Re: Issues connecting to facebook and IRC

2012-05-04 Thread Brian Morrison 
On Fri, 4 May 2012 18:05:54 +0100
Никола Гюров  wrote:

> I read that I should download some
> purple pidgin plugin, I did, but now I don't know how to install it,
> because it doesn't say that anywhere... It's in some weird file format
> that I don't know how to open and I don't know in which folder to put
> it either.

If you are using Windows, then the plugins are .dll files which should
be placed in the plugins subdirectory of where Pidgin is installed,
that's probably in C:\Program Files\Pidgin. Note that the most recent
plugin pack also has some files that need to go in a subdirectory
called bin again in the above directory.

If you need further help then some debug window output would be
helpful, I don't know about the IRC case but without knowing about the
server you will find it difficult to connect. Others have Facebook chat
working, so it's probably a settings problem.

-- 

Brian Morrison

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RE: Issues connecting to facebook and IRC

2012-05-04 Thread David Balažic 
Никола Гюров wrote:
> 
> I downloaded Pidgin and all I wanted to do is just connect to QuakeNet
> IRC channel and facebook chat, and I don't seem to be able to do
> either one.
> I registered in QuakeNet with their web IRC chat, but I can't seem to
> connect with Pidgin, I don't know what the server address is and I
> can't seem to find it anywhere. I read that I should download some
> purple pidgin plugin, I did, but now I don't know how to install it,
> because it doesn't say that anywhere... It's in some weird file format
> that I don't know how to open and I don't know in which folder to put
> it either.
> The other hassle is with the Facebook chat - I try to connect with the
> build in one(says XMPP in brackets), doesn't work, I download some
> facebook chat plugin, says that connection to facebook can't be
> made...


You don't need any special plugin for IRC and QuakeNet.
Use a recent version of Pidgin (latest is v2.10.3) and create an IRC account in 
the menu Accounts / Manage Accounts.
For the server address see this web page : http://www.quakenet.org/servers

Regards,
David

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