gaim won't start as normal user., used to work, now it's broken

[any web]

sorry guys, I fixed it by doing as follows
still have no idea why it happened though, yum update gone wrong perhaps ?

cheers
anyweb
CODE

[root at localhost ~]# yum remove gaim
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package gaim.i386 1:1.5.0-13.fc5 set to be erased
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Removing:
gaim                    i386       1:1.5.0-13.fc5   installed          11 M

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)
Update       0 Package(s)
Remove       1 Package(s)
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Removing  : gaim                         ######################### [1/1]

Removed: gaim.i386 1:1.5.0-13.fc5
Complete!


then

CODE

[anyweb at localhost ~]$ rm -rf .gaim/


then

CODE

[root at localhost ~]# yum install gaim
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
development               100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
extras-dev: ################################################## 2/2
extras-development        100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package gaim.i386 1:1.5.0-13.fc5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
gaim                    i386       1:1.5.0-13.fc5   development       4.3 M

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      1 Package(s)
Update       0 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)
Total download size: 4.3 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing: gaim                         ######################### [1/1]

Installed: gaim.i386 1:1.5.0-13.fc5
Complete!
[root at localhost ~]#


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anyweb

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