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#31 Post by Makoto »

Is there a version of 2.6.4 available for Puppy 4.2.1? Just curious. Reading around the Pidgin support list, you'd almost think MSN wouldn't work unless you did upgrade to 2.6.4. But it still works in the 2.5.x version I'm using. :)

I'm also wondering if Puppy 4.3 and 4.2 won't require any GTK upgrades, as a result of the planned changes for Pidgin 2.7.0 (see this blog post for more details: http://theflamingbanker.blogspot.com/20 ... -ends.html)
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#32 Post by Nevermore »

im curious why the plugins of skype and facebook dont work with this version of pidgin.
i tried installing in ~/.pidgin/plugins or /usr/lib/purple-2/ but it still doesnt get loaded...am i doing smth wrong?
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#33 Post by hladik »

Makoto wrote:Is there a version of 2.6.4 available for Puppy 4.2.1? Just curious. Reading around the Pidgin support list, you'd almost think MSN wouldn't work unless you did upgrade to 2.6.4. But it still works in the 2.5.x version I'm using. :)

I'm also wondering if Puppy 4.3 and 4.2 won't require any GTK upgrades, as a result of the planned changes for Pidgin 2.7.0 (see this blog post for more details: http://theflamingbanker.blogspot.com/20 ... -ends.html)
What did they do to Yahoo IM so that Pidgin and Gaim can'i logon? Is there a version of the chat apps that works with Yahoo IM?

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#34 Post by Makoto »

Yahoo updated/changed their security policies, as I recall, so older versions of Pidgin (and Gaim) won't be able to connect. You need at least version 2.5.7 of Pidgin to be able to connect to Yahoo, though there were some hiccups they resolved in versions after that.

If you're using Puppy 4.3.x, use the setup you can find in the first post of this thread. Otherwise, you can find a .pet installer for v2.6.1 at http://www.killerhippy.de/pet.shtml - it's near the bottom of the page.

You could supposedly also get around the problem by changing the pager server for Yahoo in the advanced account options, but that's not really recommended (and I don't remember what you'd change it to, sorry.), and not guaranteed to work.
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#35 Post by hladik »

Makoto wrote:Yahoo updated/changed their security policies, as I recall, so older versions of Pidgin (and Gaim) won't be able to connect. You need at least version 2.5.7 of Pidgin to be able to connect to Yahoo, though there were some hiccups they resolved in versions after that.

If you're using Puppy 4.3.x, use the setup you can find in the first post of this thread. Otherwise, you can find a .pet installer for v2.6.1 at http://www.killerhippy.de/pet.shtml - it's near the bottom of the page.

You could supposedly also get around the problem by changing the pager server for Yahoo in the advanced account options, but that's not really recommended (and I don't remember what you'd change it to, sorry.), and not guaranteed to work.
Thanks, I tried Pidgin 258 but it won't start on my 3.01 Retro box. There was a msg from the installer that i'm missing some "purple" library. I would like to fix this or find an app that will hook me up to Yahoo IM. Thanks, again.
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#36 Post by Béèm »

In /usr/local/lib you'll find libpurple libraries.
Copy them to /lib.
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#37 Post by Wolf Pup »

Pidgin updated to 2.6.5 :)
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#38 Post by dejan555 »

Mirror: pidgin-2.6.5_pup431.pet
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#39 Post by scabz »

Nevermore wrote:im curious why the plugins of skype and facebook dont work with this version of pidgin.
i tried installing in ~/.pidgin/plugins or /usr/lib/purple-2/ but it still doesnt get loaded...am i doing smth wrong?
you are missing libjson-glib for facebook just put the lib in any lib folder.

-- edit --
i just compiled new libs so if you downloaded my old libs get these cuzz they are newer and clean up issues with facebook chat
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#40 Post by hladik »

Béèm wrote:In /usr/local/lib you'll find libpurple libraries.
Copy them to /lib.
Thanks for your help.

I tried, but Pidgin still won't start. Anymore suggestions?

Anyone?
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#41 Post by SmashOgre »

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#42 Post by dejan555 »

hladik: run it from terminal see if it reports missing dependencies.
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#43 Post by shariebeth »

Using 2.6.5 and it's working great (puppy 4.3.1). But how do I get a desktop icon?
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#44 Post by scabz »

shariebeth wrote:Using 2.6.5 and it's working great (puppy 4.3.1). But how do I get a desktop icon?
Go to /usr/share/applications/pidgin.desktop drag that file to your desktop and rename the file on you desktop if you want.
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#45 Post by shariebeth »

scabz wrote:
shariebeth wrote:Using 2.6.5 and it's working great (puppy 4.3.1). But how do I get a desktop icon?
Go to /usr/share/applications/pidgin.desktop drag that file to your desktop and rename the file on you desktop if you want.
I don' t have that....
I have /usr/local/apps/ but no pidgin.desktop there. I did a pfind and it says No files found!
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#46 Post by scabz »

shariebeth wrote:
scabz wrote:
shariebeth wrote:Using 2.6.5 and it's working great (puppy 4.3.1). But how do I get a desktop icon?
Go to /usr/share/applications/pidgin.desktop drag that file to your desktop and rename the file on you desktop if you want.
I don' t have that....
I have /usr/local/apps/ but no pidgin.desktop there. I did a pfind and it says No files found!
If you have a menu entry and have it installed then it is located /usr/share/applications/ look for your pidgin.desktop file in there.
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#47 Post by dejan555 »

Of course you do have a *.desktop file in /usr/share/applications/
If you hadn't there would be no menu entry.
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#48 Post by shariebeth »

I found it, ignore me, still learning my way around the file system. ::oops:
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#49 Post by dejan555 »

shariabeth: Menu is generated from desktop files, if something is in menu there's also *.desktop file in /usr/share/applications/
You can drag any of those to desktop then right click on desktop icon -> Edit item or Set icon
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#50 Post by tazoc »

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