diff -ru gossip-0.8.orig/src/gossip-dbus.c gossip-0.8/src/gossip-dbus.c
--- gossip-0.8.orig/src/gossip-dbus.c	2004-08-19 15:53:18.000000000 -0400
+++ gossip-0.8/src/gossip-dbus.c	2005-05-23 13:55:47.000000000 -0400
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 		return FALSE;
   }
 
-	dbus_bus_acquire_service (bus, GOSSIP_SERVICE, 0, &error);
+	dbus_bus_request_name (bus, GOSSIP_SERVICE, 0, &error);
 	if (dbus_error_is_set (&error)) {
 		g_warning ("Failed to acquire gossip service.");
 		dbus_error_free (&error);
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@
 	
 	dbus_message_iter_init (message, &iter);
 
-	show = dbus_message_iter_get_uint32 (&iter);
+	dbus_message_iter_get_basic (&iter, &show);
 	if (dbus_message_iter_next (&iter)) {
-		status = dbus_message_iter_get_string (&iter);
+		dbus_message_iter_get_basic (&iter, &status);
 	}
 	
 	gossip_app_set_presence (show, status);
Only in gossip-0.8/src: gossip-dbus.c~