 75, in perform_operation
    message_data = PROTOCOLS[account["protocol"]].Client(account)(opname, **args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 146, in __call__
    return getattr(self, opname)(**args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 158, in private
    return self._get("direct_messages.json", "private", count=count, since_id=since)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 136, in _get
    if data.has_key("error"):
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'has_key'

Gwibber Dispatcher: INFO Loading complete: 1 - ['Failure', 'Failure', 'Failure', 'Failure']
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Refresh interval is set to 1
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG ** Starting Refresh - Tue May 18 22:15:15 2010 **
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <flickr:images> Performing operation
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:receive> Performing operation
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/network.py", line 32, in __init__
    self.curl.perform()
error: (7, "couldn't connect to host")
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR Failed to communicate with http://api.flickr.com/services/rest?username=dosox&api_key=36f660117e6555a9cbda4309cfaf72d0&nojsoncallback=1&method=flickr.people.findByUsername&format=json
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR Failed to parse the response, error was: No JSON object could be decoded
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR <flickr:images> Operation failed
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/dispatcher.py", line 75, in perform_operation
    message_data = PROTOCOLS[account["protocol"]].Client(account)(opname, **args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/flickr.py", line 81, in __call__
    return getattr(self, opname)(**args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/flickr.py", line 85, in images
    user_id=self._getNSID(), format="json", nojsoncallback="1",
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/flickr.py", line 78, in _getNSID
    username=self.account["username"])["user"]["nsid"]
TypeError: string indices must be integers, not str

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/network.py", line 32, in __init__
    self.curl.perform()
error: (6, 'name lookup timed out')
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR Failed to communicate with https://twitter.com/statuses/home_timeline.json?count=200
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR Failed to parse the response, error was: No JSON object could be decoded
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR <twitter:receive> Operation failed
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/dispatcher.py", line 75, in perform_operation
    message_data = PROTOCOLS[account["protocol"]].Client(account)(opname, **args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 146, in __call__
    return getattr(self, opname)(**args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 149, in receive
    return self._get("statuses/home_timeline.json", count=count, since_id=since)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 136, in _get
    if data.has_key("error"):
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'has_key'

Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:responses> Performing operation
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG <twitter:private> Performing operation
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/network.py", line 32, in __init__
    self.curl.perform()
error: (6, 'name lookup timed out')
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR Failed to communicate with https://twitter.com/statuses/mentions.json?count=200
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR Failed to parse the response, error was: No JSON object could be decoded
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR <twitter:responses> Operation failed
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/dispatcher.py", line 75, in perform_operation
    message_data = PROTOCOLS[account["protocol"]].Client(account)(opname, **args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 146, in __call__
    return getattr(self, opname)(**args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 155, in responses
    return self._get("statuses/mentions.json", count=count, since_id=since)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 136, in _get
    if data.has_key("error"):
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'has_key'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/network.py", line 32, in __init__
    self.curl.perform()
error: (6, 'name lookup timed out')
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR Failed to communicate with https://twitter.com/direct_messages.json?count=200
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR Failed to parse the response, error was: No JSON object could be decoded
Gwibber Dispatcher: ERROR <twitter:private> Operation failed
Gwibber Dispatcher: DEBUG Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/dispatcher.py", line 75, in perform_operation
    message_data = PROTOCOLS[account["protocol"]].Client(account)(opname, **args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 146, in __call__
    return getattr(self, opname)(**args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 158, in private
    return self._get("direct_messages.json", "private", count=count, since_id=since)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gwibber/microblog/twitter.py", line 136, in _get
    if data.has_key("error"):
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'has_key'

Gwibber Dispatcher: INFO Loading complete: 2 - ['Failure', 'Failure', 'Failure', 'Failure']

@doson there is already a bug report about the problem you are facing and also there is a workaround on the bug 571858

$ sudo apt-get install bind9

then please do the following https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gwibber/+bug/571858/comments/10

did the workaround work for anyone?

I installed bind9 but it's not working

after installing bind9 did you also follow the procedure in that link?

 I connect my linux via a wireless router, so the referenced "proedure" does not apply. Does this mean I can't use Gwibber? I get "can't authenticate" errors popping up.