On Sunday 16 February 2003 20:34, Scruloose wrote: > And Alicq seems to have imploded on install. Run it and it just exits > instantly with an error message (something about username or password not > supplied, IIRC), and when I edit its config file, I get one long line of > non-ascii garbage.
Now this sounds like you should fsck the partition, there's definitely Something Wrong(*). > Needless to say, I'm using GnomeICU, 'cause it's limping along better than > the competition. But how do I fix this? Is there some port I need to > forward for the "so-and-so is online" packets to get in? Is there a client > for Linux that's as smart as the windo~1 ones (to work behind a firewall > without port forwarding)? Normally, you don't need to forward any ports to have basic functionality (messaging). This stuff can be performed over a TCP connection to the server. The only thing you should need fancier settings for would be incoming file transfers and other stuff that requires a P2P-link initiated by a remote host. The only thing that I've seen similar problems with are: - clients using an outdated protocol version and therefore not-so-maintained login servers - connecting over a clogged link. > BTW, if there's a solution that will work and is not Gnome-specific, that > would be a bonus. I'm using gnome 'cause it was the default, but I'll > probably be shopping for a lighter faster window manager at some point in > the not-too-distant future. For windows I'm running a SOCKS4-server which works fine. I haven't been able to use it with licq 1.2.3 because it didn't compile with SOCKS support and I don't know what 1.2.4 would say because I'm too lazy. (*) "Something Wrong" might be a trademark of Microsoft Corp, you never know... -- Got Backup? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]