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Is there anyway to get messenger in console I tried both centericq and freeho both give the same error ..."server closed socket" gaim is working .. my internet is connected ...
  1. 08-30-2005 #1
    vamshi_krishna
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    console based messenger service

    Is there anyway to get messenger in console
    I tried both centericq and freeho
    both give the same error ..."server closed socket"
    gaim is working ..
    my internet is connected using http proxy
    I gave the proxy info in my bash_profile...
    export http_proxy="http://xxxx:3128"
    I don't think it is a proxy problem...
    please help..
    p.s. I use debian sarge .if at all this info needed
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    I suggest you take a look in this thread:
    http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48244

    (bitlbee is still best IMO, I use it every day)
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    I'm a big fan of pork.
    the lost art of found sound
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    hi
    thanks for the reply
    I installed that too
    I installed as root
    now iam not able to run as root
    ..it asks why are you running this program as root
    and I can't run it as normal user ..what can I do
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    I got a bad news here
    we have firewall
    we cannot use IRC

    please anyother way please please
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    Well, if your firewall has that port blocked, then you are likely out of luck...

    My work is like that also, but I found that they don't have port 22 blocked (default for ssh). So, I can ssh to my slack box at home, and then connect to IRC through there...not a bad trade-off, IMHO.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lakerdonald
    I'm a big fan of pork.
    I prefer this program called bsflite, iit just looks... well, less framed-ish
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  8. 08-31-2005 #8
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    I want it for yahoo
    so..there is no way i can get ....

    atleast tell me how to configure ari-yahoo, centericq,freehoo etc
    where can I find their config files ..they are neither in my home directory nor in root
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