About:
Pidgin is a GTK2-based instant messenger application. It supports multiple protocols via modules, including AIM, ICQ, Yahoo!, MSN, Jabber, IRC, Napster, Gadu-Gadu and Zephyr. It has many common features found in other clients, as well as many unique features. Pidgin is not endorsed by or affiliated with AOL TimeWarner, Microsoft, or Yahoo.

Author:
Sean Egan <seanegan (at) gmail (dot) com> [contact developer]

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8.67/10.00 (232 votes)

Homepage:
http://www.pidgin.im/
Tar/GZ:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pidgin/pidgin-2.4.0.tar.gz
Tar/BZ2:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pidgin/pidgin-2.4.0.tar.bz2
Changelog:
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
BSD Ports URL:
http://www.freshports.org/net-im/pidgin
Bug tracker:
http://developer.pidgin.im/
Mailing list archive:
http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		5 - Production/Stable
[Environment]		X11 Applications, X11 Applications :: Gnome
[Intended Audience]		End Users/Desktop
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]		POSIX
[Programming Language]		C
[Topic]		Communications :: Chat, Communications :: Chat :: AOL Instant Messenger, Communications :: Chat :: ICQ, Communications :: Chat :: Internet Relay Chat, System :: Networking

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Development	2.0.0beta5	11-Nov-2006	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Articles referencing this project

Red Hat: Updated Pidgin packages fix a security issue by Patrick Lenz , in Security Sun, Jul 13th 2008 07:59 Red Hat: Updated gaim package fixes multiple security issues by Patrick Lenz , in Security Wed, Aug 10th 2005 01:53 Debian: New gaim packages fix denial of service by Patrick Lenz , in Security Tue, Aug 2nd 2005 06:50 Debian: New gaim packages fix denial of service by Patrick Lenz , in Security Tue, Jul 5th 2005 11:01 Red Hat: Updated gaim packages fix two denial of service issues by Patrick Lenz , in Security Thu, Jun 16th 2005 13:47

Debian: New gaim packages fix denial of service by Patrick Lenz , in Security Wed, Apr 27th 2005 02:07 Red Hat: Updated gaim packages fix multiple denial of service issues by Patrick Lenz , in Security Tue, Apr 12th 2005 07:48 Red Hat: New gaim packages fix security issues by Patrick Lenz , in Security Thu, Mar 10th 2005 09:33 Red Hat: Updated gaim package fixes security issues and bugs by Patrick Lenz , in Security Wed, Oct 20th 2004 14:52 [more articles]

 Comments

[»] pidgin, no, i don't like it so much, but...
by wattafunnyname - May 7th 2008 08:53:58

Pidgin, ok it works, but it's memory consumption bothers me and I just need jabber, but i cannot find a pure-jabber, lightweight IM-client with otr support.

i am not pleased with mcabber, so there is no alternative to pidgin ... bad luck

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[»] Pidgin for Solaris x86 (ver 9)
by Don Woeltje - Dec 27th 2007 07:57:43

I don't know how to recompile the source to get Pidgin working on my x86 Solaris 9 system. Can anyone either provide me with a copy of the binaries or with detailed instructions on how to recompile the source on my system?

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[»] Mature it is but with a twist
by sandokan - Dec 22nd 2007 07:17:16

features stated do not work so do we still say it is matured - yes simple text messaging but hey the world has been into file transfer and video - gyachi is able to work so why cant sean make this work - I hope google are getting their worth for investing in our man but hey there is absolutely no difference per se if u compare the last beta of GAIM and Pidgin - why doll out new candy when old one tasted just as good - perhaps the new packaging will make people thing oooo i have changed here and there but 2.0 as promised offers nothing new - sorry bout that - haaaaaa

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[»] One change from Gaim to Pidgin i wasn't a fan of
by Enthropy.In.Action - Aug 9th 2007 20:21:06

The only thing I didn't really like when I switched from Gaim to Pidgin was the fact that the protocol isn't displayed next to the names in the buddy list anymore.

It's still there when you open the IM window, and when you hover the mouse over the name. If you expand the buddy name it's there too, but I'd rather not have 2 entries for every person on my buddy list just to easily see what protocol they're using.

Is there a skin or plugin somewhere that fixes this? Is it at least possible, even if i have to make my own skin? Why did you decide to change it? (That last one's not a gripe, just trying to see it your way, dev)

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[»] GAIM and Windows Vista
by kahuki - Feb 21st 2007 09:55:34

Has anybody running Gaim successful under Windows Vista yet?

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[»] Re: GAIM and Windows Vista
by firelead - Mar 24th 2007 09:42:44


> Has anybody running Gaim successful

> under Windows Vista yet?

Yes I am running Gaim 2.0.0 beta6 and it is working fine - no problems yet.

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[»] Re: GAIM and Windows Vista
by bogemot - Sep 10th 2007 18:43:22

The most pleasing things I have noticed with gaim are the user interface and the restructuring of the menus/windows. I have used gaim for about 3 years now, always switching back to it when I tried other clients, even the other all-in-ones. The simplicity of the application has to be its biggest draws. You can whine about it not being pretty, but then again you probably install Window Blinds on your computer to get the new Vista theme. gaim does exactly what it sets out to do and it does it fast. This is by far my favorite project on SF!

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[»] Multiple Protocols
by D-Man - Dec 21st 2006 04:47:04

Supporting multiple protocols is the best feature about GAIM. No instant messaging application would survive without capability to communicate with the existing known applications.

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[»] GAIM with MS XP
by hobe - Dec 18th 2006 00:09:19

I use GAIM Beta under XP SP2. How could I disable the program from flashing every time I receive a message? I can not find this option in prefes.
Thnks,
Helene

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[»] Re: GAIM with MS XP
by metalzelot - Jan 7th 2007 07:24:20


> How could I disable the program from flashing every

> time I receive a message? I can not find

> this option in prefes.

I think you're searching for »Tools - Plugins - Message Notification - Raise conservation window«



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[»] Great Messanger
by Marcus Moll - Oct 19th 2006 05:30:24

Very usefull. Thx for your work

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[»] Re: Great Messanger
by Dripher - Dec 5th 2006 10:41:25


> Very usefull. Thx for your work

This is mature software by any standards. Recommended IM solution for any need.

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[»] My Fav Open Source Project
by GuitarFan - May 30th 2006 12:32:24

Firefox is really cool and I use it a lot, but Gaim is far and away my favorite piece of open source software ever. It's really well made and it has a solid user interface. Also, the advanced features like sorting buddies by log size are fun too.

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[»] Re: My Fav Open Source Project
by torson - Dec 18th 2006 13:39:06

For sure one of the most useful projects. Support the guys.

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[»] Got Gaim?
by herbmang - Jan 25th 2006 10:32:21

I do, just wanted to say thanks for putting this cool little app out.

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[»] i like gaim!
by milezdaru - Nov 8th 2005 07:31:07

all in one: irc, icq, aol ...
thats great!

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[»] Re: i like gaim!
by vint - Jan 22nd 2006 05:23:45


> all in one: irc, icq, aol ...

> thats great!

You are not along ;)
Thouthands people like it too!

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[»] gaim is nice but
by webdesign hamburg - Nov 7th 2005 01:02:36

My connection is not stable, and i can say that the automatic reconnect plugin with supression of the connection windows doesnt work for me.
always disturbing my work popping up.

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[»] Re: gaim is nice but
by Chaotic Thought - Nov 10th 2005 07:51:59


> My connection is not stable, and i can

> say that the automatic reconnect plugin

> with supression of the connection

> windows doesnt work for me.

> always disturbing my work popping up.

Yes, I know what you mean. Compared with Trillian, this is one area where gaim is weak. I used Trillian on Windows, and one thing I liked about it; it would reconnect automatically and _transparently_. Gaim does reconnect, but you are correct--it is not transparent to the user; it pops up a dialog.

A workaround might be available for certain window managers. I use Window Maker, which has the ability to "hide" all windows belonging to an application (such as Gaim). So I usually hide Gaim when I'm not using it; when new windows appear (including the connection windows), they are automatically hidden as well, so they do not interrupt my work. Note that this is not the same as the Gaim tray icon.


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[»] Re: gaim is nice but
by Chaotic Thought - Jan 15th 2006 11:03:46


> My connection is not stable, and i can

> say that the automatic reconnect plugin

> with supression of the connection

> windows doesnt work for me.

> always disturbing my work popping up.

It looks like the latest version, 2.0.0beta1 does not do this pop-up window reconnect thing anymore. I'd say to try it out. When I tried, it did not do any popups on reconnect. However, I could not get it to "detect" when the link was broken. My messages just appeared to send anyway--but then they were never actually sent.

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[»] GAIM is super fantastic end user program
by srinivaskreddy - Oct 29th 2005 09:56:56

Dude's!!! if u r really a techno..u should try the GAIm.
u 'll enjoy it really.
coz ,if u have two or more email accounts in diiferent protocols, u can access them at the same time parallelly.
Enjoy !! and lets support the programmer.

--
creative hunks

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[»] Message Notification Problem
by Piobaire - Aug 2nd 2005 00:45:09

Hey, Love gaim but there's one annoyance. Here's the situation as of 1.3.1:

- gaim has a message window open
- the message window is minimized
- a person contacts me with a new IM in the open window
- the taskbar doesn't show a new message waiting. I have to bring gaim to the foreground to find out the new person has IM'd me.

This is really annoying to me and the people trying to reach me.

SuSE 9.1
Self-compiled gaim with defaults and gnutls

Thanks

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[»] Gaim very good program
by Veerakumar - May 19th 2005 01:29:38

Very useful program indeed. Keep it up gaim peoples.

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Visit me at Veera

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[»] Re: Gaim very good program
by Kei - Feb 25th 2007 08:01:08

I cannot live without Gaim! It is the best IM software indeed.

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[»] Gaim
by Thomas M. - Apr 29th 2005 15:49:44

On MacOSX I use Adium X which utilizes libgaim - the core part of gaim. You could use Gaim too, but you need to install an X server and GTK+ (I prefer a native aqua interface). Anyway on Linux I always enjoy Gaim, it's very powerfull - so a big thumbs up and hats off to the devs from me! Tom

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[»] Great Program
by Peter - Apr 2nd 2005 15:52:15

I appreciate all the work the developers have put into this project. I use it regularly and just wanted to show my support. Rock on!

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[»] Whither the files?
by X-Nc - Apr 2nd 2004 15:33:21

Seems that 0.76 was announced before the files were pushed to the mirrors. Hopefully they'll be populated soon.

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If I actually _could_ spell I'd have spelled it right in the first place.

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[»] Yahoo and GAIM 0.75
by oli - Mar 24th 2004 11:16:06

Please fix the login! I really don't like the web front end for Yahoo Messanger, and I need my GAIM working

this is just a request from a user, keep the good work

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[»] Re: Yahoo and GAIM 0.75
by wapa17 - Jun 24th 2004 14:25:28

Same with me .. After the installation (WIN98, GAM 0.75) I could login normal.. but today I couldnt more login. It shows "incorrect password" and before, very strange "Unknown error 29"..

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[»] Yahoo: not able to login using gaim 0.59.6 and 0.59.9
by ninjo - Mar 31st 2003 11:08:19

I was not able to login to yahoo using gaim 0.59.6 in linux ... so I installed 0.59.9 but that does'nt seem to work either. It says "X has been signed off: Unable to read".

Is it a bug in gaim .... or am I not doing something right. MSN is working fine for me ... so is the messenger from yahoo.

I have
Pager Host: scs.yahoo.com (I have tried cs.yahoo.com too)
Pager Port: 5050
... also I have added the protocol for yahoo.

thanks,
Ninjo.

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[»] I cant connect trough http proxy
by juliank - Mar 23rd 2003 16:22:50

Of course I've checked the proxy settings, I've treated with ICQ and MSN protocols.
Tnks.

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[»] Gaim isn't working
by Marco - Feb 2nd 2003 23:33:51

Fresh Mandrake 9.0 install, yahoo client works, cannot login user/pass error for AIM. User/pass verified as correct on Windows and on Kit. Any ideas?

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[»] MSN connection fails with 0.59.8
by hitpats - Jan 28th 2003 15:56:15

Hi,
I run gaim on Solaris. I was on version 0.59 using which I used to be able to connect to both Yahoo and MSN. Sometime back, I started getting the popup ' 'my id' has been signed off: Unable to read' when trying to log on to yahoo.

So today I upgraded to 0.59.8 after reading reports that the problem has been fixed in the release. I am able to log on to yahoo, but the messages I send end up garbled on the other end. With MSN I get the error 'Authentication failed'.

Any other patches ? Still untested on Solaris ? Please help.

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[»] Re: MSN connection fails with 0.59.8
by Gunnar - Jan 31st 2003 08:11:32

Hi I have tried to compile gaim 0.59.8 on my solaris 9 x86 version, but i failed with an error NAME_MAX wasnt found. gaim 0.59.6 compiled fine, but now i get also the error "Authentication failed". Is the problem fixed? I didnt find a patch. Thanks for any answers Gunnar

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[»] Re: MSN connection fails with 0.59.8
by Alton - Jan 31st 2003 14:15:11


> Hi
> I have tried to compile gaim 0.59.8 on
> my solaris 9 x86 version, but i failed
> with an error NAME_MAX wasnt found.
> gaim 0.59.6 compiled fine, but now i get
> also the error "Authentication failed".
> Is the problem fixed? I didnt find a
> patch.
> Thanks for any answers
> Gunnar
>
I started getting the "authentication failed" error message when connecting to MS Messenger a few days ago too. I figured it might be connected with the recent MS SQL Server "worm" attack but a Windows machine I have connects to Messenger just fine. I did update to the latest gaim version but that didn't help.

I did run out of disk space on this (Slackware 8.0) machine around the same time, but after fixing that problem, setting up the account in gaim repeatedly, and even rebooting (duh, it works for Windows), gaim still gets the same error.


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[»] Re: MSN connection fails with 0.59.8
by Norm Reitzel - Feb 21st 2003 20:02:05


> Hi
> I have tried to compile gaim 0.59.8 on
> my solaris 9 x86 version, but i failed
> with an error NAME_MAX wasnt found.
> gaim 0.59.6 compiled fine, but now i get
> also the error "Authentication failed".
> Is the problem fixed? I didnt find a
> patch.
> Thanks for any answers
> Gunnar
>
Edit src/perl.c, replace "NAME_MAX" with "MAXNAMELEN"



--
Don't take life so seriously, it's not like it's permanent.

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[»] Re: MSN connection fails with 0.59.8
by Maknock - Feb 14th 2003 15:48:08

I had this same problem on Solaris 8 with this version of Gaim. Thinking that there may have been a significant difference between my setup and what was in the binary, I downloaded the source (nightly CVS tar) and dependancies and did a manual build.
So far I have been successful in connecting to MSN. Though this is going off the basis that only my msn buddy list shows up. (no one was online for me to verify with :) ) I will hopefully be able to verify that it is working within the next day or two.
I woiuld have to think either a patch was applied into the cvs repository which I acquired with the nightly build or there was something on my machine causing a problem with the binary.
In regards to the build if you do decide to build manually I had difficulties with the make process until I ran configure with the following switch: --disable-screensaver

Hope this helps


> Hi,
> I run gaim on Solaris. I was on version
> 0.59 using which I used to be able to
> connect to both Yahoo and MSN. Sometime
> back, I started getting the popup ' 'my
> id' has been signed off: Unable to read'
> when trying to log on to yahoo.
>
> So today I upgraded to 0.59.8 after
> reading reports that the problem has
> been fixed in the release. I am able to
> log on to yahoo, but the messages I send
> end up garbled on the other end. With
> MSN I get the error 'Authentication
> failed'.
>
> Any other patches ? Still untested on
> Solaris ? Please help.


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[»] No Sound in Gaim with Debian install
by Bluester - Jan 12th 2003 17:15:35

I have the latest install from Debian ftp.
I cannot get any sounds from Gaim.
Everything else, as far as sound goes works.
I have kernel 2.4.20 / Debian Woody / WindowMaker.
I do not have Gnome /KDE installed
I do have fluxbox, blackbox, and ICEWM installed.

Is there a seperate package for sounds.
I tried all the setting and only the system beep works. :-(

XMMS, UT2003, and all games work well with my SBLive! ;-)

--
regards, bluester Smile and the world smiles with you. :-) Cry and you will find yourself crying alone! :'(

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[»] Re: No Sound in Gaim with Debian install
by Code_badger - Apr 7th 2003 00:46:44

Debian rules...
apt-get install libao-dev
Works great for me using Enlightenment running latest UNSTABLE.
-- enjoy

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[»] online contactlist
by Andreas - Jan 8th 2003 07:41:52

on my wishlist for gaim! ..

--
/Andreas

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[»] Re: online contactlist
by Rob Flynn - Jan 8th 2003 10:20:31


> on my wishlist for gaim! ..
Online contat list? I'm not sure what you mean...

--
Rob Flynn

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[»] Re: online contactlist
by Andreas - Jan 8th 2003 10:28:53

not sure what it's called but ICQ store contactlists online! so that you dont have to add them again if you change computer and stuff like that


>
> % on my wishlist for gaim! ..
>
>
> Online contat list? I'm not sure what
> you mean...


--
/Andreas

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[»] Re: online contactlist
by spiritlover - Feb 4th 2003 19:30:07


> not sure what it's called but ICQ store
> contactlists online! so that you dont
> have to add them again if you change
> computer and stuff like that

That's exactly it. ICQ stores it. The ICQ server.
It's a server function. Gaim just connects to the server.

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[»] Re: online contactlist
by Andreas - Feb 5th 2003 05:29:25

Yes! but if someone of the developers have a boring day and fix that .. I'm sure alot of people would be very happy


> It's a server function. Gaim just
> connects to the server.


--
/Andreas

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[»] Help!!! Gaim on Solaris
by DrZZZones - Oct 28th 2002 01:22:06

I installed Gaim on my Solaris 8 (Sparc) OS (Don't ask me why I use Solaris... I have to :(( ). I loaded the Yahoo plugin and changed the proxy settings appropriately. I also added my account in the accounts section. But when I try to connect, I immediately get a message saying "Unable to connect". I haven't tried out Gaim for other servers (AOL, ICQ, MSN, etc) because I don't use them. I have tried to connect to both scs.yahoo.com and cs.yahoo.com.... Please help me!!! I can stay without Gaim and Yahoo!!!!!

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[»] Re: Help!!! Gaim on Solaris
by abhin - Jan 7th 2003 03:30:31

plss le tme knw the yahoo port problem once u solve it

thanks
abhin


> I installed Gaim on my Solaris 8 (Sparc)
> OS (Don't ask me why I use Solaris... I
> have to :(( ). I loaded the Yahoo plugin
> and changed the proxy settings
> appropriately. I also added my account
> in the accounts section. But when I try
> to connect, I immediately get a message
> saying "Unable to connect". I haven't
> tried out Gaim for other servers (AOL,
> ICQ, MSN, etc) because I don't use
> them.
>

> I have tried to connect to both
> scs.yahoo.com and cs.yahoo.com....
> Please help me!!! I can stay without
> Gaim and Yahoo!!!!!
>


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[»] Re: Help!!! Gaim on Solaris
by Rob Flynn - Jan 7th 2003 06:22:21

I guess I responded prematurely.

Yahoo! changed some things on their side. Look for a release of 0.59.8 later today.

R


> plss le tme knw the yahoo port problem
> once u solve it
>
> thanks
> abhin
>
>
> % I installed Gaim on my Solaris 8
> (Sparc)
> % OS (Don't ask me why I use Solaris...
> I
> % have to :(( ). I loaded the Yahoo
> plugin
> % and changed the proxy settings
> % appropriately. I also added my
> account
> % in the accounts section. But when I
> try
> % to connect, I immediately get a
> message
> % saying "Unable to connect". I
> haven't
> % tried out Gaim for other servers
> (AOL,
> % ICQ, MSN, etc) because I don't use
> % them.
> %
>
> % I have tried to connect to both
> % scs.yahoo.com and cs.yahoo.com....
> % Please help me!!! I can stay without
> % Gaim and Yahoo!!!!!
> %
>
>
>


--
Rob Flynn

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[»] gaim-applet 0.59.3 RPM
by Poncho - Sep 27th 2002 14:56:49

Hi. I installed the GAIM 0.59.3 RPM in order to fix my Yahoo connection problem, and while it worked great and certainly fixed the problem, I lost the gaim-applet that was automatically installed with my Red Hat 7.3 distribution.

A few minutes ago I tried downloading the RPM for gaim-applet from sourceforge.net, but when I tried to install it I get a bunch of conflicts with the files from package gaim-0.59.3-1, which would make sense, since the gaim-applet RPM I downloaded is named gaim-applet-0.59.1-2.i386.rpm. This is the same name as the RPM for version 0.59.1; however, that's the link that appears in section gaim-applet, subsection 0.59.3 at the GAIM download page at SourceForge (hey, that sounded kinda lawyery :-).

Could this be an error in the download page at SF? I already tried manipulating the link so I'll download a file named (...)0.59.3-1.i386.rpm (among other variations), but I get a message saying such files don't exist. So, what can I do to get a working gaim-applet version 0.59.3?

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[»] Re: gaim-applet 0.59.3 RPM
by Poncho - Sep 27th 2002 20:14:12

I'd just like to let everyone know that I found the answer to this question over at the SourceForge GAIM forum. This thread should prove interesting to anyone with the same problem.

If your finger is too tired from surfing to check the link out, basically it says to get it (for the time being) from http://irg.cs.ohiou.edu/~eblanton/gaim-dist/ .

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[»] Problems with new installation
by Asif E T V - Nov 16th 2002 06:30:37

Hi I installed gaim 0.59.6 today on linux. The configuration is Linux version 2.4.7-10smp (bhcompile@stripples.devel.redhat.com) (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-98)) #1 SMP Thu Sep 6 17:09:31 EDT 2001 Now after loading the yahoo plugin when I tried to login onto yahoo I get a message that Connection Error asifetv has been signed off: Unable to read. please help with this. Thanks Asif

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[»] New to Linux
by praveen - Sep 16th 2002 12:44:23

Hello,

I just loaded Redhat v 7.3 on my machine, and I can't understand how to add/remove programs in Linux. I am a 10-year veteran of Windows and know forwards and backwards how applications like Instant Messenger are installed, updated, and removed on Windows.

However On Linux, I have GAIM version .53, but it was not connection to the yahoo server...I tried both cs and scs.yahoo.com port 5050, so I tried to download GAIM version .59.3 (the lastest one I think)

!) I downloaded the .GZ file and placed it in my home directory, after extracting the latest version .59.
2) I ran the four steps in the Install file located in the folder.
3) I reloaded the protocols, and restarted GAIM.

Now when I look at the ABOUT on GAIM, it still says version .53, and I am still unable to connect to yahoo. Do I have to manually replace the files in all the directories that GAIM is in, i.e. /etc/home, /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/man.

Can some please help, as I am beginning to get frustrated.


Thank You

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[»] Re: New to Linux
by Poncho - Sep 18th 2002 15:22:47


> (...) However On Linux, I have GAIM version
> .53, but it was not connection to the
> yahoo server...I tried both cs and
> scs.yahoo.com port 5050, so I tried to
> download GAIM version .59.3 (the lastest
> one I think)
From the looks of it, it appears that your previous version of GAIM was installed as an RPM in your sistem. If this is so, you should first try to uninstall the RPM for version 0.53. To do this, run the program "kpackage", and search for "gaim". If you do find it, uninstall it.

Then, try installing again the new version (you're right, the latest is 0.59.3). If you are indeed a newbie, and you've got a Red Hat system, the easiest way to do it is via RPM. Just download it from the link further up in this page that says "RPM package", and use kpackage to install it, or run the command "rpm -i gaim-0.59.3-1.i386.rpm" in the shell.

Good luck.

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[»] 0.59.1 -> 0.59.2
by thyhorror - Sep 12th 2002 17:44:37

after compiling and installing gaim0.59.2 , yahoo does not connect :(
no other problems .

--
Now that my house has burned down I have a much better view of the moon.

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[»] Re: 0.59.1 -> 0.59.2
by Rob Flynn - Sep 15th 2002 12:33:21

I just released 0.59.3. It fixes this problem.


> after compiling and installing
> gaim0.59.2 , yahoo does not connect :(
> no other problems .


--
Rob Flynn

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[»] Re: 0.59.1 -> 0.59.2
by Poncho - Sep 18th 2002 15:13:20

Thanks, Rob! I downloaded the 0.59.3 RPM, and now it works great with Yahoo! A note for others with the same problem: unlike other protocols, when you type in your Yahoo screenname, write only your username, and not the complete "username@yahoo.com" address.

Again, thanks a lot, Rob! GAIM rocks!

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[»] GAIM and YoSucker
by Mondongo - Aug 17th 2002 10:47:30

There's a perl script called YoSucker (you can
find it on FreshMeat) that collides with GAIM. If
you are logged on to the Yahoo! server with GAIM
and you fire up YoSucker, the messaging server
will kick you out and YoSucker will hang, too.

I solved this by turning off the FASTCHECK option
on YoSucker. Weird.

bye
j.

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[»] Server based lists
by pherthyl - Jul 20th 2002 02:26:20

According to the faq, it seems that Gaim supports server based lists for Oscar but it (0.58) wont show my old contact list (created from icq 2002a in windows) when I login. Other programs like Trillian get it just fine so the list is ok.

Am I mistaken about server based list support?

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[»] Re: Server based lists
by Sean Egan - Jul 27th 2002 23:52:51

We actually turned off server side lists for ICQ in version 0.54. In some cases, it could have caused you not to be able to see any of your contacts.

We're working on the issue right now, and plan to readd it in 0.60


> According to the faq, it seems that Gaim
> supports server based lists for Oscar
> but it (0.58) wont show my old contact
> list (created from icq 2002a in windows)
> when I login. Other programs like
> Trillian get it just fine so the list is
> ok.
>
> Am I mistaken about server based list
> support?


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[»] My online Status Error
by ziwo - Jun 9th 2002 06:39:02

Hi there

I am using Gaim 0.58 under gentoo-linux. Everything is working fine. I can see the Buddies that I added (ICQ and Yahoo), see there online status, can send and receive messages, but my ICQ-Friends (only they) can't see MY online-status. They always saw my status as 'offline'.
I've connected to the 'login.icq.com' at port '5190' with AIM/ICQ Protokoll. Trying to change my status under Tools->Away->'myICQAccount'->Online, brings up the following message in the debug-window:

[...]
event_away: 42XXX790 Online
42XXX790 0: userinfo: **warning: unexpected TLV:
42XXX790 0: userinfo: sn =42XXX790
42XXX790 0: userinfo: type =0x001e
42XXX790 0: userinfo: length=0x0004
42XXX790 0: userinfo: **warning: unexpected TLV:
42XXX790 0: userinfo: sn =42XXX790
42XXX790 0: userinfo: type =0x0005
42XXX790 0: userinfo: length=0x0004
[...]

(btw, where can I check my online status ?)

any suggestions ?

greetz
ziwo

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[»] Info error
by chikin03 - May 8th 2002 18:30:25

Hi, I'm on a LAN up at college, and it won't let me check
others' away messages--and this is a vital part of
communication, as you probably know. Anyways, this is the
sort of thing I get:

<H1>The requested URL 731170_614101 was not found
on this server</H1>

If I keep trying, I usually eventually get a regular report, but
it doesn't list the away message. No proxy, connecting to
toc.oscar.aol.com via port 9898 (default). Help?

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[»] Re: Info error
by Brian Bernas - May 13th 2002 13:28:49


> Hi, I'm on a LAN up at college, and it
> won't let me check
> others' away messages--and this is a
> vital part of
> communication, as you probably know.
> Anyways, this is the
> sort of thing I get:
>
> <H1>The requested URL
> 731170_614101 was not found
> on this server</H1>
>
> If I keep trying, I usually eventually
> get a regular report, but
> it doesn't list the away message. No
> proxy, connecting to
> toc.oscar.aol.com via port 9898
> (default). Help?
>
You are using the TOC protocol which is not recomended. Go to the account editor, select your account and click "Modify". Change the protocol to Oscar (it's AIM/ICQ in newer versions). Then finally, signon to your account and all should be well.

- Brian

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[»] gaim yahoo help
by Adarsh - Apr 28th 2002 19:43:09

I have noticed something strange with gaim yahoo when i
login it says connecting to server then an error saying
"unable to read" this only happens when im logged in as a
user
If I run as root then i get connected fine ..
What could be the problem?
I dowloaded the source and built it.
the distro im using is gentoo .

thanks in advance

--
Cheers Adarsh

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[»] Re: gaim yahoo help
by Sean Egan - May 2nd 2002 00:08:20


> I have noticed something strange with
> gaim yahoo when i
> login it says connecting to server
> then an error saying
> "unable to read" this only
> happens when im logged in as a
> user
> If I run as root then i get connected
> fine ..
> What could be the problem?
> I dowloaded the source and built it.
>
> the distro im using is gentoo .
>
> thanks in advance
Probably, the account you have setup for root is set to connect to scs.yahoo.com and the account you have for the other user is set to connect to cs.yahoo.com.

Make sure you're using 0.57, and connecting to scs.yahoo.com.

-Sean

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[»] eyeball chat
by Gustavo - Apr 19th 2002 16:05:51

Hi!!!

I was looking for a good messenger application that works in a web navigator. Now, only one question... Do you know eyeball chat?? (www.eyeball.com) do you know if some Gaim plugin works with eyeball?? The problem is that eyeball is the software that we use to work..., but I would like to use only Linux..

Thank you.

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[»] Re: eyeball chat
by Rob Flynn - Apr 19th 2002 22:18:11

Eyeball appears to be a video conferencing package? There's no 'eyeball' support in Gaim. Someone could write it, though, I guess :-P

--
Rob Flynn

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[»] Help
by Brian - Apr 5th 2002 13:41:27

So suposidly you can sign in to MSN, Yahoo and other IM protocals but how. Under the add account i only see OSCAR and TOC is there something i'm supposed to download. I just downloaded the newest RPM and I am using Mandrake 8.2

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[»] Re: Help
by Rob Flynn - Apr 5th 2002 14:31:56

Tools->plugins->load plugin

Load the plugin that's specific to the protocol that you want to use. This will add it to the selection box in the account list. Sorry for any confusion.


> So suposidly you can sign in to MSN,
> Yahoo and other IM protocals but how.
> Under the add account i only see OSCAR
> and TOC is there something i'm supposed
> to download. I just downloaded the
> newest RPM and I am using Mandrake 8.2


--
Rob Flynn

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[»] Re: Help
by Brian - Apr 5th 2002 23:43:17

Thanks


> Tools->plugins->load plugin
>
> Load the plugin that's specific to the
> protocol that you want to use. This
> will add it to the selection box in the
> account list. Sorry for any confusion.
>
>
> % So suposidly you can sign in to
> MSN,
> % Yahoo and other IM protocals but
> how.
> % Under the add account i only see
> OSCAR
> % and TOC is there something i'm
> supposed
> % to download. I just downloaded the
> % newest RPM and I am using Mandrake
> 8.2
>
>
>


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[»] Re: Help
by Rob Flynn - Apr 5th 2002 23:46:36

No problem. Even if it may not always seem like it, I'm always glad to help. Sometimes I just get a tad too busy. :-P

--
Rob Flynn

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[»] ???
by spiritlover - Apr 2nd 2002 21:28:56

I just re-installed linux and therefore Gaim.
(and I could have sworn there were detailed helpfiles somewhere!)
I can't find any protocol that looks like oscar/toc/whatever it's called now. Is it with ICQ now?? Did I do something wrong?? :(

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[»] Re: ???
by Rob Flynn - Apr 2nd 2002 21:31:35

If you're trying to sign on to AIM, pick the protocol that says: AIM / ICQ.

;-)


> I just re-installed linux and therefore
> Gaim.
> (and I could have sworn there were
> detailed helpfiles somewhere!)
> I can't find any protocol that looks
> like oscar/toc/whatever it's called now.
> Is it with ICQ now?? Did I do
> something wrong?? :(


--
Rob Flynn

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[»] Re: ???
by spiritlover - Apr 2nd 2002 22:19:51

Umm...I meant under plugins (libwhatever)...or is the aim protocol built-in now?

I had chosen aim/icq but it wasn't detecting my people I know were online, so I assumed I must be missing a plugin. No?


> If you're trying to sign on to AIM, pick
> the protocol that says: AIM / ICQ.
>
> ;-)

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[»] Re: ???
by spiritlover - Apr 2nd 2002 22:29:17

Oh bah. Nevermind. It was another case of me not knowing which was which under "contact" and "alias". Consider this a suggestion that you change those to something like "username" and "label" or something more self-explanatory so easily-confused folks like me don't get confused. :/ Thanks for the patience.

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[»] Re: ???
by Rob Flynn - Apr 4th 2002 14:39:14

:-)

--
Rob Flynn

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