Backup question
Hi, I want to reinstall my Ubuntu computer and I made all my backups. Excepted for Pidgin wich I don't know how to do it. I want to keep my "contacts" infos and all my "history" (chat with people, etc). Can you help me please? Thanks Eric Ce message sortant est certifié sans virus connu. Analyse effectuée par AVG - www.avg.fr Version: 9.0.709 / Base de données virale: 270.14.89/2539 - Date: 12/09/09 02:32:00 ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
RE: Backup question
Hi, Thanks for your time. I want to reinstall Ubuntu because he's really slow by now. I try to find the .purple directory or the file you say but after severall minutes trying to find it... nothing. Where are these files or folder? 1- They are on MY computer? 2- They are in "Systeme de fichiers"... maybe "system files" in English? 3- They are in "bin, dev, home, lib, opt, proc, root, sys, usr, var, ..."? 4- They'll give me information or I copy and paste after that I had reinstalled everything? Thanks again for your time! Eric > -Message d'origine- > De: Programmer In Training [mailto:p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us] > Date: 9 décembre 2009 16:15 > À: optimisation_ericbern...@videotron.ca > Cc: support@pidgin.im > Objet: Re: Backup question > > > Eric Bernier wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I want to reinstall my Ubuntu computer and I made all my > backups. Excepted > > for Pidgin wich I don't know how to do it. I want to keep my "contacts" > > infos and all my "history" (chat with people, etc). Can you > help me please? > > > > Thanks > > > > Eric > > Ce message sortant est certifié sans virus connu. > > Analyse effectuée par AVG - www.avg.fr > > Version: 9.0.709 / Base de données virale: 270.14.89/2539 - > Date: 12/09/09 > > 02:32:00 > > > > ___ > > Support@pidgin.im mailing list > > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > > http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > > > > > You'll find all that info in your .purple directory in the following > files or directories. > > For your contacts: > blist.xml > > For your accounts: > accounts.xml > > For your logs: > .purple/logs > > HTH > Ce message sortant est certifié sans virus connu. Analyse effectuée par AVG - www.avg.fr Version: 9.0.709 / Base de données virale: 270.14.89/2539 - Date: 12/09/09 02:32:00 ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
RE: Backup question
Hi, Thanks for your rapid answer. The computer I want to reinstall is now on Ubuntu 8.04 - Hardy Heron (April 2008) and I don't find anything in my "personnal folder" or the files you tell me... Sorry. I want to reinstall the same Ubuntu. I maybe tried to don't give enough informations for you to help me. Sorry. Here's why I want to reinstall Ubuntu: I have Ubuntu 8.04 - Hardy Heron - April 2008 on a Pentium III (Coppermine) with 512 megs (502,4) of memory, much space available on my HDD (24,3 gigabites) and everything was going fine until the October updates that I did. Since that my computer is REALLY slow. I found where to see the "History of updates" but I wonder if I can remove these updates to get back my speed? If I can and I do it, so I'll never be able to do any further updates to be sure to don't get back into that slow speed? I've made research to finaly end at the Ubuntu Forums at www.ubuntuforums.org but I understand nothing... So, for me that look easyer to reinstall everything. I found by myself how to do backup for everything except for Pidgin. I'm now still with a really slow computer with Ubuntu 8.04 and I want to reinstall everything because I don't understand the way I can find what I could do... That's why I want to be able to do a complete pidgin backup. Kind of copy files from my actual Ubuntu and to past them after I reinstaled Ubuntu. Thanks again for your help! Eric > -Message d'origine- > De: Programmer In Training [mailto:p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us] > Date: 9 décembre 2009 18:44 > À: optimisation_ericbern...@videotron.ca > Cc: support@pidgin.im > Objet: Re: Backup question > > > Eric Bernier wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Thanks for your time. > > > > I want to reinstall Ubuntu because he's really slow by now. I > try to find > > the .purple directory or the file you say but after severall > minutes trying > > to find it... nothing. > > > > Where are these files or folder? > > 1- They are on MY computer? > > 2- They are in "Systeme de fichiers"... maybe "system files" > in English? > > 3- They are in "bin, dev, home, lib, opt, proc, root, sys, usr, > var, ..."? > > > > 4- They'll give me information or I copy and paste after that I had > > reinstalled everything? > > > > Thanks again for your time! > > > > Eric > > > C:\Documents and Settings\username-here\Application Data\.purple > > That's on Win XP, YMMV on other versions of Windoze. > --- Eric Bernier wrote: > Hi, > > I want to reinstall my Ubuntu computer and I made all my backups. Excepted > for Pidgin wich I don't know how to do it. I want to keep my "contacts" > infos and all my "history" (chat with people, etc). Can you help me please? > > Thanks > > Eric > Ce message sortant est certifié sans virus connu. > Analyse effectuée par AVG - www.avg.fr > Version: 9.0.709 / Base de données virale: 270.14.89/2539 - Date: 12/09/09 > 02:32:00 > > ___ > Support@pidgin.im mailing list > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > You'll find all that info in your .purple directory in the following files or directories. For your contacts: blist.xml For your accounts: accounts.xml For your logs: .purple/logs HTH Ce message sortant est certifié sans virus connu. Analyse effectuée par AVG - www.avg.fr Version: 9.0.709 / Base de données virale: 270.14.89/2539 - Date: 12/09/09 02:32:00 ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
RE: Backup question
THANKS PAUL I'll backup that! Have a great day!!! Eric And thanks for the patience of Pit. > -Message d'origine- > De: Paul Aurich [mailto:darkrai...@pidgin.im] > Date: 9 décembre 2009 22:59 > À: Programmer In Training > Cc: optimisation_ericbern...@videotron.ca; support@pidgin.im > Objet: Re: Backup question > > > And Programmer In Training spoke on 12/09/2009 07:46 PM, saying: > > Eric Bernier wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Thanks for your rapid answer. The computer I want to > reinstall is now on > >> Ubuntu 8.04 - Hardy Heron (April 2008) and I don't find anything in my > >> "personnal folder" or the files you tell me... Sorry. I want to > >> reinstall > >> the same Ubuntu. I maybe tried to don't give enough informations for > >> you to > >> help me. Sorry. > > > > Are you using Windows or Ubuntu right now? The directions I gave tell > > you where .purple is on Windows XP. If you cannot find some of the > > folders I'm telling you about, you need to unhide all system folders on > > Windows, or search for the file and folder names I gave you. > > Eric, > The folder is located in ~/.purple (where "~" is shorthand for /home/ username>) on Unix. It's a dot-folder, so is typically hidden > from GUI file > browsers by default. > > PiT, Eric never said he was using Windows (in fact, he mentioned he was > using Ubuntu multiple times). > > ~Paul > > > Ce message sortant est certifié sans virus connu. Analyse effectuée par AVG - www.avg.fr Version: 9.0.709 / Base de données virale: 270.14.89/2539 - Date: 12/09/09 02:32:00 ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
