Help with GAIM

[Grahams Linux Box]

Hello all, I hope I find you all in good spirits.

I am having some problems with GAIM v0.59.8 and would appreciate some help.
I am using Redhat 9.

I set up GAIM to use the libmsn.so plugin from /usr/lib/gaim. I entered the details to my hotmail account in the accounts editor and selected the correct protocol to use (MSN).
My Screen name is set to my .net address, I have entered my password and my alias is set to my name.

The MSN options field is set to:

Server: messenger.hotmail.com
Port: 1863

When I try to log in I get the following error message:

"Current date and time"
"my e-mail address" was unable to sign on: Protocol not supported

This has been a pain in the rear to say the least over the past few days. Have looked through google for anything similar to no avail.

I get a different error messege when I try to use my Yahoo account:

"Current date and time"
"my e-mail address" has been signed off: Unable to read.

It does however work when I try to use AIM.

Can anyone shed some light as to why this is happening or can point me in the right direction?

Many thanks

G.[/i]

[Opnosforatou]

Update to gaim 0.77.
I've been using gaim for a long time now... Works perfectly...


Problem is that MSN protocol has changed and the new version is included from gaim version 0.65 and up...
Has to do something with MSN v6.... and security

[ooop]

First thing you should do is get latest version of GAIM.
(since GAIM has gone through many changes)
the version you are using is more than a year old.
Latest version is 0.77 I think....

if that doesn't help at all, post back and I'll se what I can do =)

//ooop

[Grahams Linux Box]

Hello there,

thanks for getting back to the post. Got a hold of GAIM 0.77 and ran the install but got the following:

[root@xxxxxx xxxxxx]# rpm -v -i gaim-devel-0.77-0rh9.i386.rpm
warning: gaim-devel-0.77-0rh9.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 883c1c14
Preparing packages for installation...
file /usr/include/gaim-remote/remote.h from install of gaim-devel-0.77-0rh9 conflicts with file from package gaim-devel-0.76-0rh9

then tried it with: rpm -v -i -U gaim-devel-0.77-0rh9.i386.rpm (from the man pages for rpm and -U is for an upgrade) and got:

warning: gaim-devel-0.77-0rh9.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 883c1c14
Preparing packages for installation...
gaim-devel-0.77-0rh9

then tried to force the install:

rpm -v -i --force gaim-devel-0.77-0rh9.i386.rpm

then tried to query the name:

rpm -v -i -q gaim-devel-0.77-0rh9.i386.rpm and got:

package gaim-devel-0.77-0rh9.i386.rpm is not installed

when I run GAIM it still comes up as the old version. Is there any way to uninstall the old version, get it completly off my box and then run the new version I downloaded?

Will play around with it a bit longer and go through the man pages.

cheers,

G

[Grahams Linux Box]

Hey guys,

In the end went for aMSN and it works fine . Going to use that instead. Still trying to figure out what went wrong with Gaim....

Thanks for the pointers though..

All the best

G

[don]

i hope u know that u are trying to install gaim development libraries and not gaim itself.

hope this helps

[Grahams Linux Box]

That would explain a lot!!!! Doh!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers for that.

G

[Opnosforatou]

That would explain a lot!!!! Doh!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers for that.

G

Remove the old package with rpm -e <packagename>
To check what packages of gaim are installed use rpm -qa | grep gaim
example:

[root@illith root]# rpm -qa | grep gaim
gaim-0.77-0fc1
gaim-encryption-2.22-1

Then download the NON development version by clicking here
Then use rpm -Uvh gaim-0.77-0rh9.i386.rpm to install it.
Be sure the know when to force an install, this is very tricky and could screw up you system if you force an install of, lets say the system libraries...

I would suggest to use gaim, but that's up to you...

[Grahams Linux Box]

Thanks for the info very usefull.

Went to install it and got the following:

gtkspell is needed by gaim-0.77-0rh8
libao is needed by gaim-0.77-0rh8
libao.so.2 is needed by gaim-0.77-0rh8
libgtkspell.so.0 is needed by gaim-0.77-0rh8

Going to go through it all and get it all sorted.

I often find the best way to learn something is to trash it, I am not afriad to completly mess my machine up, it doesn't take that long to rebuild it and the more mistakes you make the more you learn. Getting a lot of satisfaction out of doing it in fact, at least I am learning.

Will let you know how I get on..

[Opnosforatou]

gtkspell is needed by gaim-0.77-0rh8
libao is needed by gaim-0.77-0rh8
libao.so.2 is needed by gaim-0.77-0rh8
libgtkspell.so.0 is needed by gaim-0.77-0rh8

Will let you know how I get on..

I see you are trying to install the Red Hat 8 version.
There is a link in my previous post for the Red Hat 9 version.
Since you are using Red Hat 9, I would suggest you download and install the RH9 version

Good luck