Re: default resource for jabber chatrooms

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:34:39AM -0400, Joe Szabo wrote:
> 
> Is there a way to set a default jabber resource?  In jabber chatrooms, after 
> I upgraded pidgin, I'm seeing random 26 digit numbers for everyone's resource.

You can set a resource in the account editor.

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Re: Gstreamer and Farsight for building

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:14:09PM +0200, Jens Franik wrote:
> Guten Tag Ka-Hing Cheung,
> 
> am Montag, 14. September 2009 um 04:18 schrieben Sie:
> 
> > Which debian is this? farsight0.1 is way too old.
> 
> j...@jens:~$ cat /etc/issue
> Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
> 
> j...@jens:~$ dpkg --get-selections | grep -i farsight
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-farsight  install
> libfarsight0.1-3install
> libfarsight0.1-dev  install
> 
> This claims to be "up-to-date", since apt-get update does not show up
> any newer version...

Current debian stable does not provide a new enough gstreamer stack for
Pidgin VV.

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Re: Gstreamer and Farsight for building

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 09:36:44PM +0200, Jens Franik wrote:
> Guten Tag Pidgin Support,
> 
> what do i need here, i have gstreamer and farsight installed:
> 
> j...@jens:~/pidgin-2.6.2$ sudo dpkg --get-selections | egrep -i -e gstream -e 
> farsight
> gstreamer0.10-alsa  install
> gstreamer0.10-ffmpeginstall
> gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs  install
> gstreamer0.10-gnonlin-dev   install
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-base  install
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-farsight  install
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-good  install
> gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly  install
> gstreamer0.10-tools install
> gstreamer0.10-x install
> libfarsight0.1-3install
> libfarsight0.1-dev  install
> libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 install
> libgstreamer0.10-0  install
> libgstreamer0.10-devinstall
> totem-gstreamer install
> 
> but the ./configure tells me:
> 
> checking for GSTREAMER... yes
> checking for gst_registry_fork_set_enabled in -lgstreamer-0.10... yes
> checking for GSTINTERFACES... no
> checking for FARSIGHT... no
> configure: error:
> Dependencies for voice/video were not met.
> Install the necessary gstreamer and farsight packages first.
> Or use --disable-vv if you do not need voice/video support.

Which debian is this? farsight0.1 is way too old.

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Re: Cannot connect

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 11:04:19AM -0400, Thompson, Charles M wrote:
> I just installed 2.6.1 on my machine and can no longer connect to my
> server.  When open the debug log it continually tries to write to
> c:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\.purple\prefs.xml
> 
>  
> 
> The status box reads available connecting.
> 
>  
> 
> Is there another log that could help find my problem?

Open the debug log, disable and then re-enable the account.

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Re: google talk chat logs

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:01:21AM -0400, Stephen Patrick Schaefer wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've used Pidgin in the past, but it was awhile ago and I use it for Google
> Talk.  Can anyone verify whether my Google Talk conversations via Pidgin
> will be saved on my Gmail account under Chats? I find the chat saving
> feature on gmail to be handy, but I would like to test out using Pidgin
> Portable at work instead of keeping my gmail page open.

In case you haven't tried yourself yet, yes, the logs are stored on the
server if you use a gtalk account.

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Re: Copying Pidgin entries Linux > Vista

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 02:16:01PM -0400, BC Planner wrote:
> As I (more and more rapidly) migrate from Microsoft (seems to worsen with 
> each release) to Linux (Ubuntu 9.04) I still look for cross-system 
> functionality.
> 
> I have Pidgin up-and-running on Ubuntu and I would like to somehow move that 
> app's "buddies" into the Window apps vacant list.  I regularly move files 
> between the two OSs resident on the same machine (thanks to the Linux OS' 
> capabilities).
> 
> Is there any way I can migrate the Linux "buddies" into the Vista list?

You can copy you ".purple" directory over. For the location of the directory,
see FAQ.

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Re: pidgin 愛用者

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 03:20:15AM +0800, 王shuo-ming wrote:
> 
> 您好:
> 
>   使用pidgin 2.6.2版 但他顯示"QQ版本已经停止使用"
> 
> 請問這是什麼原因  要怎樣才能使用 QQ

你可以在 賬户->進階 選擇 QQ2008，但QQ2008會經常要求你重新激活你的賬户，不過
基本聊天沒有甚麽大問題。

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Re: Cant use Video-Chat function

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:28:12PM +0200, erhan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i thought, that there is in 2.6.1 Version a Video-Chat function. But i cant 
> use it. Why is it so?
> I am using Pidgin on Kubuntu jaunty.

http://pidgin.im/download/ubuntu/

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Re: [Pidgin] - Disable showing Buddy List on all virtual desktops on Linux???

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 12:39:01PM -0400, Jesse Palser wrote:
> [Pidgin] - Disable showing Buddy List on all virtual desktops on Linux???
>
> Hi,
>
> I just made the permanent switch from Windows to Linux Mint.
> Got everything setup, but have one question about Pidgin on Linux:
> How do I disable showing the Pidgin Buddy List on all virtual desktops  
> in Linux?
> (when I switch virtual desktops, they all have Buddy List on them, but I  
> do not want this)

This is because of a patch that Ubuntu ships which Mint is based
on. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/341142 .

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Re: PIDGIN timestamps

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 01:35:13PM -0500, Jon Farber wrote:
> Where are all the possible places Pidgin get it?s timestamp information
> from, so I can verify the setting are correct?  The messages are online.

Some protocols send the timestamp along with the message. It's really
service dependent.

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Re: PIDGIN timestamps

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 09:12:58AM -0500, Jon Farber wrote:
> 
> Where does Pidgin get it’s timestamp information from?  My Pidgin client
> timestamps are 5 hours ahead of my system clock.  My Windows clock and BIOS
> clock are both set correctly and my timezone is correct.

Depends on the protocol and whether the message is an offline message.

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Re: 2.6.1 - own messages delayed in MSN conversation

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:24:20AM +0200, David Balazic wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I am having a conversation ovr MSN and suddenly my own messages
> are not shown immediatelly:
>  - I type a message and press ENTER
> The message disappears from the typing area, but does not appear in the
> top part (message list).
>  - I type another message and press ENTER
> The previous message appears in the message list, but not this one.
> - etc
> 
> Sometimes the message appears, sometimes two messages get stuck "in the 
> queue".
> Or first message does not appear, then after typing the second, both appear.
> 
> Maybe it is related to the smileys issue ?

I've seen this problem when there are custom smileys in the same
conversation. I believe this is some gtk issue but I don't know how to
track it down.

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Re: Pidgin 2.6.1 for Kubuntu

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:01:57AM +0200, erhan wrote:
> Hi i wanted to install Pidgin 2.6.1 on my Kubuntu operating system but i have 
> problems. See here:
> 
> http://forum.kubuntu-de.org/index.php?topic=12581.msg87649#msg87649
> 
> i would be glad if you can help me.

Describing your problem here in English will increase your likelihood
of getting an answer.

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Re: [META] Public mailing list nature of supp...@pidgin

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 08:51:33AM +0200, Sascha Vogt wrote:
> Does "since 2.6.1" mean, including 2.6.1 or any release after 2.6.1,
> because I didn't find any hint in my about box. Just the eMail address
> for support.

Oops ya, it should have been "after 2.6.1"

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Re: [META] Public mailing list nature of supp...@pidgin (was: Please help)

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:05:58PM +0100, David Woolley wrote:
> Brian Morrison wrote:
>
>> I don't think you understand. Pidgin support is done via a mailing
>> list, there is no physical support department, everything is done by a
>
> You should probably says "public mailing list"!
>
> Whilst this is what any regular user of open source software, or even  
> commercial loss leader "free" software, would expect, a lot of people  
> seem to be making this mistake.
>
> Given the apparent market for Pidgin, which is not very aware of typical  
> open source support mechanisms, it might be worth reviewing the  
> documentation to make sure that it is made explicit that support  
> requests go immediately into the public domain (confidentiality sense).

Since 2.6.1 we include a message in Help->about saying just that.

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Re: Twitter guifications

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 03:36:45PM +0100, João Machado wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> I'm using Twitter (via microblog plugin) and new conversation windows pop up
> every time one of my friends posts a new twit. How can I make it so that
> Twitter does not open ANY conversation windows and still notifies me via
> guifications plugin?
> 
> While I can change the default preference to "always hide" new
> conversations, I would like to select the ones I want to hide.

You will need to contact people who wrote said plugin.

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Re: how to track new releases?

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:28:33AM +0200, Christoph A. wrote:
> On 20.08.2009 10:07, Ka-Hing Cheung wrote:
> >> I guess this is an official and supported plugin?
> >>
> >> I can't see this plugin in the list, maybe it was removed when the
> >> package maintainer of my distribution created the package.
> >>
> >> Is guess there is no alternative for this?
> > 
> > You can also subscribe to sourceforge's release notification. They have a
> > rss feed as well.
> 
> not sure if I got the right one, did you mean this one:
> http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_keepsake.php?group_id=235
> 
> it's kind of noisy because it is based on files and not releases but if
> nothing else is available I'll be ok with this feed.
> 

They used to have something better, but I can't find it in their crappy
new UI anymore...

-khc



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Re: how to track new releases?

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 09:36:58AM +0200, Christoph A. wrote:
> On 20.08.2009 00:05, Luke Schierer wrote:
> > There is a pidgin plugin that should notify you of new releases.  We do
> > not have an rss feed set up for the security site,
> > http://pidgin.im/news/security/
> 
> I guess this is an official and supported plugin?
> 
> I can't see this plugin in the list, maybe it was removed when the
> package maintainer of my distribution created the package.
> 
> Is guess there is no alternative for this?

You can also subscribe to sourceforge's release notification. They have a
rss feed as well.

-khc

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Re: gstreamer+plugins in 2.6.1

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 06:22:04AM +0100, da...@localhost.localdomain wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just had the good news today that voice and video is now supported.
> That's awesome. Well done and thanks.
>
> A few of us from ##slackware have been trying it out with
> unfortunately little success. Tried to build all the latest gstreamer
> stuff that we could find that would compile (some didn't).
>
> Just wondering what plugins etc are needed/recommended to install?
>
> This is what I have right now:
>
> gst-ffmpeg-0.10.4-i686-1_SBo
> gst-plugins-bad-0.10.13-i686-1_SBo
> gst-plugins-base-0.10.24-i686-1
> gst-plugins-good-0.10.15-i686-1_SBo
> gst-plugins-ugly-0.10.11-i686-1_SBo
> gst-python-0.10.16-i686-1_daw
> gstreamer-0.10.24-i686-1
> libnice-0.0.9-i686-1_daw
> farsight2-0.0.14-i686-1_daw
>
> So far I've only managed to hear garbled voices or clicking sounds,
> but one guy says he could hear me a little better :-)
>
> So, any ideas what to look at to get this working? Any other packages
> needed etc?

One guy in #pidgin reported that he just had voice working with:

  libnice 0.0.9
  farsight2-0.0.14
  gst-python 0.10.12
  gstreamer 0.10.24
  gst-plugis-base 0.10.24
  gst-plugins-good 0.10.15
  gst-plugins-bad 0.10.13
  gst-plugins-ugly 0.10.12
  gst-ffmpeg 0.10.8

The difference is he seems to have a newer gst-plugins-ugly. I just pointed
him to ##slackware, so maybe he can help you out.

-khc

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Re: ICQ web status doesn't show online

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:39:54PM -0400, Scott I. Remick wrote:
> Any ideas why an ICQ account signed in through Pidgin doesn't properly  
> show the online status via this web hook:
>
> http://status.icq.com/online.gif?img=5&icq=##
>
> While the same account signed in via the actual ICQ client works fine.  
> I've gone in through the native ICQ client and enabled the privacy  
> option to show status to web users.

Have you enabled the same option within pidgin?

-khc

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Re: [Pidgin] for list owner

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 11:24:26AM -0400, Steve VanSlyck wrote:
> Who is the "we" that doesn't want it to? I assume you mean the list owner?
>
> Why the objection?

http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/qralston/writing/tagging-harmful/

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Re: Re： I cannot login to my gtalk account

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 04:33:35PM -0700, Kwan Ho Yin wrote:
> (07:32:17) proxy: Connecting to gmail.com:5222.
> (07:32:17) proxy: Error connecting to gmail.com:5222 (連線已逾時).
> (07:32:17) proxy: Connection attempt failed: 連線已逾時

(the error is "Connection timed out")

Ensure that your "Connect Server" is empty, then read this FAQ entry:

http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Protocol%20Specific%20Questions#WhycantIlogontomyGoogleTalkGoogleAppsaccountanymore

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Re: ENC: How can I disable alerts ?

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 05:33:27PM -0300, Leonardo Feijo wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>  
> 
> I'm using Ubuntu 9.0.4 with Pidgin 2.5.8.
> 
>  
> 
> I'd like to disable those alerts when my contacts 
> 
> get on-line and when they send me new messages.

Tools->Plugins, and disable Libnotify Popups.

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Re: ICQ Nickname

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 01:50:48AM +0200, Marvin Shah wrote:
> Hi,
> how do i change my ICQ nickname in Pidgin?
> I mean my name that is displayed to others.
> thanks.

You have to change it via icq.com, you can get to your user page via
Accounts->your icq account->Set user info (web)

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Re: I cannot login to my gtalk account

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 05:39:22AM -0700, Kwan Ho Yin wrote:
> I cannot login to my gtalk account

Please provide more details about your problem, such as the error that
you get, and the debug log when you connect (accessible via Help->Debug)

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Re: PurpleSavedstatusSetSubstatus

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:48:04PM +0200, Stefan Wennborg wrote:
> I want to use it for auto updating my status message for 1 (out of 4
> accounts)
> IE setting the status message for that account to the output of another
> python script. so i dont want / need to save the status
> 
> doesnt this code create a new saved status?
> ##
> current =
> purple.PurpleSavedstatusGetType(purple.PurpleSavedstatusGetCurrent())
> status = purple.PurpleSavedstatusNew("", current)
> ##
> 
> 
> ## this is what i want my statuses to look like
> myaccou...@whatever.com - hum
> myaccou...@whatever.com - hum
> myaccou...@whatever.com - woohoo3
> myaccou...@whatever.com - hum

If you don't want it to be saved, don't create a saved status. I think you
want something like:

# find the right account to modify
p = purple.PurpleAccountGetPresence(account)
status = purple.PurplePresenceGetActiveStatus(p)
purple.PurpleStatusSetAttrString(status, "message", "woohoo3")
purple.PurplePrplChangeAccountStatus(account, status, status)

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Re: Required Assistance - Pidgin

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 06:39:57PM -0400, Praveen Basavaraju wrote:
> Hi Ka-Hing,
> Thanks so much! I tried google talk and my id works but in Pidgin it does
> not work.
> 
> praveen.basavar...@delixus.com is a purchased account from google.. it works
> in google talk but not in pidgin

You need to set up a SRV record for your domain.

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Re: How to serach contacts in pdgin

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 02:02:06PM +0100, miPe miPe wrote:
> 
> Hi, my name is Karl Dias, and I substitute pgdine for windows live, but 
> windows live had an option that could make you search for contacts in the 
> contact list.which steps do i have do make do to do the use the same 
> option that in windows Live...

Just start typing in the buddy list.

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Re: Finishing the install

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 09:38:50PM -0400, Steve VanSlyck wrote:
> Once I install pidgin from the downloaded source, where is the executable so 
> I 
> can add a link to the KDE menu?

If you built from source, by default it will be installed to
/usr/local/bin/pidgin

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Re: Setting Pidgin to automatically mute sounds when set as Busy or Away

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 09:04:58PM +0300, Yonathan Zarkovian wrote:
> Is it possible to configure Pidgin to automatically mute sounds when I set
> my status to Busy or Away?

Set "Enable Sound" to "only available"

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Re: buddy icon

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:29:53AM -0400, Ted Bunn wrote:
> How do I change my buddy icon?
> 

click the lower right hand corner of the buddy list.

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Re: Required Assistance - Pidgin

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 04:12:36PM -0400, Praveen Basavaraju wrote:
> Hi,
> Hope all is well!!
> 
> My name is Praveen and do work on remote desktop all the time. I have few
> queries to ask if anyone can help me out.
> 
> 
>1. Can Pidgin has a plug in to pop up new window above all screens to
>show the arrival of every new message? This will prevent us from minimizing
>remote desktop to check if any new IM has arrived.

See the message notification plugin.

>2. Is there a possibility to add Google apps because we have
>purchased Google account for our official business id?

Those work the same as the existing google talk accounts, just choose
that when you create an account.

>3. Can we add our own customized sounds to pidgin? This will prevent
>sounds which might be disturbing to anyone.

You can change that in preference, or replace the sound files
post-installation.

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Re: Problem setting up my account for GoogleTalk

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:58:39AM -0400, Steve Philson wrote:
> I am trying to setup my GoogleTalk account to use in Pigin IM and It is not
> working...
> My problem is that I don't use an @gmail.com address, I use my
> @imapdata.comaddress, but it does not seem to work, what am I missing?

You want to setup a SRV record for your google apps domain.

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Re: buddy pounce sound error

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:58:25PM -0400, Chloe Hudson wrote:
> 
> http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/3073
> 
> Could the above possibly get re-opened? I'm having the exact same problem 
> (also on vista).
> 

Please leave a comment on the ticket, probably along with the debug log of
when this happens.

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Re: PurpleSavedstatusSetSubstatus

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 09:34:45PM +0200, Stefan Wennborg wrote:
> I want to set a different subsatus for each signed in account.
> 
> This is what I got so far...
> Code..
> 
> #!/usr/bin/env python
> 
> import dbus
> 
> bus = dbus.SessionBus()
> obj = bus.get_object("im.pidgin.purple.PurpleService",
> "/im/pidgin/purple/PurpleObject")
> purple = dbus.Interface(obj, "im.pidgin.purple.PurpleInterface")
> 
> accs = purple.PurpleAccountsGetAllActive()
> 
> for i in range(len(accs)):
> print purple.PurpleAccountGetUsername(accs[i])
> 
> current =
> purple.PurpleSavedstatusGetType(purple.PurpleSavedstatusGetCurrent())
> status = purple.PurpleSavedstatusNew("", current)
> print current
> 
> purple.PurpleSavedstatusSetMessage(status, "hum")
> 
> purple.PurpleSavedstatusSetSubstatus(status, accs[i], current,
> "woohoo"+str(i)) #Fails here
> purple.PurpleSavedstatusActivate(status)

The sub status stuff only applies to a saved status, is that what you wish to
modify? Or do you just want to do a one shot setting?

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Re: Pidgin Failes to Load

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 07:56:50AM -0700, Randy Myers wrote:
> I am using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and I have entered the depository: "deb 
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main" I have 
> Authenticated it and when I mark all changes and reload, I get an error can 
> not find distribution. I have copied and pasted directions on 
> http://www.pidgin.im/download/ubuntu. I copied the sudo and echo sections and 
> pasted them in Terminal. As a new user and still trying to improve my skills, 
> I am unhappy that I can not get it to work. Is there some other way to get it 
> to work? Your support in this matter is greatly appreciated.

Isn't Ubuntu 8.04 supposed to be hardy?

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Re: help

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:02:03AM -0700, Rebecca Calder wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I keep trying to add people to my Pidgin account but it never works.  How do 
> I add a friend or buddy to Pidgin?  I have tried adding them and they accept, 
> they add me and I accept, but we still can't IM each other.
> 

Which protocol is this for?

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Re: error whith pidgin

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 02:47:56PM -0400, Guaili E. Ossorio alvarado wrote:
> How i fix this problem? because real big problem whit this is not funcion the 
> update manager and add/remove applications after try install pidgin 2.5

As I said, try to run the commands from the instruction again.

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Re: error whith pidgin

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 06:05:02PM -0400, Guaili E. Ossorio alvarado wrote:
> 
> deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu   main

This is wrong, the ubuntu version is missing here. I'd try to run the
instructions on the website again.

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Re: Pidgin not showing in System tray

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 10:35:18AM -0700, yaip wrote:
> I have a Skype account and use Pidgin to talk to Skype users. So the system
> starts Skype and Pidgin so that I can chat with Skype users. Every once in a
> while, Pidgin starts without the icon showing in the system tray. So I can't
> right-click on it to do anything. I did a ctl-alt-del and ended Pidgin from
> task manager and then I restarted it. Still nothing. It only shows up in
> system tray if I reboot my PC (which is a pain).

If only rebooting can fix the problem, this sounds like a windows system tray
problem more than a pidgin problem.

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Re: error whith pidgin

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 07:16:06PM -0400, Guaili E. Ossorio alvarado wrote:
> 
> 
> An error occured please run package manager from the right click menu or 
> apt-get in a terminal to see what is wrong.the error message was:' 
> error:opening the cache (e:malformed line 1 in sourece 
> list/etc/apt/sources.list.d/pidginj-ppa.list (dist parse) E: the list of 
> sources could not be read.) this usually means that your installed packages 
> have unmet dependencies

What's the content of your /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pidginj-ppa.list file?

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Re: Can´t download

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On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 04:36:33PM -0300, Erick G. Vargas Ponce wrote:
> I´m using Pidgin on it´s 2.4 version, but since I can´t connect to YahooIM, I 
> would like to download the latest 2.5.8 version available on your official 
> website. 
> I´ve already tryed to get it but the page is always unavailable. Do you know 
> where else could I get that installer for MS Windows ? 
> 
> Thanks in advance, 
> Erick. 

http://sf.net/projects/pidgin

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Re: Problems with DBUS methods

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:23:24PM +0200, Dan Vratil wrote:
> 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


> 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? 

Can you post your code?

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Re: error whith pidgin

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On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 04:25:13PM -0400, Guaili E. Ossorio alvarado wrote:
> 
> i have ubuntu and put the code in the terminal and at this  momen have 
> problem whith the update manage and enter in add/remove aplication how fix 
> this error or how chage this  and back to the factory pc setting 

What's the error that you got?

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Re: About the command handling of MSN protocol

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 09:53:48PM +0800, Peng Jing wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.
> Did you mean this:
>   we do all the things in a single thread:
>   1. Invoke select() or use some similar methods to read the data coming 
> from the socket when there is any.
>   2. If we read data successfully, parse the data received(Maybe we need 
> to tokenize the commands and enqueue them).
>   3. If there are unhandled commands in the queue, pick one from the head 
> of queue, call the corresponding functions to handle it.

If you always process the commands right away, then there will never be
any unhandled command other than the current one.

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Re: About the command handling of MSN protocol

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On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 12:57:03AM +0800, Peng Jing wrote:
> Thanks.
> I was reading the source code of 'notification.c' and 'cmdproc.c' just now.
> I saw the hash table there :-)
> 
> But how about handling the incoming commands?
> I saw a queue there, how to keep listenning to the server, enqueue the 
> commands and process them at the same time with a single thread?

If you make sure you don't busy wait, then command processing is very quick
and there's no reason to use another thread for it.

(Please reply to list instead of reply to me)

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Re: About the command handling of MSN protocol

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On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 09:17:40PM +0800, Peng Jing wrote:
> Here are my questions:
> 1).
> I have read part of Pidgin's source code, but I'm still no so clear about the 
> implementation of the command processing mechanism. Could anyone tell me how 
> command processing is implemented in Pidgin?

Basically there's a hashtable that registers callbacks, and when we receive
a command we tokenize it and then look up the handler, then we just call
the handler.

> 2).
> I plan to employ some multi-threading: one thread keeps listenning to the 
> incoming commands from the server, put them in a cache, and the other thread 
> scans the cache and pick out those complete commands and enqueue them. But 
> this may involve some thread synchronization problems which are a little 
> difficult and tedious to deal with.
> Does anyone have some good ideas?

Yes, don't use threads.

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Re: My Yahoo account does not work on Pidgin

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On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 09:42:26AM -0600, Hayden Hartland wrote:
> No I am on 2.5.5 but I placed cn. in front of the prior pager service
> address and that seemed to resolve the issue:
> 
>  
> 
> Pager Service
> 
> Before = scs.msg.yahoo.com
> 
> After = cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com
> 
>  
> 
> What caused this issue and is this a long term fix or do I really need to
> upgrade to 2.5.7?

That's a temporary fix, and yes, you do really need to upgrade to 2.5.7

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Re: question about loggin on to yahoo via pidgin

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:43:21PM +0200, Jennifer Schieweck wrote:
> @On Sun: Or your change the Pager Server by your Yahoo account (in the  
> advanced options) to cs101.msg.mud.yahoo.com.

I don't think it's wise to keep suggesting this option now that 2.5.7 is out.

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Re: question about loggin on to yahoo via pidgin

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On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 02:27:29PM -0700, Owen Gog wrote:
> thanks for the prompt response. when trying to update via yum after moving
> the repo file to /etc/yum.repos.d/ it complains about:
> http://rpm.pidgin.im/fedora/10/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP
> Error 404: Not Found
> Trying other mirror.
> Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository:
> pidgin. Please verify its path and try again
> 
> is there another method? (source?)

2.5.7 should be out for official fedora repo pretty soon.

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Re: question about loggin on to yahoo via pidgin

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 01:58:38PM -0700, Owen Gog wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> 
> First off, congrats.. great chat client!
> I've been using it for the past few months and didn't have any issues.
> recently after an upgrade, its seems like I can not log into yahoo anymore
> I'm on fedora 10 (Linux ## 2.6.27.24-170.2.68.fc10.i686 #1 SMP Wed
> May 20 23:10:16 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux)
> using Pidgin 2.5.6-1.fc10*
> I tried to disable my firewall to see if that was the issue, but that does
> not help. Also, i have no problem connecting to yahoo via other clients..
> (i.e. Gyache Improved)

Upgrade to 2.5.7.

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Re: qq版本过低问题

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On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:50:18AM +0800, shen wrote:
> 尊敬的pidgin开发团队：
>   您好！
>   不知道这样称呼你是否合适，我也想不起来个合适的称呼了。
>   每次登录qq是提示如下内容：“尊敬的用户，您的QQ版本已经停止使用，请到
> http://hi.qq.com下载并安装最新的QQ版本。给您带来不便，敬请谅解！”我不知
> 道这是因为linux系统的过还是pidgin的过?fedora10时还能上qq，刚换了fedora11
> 就不能正常登录了!
>   希望能尽快解决这个问题！
>   此致！

Pidgin 的 QQ 支持是由 openq 團隊開發，他們的網站是:

http://groups.google.com/group/openq

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Re: Pidgin - QQ Protocal Issue Again

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 03:38:32PM +1000, Mark Wen wrote:
> Dear Sir or Madam,
> 
> How do you do?
> 
> I am writing this email to report a QQ protocal issue in Pidgin 2.5.6 I am
> using: it was working fine a few day ago. But now, when trying to login any
> QQ account, it always fails, and the message says "Your QQ version is
> outdated. Please download the lastest QQ client and try again."
> 
> I know it's not a Pidgin problem. The company Tencent (which is behind QQ)
> is too aggressive. Actually it wants users to download their client software
> to use QQ.
> 
> What I wonder is, is there any way to work around this issue in the next
> version of Pidgin?

Pidgin's QQ support relies on the OpenQ project, they would know the status
about it better: http://groups.google.com/group/openq . To spare you from
opening another thread, there's already a discussion about that there.

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Re: your mail

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On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:29:52AM +0200, Kyle Niemann wrote:
> Hey guys,
> 
>  
> 
> I have a problem to connect to mxit with pidgin, your username and password,
> is it your cell number and mxit pin?
> 
> And do I choose the HTTP connection or what?

You will need to contact the developers of the mxit plugin.

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Re: hello, separately statuses

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On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 04:06:50PM +0400, Unknown wrote:
> I have 2 icq am accounts. I wanna set first invisible status, and second
> - visible. How i can do that ?

http://theflamingbanker.blogspot.com/2009/02/saved-statuses-for-fun-and-profit.html

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Re: Help

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On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 05:10:23PM +0300, أبو سلطان wrote:
> Hi,
> I live in Campus and I used to use the XP messenger with the Campus
> proxybut I installed the
> * ubuntu* and i don't now how to apply the proxy on the pidgin so can you
> help me ??
> I attached a pic of my old massenger control panel with the proxy wich i
> used to put and want to put.
> 
> 

Pidgin uses GNOME's proxy setting if that's available, which in Ubuntu you
can configure via System->Preferences->Network Rroxy

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Re: appear as away?

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:11:27AM -0700, jimspoon wrote:
> 
> Is there a way to Appear As Away to a particular buddy while appearing as
> Available to others?
> 
> I apologize for such a basic question.  I'm new, the online help is
> inaccessible (Internal Server Error), and I searched the archives.

It's not, none of the services support this.

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Re: msn disconnect

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 02:39:55PM -0300, Superichy wrote:
> Hi Partners,
> • Each time I add a new contact, instantly mi msn account  
> (superi...@msn.com) disconnects.
>
> (I'm using Pidgin 2.5.6 with one jabber account and three msn/hotmail

I believe that will be fixed in the next version.

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Re: How to get IM window to stay put

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 01:31:46AM -0500, Mark Gehres wrote:
> Is there any way to get the IM window to stay put?  IE same position on the 
> same desktop.
> 
> I use 20 desktops on my Gnome system.  I like to keep all my IM windows on 1 
> desktop.  But everytime someone talks, the IM window moves to the desktop I 
> am on.  GAIM would stay put and so would the 2.5.2 version of Pidgin.  Since 
> then it keeps moving.  If I roll it up, when it opens it will not even stay 
> in the same position of the desktop.
> 
> I would appreciate if anyone has any clues on this.
> 
> PS, it acts the same on KDE as on Gnome.

This is either because of some settings you enabled on the message notification
plugin, or a bug in your window manager.

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Re: @msn e-mail based

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 09:46:50PM -0300, Manasses Mornaax wrote:
> My e-mail is based on @msn. I can't log in with it.
> 
> Boys in the IRC told that it was a network issue but I don't know.
> 
> I have a @hotmail e-mail and it log in.
> 
> A @gmail too.
> 
> I tried the port 1863 on messenger.hotmail.com, the port 443 on
> loginnet.passport.com and the port 443 on login.passport.com.
> 
> And now? What can I do now?

Please provide the debug log from help->debug

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Re: Lost Gaim Password

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 04:18:22PM -0400, Sara Holt wrote:
> Hi.  I have been using Gaim since 2004.  I have had my computer auto log me
> on.  But now I am going to switch computers and I do not  remember my
> password.  How can I recover it or set a new one?  My username is nox4210.

You will need to look on the websites of the IM services that you use to
recover your password.

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Re: Question

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 12:29:55PM -0600, Nathan M wrote:
> 
> is there a way to get pidgin to not allow people not on my msn list to send 
> me messages so i dont get the spam messages randomly comeing up?
> 

Tools->privacy

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Re: run error with 'purple_init_plugin' symbol could not be found.

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On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 05:16:34PM +0800, jordon...@viatech.com.cn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>I try to port the libpurple 2.5.5  to the arm linux system, and have
> compiled the libpurple successfully, when I download them and run the
> problem on the board, it just print the below messages , so what's the
> problem?
> 

> (22:04:24) plugins: probing /lib/purple-2/libmsn.so
> 
> (22:04:24) plugins: /lib/purple-2/libmsn.so is not usable because the
> 'purple_init_plugin' symbol could not be found.  Does the plugin call
> the PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN() macro?

How did you ./configure libpurple?

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Re: Pidgin and Communicator 2.0

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 08:40:56AM -0600, Cary Petterborg wrote:
> These have probably been discussed here before (I'm new to the list),
> but I've searched and haven't found any answers to my problems.
> 
> I am connected with the sipe plugin to a MS Communicator. There are a
> couple of issues that I have. Any help would be greatly appreciated:
> 
> 1- I get HTML coding coming through with text from people on
> Communicator 2.0, for example:
> 
> (11:19:43 AM) ax...@ldschurch.org:  style="font-size: 9pt;font-family: MS Shell Dlg 2;color:
> #00;direction: ltr">Yeah. Which plug in are you using? The
> new SIPE?   

GtkIMHtml doesn't support the DIV tag, the prpl should convert it to a
formatting that GtkIMHtml understands (probably by using FONT and
SPAN), or strip it.

> 2- People on Communicator 2.0 don't see me as online when I am. It
> usually says I'm off-line.

This is a problem with the plugin.

> 
> 3- I don't always see the right status for someone that is on
> Communicator whose status is not "on-line." Sometimes it shows Busy
> instead of Away, etc.

This is a problem with the plugin.

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Re: Pidgin 2.5.5 crashes on logging in to MSN account with large number of contacts

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 11:48:08AM +0200, Gilles Gravier wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Ka-Hing Cheung wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:24:28AM +0200, Gilles Gravier wrote:
> >   
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> Since this week, more or less, when I log into MSN Messenger with pidgin
> >> with my account "gil...@gravier.org" pidgin starts connecting, then
> >> crashes. This happens on Windows and on Solaris. With Pidgin 2.5.5.
> >>
> >> It doesn't happen with other accounts on MSN that have a smaller list of
> >> contacts.
> >>
> >> I've tried from a clean configuration (i.e. deleted .purple and
> >> re-entered the account details from MSN, supposing things like a cache
> >> corruption for the icons but to no avail).
> >>
> >> Suggestions? Ideas?
> >> 
> Actually, I've found what was causing it... One I removed all my Yahoo
> Messenger contacts from my MSN profile (with a REAL MSN Messenger on
> Windows) then Pidgin doesn't crash anymore. It seems that Pidgin doesn't
> like finding my Yahoo contacts on MSN Messenger? Does it get confused?
> 
> So of course, now, it doesn't crash anymore, which means I can't
> generate a useful backtrace... :(

If a large number of yahoo buddies crashes pidgin, then it sounds like
something that's fixed for the next release.

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Re: Pidgin behaviour in linux

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 09:18:44AM -0700, Arvind Chandra wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>   I am using pidgin in RHEL 5(32 bit) and it works great. There is something 
> which I messed up and not sure how to revert back to old settings. 
>   Normally when I use to start pidgin and then close the client by clicking 
> on close icon in it, it used to go to the task bar in my gnome desktop. And 
> that was very useful as I am still online. I can go offline or away by right 
> clicking on the icon. So when I get an IM it will change it's look and I can 
> start chatting. 
>   Now when I close the client it just goes away and log's me off. 
>   How can I go back to old settings is there something I need to do?

Tools->Preference: set show tray icon to always

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Re: Problem use QQ in Finch

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:42:46AM +0800, Linyin wrote:
> I use finch via ssh,and try to login to QQ,it seems has some
> problem.The system is Gentoo,and install finch via emerge.
> 
> the error messge:
> 

Please send us a backtrace

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Re: Question about language

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 06:50:06PM -0700, Monkey wrote:
> Does your pidgin support Taiwanese ?

Pidgin has translation for Traditional Chinese. It can also send and receive
messages in just about every language using most services.

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Re: Problem Running Pidgin

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On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 04:47:18PM -0500, David McCarley wrote:
> Until recently, I have run Pidgin (and GAIM prior to the name change) with
> absolutely no problems.  Last night I got the wild hair to install the
> microblog purple plugin so that I could access my Twitter account via
> Pidgin.  Everything went fine until I later last night when I got ready to
> shut down, I received an error when I attempted to shut down Pidgin.  I
> didn't think too much about it at the time, as I had every intention this
> morning of uninstalling the microblog purple plugin.  Unfortunately, as a
> result, I didn't think to make a note of the error.  (I am running Windows
> XP with Service Pack 3, and all the latest updates and fixes, installed.)
> 
> This morning when I cranked up my computer and attempted to load Pidgin, I
> received the following two error messages:
> 
> "Gdk error **:_gdk_visual_init: unsupported BITSPIXEL: 0 Aborting"
> 
> and then,
> 
> "Runtime Error!"
> "Program C:\Program Files\Pidgin\Pidgin.exe"
> "This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual
> way.  Please contact the application's support team for more information."
> 
> Upon receiving these messages, I uninstalled Pidgin and the microblog purple
> plugin, downloaded the latest version (version 2.5.5) of Pidgin and
> installed it, but I am still receiving the same two errors. I have tried
> uninstalling and reinstalling three or four times, and I have run a Registry
> cleaner in between each installation, but I continue to receive the above
> two errors after I reinstall Pidgin.
> 
> What do I need to do to be able to run Pidgin again on my computer?

Try downloading the debug build, and then send us the generated crash report

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Re: problem with history 2.5.5

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On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 02:54:18PM -0400, Robert Gan wrote:
> I recently formatted my computer and had to reinstall everything. so I 
> install pidgin as usual and then check off all the plugins I use. when I 
> used history 2.5.5 before everytime I closed an im box with a 
> conversation in it and open a new conversation from that person the 
> history would be there but in all black with a grey line indicating a 
> new conversation but when I installed pidgin now, it doesn't do that. it 
> just continues the conversation as if the im box was never closed. any 
> idea how I can fix this?

Enable the history plugin

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Re: No sound?

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On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:53:56PM +0100, Nicki Marshall wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> I am using an Elonex Onet Netbook running Kernel V.08, (Linux, Linos, so i've 
> been told) and I am using Pidgin to instant message, but I have tried many 
> different options but still cannot get any sounds/alerts from it.

Are the sound events under Tools->Preference->Sounds enabled? Is "Mute Sound"
checked?

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Re: Reconnecting pidgeon automatically

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On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:03:51PM -0700, Charles Manske wrote:
> I'm trying to reconnect pidgin automatically (every morning), using 
> Windows scheduling, on our primary office computer. Occasionally the 
> same user is connected on a laptop, which then disconnects the office 
> computer's account. This user often forgets to reconnect when she gets 
> back to the main office, which is why I'd like to automate the reconnection.
> Is there a command-line option to restart or reconnect pidgin?

There's no command line option on Windows to reconnect, to restart you can
just kill the process and launch it again.

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Re: Pidgin 2.5.5 crashes on logging in to MSN account with large number of contacts

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On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:24:28AM +0200, Gilles Gravier wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Since this week, more or less, when I log into MSN Messenger with pidgin
> with my account "gil...@gravier.org" pidgin starts connecting, then
> crashes. This happens on Windows and on Solaris. With Pidgin 2.5.5.
> 
> It doesn't happen with other accounts on MSN that have a smaller list of
> contacts.
> 
> I've tried from a clean configuration (i.e. deleted .purple and
> re-entered the account details from MSN, supposing things like a cache
> corruption for the icons but to no avail).
> 
> Suggestions? Ideas?

Please get a backtrace:

http://d.pidgin.im/wiki/GetABackTrace

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Re: Support Question - Sort by Status Ordering

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On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 08:41:21PM -0400, Mike Katz wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I was hoping someone could offer a solution or workaround to this problem.
> I use the "sort by status" option in my Buddy List and I have all my buddies
> from each of my three protocols (AIM, GTalk-XMPP, and Facebook Chat [Pidgin
> Facebook Plugin]) in a single group.  A problem arises in the priority
> sorting of these buddies.  It goes, from top to bottom, all-available,
> AIM-away, FB-idle, GT-do not disturb, AIM/GT-idle, AIM-away+idle,
> AIM-mobile.  Is there possibly a way to change the order in which these
> various status groupings are sorted?  For instance, can I place "GT-do not
> disturb" ahead of "AIM-away"?  I've been searching the Pidgin support pages
> and the internet at large for an answer or solution for several days, but
> have come up so far with nothing.  For what it matters, I'm running Pidgin
> 2.5.5 on WinXP-SP2.

It's not possible to do what you described.

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Re: Ticket # 6172 : Google Talk connect failure - 405: Not Allowed

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On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 01:29:16PM -0500, Redmond, David wrote:
> Yes, the DNS redirection is working and when redirected only the gmail client 
> software will work, not pidgin.

The fact that it works with the gmail client doesn't mean that it's really
working, as google's client might have hardcoded a value. See:

http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Protocol%20Specific%20Questions#WhycantIlogontomyGoogleTalkGoogleAppsaccountanymore

which listed some commands that can help you troubleshoot this problem.

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Re: Not Connecting Gmail Accounts

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On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 12:27:21AM +0530, EbEnEzEr Ω KiNgSliN(tm) wrote:
> Dear Developers,
> 
> I recently reloaded my OS and installed new version of Pidgin now i am
> unable to connect to my gmail accounts. Please help me in this regard.

You need to give us more information, for example the error that you are
getting, before we can give you any reasonable kind of help.

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Re: icq screen name

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On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:39:06AM -0600, Jason McCoy wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I can't seem to locate how to change my screen name to my name compared 
> to my ICQ login.  Please tell my how I can change this I am having a 
> hard time trying to figure out how to change my name the numbers are way 
> to hard for people to find me.  Thanks Jayson

There's no way to set it from within Pidgin, but you can go to
Accounts->your icq account->Set User Info (web) to set it on ICQ's website.

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Re: Creating a permanent chat room in Pidgin

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On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 04:20:54PM +0200, Christian Avis wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to create a permanent chat room in Pidgin. Is there a 
> document I can refer to, where I can find step-by-step instructions?

How to do such a task depends on which service you are using.

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Re: Comment or Suggestion

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 09:20:45PM +, Johnson, Jeff wrote:
> Our company has switched over to using the Pidgin client and everything seems 
> to work really well.  The one thing I suggest you change if at all possible 
> is the fact that it says "user has left the conversation" when you close the 
> IM.  It seems so rude to me, and when you are constantly sending messages 
> back and fourth all day to many of the same people in the company, it becomes 
> annoying.
> 

I believe that message goes away if you turn off typing notification.

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Re: pidgin auto-away behavior?

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 01:20:12AM -0400, Linh Nguyen wrote:
> As it stands, if pidgin is set to auto-away, it will just use the
> generic away status it has.
> 
> I would like for pidgin to use the current text of my status when it
> changes to away.  For example, if my current "available" status is
> "working" then if it goes to auto-away, I want it to still say the same
> thing.
> 
> I want to say older versions did do this, but can't  confirm it.

This is currently not possible.

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Re: Troubleshooting

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On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 05:21:00PM -0400, Shahreen Sultana wrote:
> Dear Support Tech,
> Recently, I have been having trouble logging onto Pidgin. I get a
> massage that says, "Could not establish a connection with the
> server:Connection refused." I made sure I am connected to the internet and
> my password is correct. I have to keep clicking reconnect and finally logs
> me in after several tries. I even downloaded the current version of Pidgin
> but I'm still having the same issues. Please let me know if and how I can
> solve the issue.

If trying several times eventually logs you in, it's probably a transient
network issue.

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Re: Submit your Summer of Code applications to the summer of code website

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 14:02 -0700, Mark Doliner wrote:
> Leslie Hawthorn, one of the program administrators for Google Summer
> of Code requests that students please submit their applications to the
> Summer of Code website soon: http://socghop.appspot.com/
> 
> And for anyone who might be confused about the application process...
> you MUST submit your application to http://socghop.appspot.com/  It's
> not enough to send your proposal to our mailing lists (but you're
> certainly welcome to send your proposal here if you're looking for
> specific feedback about it before submitting).

Also, if you've already submitted your application, you should check if
we have commented and respond accordingly. Not replying to our comments
will make you look bad and certainly won't help to get you selected.

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Re: Gmail Chat

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 03:45:23AM -0700, Matt Stoumbaugh wrote:
> I'm having trouble logging in to my Gmail Chat account using Pidgin.
> However, I am still able to connect to AIM, Yahoo, and even Facebook.
> 
> On the modify account page for Gmail/XMPP, there is a field for "Resource."
> What is that for? Is it important?

It's not. Most of the time Gtalk troubles are DNS issues, see:

http://d.pidgin.im/wiki/Protocol%20Specific%20Questions#WhycantIlogontomyGoogleTalkGoogleAppsaccountanymore

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Re: Unable To Add Buddy x 200

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 08:23:35PM -0400, Chan, Kristin wrote:
> To Whom It May Concern,
> 
> I have been a dedicated Pidgin user for over 4 years now. Just recently 
> whenever I open my pidgin buddy list a whole series of windows pop up saying 
> "Unable to Add Buddy to List". The window's do not stop popping up. I have 
> searched everywhere to try to fix the problem but to no avail. Please help! I 
> love using pidgin and would hate to switch to another program.

What version are you using? Can you provide a debug log?

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Re: Ticket # 6172 : Google Talk connect failure - 405: Not Allowed

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:02:28AM -0500, Redmond, David wrote:
> I would like to see if I can be of any assistance, as I am having this
> same problem (and I am an IT administrator).  Users on our corporate
> network are able to use the gtalk application to chat, but I am unable
> to use the pidgin application to connect to googletalk.  We are using
> DNS redirection to send IM communications through a gateway server,
> which is the L7 Enterprise product from Akonix, now owned by Quest
> Software and called Policy Authority for Unified Communications.  I have
> verified that the gtalk application traffic is being sent through the IM
> gateway and is working correctly, but the pidgin client is not
> performing this same functionality.  Is there anything I can do to help
> find a resolution to this issue?

Does this DNS redirection software correctly passes on SRV records?

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Re: Pidgin 2.5.5 problem

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 04:24:54PM +0100, David Prinz wrote:
> Hello, 
> 
> 
> I am using Ubuntu, and until now I was very happy with pidgin. 
> But now I`ve got a problem: pidgin told me to update because I`m using a
> too old client version. So I updated to version 2.5.5 , but I am 
> still can`t logg in with my ICQ account, pidgin is telling me that my 
> client version is still too old though my pidgin client shows me in the 
> section Help/About that the client I use has version 2.5.5 . 
> 
> Could you give me a tipp how to fix this problem? 

You likely didn't update to 2.5.5 correctly. I would suggest that you remove
whatever self-compiled version that you installed and use the package from
the distribution instead, since Ubuntu has already backported the fix for
this problem.

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Re: Problem with status in Pidgin

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On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 06:14:55PM +0100, Emil Sekula wrote:
> Hello
> Today I have recognized Pidgin has some problems with status. After 2
> minutes (I setup) it should change to idle but it doesn't work even I
> have the same configuration. Any idea why it happens ?

What's the "Report idle time" preference set to?

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Re: cannot add to Buddy List

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 07:20:58AM -0700, Claudia Bruno wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I installed Pidgin to replace the old Gaim program.
> I entered my yahoo account in the Manage Account dialog box.
> The status reads Available, but the Add to Buddy List menu option is greyed 
> out.
> How do I configure the Add Buddy List?

Which "Add to Buddy List" menu option are you talking about?

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Re: Perl plugin using Purple constants (finch)

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 03:56:57PM -0400, Adam Tistler wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am attempting to use the received-chat-msg callback in my plugin  
> however it does not seem to be called,
> received-im-msg does get called.

usually devel@ is a better mailing list for code questions.

> 
> According to the xml, this is a chat conversation:
>  id="D5E2C4CE8EA07AB7_14"
> 
> I think that I am confused as to the difference between what finch  
> thinks is a "chat" and "im".  Can someone elaborate.  Also, is there  
> an easy way to refer to C enums with the perl plugin or can I just send
> a hex in its place?

A chat in XMPP is MUC, while other one-to-one messages are "im".

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Re: Pidgin MSN error

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 02:17:52PM +0100, Blackwing Dragon wrote:
> Good evening.
> I have a fairly large msn list, comprised of several hundred people - pidgin
> usually shows 200-300 online for obvious reasons.
> However, lately, upon launch , it has started displaying an error in my own
> language that I can only translate as
> "MSN error : The username changes too quickly" .

> I'm using the latest Pidgin client as of March 14th, Sunday, 2009 - nobody
> seems to know what could potentially cause, and fix this.
> I hope you do.

This will be fixed in 2.6.0

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Re: info pidgin

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 02:49:31PM +0100, Maurizio wrote:
> hello, 
> I'm using an EeePC linux operating system and I have the following problem 
> I have to use the chat with the camera.  the camera will work normally, but 
> if I use 
> yahoo connection of the camera I do not work,  How do I activate the camera 
> by using pidgin yahoo? 

Pidgin does not current support Video chat.

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Re: Ticket #7366 again?

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:28:18AM +0100, Francesco Segato wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm using Pidgin 2.5.5 under Windows XP SP3.
> 
> It looks like an old defect has come back since a few days (first
> noted on Feb 26) when using MSN:
> http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/7366
> 
> The defect can be seen both with 2.5.4 and 2.5.5 versions, either with
> default language (italian) and with english (set PIDGINLANG=en
> environment variable).
> I can send debug traces if needed, just need to clean them out from
> personal names and addresses before.

Please do.

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Re: I cannot open a web link in pidgin by click anymore

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 03:24:10PM +0800, Star Liu wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Star Liu  wrote:
> > Greetings!
> >
> > The function, click on a web link in pidgin will open the web page in
> > web browser, refuses to work anymore, I cannot remember when it
> > started to be broken. I hope you can give me some advice to solve the
> > problem, or I have to copy the link location to a web browser
> > manually, it's not nice. thank you!
> >
> 
> here is the debug info when i click on a link:
> (08:25:25) gtknotify: Executing xdg-open 'http://www.debian.org'

Looks like it's trying to launch your browser through xdg-open, but that's
not doing the right thing. You may want to double check your default browser
in your desktop environment.

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Re: WinSoc error #10051

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 08:32:43PM -0500, Sean Sullivan wrote:
> To whom it may concern,
> 
> Up until recently, Pidgin 2.5.5 was working out great for me until I started
> getting a WinSock error #10051 while attempting to sign into my AIM
> account.  I am not sure if this is an issue on my end, or the AIM servers,
> but I would like some help trying to figure out what is going on.  I have
> reinstalled Windows XP Pro in the hope that it would solve my problem, but
> it has not.  Again, any help would be much appreciated

winsock error 10051 means you cannot talk to that server. Has something
changed on your network?

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Re: Dropped (large) messages with Pidgin 2.5.5 and OTR plugin

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On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 09:22:59AM -0600, Doug & Kim Breaux wrote:
> I'm not sure when this started, but I did recently upgrade my Pidgin to
> 2.5.5 and I know that now if I send large messages encrypted with OTR
> (in this case over Yahoo if that's relevant), they are dropped
> silently.  I used to at least see a string of error messages when this
> occurred, but now neither I nor the recipient receive any indication at
> all.  (Me that there was a problem or him that any message was sent.)

Are you sure you are running 2.5.5? This should have been fixed in 2.5.3.

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Re: Spell Check

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On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 01:02:43PM -0800, Ali Shafai wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just installed Pidgin 2.5.4, but the spell check feature doesn't work for
> me, in that mis-spelled words don't appear as such in the text window when
> IM'ing contacts.
> 
> I have been looking at open tickets and searching for an answer all over the
> site, but I couldn't find anything to resolve this issue.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.

You need to install the dictionary for your current locale as well.

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Re: Group chat window does not flash with new msg notification

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On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 11:19:13AM -0700, Cory Steffen wrote:
> I'm in a group chat with Google Chat and Pidgin's chat window does not flash
> with new msg notifications.  It does flash when new messages appear in a 1v1
> chat.  Is there a simple setting or something I'm missing here?

Yes, in the Message Notification plugin's setting, enable notification for
chats too.

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Re: Pidgin Chinese character problem

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 17:48 -0400, Ka-Hing Cheung wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 08:32:15PM -0500, Michael wrote:
> > Windows Vista.  All chinese characters are visible on my system.  Pidgin 
> > is the only application that can not recognize the chinese characters so 
> > far.
> > 
> 
> Try following the workaround in http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/604
> 

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Re: unable to enable the PurpleAccount.

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On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 07:19:22PM +0530, Nagesh wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have being using the PurpleInterface to communicate
> with the pidgin through dbus.
> I have used the following functions to connect to the pidgin
> and create a new account.
> 
> account = intf.PurpleAccountNew(username, protocol_id);
> intf.PurpleAccountSetUsername(account, usernameWithDomain);
> intf.PurpleAccountSetPassword(account, password);
> intf.PurpleAccountConnect(account);
> intf.PurpleAccountRegister(account);

You don't want to call register manually, unless you want to create the
account _on the server_, and certainly you don't want to call both.

> I could able to create new account, but I could not
> enable it.
> 
> I used below function with different combination's.
> public void PurpleAccountSetEnabled(int account, String ui, int value);
> 
> PurpleAccountSetEnabled(4184,"gtk-gaim", 1);

This is right, the other 3 are not. What happens after you do that? Anything
in the debug log? Maybe try adding the account with PurpleAccountsAdd too.

> PurpleAccountSetEnabled(4184,"gtk-gaim", 0);
> PurpleAccountSetEnabled(4184,"prpl-jabber", 1);
> PurpleAccountSetEnabled(4184,"prpl-jabber", 0);

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Re: Newer version of Pidgin for Asus EEE linux?

[Ka-Hing Cheung]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 04:19:41PM -0500, Elton Woo wrote:
> Pidgin is the default multiprotocol IM uitility that is shipped with Xandros
> linux on the Asus EEE PC. While this is a very easy and user-friendly
> application to setup and run, it does not function as a true multiprotcol
> client. WHY? For some reason, ICQ complains that the version of pidgin is
> too old, so I cannot use it with ICQ.

Asus EEE ships with a very old version of pidgin by default, if they
don't update it then your best bet is build from source or install
another distribution that has a more uptodate version of pidgin.

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