Oh, heh heh, should have cc'ed the support list. My bad :-P -Mark
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Mark Doliner<m...@kingant.net> wrote: > I'm guessing you're just not using a recent enough version of Pidgin. > Yahoo changed their protocol recently and we had to change Pidgin to > allow it to continue to work. Pidgin 2.5.8 should work. I'm > surprised that Gaim still connects. > > Also, please cc the devel mailing list on replies, so other people can > help and so future generations of users can benefit from the questions > and answers. > > -Mark > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Mike Webb<weeble7...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, Mark. I tried the "delete .purple and launch Pidgin" route, and >> it MOSTLY worked, except that I couldn't connect on the Y!M (Yahoo! >> Messenger) protocol. It still works fine (for now) with GAIM, but acts >> like it's trying to connect but failing on Pidgin. So I'm close, but >> no banana. >> >> BTW, I'm aware of the issues involving logging in as root. That >> happens to be the default in Puppy (it autologs me in) and I've never >> been up to messing with it. I may be installing Xubuntu in the near >> future, in which case I'll be setting up a root and a user account. >> >> Next idea? Thanks. >> >> One more thing; when it installed, it did come up with a whole mess of >> missing dependencies. I'm not sure how serious those are; I had the >> same result when installing Firefox 3.5, but it's not given me a lick >> of trouble. >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Mark Doliner<m...@kingant.net> wrote: >>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Mike Webb<weeble7...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:59:17 -0700 >>>>> From: Mark Doliner <m...@kingant.net> >>>>> Subject: Re: Upgrading from GAIM >>>>> >>>>> Pidgin attempts to migrate all your settings from Gaim. So you >>>>> shouldn't need to do anything special--your settings and accounts >>>>> should all be imported automatically. >>>> >>>> Thanks for your quick responses. Since the settings and all were not >>>> imported from GAIM when I started (all I get on Pidgin startup is a >>>> prompt to set up accounts), I presume that the .pet file (Puppy Linux' >>>> distribution file) simply dumped the program files into the >>>> appropriate places and did not run an install routine. So I'm back to >>>> where I started. The program is in place, but no data has been >>>> copied/converted/moved/whatever from GAIM. >>>> >>>> In a regular Pidgin install routine, would the files simply be copied >>>> from .gaim to .pidgin? >>> >>> I think it's a bit more complicated than that, but I don't remember >>> the specifics. >>> >>>> I note that there is presently a /root/.gaim >>>> directory but not a /root/.pidgin directory. >>> >>> The new directory is ./root/purple Also, it's generally suggested >>> that you use root only when needed, and to log in as a normal user the >>> rest of the time. Using root makes it more likely that an accidental >>> or malicious command could break something on your system. >>> >>>> I'm presuming that I will >>>> need to move the data over manually, but don't know if importing is a >>>> simple drag-and-drop or if there is a file format conversion involved. >>>> Where do I go from here? If someone's able and willing to walk me thru >>>> the process off-list, I'd appreciate it. I have AIM, Y!M and MSN >>>> accounts so we could talk thru any of them. Thanks again! >>> >>> If you haven't configured anything in Pidgin yet, you can try exiting, >>> deleting your current /root/.pidgin directory, then starting Pidgin >>> again and letting it import from the now existent /root/.gaim >>> >>> -Mark >>> >> > _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support