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Everything Else => Sharp Zaurus => Model Specific Forums => Distros, Development, and Model Specific Forums => Archived Forums => 6000 - Tosa => Topic started by: zipmaster on November 08, 2004, 05:54:11 pm
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ok I've installed all the packages that are on there .4 feed and it loads fine but there are no icons or anything. I also tried the libpng fix they have on the site.
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I had the same problem.
No pictures display when I run Gaim.
The version of libopie that Gaim requires is not compatible with the libpng on many ROMs, such as the Sharp ROM. To fix this, download libpng.so.2.1.0.9 and place it in your /usr/lib directory. Then, from a terminal, symlink the library as follows:
cd /usr/lib
ln -sf libpng.so.2.1.0.9 libpng12.so
ln -sf libpng.so.2.1.0.9 libpng12.so.0
ln -sf libpng.so.2.1.0.9 libpng12.so.0.1.2.5
GAIM FAQ:
http://qpe-gaim.sourceforge.net/faq.php#libpng (http://qpe-gaim.sourceforge.net/faq.php#libpng)
works like a charm now.
eurojeff
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yeah i did that and it still doesnt work
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You don't need to install libpng. It is compiled into the Qtopia library and is compatible with libopie, so all you have to do is run the following command as root:
ln -sf libqte.so.2.3.2 /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0
I don't have any other reference to libpng and this works fine for Gaim.
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yeah i did that and it still doesnt work
Just in case
did you su after make the changes?
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tunnus: thanks ill try that now. [edit] just tried it still no go [/edit]
nao: im sorry i dont know what u mean
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Are you using this libopie (http://opie.handhelds.org/feed/sharprom/stable/libopie1_1.0.3_arm.ipk)? Don't use any other as they have not been compiled for the Sharp ROM.
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oh it seems i have an old one ill get that one and install it tonight
[edit] it seems that site is down so can someone post the file for me?[/edit]
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ok i got the package now and well its not working still. hmm maybe i should del all these libpng links i have in my lib directory?
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Ok, I downloaded the many files and installed all of them. Then I put in the sim links above. Now GAIM loads without crashing, shows icons... but doesn't connect to Yahoo. I have Qazoo on my Z and it works fine, so I looked at the settings. I found GAIM was using scs.yahoo.com for messaging, while Qazoo had scs.msg.yahoo.com. I made the change on GAiM but nothing... still can't get yahoo to connect with GAIM.
AIM & MSN connect fine, it's only Yahoo I have trouble with.
Any thoughts?
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hey sgtron which libpng system link methiod you use?
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I used the 3 links from the above post which are the same as the ones on the gaim web page.. then i threw in the 4th for good measure.. still no yahoo..
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i only got this to work and can confirm that yahoo doesnt work. this is because yahoo changed there login resently i believe so gaim has to update its yahoo plugin to go with the new protocal.
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Glad to hear there are others having problems with this and not just me.. Qazoo still works though.. I wish yahoo et. al. wouldn't keep changing their protocols.. just accept that gaim and others will adapt sooner or later anyway and just settle on a standard.. sheesh...
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I have followed the directions on the sourceforge page and I have followed the instructions in this thread. When I click on the gaim icon I get a screen that says, please wait, but then eventually it drops back to the desktop. I never see anything in regards to Gaim actually launching or working....
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Roger
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Interesting scenario.. I wonder if you made all the correct links..
What worked for me (apart from yahoo) was to follow the directions on the gaim website.. which were echoed here on this page.
If I were you, I'd try to launch gaim from the command line and see what kind of errors I got.. that may give us some insight as to what's happening.
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I launch the terminal and then type su.
I then type gaim and press enter...
gaim: error while loading shared libraries: libopie.so.1: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory
I'm guessing this means I need to install libopie.so.1 ?
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It's possible, I have libopie1 installed, maybe that's what you need. I don't remember installing it for GAIM, but couldn't swear to it... give it a try.
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I installed the libopie1.so package and now Gaim launches fully.
But, now the problem is, I don't have any menus to add contacts. There is no file, edit, or view menu at the top, nor are there any icons to work with.
I'm going to try the ln stuff again. Maybe I mistyped one or perhaps it would work better now that I have all the necessary files.....
If you can think of anything else I should try, please let me know!
Thanks,
Roger
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Ok, GAIM works for me now. Added libopie1 and that libpng.so.2.1.0.9 thing and then redo the symbolic links.
I have icq running. Trying to remember my AIM password.....and when connecting to yahoo, It stays at 1% forever but never connects.
Thank you for the help!!!
Let me know if you ever get yahoo to work...
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Congratulations... now you're in the same boat as the rest of us...
For Yahoo, I'm using Qazoo, it would be better for GAIM to do it all, but in the meantime, you can just use the two programs.
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I use Jabber through Gaim to get to Yahoo, MSN and AOL. You just need to use an up-to-date Jabber server and then you don't have to worry about updating Gaim or whatever IM client all the time as the Jabber server handles all that.
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I use Jabber through Gaim to get to Yahoo, MSN and AOL. You just need to use an up-to-date Jabber server and then you don't have to worry about updating Gaim or whatever IM client all the time as the Jabber server handles all that.
i never understood how jabber handled aim and all the other protocols but maybe thats a different thread right?
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Probably should be a different thread, but to answer your question, Jabber servers keep (can keep) multiple chat protocols for you to access with a Jabber client. You just have to register through your client with an open Jabber server and away you go.
see http://www.jabber.org/user/publicservers.php (http://www.jabber.org/user/publicservers.php) for a better understanding
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I've gotten Gaim running on my 6k with the stock Sharp ROM, but I am not getting any "notify" on messages. Neither the LED or the buzzer.
Anyone else?
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Edit..
My bad.. the buzzer (or more appropriately "horn") does work...
But I still don't see any LED indication... at least not yet..
I suppose that's subject to change.
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Strangely enough, I don't get a sound, buzzer, or bell when I get a new message with gaim....with icq or aim.......I don't get a blinking icon either...no way to know unless I double click on persons username....strange.....I even went into the "edit account" screen and checkmarked "new mail notification". Still nothing...
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Just to make sure you have your volume on, not muted and the "alarms" checkbox in the volume applet checked.
My first attempts which failed to give me a sound/buzzer were IMs I sent to myself on the Z from the Z.
Then I sent from my desktop to the Z and it honked at me.
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Yep....alarm box has a checkmark in it....and the z is not muted. :-)
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for me it only alarms the buzzer that is when im not looking at the tab of the person that just sent me the msg. in other word when the contact is out of focus
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I've followed the instructions and downloaded libpng from gaim FAQ linkand created symbolic links. Gaim now works fine and changing the magnification setting from the desktop icon it looks great. However I cannot connect to Yahoo neither from Z nor from my desktop gaim. I think it is a gaim issue. Maybe you have noticed already but the application dies when I hit the group chat button (I guess) the secondone from top left. I can live without it. although.. just for the records..
cheers
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Straight connect to Yahoo broke quite a while ago - hasn't been any maint to this version of Gaim to fix it. I use qazoo for Yahoo IMs.
I noticed that if you open a second chat window that it fails if the conversation window in the background gets a message.
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Yahoo changed their Instant Messenger protocol, I think it was about a year ago and basically broke every one of the IMs out there. I remember old Trillian versions for instance wouldn't work without a patch.
I use Qazoo as well, I actually find that to be a much nicer program than Gaim overall.
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Could someone check and let me know what msn is using for a login server and port? My zaurus gaim has messenger.hotmail.com at port 1863. It's not connecting. When I click on the connection button, nothing happens. I don't even see a progress bar as with icq or aim.
Thanks,
Roger
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MSN on Gaim is also very tricky for me. So far I get it worked out but crashes often when I try to edit the MSN protocol setting. Anyway, the default setting just works fine and after successfully checked auto-login and saved pwd on some rare cases, I just leave it alone. Trying to check the email notification give me nightmare several times (crashes upon gaim startup). I have to uninstall everything and start from the very beginning. So I'm not going near that anymore.
GuruGeek: the default works fine for me: messenger.hotmail.com at port 1863
The following are my experiences after numorous try-n-error. Not neccesary correct as I have next to zero backgroup on Linux, but just works for me (stock sharp rom 1.12). (There shouldn't be any warning if installing by the listed order). All libs and qpe-gaim should be installed in the internal memory, otherwise MSN on gaim crashes upon startup or connecting.
zlib 1.1.2 (zlib 1.2.1 causes msn login no response)
libopie1 1.0.2
libglib
gconv-tiny
libgcrypt1
libgnutls (requires libopie1 1.0.2)
libgaim-ssl (requires libopie 1.0.2)
libgaim-protocal-msn
libpng + fix (icon display)
cd /usr/lib
ln -sf libpng.so.2.1.0.9 libpng12.so
ln -sf libpng.so.2.1.0.9 libpng12.so.0
ln -sf libpng.so.2.1.0.9 libpng12.so.0.1.2.5
libgaim
qpe-gaim (requires libgaim)
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MSN on Gaim is also very tricky for me. So far I get it worked out but crashes often when I try to edit the MSN protocol setting. Anyway, the default setting just works fine and after successfully checked auto-login and saved pwd on some rare cases, I just leave it alone. Trying to check the email notification give me nightmare several times (crashes upon gaim startup). I have to uninstall everything and start from the very beginning. So I'm not going near that anymore.
GuruGeek: the default works fine for me: messenger.hotmail.com at port 1863
The following are my experiences after numorous try-n-error. Not neccesary correct as I have next to zero backgroup on Linux, but just works for me (stock sharp rom 1.12). (There shouldn't be any warning if installing by the listed order). All libs and qpe-gaim should be installed in the internal memory, otherwise MSN on gaim crashes upon startup or connecting.
zlib 1.1.2 (zlib 1.2.1 causes msn login no response)
libopie1 1.0.2
libglib
gconv-tiny
libgcrypt1
libgnutls (requires libopie1 1.0.2)
libgaim-ssl (requires libopie 1.0.2)
libgaim-protocal-msn
libpng + fix (icon display)
cd /usr/lib
ln -sf libpng.so.2.1.0.9 libpng12.so
ln -sf libpng.so.2.1.0.9 libpng12.so.0
ln -sf libpng.so.2.1.0.9 libpng12.so.0.1.2.5
libgaim
qpe-gaim (requires libgaim)
Thank you xjqian! it works now.
but it can't show Chinese character both in buddy list and in im window, also I can input Chinese character.
Any advice?
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I made sure I have all of the packages you listed. There were a couple I did not have.
Now MSN connects
Thanks for the help!!
Roger
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What sort of response should I get in the terminal when I make the symbolic links?
For example, when I type "ln -sf...." and so on, and hit hard return, what notification will I get that the link has been created? Will I be able to see the symlink using a file explorer application?
I was having the same trouble as many of you have had, i.e., with the libpng image display issues, but that seems to have been resolved in spite of not being able to verify the symlink. Now when I type "su" and then #"gaim" in the terminal, I get something like, "OE/Embedded is not owned by user 0." Is this some kind of permissions issue? How do I resolve it? I have all the libraries.
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You would not get get any responses. That's more Linux than Zaurus. in the directory you've created links type "ls -l" then you'll see in the listing.
Hope this helps
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I've made all the symlinks and I keep getting the messge "ln: file exists." I suppose I'll go through and delete them and see what happens.
As for su'ing GAIM from the terminal, I get the error: "Qt/Embedded data directory is not owned by user )." What can fix this? I've tried running GAIM as root, but the problem persists.
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Can you run GAIM *not* as root? I've noticed that some programs for some reason don't like you to run as root when the installed directory, or any configuration files, is owned by the zaurus user. Not sure of the technical details.
If you have problems with both, you can use the chown Unix command to set all the directories to (preferably) zaurus.
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Running GAIM as root or non-root makes no difference. No icons display in the GUI, and working from the terminal I get the same error msg: "Qt/Embedded data directory is not owned by user 0."
On my iBook I'd simply run a permissions fix from the Disk Utility and it would probably clear this issue up. On the Z it's not as easy.
What exactly would I type in to the terminal to chown the appropriate files? And what files am I looking for exactly? Am I taking serious risks if something goes awry while revising the permissions?
Thanks, everyone, for all the tech help. I'm desperately trying to get the hang of this.
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OK, I think I know what's going on. I tried running GAIM from the su user and got the same error.
Firstly, GAIM was never meant to be set up to be run under the su account. So don't do that. (At least I get the same QT/Embedded data directory error, whatever that means. ).
When you run it under the standard Zaurus account, do you get a bunch of messages stationg that it cannot open /home/zaurus/.gaim type stuff? Like: "accounts: Error reading accounts: Failed to open file '/home/zaurus/.gaim/accounts.xml': Permission denied"? With my relatively standard GAIM install, I do not get the QT/Embedded data directory, but got this instead.
The problem in this case is that, for some reason (it seems this way on my box!), the standard GAIM installation set the owner of /home/zaurus/.gaim/ as root. This was where all of the settings were installed. Bad idea, as the zaurus account couldn't write or read anything in this directory under the standard permissions. People got around this by running GAIM as "root" via the Qtopia GUI (which seems a little different than the su account, I don't know why). And it worked. However, it means you can't run GAIM under the terminal this way.
To diagnose:
1) Type the following command in:
ls -la /home/zaurus
(UNIX 101: ls = list a directory. -l option = verbose listing, show file size, owner, permissions, etc. -a option = show "hidden" files, which on UNIX is all files beginning with a .)
One of the entries *SHOULD* look like this:
drwx------ 3 zaurus qpe 0 Jan 3 11:51 .gaim
This is the .gaim directory where all settings are stored.
The owner of this directory should be zaurus. GAIM, however, will not run under the "standard" account when the directory looks like this:
drwx------ 3 root qpe 0 Jan 3 11:51 .gaim
(The column that changed is the owner of the file. That column on the left shows you permissions and says that only an owner can *R*ead, *W*rite, and e*X*ecute a file in this directory.)
To fix this, do the following:
1) su to log in as root
2) Type the following command in:
chown -R zaurus /home/zaurus/.gaim
[You can get an explanation of chown by typing in chown -? in the command prompt. Net summary, I'm changing the ownership of everything in the /home/zaurus/.gaim directory (recursively) to the zaurus user.]
3) Log out of root, you should be back in the zaurus account.
4) Try running gaim under the zaurus account.
Now it should at least come up without bombing out!
If it doesn't run, you may have missed something else in the installation, or have the wrong library (I remember that GAIM was one of the finickiest installs for my SL-6000L.). Report back what you find.
I hope this helps a bit.
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According to a speed-reading of the slew of terminal errors (where are log files on this thing?), it seems as if it's got everything to do with libpng incompatibility.
What I'm getting specifically is this: "Application was compiled with png.h from libpng-1.0.9.... Application is running with png.c from libpng-1.2.5"
I don't understand what went wrong. I thought I had made all the symlinks.
I suppose I showed my ignorance by trying to run under the su account. I only just figured out what it must stand for: superuser. Doh! I had simply been punching in advice I saw posted elsewhere in this thread.
Soundwave106, I can't thank you enough for spelling everything out. Instead of typing the strings of code, I can make sense of what I'm doing, even if it doesn't necessarily have the best outcome.
I'll try making the symlinks again. [Scartch that. Just did and it didn't work.] Should I reinstall the buggy GAIM libpng.so.0.1.2.5 and work from there, or doesn't it matter? Should I delete existing symlinks, and if so, how?
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Success! I had to create the symbolic links as su. Now I've got GAIM up and running on the Z. Thanks for everyone's help!
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Yeah, that too. I'm surprised the system allowed to create the symlinks as zaurus.
And even though my post was in the wrong direction, no problem. I'm glad it helped! (If for nothing else giving you a few basic Unix commands to help out.)
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This seems like quite an odyssey. Do we need a how-to for this? How does one go about adding a How-To to the ZUG?
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some alternatives:
*gaim in debian
once you figured out debian, gaim installation is a bleeze
*www.e-messenger.net
working nicely on opera, the extra feature over the gpe-gaim is the emotion and it accepts chinese character once I got chinese support on my opera. "secure login" will crash though.
*Kmerlin
should have the full features as in the original MSN messenger, such as emotion, different fonts, etc. However, still trying to figure out how to make it work in 6K. see my other post in the software section. please let me know how you figured it out.
XXX webmessenger.msn.com
won't work with opera, neither firefox in debian. well, what do you expect from M$
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"I installed the libopie1.so package and now Gaim launches fully."
Hi there,
where did you find "libopie.so.1"
Cheers,
lek
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has anyone tried qazoo for yahoo on a 6k (or at all for that matter)?
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has anyone tried qazoo for yahoo on a 6k (or at all for that matter)?
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my friend had Qazoo on his 6K, it works pretty well for him.
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i have qazoo for yahoo, and it was working while i was in America & England, but for some reason it no longer works. i am in Ethiopia now, and the local telecomm tells me that they are not blocking any ports... has yahoo changed anything?
the "Pager Host" is set to: scs.msg.yahoo.com
the "Filetransfer Host" is set to: filetransfer.msg.yahoo.com
If anyone could let me know if these are correct i would be gratetful
cheers,
lek
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Digging up an old unanswered problem
but it can't show Chinese character both in buddy list and in im window, also I can input Chinese character.
Any advice?
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I can put chinese character's in the input field. But as soon as i hit the send button. The character disappears. Neither does the other party receive anything. Usually, if the encoding is not correct, you'd expect sending some garbage to the other party. But not in this case. The default encoding of Gaim is UTF-8, I've changed it to Big5 or GB2312 in no vail. Seems something's been written into the binary. Still fiddling and fumbling around... btw, no chinese support in buddy list too
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i have qazoo for yahoo, and it was working while i was in America & England, but for some reason it no longer works. i am in Ethiopia now, and the local telecomm tells me that they are not blocking any ports... has yahoo changed anything?
That's my settings too and Qazoo for Yahoo does work here.
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i have qazoo for yahoo, and it was working while i was in America & England, but for some reason it no longer works. i am in Ethiopia now, and the local telecomm tells me that they are not blocking any ports... has yahoo changed anything?
That's my settings too and Qazoo for Yahoo does work here.
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Thank's for the info.
cheers,
lek
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couldn't get gaim working. had libpng issues. qazoo works nicely in Alaska
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No problem. Maybe trying traceroute or one of the alternative programs like lft will help?
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No problem. Maybe trying traceroute or one of the alternative programs like lft will help?
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I did, there is a routing issue it seems... My ISP tells me they are not bocking the ports, and I can use the Ymessenger on my xp box, just not the Qazoo (which had been working). I am trying to find out which site the YIM (on the xp box) is going to. I have looked in the pref menu, but there is no indication what it might be.
lek
I have tried Gaim, but it has been a real pain to get to work...
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Hi... I'm abit of a newbie when it comes to installing packages on the zaurus . I'm trying to install gaim on the new 3.5.3 openzaurus (SL5500-collie) rom but only get the a window with no icons. I've tried setting the links stated in the thread but no luck... I can't seem to find libopie1 in my package list and have run out of ideas... can someone point me in the right direction..
Thanks!
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Ok, I downloaded the many files and installed all of them. Then I put in the sim links above. Now GAIM loads without crashing, shows icons... but doesn't connect to Yahoo. I have Qazoo on my Z and it works fine, so I looked at the settings. I found GAIM was using scs.yahoo.com for messaging, while Qazoo had scs.msg.yahoo.com. I made the change on GAiM but nothing... still can't get yahoo to connect with GAIM.
AIM & MSN connect fine, it's only Yahoo I have trouble with.
Any thoughts?
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libgaim-protocol-yahoo_0.73-1_arm.ipk is obsolete and does not support the current Yahoo authentication protocol.
libgaim-protocols_0.73-1_arm.ipk (which contains all of the protocols, including Yahoo) is obsolete and does not support the current Yahoo authentication protocol.
I've submitted a query to the developer who is listed as the lead for qpe-gaim, without response
Does anybody know whether the project is dead??
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Yahoo/gaim seems to work fine on pdaXrom
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i only got this to work and can confirm that yahoo doesnt work. this is because yahoo changed there login resently i believe so gaim has to update its yahoo plugin to go with the new protocal.
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The OpenZaurus Opie 3.5.3 feed has a working version of qpe-gaim, with all protocols working (at least the ones I've tested: Yahoo, MSN, AIM). It is available at [a href=\"http://www.openzaurus.org/official/unstable/3.5.3/feed/opie/qpe-gaim_20041030-r2_arm.ipk]http://www.openzaurus.org/official/unstabl...1030-r2_arm.ipk[/url]
(However, one limitation I've noticed is the lack of Tabbed Chat windows.)
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some alternatives:
*gaim in debian
once you figured out debian, gaim installation is a bleeze
*www.e-messenger.net
working nicely on opera, the extra feature over the gpe-gaim is the emotion and it accepts chinese character once I got chinese support on my opera. "secure login" will crash though.
*Kmerlin
should have the full features as in the original MSN messenger, such as emotion, different fonts, etc. However, still trying to figure out how to make it work in 6K. see my other post in the software section. please let me know how you figured it out.
XXX webmessenger.msn.com
won't work with opera, neither firefox in debian. well, what do you expect from M$
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qpe-gaim that is included in the OpenZaurus OPIE 3.5.3. feed works with all protocols, but does not appear to support tabbed chat windows for multiple simultaneous chats
[a href=\"http://www.openzaurus.org/official/unstable/3.5.3/feed/opie/qpe-gaim_20041030-r2_arm.ipk]http://www.openzaurus.org/official/unstabl...1030-r2_arm.ipk[/url]
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This seems like quite an odyssey. Do we need a how-to for this? How does one go about adding a How-To to the ZUG?
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qpe-gaim from the OpenZaurus OPIE 3.5.3 feed is functional (except for tabbed chatting).
Does anyone have Gaim running on other ROM's reliably? I really need the tabbed chat feature, and I'd like to be able to use ROM's other than OZ/Opie...
Thanks in advance.
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Does anybody have Gaim running successfully on any ROM for the SL-6000L?
By successfully I mean:
1) popular protocols working (minimum Yahoo, AIM, MSN)
2) tabbed chat windows functional
3) buzzer and LED notification functional
4) stable (not crashing on average more than once per hour of use).
Thanks in advance.
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Yahoo/gaim seems to work fine on pdaXrom
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adf,
What version of the Gaim ipk's are you using for pdaXrom?
Can you verify:
1) Does AIM work?
2) Does MSN work?
3) Does the buzzer and LED notification for incoming messages work?
4) Is the tabbed chat window feature present for open chats?
5) Is this version stable?
Thanks in advance.
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give a little while to setup aim and msn. I'm using the one from the current feed on rc10
it is version 1.3 will have to check the buzzer/led
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try the pdaxrom version. I have no idea when I will test it this much.
if you do, let us know?
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the gaim for pdaxrom is completly different then the gaim for qpe. teh gaim for pdaxrom is like a port of the normail gaim where the qpe-gaim is built special for the Z.
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Plain ol' gaim on the 6000 has been working fine for me -- until now. It crashes when I try logging in via Gmail/Jabber. Has anyone else had this problem? What should my settings be -- ie, should I force old-style SSL?
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The openzaurus feed isnt working and that one was the only place were i could get the gaim that worked, i think it was 0.73 r2.
Do you now where can i get it or how can i get gaim to work from a new flashed sharp rom?