Google Chat
I am minimally computer literate and need to figure out how to get and install the plugin that will allow Google Chat to work with Pidgin. I have used Pidgin for years to communicate with my disabled wife first through Google Talk and more recently Hangouts. I really need to try to make this work rather then reinvent the wheel. Thank you ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support
How to get pidgin working on a server with no SSL cert
Hello, I'm trying to get Pidgin to work with a jabber server run by mordus angels, it's an eve online group. After I tried a few solutions offered by google, which involved manually retrieving the SSL cert via Firefox or console command, I spoke with the server admin and confirmed that the host, http://mordusangels.net/, doesn't have an SSL certificate. Since he was pretty firm about being too lazy to get an SSL certificate I'd like to know if there's a way to just ignore the certification all together? Regards, Dan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
chat logs on windows 8
Where are the chat logs stored on a windows 8 computer? Thanks Dan Dan Carr | Manager, Network Services | ellucian(r) | 4 Country View Rd. Malvern, PA 19355 | O:+1.610.578.6836 | M:+1.610.633.2369 | dan.c...@ellucian.com | www.ellucian.com Follow us: [cid:image002.jpg@01CE82FD.CF04D420] <http://commons.ellucian.com/> [cid:image004.jpg@01CE82FD.CF04D420] <http://www.facebook.com/ellucianinc> [cid:image006.jpg@01CE82FD.CF04D420] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/ellucian> [cid:image008.jpg@01CE82FD.CF04D420] <http://twitter.com/@ellucianinc> CONFIDENTIALITY: This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information, and unauthorized disclosure or use is prohibited. If you received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email from your system. Thank you. ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
setting up pidgin
this is the email address that I currently use for 'google talk'. when setting up in pidgin, I type the following: protocol: google talk username: dan domain: danoconnor2012.com resource: (blank) Password: (the password that I use to log in to my email) could you please tell me what I am doing wrong because it won't connect I run this email (originally set up in godaddy) straight into gmail Thanks ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Windows Focus
Hi all, I'm having trouble with Pidgin not taking focus when a message is sent to a user. I've setup a private (intranet) Openfire server using xmpp only. Users can login and send messages to any of our locations without problem but, the messages won't take focus and are therefore hidden behind anything that is open at the receiving computer. Has anyone run into this and found a solution? Openfire is running on WAMP on Windows 2008 server (R1) and Pidgin is running on Windows 7 sp1. TIA, Dan Will Technology Supervisor Meigs County District Public Library <mailto:wil...@oplin.org> wil...@oplin.org 740.992.5813 740.992.6140 (fax) "When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church that belongs to God and the public library that belongs to you. The public library is the great equalizer." Keith Richards ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Certificate Error (bos.oscar.aol.com)
Hello, It appears like the certificate is no longer valid. Even if I accept it, the next time I log into my Windows 7 machine, it requires that I accept it again. Here is the certificate in question: Common name: bos.oscar.aol.com Fingerprint (SHA1): e2:a9:aa:70:a9:38:2b:68:10:f3:7b:07:ad:61:27:47:f1:4b:b0:79 Activation date: Mon Feb 23 16:01:12 2009 Expiration date: Wed Feb 23 16:01:12 2011 Today date is 2/24/2011, so it has expired. Thanks for any help you can offer. Thanks, Dan Confidentiality notice: This message may contain confidential information. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not that person, you should not use this message. We request that you notify us by replying to this message, and then delete all copies including any contained in your reply. Thank you. ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
hey
*thanks for making this piece of shit next to impossible to theme. i've been having a real fun time this past 30 minutes downloading various pieces of bullshit with names like GTK++runtime and shit that makes no sense. get fucked. hard. * ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Nickname
Is there any way to keep your nickname / alias once you create it? Each time I have to change it when I go into a chat window. Thank you, Dan Hite, Safety Officer Environmental Health and Safety 202 Nelson Smith Building Campus Box 1320 Normal, IL. 61790-1320 Office: 309-438-5162 Cell: 309-824-2226 Fax: 309-438-3086 Email: dah...@ilstu.edu ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Scrolling the buddy list with mouse wheel/pad gesture
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010, Daniel Atallah wrote: On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 02:54, Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: Scrolling the buddy list. I notice that pgup/pgdn work in the buddy list windows, but the scroll wheel actions don't seem to (at least using the scroll-wheel gesture on my lenovo touchpad, it yields the "youre trying to scroll but there's nothing to scroll" icon) (My lenovo also has an obnoxiously tiny screen, so my buddy list doesn't fit onscreen) Is this an easy fix? Is it worth opening a bug? This is a known issue with some software scrollwheel implementations and GTK+. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=542777 Aah, so not worth reporting in pidgin. Sadly, no updated on this in a year-plus. Grrr. -Dan -- And hello kitty does not have a mouth. . o O ( oh yes she does ) EfNet #macintosh, 2/21/01, some ridiculous hour of the morning Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Scrolling the buddy list with mouse wheel/pad gesture
Scrolling the buddy list. I notice that pgup/pgdn work in the buddy list windows, but the scroll wheel actions don't seem to (at least using the scroll-wheel gesture on my lenovo touchpad, it yields the "youre trying to scroll but there's nothing to scroll" icon) (My lenovo also has an obnoxiously tiny screen, so my buddy list doesn't fit onscreen) Is this an easy fix? Is it worth opening a bug? -Dan -- [23:49:00] LarpGM: Did my little TP comment scare you off? [23:49:22] ilzarion: no, the shrieking retarded child eating people did -Feb 06, 2001, times apparent. Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Can someone confirm a bug for me before I report it?
On Sat, 29 May 2010, Dayron Armas Peña wrote: I had exactly the same problem. Dayron Thanks, bug filed. -Dan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Can someone confirm a bug for me before I report it?
Windows, clean install. Hitting the cancel button while the installer is trying to download gtk or the spellchecker will continue to process the install and claim it's successful, but pidgin will then fail to launch with a gtk.dll error. Cancel should actually *cancel* the install, rather than just the download, and it seems the output of the download's not being checked by the installer. -Dan -- Pika Pika Pika! -Pikachu, of Pokemon fame. ----Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Authentication Failure --> Re-Enable
On Sat, 13 Feb 2010, Daniel Atallah wrote:
I only see two real issues ("In-memory password not cleared on auth.
failure" and "Password field is enabled, but doesn't do anything when
passwords aren't being saved") which are not related, so they should
be separate tickets.
The question then on that #1 is: should the enhancement request be to
clear the in-memory password only if there's not one saved? What should
be the action if there IS one saved? To edit the account, yes? At which
point you're on the same dance as before. (You still won't
auto-reconnect, you'll still have that dialog dismissed).
The question on #2 is: is the correct action to disable the field, or have
it used for the in-memory password only, but not written out to disk?
(Or should I not note a specific fix, and just note the problem and leave
the correct fix up to the developers?)
-Dan
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without one of those.
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Re: Authentication Failure --> Re-Enable
On Sat, 13 Feb 2010, Daniel Atallah wrote: On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 22:40, Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: Hey there, I'm noticing an odd behavior with pidgin under ubuntu linux (whatever version just happens to come with Karmic via apt). In this case it's Pidgin 2.6.2 (libpurple 2.6.2) 95470d310d5d3a229c0b9fc4232da9bfeafaeb5b You can (and should) try a newer version (but I don't believe this issue has been resolved). This is the newest one in apt. I realize that sometimes ubuntu is slow to track newer versions, instead opting to remain stable. (This is laughable to me as I decided to try Karmic, which introduced a number of regressions to me.) In turn, this is why I bring up the issue here rather than open a bug immediately. Would it not make more sense, on an auth fail, to have the system DELETE the in-memory password (if it's not saved on disk), so you'll simply be re-prompted? Yes, I believe that would make sense. I believe the complication is that we can't necessarily tell that the problem is definitively that you typed the password wrong - there are other cases under which a "" may be received. We'll call that option feature request number one. (Delete the stored pass on an auth fail if it's not saved to disk). The AIM case above is the only one I can think of (but then, I'm not a protocol guru). I'd say the best logic might be: if I've gotten an authfail, and I'm clicking "re-enable" and get ANOTHER auth-fail (while trying the in-memory password), it's most likely that. (Feature request number 2). Would it also not make sense that if I'm editing an account that was ONLY disabled for an auth fail, that as soon as I click save, it's re-enabled without having to manually do so? That would require otherwise unnecessary accounting of the reason for disabling, so I'd be inclined to say "not worth the effort" for an exception case. If the other issue (which I consider a bug) wasn't present this would be a non-issue. Even if I had had something else wrong (say, my username), there'd still be a need for the extra trip up to the enable menu once I had saved the thing. How about an "enable account now" checkbox in the "edit" dialog box, then? Or a "save and enable" next to the save? (Number 3). Also, there's an additional bug that's I may not have made clear from the above. If, on the "edit account" button, I put a password, but do not opt to save it, I am still prompted when I enable the account. This means that the password field in the edit box means NOTHING unless you click save. Logically, to me, it would mean "save this in memory and use for sessions until I quit" but not to disk. (Bug #4) The final bug is that in the current incarnation, there are both a "modify account" and a "re-enable". I need BOTH, as things are currently set up, but the dialog disappears after I hit modify. I'm still in a "failed" state (I'm not signed in). The only reason I'd go to modify the account is if I wanted to continue using it. Can we keep that dialog box around, possibly add a little "x" or "dismiss" until I'm enabled? (Feature request #5) Is there already a bug open on this issue? I get this on two different machines, and it seems REALLY bad ui design. It is more of a bug than bad design. Feel free to file a ticket (http://d.pidgin.im/newticket), there doesn't appear to be one already. As above, it's actually four or five inter-related bugs. Would you (as someone with more voice for the developers than I) prefer one issue per, or one monolithic "this interaction all hurts my head, here's how to make it better" bug? -Dan -- "Station!" -Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Authentication Failure --> Re-Enable
Hey there, I'm noticing an odd behavior with pidgin under ubuntu linux (whatever version just happens to come with Karmic via apt). In this case it's Pidgin 2.6.2 (libpurple 2.6.2) 95470d310d5d3a229c0b9fc4232da9bfeafaeb5b As we all know, and as is an FAQ, pidgin leaves your password laying around in cleartext. I currently don't have my password to the company jabber saved. Instead, I have to type it at login. I'm fine with this. As it's a good, complex password, I occasionally mistype it. I then get a note at the bottom of my buddy list: dmaho...@foo.company.com disabled Authentication failure [Modify Account][Re-Enable] Clicking re-enable simply tries the same password you've put in, again. It does not re-prompt you. Presumably the only use for the "re-enable button" is if there's something that was broken on the server but is now fixed, or if pidgin has cached a password that you're *about* to change your password to. (It's also useful with AIM as this is the error AIM hands you when you use the "disconnect all but the current connection" option). Once you're here, your only option is to "Modify" the account, and save it (still with no password). Once you do that it dismisses the alert at the bottom of your buddy list, so you must THEN go back into accounts-->accountname-->enable and put in your password. An important note here is even if you put a password in, and click save, you have to go to the accounts menu, enable, and type your password again. It seems more logical that putting in a password would save it for THAT session, but not in the config file, but this does not appear to be the case. Would it not make more sense, on an auth fail, to have the system DELETE the in-memory password (if it's not saved on disk), so you'll simply be re-prompted? Would it also not make sense that if I'm editing an account that was ONLY disabled for an auth fail, that as soon as I click save, it's re-enabled without having to manually do so? Is there already a bug open on this issue? I get this on two different machines, and it seems REALLY bad ui design. -Dan Mahoney -- "One...plus two...plus one...plus one." -Tim Curry, Clue Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Finch On FreeBSD TTY Console
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010, Programmer In Training wrote: On 1/31/2010 2:29 PM, Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: Try escape [char] instead of ctrl-char. I've run finch on FreeBSD under screen numerous times this way. I don't *think* I've run it on the console directly, but I may have done so from a console, sshing into another machine (like when in a datacenter on one BSD machine, connecting back to my "home" machine). -Dan By the way, that works. esc+[char] gets desired results (when the esc key works, time for a new keyboard it seems). No, it could just be that your terminal setup isn't sending the right definition of the escape sequences pidgin is expecting. This is not the first time I've seen the console have odd issues with ctrl-keys, fkeys, etc. -Dan -- "I'll commit ritual suicide before I whore myself out to Disney." --Emi Bryant April 26, 2004 On the animation industry Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Finch On FreeBSD TTY Console
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010, Programmer In Training wrote: Are there any known issues with Finch on a TTY console (ctrl+F1-F7)? I've been giving it a go the past few days and according to the man page, I should be able to use alt+ any number of letters for various functions (like alt+c to close a window). None of the alt+ controls work for me. The only thing it catches is ctrl+c and then it asks me if I want to exit Finch. I ask because whenever I add a new account, I have to close Finch and reopen it to close the add account window. Is this a FreeBSD issue or a known issue in Finch (I forget which version exactly but it's the latest one in ports)? Try escape [char] instead of ctrl-char. I've run finch on FreeBSD under screen numerous times this way. I don't *think* I've run it on the console directly, but I may have done so from a console, sshing into another machine (like when in a datacenter on one BSD machine, connecting back to my "home" machine). -Dan -- Amerikanskaya firma Transceptor Technology pristupila k poizvodstu komputerov "Personal'ni Sputnik" Translates as: 'American company Transceptor Technology commenced the production of the computer "personal sputnik"' --Snap, "The Power" Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Hide offline buddies is not working-- Ticket #5611
Another update. I removed all of my IM accounts, then uninstalled and reinstalled ver 2.6.5. Doesn't help. I have the exact same behaviour as described in Ticket #5611 which claims to have been fixed but I still have the issue. Is there a way to completely uninstall ALL files related to Pidgin without editing the registry so that a clean uninstall will really allow me to start over? I appreciate the help. Dan On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Dan DeGolier wrote: > I've now even reinstalled the application, and still the same problem. Can > ayone help me? > > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Dan DeGolier wrote: > >> I have searched the forums but can't find anything to fix this: >> I can no longer hide offline buddies. >> when I right click a group, I can toggle between the options to "hide >> offline buddies" or "show offline buddies" but they never actually hide. I >> just upgraded from 2.6.2 to 2.6.5 but that didn't help. >> >> Ideas? >> >> Thanks, >> Dan >> >> >> >> > > ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Hide offline buddies is not working
I've now even reinstalled the application, and still the same problem. Can ayone help me? On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Dan DeGolier wrote: > I have searched the forums but can't find anything to fix this: > I can no longer hide offline buddies. > when I right click a group, I can toggle between the options to "hide > offline buddies" or "show offline buddies" but they never actually hide. I > just upgraded from 2.6.2 to 2.6.5 but that didn't help. > > Ideas? > > Thanks, > Dan > > > > ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Hide offline buddies is not working
I have searched the forums but can't find anything to fix this: I can no longer hide offline buddies. when I right click a group, I can toggle between the options to "hide offline buddies" or "show offline buddies" but they never actually hide. I just upgraded from 2.6.2 to 2.6.5 but that didn't help. Ideas? Thanks, Dan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Voice Yahoo Messenger
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Voice Yahoo Messenger
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[no subject]
To Whom It May Concern, I'm a new Pidgin user having migrated over from Trillian. I'm setup in such a way that my multiple conversations show up as tabs in a single window. When I get my first IM of the day, the conversation opens up and is the primary focus on my Window 7 laptop. However, once open, and once I have something else as the primary focus I often miss new IMs. They flash in the status bar at the bottom of my screen but they don't pop up as the primary window. Is there some way I can change that? I can't figure it out. I want all new IMs to end up on top of all other windows so I see it. Thanks, Dan Schwartz ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: help
On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, Alicia Moore wrote: I have a business that uses Pidgin every day. The last 2 days it has been logging all 3 locations off around 9:00 P.M. I have restarted all the computers and it will not re-connect. Help! I need it to ensure a smooth operation of the business. Also, when I got to the bottom of the buddy list and hit "Available" it just tells me it is "connecting". How do I get back online? Pidgin is just a program, and neither the developers nor this list maintain or run most of the public networks that pidgin connects to. Put another way, would you have had the same problem with an "official" client? I personally have been noticing issues with the AOL network last night, but asking this question without providing context (i.e. what service are you using) and what time zone (I will assume PST) makes the issue a little harder to work with. Ultimately in these cases, you're at the mercy of the network provider, and with networks like AIM, you get what you pay for :) -Dan -- Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
RE: Hi
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, S?nchez Jim?nez Jos? Gabriel wrote: the account was originally created in gmail, used it on MSN, but now I open it in Pidgin. You are still using the MSN protocol and network. If the network doesn't give you a way to solve this problem, then there's nothing we can do for you. -Dan -- ----Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
RE: Hi
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, S?nchez Jim?nez Jos? Gabriel wrote: I am not understand... I use gabrielteo...@gmail in Pidgin, and the program, is MSN? Okay. Do you have this problem when using the regular MSN messenger program? -Dan -- Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Hi
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, S?nchez Jim?nez Jos? Gabriel wrote: Hello, I need help, a hacker has my address on pidgin and uses it to send insults and threats, I block, but finds a way to re-enter the PIDGIN when I got active, there is a way to prevent it definitely send me messages? I'll ignore your egregious use of the word Hacker, and simply focus on the crux of your problem. Someone has your "address on pidgin". Pidgin is just a program to talk on other chat networks. It is only a client, and the answer to your question depends on what chat network you're using. Some chat networks make it so only people on your contact list can message you. Others do not. Please check with the service that you're running. Asking the pidgin group for help with this problem is like calling the company who makes your toaster because there is no power at your house. The problem would likely be the exact same if you were using a different chat program (or a different toaster), and we can't even help you here because you're not telling us which chat network you're connecting to. -Dan Mahoney -- "No mowore webooting!!!" -Paul, 10-16-99, 10 PM Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Demande de renseignements
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009, Elodie PICHOT wrote: Bonjour, Bonjour, Did you notice that the pidgin web site and mailing list documentation were in English? Might this have been a clue which language to use? -Dan Mahoney -- "There is no right and wrong, there is only fun and boring." -Fisher Stevens, "Hackers" Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: password
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009, Brian Morrison wrote: On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:09:45 -0700 "McCaughtry, Jennifer L." wrote: I have an account on Pidgin and I forgot my password. You will need to use the password retrieval features of your IM service. Pidgin holds these passwords, but does not deal with changing them. If you look in the .purple directory under your user directory, you may find them in the accounts.xml file if Pidgin is set to remember them. So look in C;\Documents and Settings\AppData\.purple\accounts.xml assuming you are using Windows. Now you see, based on her credentials and everything, I thought *maybe* this user just needed her account on the actual pidgin.im site reset (i.e. the Trac wiki), thus didn't provide the answer. If the answer you gave is the one she was looking for, I'm going to be really sad. -Dan -- "A single death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic." -Josef Stalin, As quoted on the cover to Savatage's "Dead Winter Dead" Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Gaim 1.5 Needed
I am disabled,with cognitive and anxiety issues. One thing I have discovered is that new isn't always a good thing, especially for something that is important. Instant Messenger is perhaps my most important piece of software as it allows me to socialize safely where I normally can't otherwise. But I am unable to work comfortably with Pidgin. I recently transitioned my computer from Windows to Linux, but am transitioning myself by installing my same version of Windows in a Virtual Machine. As I cannot use Pidgin because the interface is too different (just know that I am disabled, and there is significant difficulty attempting to adjust, so much so that I cannot), I am relegated to keeping my VM open and on the desktop at all times so that I can socialize. But I don't want to operate soley in Windows. The only solution is for me to acquire a copy of GAIM 1.5, or even 1.3.1 which I currently use, for Linux, preferably a .deb package. If anyone has access to the source code and can build a package or provide a copy to me so I can try to build one, or perhaps has a .deb package of GAIM 1.3.1. or 1.5; please let me know. So what you are saying is that the UI differences between pidgin and its predecessor gaim are so severe, as to be intolerable, moreso than the difference between windows, and some flavor of debian? Ouch. We really can't recommend that you use an old version though - there are some known security vulnerabilities and several of the protocols will not work. The security issues Daniel spoke of are quite real, as are the protocol issues. And running your gaim client in your VM is no more secure or any more an answer. For example, Yahoo IM changes their protocol about as often as the political regime in a third world country, and if you've been on the list for a while, we *still* get a number of people asking some question varying on "WHY MY YAHOO NO WORK". It seems that AIM and ICQ (which use TOC and OSCAR) are more stable, and if those are your preferred protocols, then you have many options, even using AOL's own java client, or Meebo. If I may soapbox only minorly, Michael, please let me state that despite whatever cognitive disability issues you may have (which I am not at all faulting), your question, as well as the information provided with it, and your logic for asking it, were more well phrased, and better worded and thought out, than most questions I've seen in the short time I've been on this mailing list. I don't envy what you're going through. Windows, in their ultimate wisdom, continues to drastically alter their UI, only as the people used to older versions and worse at adaptation continue to age. Windows and Gaim suffer a similar problem: people altered UI that a nontechnical audience was comfortable with, and I'm not sure if the need to do so was there. I would love it if every piece of software had a simple "emulate version" dropdown menu on their main screen, that just made it look like the old stuff. Windows95 to 2000 was not a large problem for my father. Going to Vista, and trying to figure out Microsoft Office with its new "ribbon bar" (which is a real pain when they're used to menus), took me several hours of UI changing so things were "where they used to be", stripping out HP "feature" software, and months of scouring ebay for older versions of things that had previously just worked. Best of Luck. -Dan Mahoney -- "Ca. Tas. Tro. Phy." -John Smedley, March 28th 1998, 3AM Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Problems with DBUS methods
Hello, I'm was messing around Pidign's DBUS interface and I have a problem with some methods (for example purpleFindBuddies - I know it is prefixed with "purple" but I hope these are the right mailinglists :-) ) For reaching all the methods I use program qdbusviewer. When I try to execute method purpleFindBuddies, I get following error dialog: Unable to find method PurpleFindBuddies on path /im/pidgin/purple/PurpleObject in interface im.pidgin.purple.PurpleInterface And in console (running pidgin --debug) appears following: (23:16:02) dbus: Need to register an object with the dbus subsystem. (If you are not a developer, please ignore this message.) (23:16:02) dbus: The signal "dbus-introspect" caused some dbus error. (If you are not a developer, please ignore this message.) Also trying to use qdbus returns some error: [prog...@notas ~]$ qdbus im.pidgin.purple.PurpleService / /im /im/pidgin /im/pidgin/purple /im/pidgin/purple/PurpleObject Cannot introspect object /im/pidgin/purple/PurpleObject at im.pidgin.purple.PurpleService: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownInterface (Interface 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable' was not found) I'm using dbus 1.2.14 and latest Pidgin. I tried it on Kubuntu with the same software and I got the same errors. Am I doing something wrong? Or is it a problem in Pidgin or libpurple itself? Also, could you give me some hint about what should I do? Thank you With regards Dan Vratil -- - Dan Vrátil vra...@progdansoft.com ICQ 249163429 Jabber prog...@jabber.cz Tel. +420 732 326 870 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Pidgin 2.5.7 crashes when started
I upgraded to 2.5.7 today and now cannot get it stable. Please help. Dan Here is the debug RPT - Error occured on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 14:08:18. Windows Version 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 C:\Program Files\Pidgin\pidgin.exe caused an Access Violation at location 68611db7 in module C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin\libglib-2.0-0.dll Reading from location . Registers: eax= ebx= ecx=ff00 edx= esi= edi= eip=68611db7 esp=0022eab0 ebp=0022eaf8 iopl=0 nv up ei ng nz na po nc cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs= efl=00210286 Call stack: C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin\libglib-2.0-0.dll [2.18.4.0] 68611DB7 C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin\libglib-2.0-0.dll g_unicode_canonical_decomposition 68612397 C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin\libglib-2.0-0.dll g_utf8_normalize C:\Program Files\Pidgin\libpurple.dll [2.5.7.0] 67D118F7 C:\Program Files\Pidgin\libpurple.dll purple_normalize f:/pidgin-build/pidgin-2.5.7/libpurple/util.c:3080 67CF2C5C C:\Program Files\Pidgin\libpurple.dll purple_privacy_check f:/pidgin-build/pidgin-2.5.7/libpurple/privacy.c:367 6D9957FB C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\libyahoo.dll yahoo_process_picture f:/pidgin-build/pidgin-2.5.7/libpurple/protocols/yahoo/yahoo_picture.c:113 6D988D94 C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\libyahoo.dll yahoo_packet_process f:/pidgin-build/pidgin-2.5.7/libpurple/protocols/yahoo/yahoo.c:2161 6D98A6B2 C:\Program Files\Pidgin\plugins\libyahoo.dll yahoo_pending f:/pidgin-build/pidgin-2.5.7/libpurple/protocols/yahoo/yahoo.c:2290 C:\Program Files\Pidgin\pidgin.dll [2.5.7.0] 64A77912 C:\Program Files\Pidgin\pidgin.dll pidgin_io_invoke f:/pidgin-build/pidgin-2.5.7/pidgin/gtkeventloop.c:82 C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin\libglib-2.0-0.dll [2.18.4.0] 685E73D7 C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin\libglib-2.0-0.dll g_main_context_dispatch 685E8AA3 C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin\libglib-2.0-0.dll g_main_context_acquire 685E8D4A C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin\libglib-2.0-0.dll g_main_loop_run C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin\libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll [2.14.7.0] 6185EBFE C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin\libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll gtk_main C:\Program Files\Pidgin\pidgin.dll [2.5.7.0] 64A90A01 C:\Program Files\Pidgin\pidgin.dll pidgin_main f:/pidgin-build/pidgin-2.5.7/pidgin/gtkmain.c:889 C:\Program Files\Pidgin\pidgin.exe [2.5.7.0] 004023EC C:\Program Files\Pidgin\pidgin.exe WinMain f:/pidgin-build/pidgin-2.5.7/pidgin/win32/winpidgin.c:749 00402A48 C:\Program Files\Pidgin\pidgin.exe WinMain f:/pidgin-build/pidgin-2.5.7/pidgin/win32/winpidgin.c:628 0040124B C:\Program Files\Pidgin\pidgin.exe 004012B8 C:\Program Files\Pidgin\pidgin.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll [5.1.2600.3541] 7C816FE7 C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll RegisterWaitForInputIdle ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support You can unsubscribe from the list's website above.
RE: Pulseaudio and volume control
On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:35:58 -0500, Richard Laager wrote: > On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 11:05 +0200, David Balazic wrote: > >> The trouble is that pidgin's sounds are too short for me to be >> able to grab onto the volume slider in pavucontrol. >> Pavucontrol only displays a volume slider when a sound is >> being played, so pidgin appears for a very short period of >> time, then disappears again. > > Why not try setting a custom sound that's longer (whatever sound file > you have handy), play it, set the volume, and then change it back? > > Richard Doh! Yes that's a pretty obvious workaround. Thanks :) Dan ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
RE: Pulseaudio and volume control
On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:05:35 +0200, David Balazic wrote: Personally I would prefer to see pavucontrol display levels for apps even while they're not playing ( perhaps in another page ). Did you suggest this to the pavucontrol authros ? I'm getting my story straight first. That's why I posted here. I was also curious about whether there were plans to use libcanberra, as the pulseaudio people claim this is the 'proper' solution. But yes, I will be adding my voice to others who want streams to be slightly less transient in pavucontrol. Dan___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Pulseaudio and volume control
Greetings. I'm using pidgin-2.5.6 and pulseaudio-0.9.15 and I'm having difficulty setting the volume of pidgin notification sounds. I use pavucontrol to set the playback levels for various apps / streams / whatever. The trouble is that pidgin's sounds are too short for me to be able to grab onto the volume slider in pavucontrol. Pavucontrol only displays a volume slider when a sound is being played, so pidgin appears for a very short period of time, then disappears again. After some searching around, I found a post along the same lines in the pulseaudio mailing list, where the response was that pidgin should use libcanberra for notification sounds, which would result in pidgin sounds going through the 'System Sounds' stream / whatever. 'System Sounds' are *always* visible in pavucontrol. I'm not 100% convinced with this answer however. Personally I would prefer to see pavucontrol display levels for apps even while they're not playing ( perhaps in another page ). Anyway, this isn't possible now. Are there any known solutions? Are there any plans to use libcanberra as per the suggestion mentioned above? Is there any dialog between pidgin & pulseaudio communities on this issue? Thanks :) Dan___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Looking to Assess Pidgin
On Thu, 28 May 2009, Olga Howard wrote: Also, If you want to ask a question on a mailing list such as this, please take the extra five seconds of effort and start a NEW email to the mailing list. Don't reply to an unrelated topic and blank all the content -- doing so will reduce the number of answers you will get, and also messes things up in the archives (see the bottom of http://pidgin.im/pipermail/support/2009-May/thread.html) for an example of how people will see your request. -Dan -- --------Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Looking to Assess Pidgin
On Thu, 28 May 2009, Olga Howard wrote: Hi All, Can anyone tell me if Pidgin will support these requirements? I had a very difficult time assessing this from the website. Let me guess, you haven't actually spent time downloading and using it, have you? -The solution shall provide a .Net API (.Net Framework 2.0) Pidgin runs under linux (and thats its native platform), take a guess at that one. -The solution must be able to be hosted from a Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 server using Microsoft IIS Web Server version 6.0 or greater Pidgin's a client and works with many servers running many OSes. -The solution shall support Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition 64 bit (if database access is required). Pidgin's a client and does not need access to a database. -The solution shall support Microsoft Active Directory for user/group affiliation. Pidgin is a client. This would be handled on the server. -The solution shall support the ability to be ?re-skinned? or ?branded? It's open source, so in theory. Can't say it will be EASY but it's definitely possible to modify the source to change look and feel in some manner. -The solution shall provide the ability to be configured in a ?Highly Available? manner. It's a client. It runs on the local machine, if you want high availability in a client, get two machines. I'd say a laptop and a desktop. -The solution provider shall provide support for the product. You're obviously reading from some kind of spec -- who's the provider? -The solution shall support a minimum of the following web browsers and browser versions: Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 5.0+, Netscape Navigator 7.1+ and Safari 1.2+. Pidgin isn't web based, but there's always Meebo :) -The solution shall support N-tier architecture ? explicitly extracting the presentation layer from the data/business logic layer. (More specifically, the solution should not perform presentation layer activities within a sealed ?black box? DLL.) Ah, managerspeak. Can you give an example of what this means? -One to one chat ? no breaking out into groups-or setting can be turned off. I would guess this depends which protocol you're speaking, and what server you're using for that protocol. -Dan Mahoney -- Amerikanskaya firma Transceptor Technology pristupila k poizvodstu komputerov "Personal'ni Sputnik" Translates as: 'American company Transceptor Technology commenced the production of the computer "personal sputnik"' --Snap, "The Power" Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Notification options
On Thu, 28 May 2009, Tom Charlesworth wrote: I'm using pidgin under ubuntu, as a client to Yahoo. My problem: I stare at my screen(s) all day coding, with my headphones blasting away, and I have a single tabbed window with multiple idle conversations, I Never see when someone types into an existing conversation, and I don't see new conversations show up. The minimized icon turns a light blue, which I don't see, and the audio notification gets lost in the music I'm listening to. I would like to see a pop-up that stays on the screen, and doesn't fade away. I would like to see the light blue minimized icon flash in Red. I'm sure there's a way to do this, either standard configuration, or a plug-in, but I haven't been able to find it. I've found the "tabbed" interface that seems to be a popular thing of late annoying -- it means I lose the context I'd gain from looking at my taskbar or the alt-tab captions. Your problem relates to this. If you separate each conversation into its own window, you get the effect that you're looking for in your system tray (similar to older versions of AIM, for example). It's not a "pop up" but it is a persistent notification of which conversations have changed. -Dan -- "there is no loyalty in the business, so we stay away from things that piss people off" -The Boss, November 12, 2002 Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: pidgin faq's (mouse, window size)
On Sun, 24 May 2009, Thufir wrote: How do I make the "window" larger? Use alt-r (or esc r) to highlight the window in question, then use the arrow keys to resize it. You can move it with m instead of r. According to http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Finch#enable-mouse, there should be a configuration file, but I can't find it: Then create it in your homedir, simple enough. finch doesn't autocreate this file for you, nor does the faq say it is. -Dan -- Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Make finch "beep"
Hey all, I'm noticing that finch doesn't seem to beep on an incoming IM (and since I'm running it under screen, this could be rather useful). Is there a hidden preference, or just something I'm missing? -Dan Mahoney -- Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Mouse Support under screen
Hello all, I'm using FreeBSD, which is a termcap-based system. Ergo, the advice given in http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Finch#mouse-in-screen is not quite correct for me. If the finch code *only* checks for terminfo, and I need to install this, let me know. If on the other hand, it *should* work with termcap as well, then I can take this up with the screen community (i.e. let me know this as well). -Dan -- "This Is Not Goodbye!" -DM, August 11th 2001, 10 PMish Chicago Time Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Pidgen uses ALOT of resources..?
Hello, Im a happy user of Pidgen, but i have seen that Pidgen after i has run some time (a few hours) it uses about 25-30% of my cpu..?? Screenshot: http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/3003/screenshotud2.jpg If i shutdown Pidgen, and start it up again, its then back to normal... for some time, and the it goes back to 25-30%... How can that be..? My Specs: Intel Quad Core 2.66ghz. 4GB RAM Im using these protokols: ICQ, MSN, AIM and Facebook Thanks Dan___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
