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[gaim-migrate @ 11324] gaim_mkstemp can now create binary files committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author Herman Bloggs <hermanator12002@yahoo.com>
date Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:05:40 +0000
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1 Gaim: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clone Thats Good For The Soul
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3 1. Compiling and Installing
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5 1.1. What does "Gaim" stand for?
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6 1.2. Why can't I compile Gaim?
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7 1.3. I'm trying to install Gaim, but it complains that I don't have
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8 libgtkspell.so.0, from where can I get this?
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9 1.4. What do I need to use the SILC protocol?
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10 1.5. Is there some way I can compile just Gaim, without all of these
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11 protocols?
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12 1.6. I installed a new version of Gaim, but the about window says I'm
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13 still using the old version.
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14 1.7. Are the packages signed? If so, by who, and how can I get the
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15 key?
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16 1.8. Can I use Gaim for GTK+1.2?
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17 1.9. Can I run Gaim on IRIX?
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18 1.10. How do I apply the patch "something.diff"?
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19 1.11. Why is gaim crashing when I start it?
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20 1.12. Gaim <non-current version> is buggy. Gaim CVS is buggy. Why?
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21 1.13. Why do you always say not to use CVS?
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23 2. Using Gaim
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25 2.1. How do I register for a new account?
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26 2.2. How do I use AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, ICQ, or any other
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27 protocol?
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28 2.3. How do I change the font Gaim uses?
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29 2.4. How do I make gaim use emacs-like keybindings?
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30 2.5. How do I use smiley themes?
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31 2.6. Why are the status icons so big?
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32 2.7. How do I get sound to work correctly?
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33 2.8. How do I make Gaim use ALSA or OSS for playing sounds? What does
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34 the "Automatic" option do?
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35 Why does Gaim use the same WM_CLASS for every window? It makes
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36 2.9. it impossible to control window size and placement for the buddy
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37 list separately from the conversations.
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38 2.10. What is a "Buddy Pounce"?
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39 2.11. Where does gaim store its logs?
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40 2.12. Can I use Gaim for e-mail, blogging, an RSS feed, or something
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41 else that isn't IM-related?
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43 3. Features
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45 3.1. Does Gaim support file transfer?
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46 3.2. Is there a Gaim tray icon, or docklet, or gnome applet, or panel
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47 icon, or something?
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48 3.3. What do those colors in the conversation tab mean?
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49 3.4. Will Gaim save my buddy list to the server?
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50 3.5. Can I import or export my buddy list?
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51 3.6. Does Gaim support animated smileys?
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52 3.7. Can I make Gaim group screen names by the person that owns them?
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53 You know, like Trillian's Meta Contacts?
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54 3.8. How do I get the old logging back?
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55 3.9. How can I convert my old logs to the new format?
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57 4. ICQ Protocol
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59 4.1. How do I use ICQ?
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60 4.2. Can I send SMS messages?
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62 5. TOC Protocol
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64 5.1. What is the TOC protocol?
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66 6. AIM/ICQ (OSCAR) Protocol
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68 6.1. Can I set my profile?
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69 6.2. Can I set a buddy icon?
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70 6.3. Some of my buddies are not showing up as online, why is that?
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71 6.4. Can I use AIM URI's such as "aim:goim?screenname=robflynn"?
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72 6.5. I just changed my buddy icon, and I can't see the new one.
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73 6.6. Does Gaim support DirectIM and IM Image?
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74 6.7. Can I send SMS messages?
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75 6.8. Can I add SMS numbers to my buddy list?
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76 6.9. I heard AOL is combining ICQ and AIM, does that mean I can send
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77 a message from an AIM account to an ICQ account and vice-versa?
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78 6.10. Why can't I connect via either Oscar or TOC?
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80 7. IRC Protocol
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82 7.1. How do I join a channel with the IRC plugin?
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83 7.2. Is there a way to make Gaim automatically identify me and/or join
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84 IRC chats on login?
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86 8. Jabber Protocol
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88 8.1. How do I choose which Jabber server to use?
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89 8.2. How do I change my Jabber resource to be other than the default
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90 of "/Gaim"?
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91 8.3. How do I register a new Jabber account?
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92 8.4. How do I use invisibility?
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93 I've a buddy that I keep removing from my buddy list but the
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94 8.5. entry keeps coming back every time I log in again! How can I stop
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95 this?
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96 8.6. Can I remove a buddy from my Jabber roster entirely?
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97 8.7. What does "Cancel Presence Notification" do?
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99 9. Y!M (Yahoo) Protocol
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101 9.1. I cannot connect to yahoo!
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103 10. MSN Protocol
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105 10.1. I'm getting lots of "Already in Opposite list" errors on msn,
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106 why?
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107 10.2. Is there a way to invite more than one person to an MSN chat?
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108 10.3. Is MSNP9 (MSN6) going to be supported?
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109 10.4. Will I be able to use Gaim for MSN after October 15th 2003? (The
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110 day they're preventing third party clients from connecting)
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111 10.5. I just upgraded Gaim and the MSN plugin will not load. Why?
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112 10.6. The MSN plugin won't load, but I have Mozilla NSS!
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113 10.7. What does "MSN: S: 911 3" in the debug window mean when I cannot
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114 connect to msn?
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116 11. Gadu-Gadu Protocol
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118 11.1. What is Gadu-Gadu?
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119 11.2. Why doesn't it work right?
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121 12. Zephyr Protocol
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123 12.1. What is Zephyr?
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124 12.2. Other Zephyr clients (zwgc,owl,tzc) work, but gaim dies with
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125 "Couldn't initialize zephyr".
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126 12.3. Gaim isn't working, but I never got any other zephyr client
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127 working on this machine.
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129 13. Trepia Protocol
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131 13.1. I heard Trepia was going to be in 0.65. Where is it?
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139 15. Novell Protocol
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142 15.2. I can't seem to get it to work.
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144 16. Scripts and Plugins
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146 16.1. How do I use perl scripts with Gaim?
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147 16.2. How do I compile a plugin for Gaim?
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148 16.3. I have a plugin or perl script for Gaim that does not work with
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149 0.60 or higher.
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150 16.4. Where can I find documentation on writing plugins and Perl
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153 17. Development
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155 17.1. Can I help?
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156 17.2. Gaim never leaves a core file.
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157 17.3. Where should I report bugs?
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158 17.4. Where should I submit patches?
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159 17.5. Did you guys reverse engineer it?
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163 18.1. Can I IM you guys?
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164 18.2. Hello?
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165 Can I give you money/hardware/other expensive things that can be
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166 18.3. hocked for cash what with you all being students/
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167 full-time-workers and helping to produce this wonderful software
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168 instead of studying/sleeping?
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169 18.4. Does Gaim support secure instant messaging (encrypted IMs)?
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170 18.5. Why are the passwords in accounts.xml not encrypted?
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171 18.6. What is gaim-remote?
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172 18.7. When will the next version of Gaim be released?
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175 | 1. Compiling and Installing
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178 1.1 What does "Gaim" stand for?
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180 For freedom! No, seriously, it doesn't stand for anything. It's our name and
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181 we're sticking to it. The two acceptable forms of capitalization are "Gaim"
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182 and "gaim" (and not "GAIM").
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183
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184 1.2 Why can't I compile Gaim?
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186 Make sure you have relatively recent versions of automake, autoconf, and
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187 gettext. HOWEVER, generally speaking, having the absolute newest of them is
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188 not as good as having one version short of newest since we might not have
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189 found work-arounds for the latest set of changes. Also, some versions of
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190 automake require certain ranges of gettext versions, and we are utterly
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191 unable to keep track of what versions will work with what other versions.
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193 If you have Slackware < 9.1, you need to get non-slack packages for autoconf,
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194 automake, gettext, and libtool. You also have to copy the contents of /usr/
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195 local/share/aclocal to /usr/share/aclocal. This is due to bugs in Slackware
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196 and the auto* packages.
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199 the --no-verify from the configure script.
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201 Having problems getting SSL and MSN working? See http://gaim.sf.net/
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202 faq-ssl.php for distribution specific hints.
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204 1.3 I'm trying to install Gaim, but it complains that I don't have
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205 libgtkspell.so.0, from where can I get this?
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207 libtgtkspell.so.0 is provided by gtkspell. This library is used by Gaim to
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208 provide the "Highlight misspelled words" feature. You can find an RPM of
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209 gtkspell at freshrpms.net. You can find the source and a non-Red Hat specific
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212 1.4 What do I need to use the SILC protocol?
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214 You need to install the SILC toolkit (http://silcnet.org/software/download/
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215 toolkit/) and the Gaim SILC plugin. This plugin is generally provided as a
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216 separate package (such as a gaim-silc RPM). If you're compiling yourself, see
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217 the ./configure --help for specifying the SILC includes and libs. If you're
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218 compiling an SRPM, use "--with silc" to build the gaim-silc RPM.
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220 1.5 Is there some way I can compile just Gaim, without all of these protocols?
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222 Yeah. There are actually three ways to do it.
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224 1. Use the --with-static-prpls option to ./configure along with
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225 --disable-plugins. This will let you choose which protocols are compiled
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226 in with Gaim, but you will not be able to use any other protocols or
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227 plugins.
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229 You'll need to compile any protocols that you specified in
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230 --with-static-prpls. Oscar and TOC are defaults.
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232 2. Use the --with-dynamic-prpls option to ./configure
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234 3. Change to the directories for the protocols you want to compile (e.g. src
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235 /protocols/jabber), and run make from there. Then after you've compiled
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236 all of them, change back to src/ and run make gaim.
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239 using the old version.
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241 If you compiled yourself, and you previously had an rpm or a Debian package
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242 installed, you need to remove that first. rpm -e gaim or dpkg -p gaim should
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243 work.
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245 Likewise, if you want to use an RPM or deb and you have previously compiled
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246 Gaim from source, you need to make uninstall to remove all Gaim files from /
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247 usr/local.
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249 1.7 Are the packages signed? If so, by who, and how can I get the key?
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250
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251 Yes, all packages are signed. The signature for the tarball and bzip2 archive
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252 are provided by separate downloads. The RPMs we provide are signed by either
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253 Ethan Blanton, Mark Doliner, or Christian Hammond. Usually the Mandrake and
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254 Fedora Core 1 RPMs are signed by Mark Doliner and the Red Hat 8 and 9 RPMs
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255 are signed by Ethan Blanton. The keys can be obtained from any key server.
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256 http://pgp.mit.edu/ is popular.
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258 1.8 Can I use Gaim for GTK+1.2?
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260 As of version 0.60, Gaim has been completely converted to using GTK+2.0. We
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261 really really really recommend using the most current version of Gaim and not
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262 a GTK+1.2 version of Gaim. However, if you are living in the '90s, or you're
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263 afraid GTK+2.0 will insult your mother, you can use Gaim 0.59.9, which is the
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264 last version of Gaim that used GTK+1.2. We should warn you though, this
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265 version of Gaim hasn't had any new features since the middle of 2002, and
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266 some protocols likely do not work. Also, the 0.59.x releases aren't
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267 breathtakingly beautiful.
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269 1.9 Can I run Gaim on IRIX?
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270
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271 It has been done before. Please see http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?
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272 thread_id=725839&forum_id=665 at our SourceForge Forum.
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274 1.10 How do I apply the patch "something.diff"?
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276 Type patch -p0 < something.diff from inside the gaim directory. If that
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277 doesn't work, try patch -p1 < something.diff.
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278
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279 1.11 Why is gaim crashing when I start it?
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281 First of all make sure you are using the most recent version of Gaim. If you
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282 still have problems, try the following:
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283
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284 * Make sure only one version of Gaim is installed. "whereis gaim" can
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285 sometimes be useful for determining this.
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286 * "export GDK_USE_XFT=0" in a terminal and then run Gaim from the same
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287 terminal.
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288 * If gaim is not crashing, but is just sitting there not displaying
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289 anything, try turning off anything else that might be using the sound
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290 device (ie xmms) and then starting gaim. If this fixes the problem, it is
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291 a libao issue, not a gaim issue, and can be worked around by the use of
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292 esd or arts.
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293 * Try disabling or deleting any 3rd party plugins, especially anything
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294 related to encryption.
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295 * If you use 0.75 or higher on win32, try deleting tcl.dll.
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296 * If you have ever installed 0.65, edit your ~/.gaimrc, changing your auto
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297 away preference from -1 to 0.
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298
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299 1.12 Gaim <non-current version> is buggy. Gaim CVS is buggy. Why?
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300
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301 Non-current versions have old bugs which may be fixed in the current
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302 version--that's why we make new releases. CVS is frequently unusable because
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303 of changes in the code. Bugs are introduced during the development process
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304 and are hopefully fixed before a release is made.
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306 1.13 Why do you always say not to use CVS?
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308 That's a long story. For starters, see the previous question. It is often the
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309 case that Gaim CVS exhibits bad behavior due to features and bugfixes which
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310 are in a transitory state or which are not yet well understood. These bad
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311 behaviors range from the harmless (maybe a graphical glitch in a dialog box)
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312 to the irritating (a particular protocol may not work), to the downright
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313 damaging (recently a bug in CVS destroyed the user's buddy lists). While
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314 behaviors like this are acceptable to some users (particularly developers,
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315 who are used to such things), they tend to cause many Gaim CVS users to
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316 contact Gaim developers and report the same (usually egregious) bug over and
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317 over - using time which could be better spent fixing the bugs.
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319 A second major point involves public resources - a CVS checkout is not a
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320 cheap operation. As many Sourceforge users are aware, at various points in
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321 the recent past Sourceforge CVS has been less than pleasant to work with.
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322 This is, of course, because Sourceforge hosts dozens and dozens of useful and
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323 active projects which use CVS as a primary method of source code
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324 collaboration. Unfortunately, when too many users are poking around in that
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325 CVS just for the sake of poking around, it prevents other users who are
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326 trying to do work to improve those very same projects from accomplishing
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327 their tasks. It is better for the community if an enterprising individual
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328 wishing to fix a particular bug she has seen can get to the code and create a
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329 patch, even if this means that some users have to wait a few weeks for the
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330 next release to see what new features it might hold.
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331
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332 The third point is not a problem which has yet come up, but it is in the back
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333 of the mind of the developers who bring you Gaim. As a third-party IM client,
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334 Gaim is not a priority (and indeed may be an irritant) for the IM service
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335 providers. We do our best to keep Gaim playing nice and being friendly on the
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336 IM networks it uses; however, at times there are bugs in the protocol
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337 support. If a few dozen people are using this buggy client, the IM providers
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338 are not likely to go out of their way to do anything about it. However, if
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339 hundreds of people are pointing an ill-behaved client at an IM server, the
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340 server administrators may be forced to take action. (This is particularly
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341 likely if the buggy behavior is damaging in some way.) Gaim releases
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342 represent code which the gaim developers feel is relatively well-behaved and
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343 stable. This includes not only the interface seen by Gaim users, but the
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344 traffic seen by IM service providers. Gaim CVS bears no such guarantees.
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346 In short, there are a lot of good reasons to not use Gaim CVS if one does not
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347 wish to develop Gaim, Gaim plugins, or a codebase which interacts with Gaim
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348 in some intimate way. There are, however, only a few reasons to use Gaim CVS
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349 outside of the above. Please weigh these things carefully and decide whether
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350 you wish to use Gaim CVS for a good reason which furthers the community, or
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351 for selfish reasons which are not entirely important.
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357 2.1 How do I register for a new account?
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361 AIM: Go to http://my.screenname.aol.com/_cqr/login/login.psp?siteId=
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362 snshomepage&authLev=1&mcState=initialized&createSn=1.
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364 MSN (including Hotmail email): Go to http://registernet.passport.com/.
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366 MSN (using your own email address): Go to https://register.passport.net/
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367 reg.srf?lc=1033&id=486&ru=
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368 http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epassport%2Enet%2FConsumer%2FDefault%2Easp%3Flc%3D1033&sl=1
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370 Yahoo: Go to http://edit.yahoo.com/config/eval_register.
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372 Jabber: See the question How do I register a new Jabber account? below.
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374 ICQ: Go to http://web.icq.com/register.
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376 Gadu-Gadu: Use the official client to create an account.
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378 Novell: See your Novell server administrator.
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380 2.2 How do I use AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, ICQ, or any other protocol?
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382 Use the Account Editor (Tools->Accounts, or the Accounts button on the start
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383 screen) to add the account of the appropriate messaging service. Use the
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384 checkbox in the account editor to sign online.
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386 2.3 How do I change the font Gaim uses?
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388 The font preference in Gaim is used only for the formatting of outgoing
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389 messages. The display fonts used by the rest of Gaim are those specified by
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390 GTK. To change this font you need to edit your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file. If you need
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391 help you can see our example .gtkrc-2.0 (http://gaim.sf.net/gtkrc-2.0) file.
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393 You can also just switch to a different GTK theme. You can find GTK themes
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394 (and information on using them) by visiting themes.freshmeat.net,
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395 art.gnome.org, or searching on Google.
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397 If you're having a problem with the font size used by a specific person, you
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398 can try turning on the Ignore Font Sizes preference in Preferences->Message
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399 Text.
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401 2.4 How do I make gaim use emacs-like keybindings?
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403 You need to edit your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 to contain the keybindings line from http:
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404 //gaim.sf.net/gtkrc-2.0.
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406 2.5 How do I use smiley themes?
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408 To select a theme, open Gaim's preferences to the "Smiley Themes" page and
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409 click on whichever theme you want to use. To install a theme, simply drag it
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410 into the theme selector. You can find themes on the Gaim Smiley Themes (http:
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411 //gaim.sf.net/themes.php) page.
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413 You can also install themes manually by uncompressing them to their own
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414 directory in ~/.gaim/smileys/
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416 2.6 Why are the status icons so big?
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417
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418 We believe that, by adding a second line of text to each buddy list entry,
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419 we're able to show more information about each buddy on the buddy list. The
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420 'Big List,' as we call it, shows status text, idle time, and warning level
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421 concisely and attractively. It shows more than one status "emblem" for each
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422 buddy, indicating at the same time a mobile user who is away. Most
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423 importantly, it puts the buddy icon in the list, making it far easier to
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424 locate buddies within a large list where names are harder to pick out than
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425 images. Due to the increased usability of this interface, we have made it the
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426 default.
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428 We are aware that some people feel more comfortable using an interface more
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429 similar to IM clients they may have used in the past. The 'Big List' can be
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430 disabled by un-checking "Show buddy icons" in the Buddy List preferences.
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432 2.7 How do I get sound to work correctly?
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433
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434 Gaim uses libao to play sounds. Playing sounds directly through esound or
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435 arts is no longer supported.
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437 Libao is a cross-platform library that allows programs to output PCM audio
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438 data to the native audio devices on a wide variety of platforms. It currently
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439 supports OSS (Open Sound System), ESD (ESounD), ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound
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440 Architecture), Sun audio system (used in Solaris, OpenBSD, and NetBSD), aRts
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441 (Analog Realtime Synthesizer).
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443 To compile Gaim with support for libao you need libao-devel and
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444 audiofile-devel. To use libao you need libao and audiofile. If you do not
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445 wish to install these packages you can also just change your sound playing
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446 method in preferences to Command and use "esdplay %s" or "artsplay %s."
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448 2.8 How do I make Gaim use ALSA or OSS for playing sounds? What does the
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449 "Automatic" option do?
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450
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451 If you choose "Automatic", "ESD", or "Arts", Gaim uses libao to play sounds.
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452 Choosing "ESD" or "Arts" forces libao to play sounds using that method, while
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453 choosing "Automatic" lets it decide for itself.
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455 If you choose "Automatic", you can create a file, either /etc/libao.conf or ~
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456 /.libao, and put one of the following lines in it:
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458 default_driver=alsa
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460 default_driver=oss
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461 Other drivers, like alsa09, arts, esd, irix, macosx, and sun might also be
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462 supported, depending on your platform, and how libao was compiled. See also
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463 'man 5 libao.conf'.
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465 2.9 Why does Gaim use the same WM_CLASS for every window? It makes it
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466 impossible to control window size and placement for the buddy list
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467 separately from the conversations.
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469 Both strings in the WM_CLASS property are supposed to be the same for all
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470 windows in the same instance of an application. ICCCM states that one is
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471 meant to be the same for all instances of the application, the other is meant
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472 to be unique to that instance of the application. ICCCM also states "If a
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473 client has multiple windows with identical WM_CLASS and WM_NAME properties,
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474 then it should provide a WM_WINDOW_ROLE property."
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475
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476 Gtk+ sets these WM_CLASS values for us so that they are unique for Gaim
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477 instances, and the documentation for the gtk_window_set_wmclass function says
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478 explicitly not to use it for anything else. Gaim uses the WM_WINDOW_ROLE hint
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479 to differentiate windows. If your window manager is having problems
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480 differentiating between Gaim windows, please ensure that it uses the
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481 WM_WINDOW_ROLE hint per the ICCCM.
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483 2.10 What is a "Buddy Pounce"?
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485 Gaim introduced buddy pounces a few releases before AOL came out with "Buddy
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486 Alerts." Despite this though, you could think of a buddy pounce as an Alert
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487 and get an idea of the most minimal uses of a buddy pounce. In reality, a
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488 buddy pounce is much like a macro, or a recorded action. When you set a
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489 pounce on someone, you choose from a number of events, such as sign on or
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490 someone going away, and then you choose from a number of actions. These
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491 actions include everything from playing a sound (like an Alert would do) to
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492 sending a message to the person, to executing a command. This action will
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493 occur the next time gaim detects the event, ie the next time the person in
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494 your buddy list who you have pounced signs on.
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496 2.11 Where does gaim store its logs?
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498 On unix, they are in ~/.gaim/logs, on win32 they are in the $drive\Documents
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499 and Settings\user\Application Data\.gaim\logs directory. In either case, new
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500 logs (new as of 0.73) are in subdirectories that correspond to protocol/
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501 yourscreenname/theirscreenname.
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502
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503 2.12 Can I use Gaim for e-mail, blogging, an RSS feed, or something else that
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504 isn't IM-related?
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506 No, you can't. We get requests for this often, but Gaim is indeed a
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507 messenging client. Aside from the capabilities each protocol may support, the
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508 Gaim developers have no intention to turn Gaim into a multi-feature Internet
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509 client capable of doing everything under the sun. We also won't be helping to
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510 develop plugins to turn it into that. There are many Internet applications
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511 available for Linux, Windows, or whatever operating system you use that would
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512 undoubtedly do a better job.
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515 | 3. Features
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518 3.1 Does Gaim support file transfer?
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520 Somewhat, yeah. As of 0.79 the following is supported:
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522 * Sending and receiving files on AIM (although it might be a bit buggy)
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523 * Sending and receiving files on IRC
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524 * Sending and receiving files on Jabber
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525 * Sending and receiving files on MSN
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526 * Sending and receiving files on SILC
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527 * Sending and receiving files on Yahoo (sending is limited to 1Mb)
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529 Most of the protocols themselves support file transfer, but Gaim has not been
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530 written to support it yet. If you would like file transfer to work better or
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531 be more complete, get CVS and submit a patch using the generic file transfer
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532 API.
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534 3.2 Is there a Gaim tray icon, or docklet, or gnome applet, or panel icon, or
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535 something?
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536
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537 Yeah, Gaim supports what is called a system tray icon that conforms to the
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538 standards at www.freedesktop.org. This tray icon is supported by Windows, KDE
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539 3.1, Gnome 2.2, and Red Hat Gnome 2.0. All you have to do is load the "System
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540 Tray Icon" plugin by going to Preferences and then Plugins.
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541
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542 If you're using Gnome you need to make sure that your panel has a
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543 Notification Area on it. To add one, right click on the panel, select Add To
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544 Panel->Utility->Notification Area. Gaim will insert the tray icon in any
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545 System Tray implementation that conforms to these standards, so feel free to
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546 write one for your window manager of choice.
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548 Due to a flaw in these specs, KDE users may experience trouble with the
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549 background color of the docklet. There is unfortunately nothing we can do
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550 about this.
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551
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552 3.3 What do those colors in the conversation tab mean?
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553
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554 * Red - A message is waiting for you
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555 * Blue - Someone sent a message containing your name
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556 * Green - The buddy is typing
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557 * Yellow - The buddy began typing, and then stopped
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558 * Gray - There has been a join or a part in that chat, or the buddy has
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559 signed off
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561 3.4 Will Gaim save my buddy list to the server?
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562
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563 Yes, Gaim saves your buddy list to the server for AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN,
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564 Novell and Yahoo!.
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566 3.5 Can I import or export my buddy list?
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567
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568 Sorry, no. Old versions of Gaim supported this, but new versions do not. All
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569 the code for saving and loading buddy lists was rewritten, and support for
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570 importing and exporting buddy lists was never re-added. However, with all
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571 major protocols storing their buddy lists on the server, this feature is less
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572 useful today than in the past.
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573
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574 3.6 Does Gaim support animated smileys?
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575
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576 Yes, as of version 0.70 Gaim supports animated smileys.
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578 3.7 Can I make Gaim group screen names by the person that owns them? You know,
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579 like Trillian's Meta Contacts?
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580
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581 Sure! Right click a buddy on your list and at the bottom of the menu click
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582 "Expand". Then just drag other screen names to the same person below it. When
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583 you're done, click on the arrow to collapse them. When the contact is
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584 collapsed, Gaim will select a buddy to display based on the status of the
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585 buddies in the contact, and their order.
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586
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587 3.8 How do I get the old logging back?
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588
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589 The old logging was removed because it was deficient in many ways. There is
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590 no way in Gaim itself to revert to the old logging, but the new logging is so
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591 good you could implement something similar to the old logging as a plugin.
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592
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593 3.9 How can I convert my old logs to the new format?
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594
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595 It's not possible to perfectly convert from the old format to the new format
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596 because the old format is missing some information necessary to do that (eg.
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597 which account the messages were sent from).
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598
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599 It shouldn't be too difficult to do a rough conversion using a small script,
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600 or using the old_logger_* functions in gaim itself.
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601
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602 Peter Johnson has written a python script to do just this, it is available on
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603 his website (at the bottom).
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604
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606 | 4. ICQ Protocol
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609 4.1 How do I use ICQ?
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611 ICQ support is part of the OSCAR protocol, labeled AIM/ICQ in Gaim. To use
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612 it, simply put your account number in the "Screen Name" box and your password
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613 in the "Password" box. Leave the server settings set to the default
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614 (login.oscar.aol.com and port 5190).
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616 4.2 Can I send SMS messages?
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617
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618 Kind of. See our answer to this for the AIM/ICQ Protocol.
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621 | 5. TOC Protocol
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624 5.1 What is the TOC protocol?
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625
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626 It's an AIM protocol used by Quick Buddy and AIM Express. It's recommended
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627 that you don't use it. You should use Gaim's OSCAR (AIM/ICQ) protocol
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628 instead. We keep TOC around in case OSCAR ever stops working. However, we are
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629 not actively supporting this code, and no longer distribute it in binaries.
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632 | 6. AIM/ICQ (OSCAR) Protocol
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635 6.1 Can I set my profile?
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636
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637 Yes you can. Go to Tools->Account Actions
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638
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639 6.2 Can I set a buddy icon?
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641 Yes. Go to the Account Editor (Tools->Accounts from the buddy list), and
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642 click to "Modify" the AIM/ICQ account you wish to have an icon. Enter the
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643 full path to the image you wish to use in the box labeled "Buddy Icon File."
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644 The file must be below 4KB. It can have any dimensions, and can be in any
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645 format. However, if you wish Windows users to see it, it must be in a format
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646 Windows understands, such as .bmp, .gif, and .jpg.
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648 6.3 Some of my buddies are not showing up as online, why is that?
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650 AOL has set a limit for the maximum number of people you can have in your
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651 buddy list. This number is currently 200. If you don't think you are anywhere
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652 near that limit, it is possible that your server-stored buddy list is
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653 corrupt.
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655 If you think this might be the case, you can try signing on with an official
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656 AIM program from AOL. This will usually correct any problems with the list.
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658 6.4 Can I use AIM URI's such as "aim:goim?screenname=robflynn"?
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660 Yes, with Gaim 0.60 and higher, but it can be difficult to set up. You need
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661 to pass the entire URI to the gaim-remote program (included with gaim). To do
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662 this with Gnome 2, run gnome-file-types-properties or "File Types and
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663 Programs" from the preferences menu. Add a service with protocol "aim" and
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664 set the program to gaim-remote uri "%s". This will make AIM URIs work in
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665 Galeon 2. Also, not all types of aim URI's are supported. The ones that are
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666 supported are goim, addbuddy, and gochat.
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668 You'll need the "Remote Control" plugin loaded for this to work.
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669
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670 If you use wingaim, this will not work as gaim-remote has not yet been ported
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671 over.
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673 6.5 I just changed my buddy icon, and I can't see the new one.
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674
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675 First, try IMing yourself a few times. Buddy icons are checked when you IM
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676 people, so depending on the protocol, that may work. If it still doesn't
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677 update, check the file size (buddy icons must be smaller than 4kb) and the
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678 image size (it should be 48x48 or 50x50 in most cases). Also, check the file
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679 type. GIF or JPEG images are best supported; most other formats do not work
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680 at all. If all of that checks out and it still doesn't work, and you're sure
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681 the protocol supports it, try restarting Gaim.
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683 6.6 Does Gaim support DirectIM and IM Image?
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684
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685 Yeah, kind of. This tends to be one of the buggier areas of Gaim. If it's not
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686 working for you, make sure that at least one person is not behind a firewall.
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688 6.7 Can I send SMS messages?
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689
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690 Yep, just send an IM to the person's phone number. For example, if the phone
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691 number is (919) 555-1234, you would IM the screen name +19195551234 We think
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692 this should work for countries with a country code of 1 (the United States
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693 and Canada).
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695 Sending SMS messages using "the ICQ method" is not yet supported.
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697 6.8 Can I add SMS numbers to my buddy list?
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698
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699 Not currently. This functionality has been broken since around September
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700 2003. There is no ETA for when it will be fixed.
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702 6.9 I heard AOL is combining ICQ and AIM, does that mean I can send a message
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703 from an AIM account to an ICQ account and vice-versa?
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704
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705 Yes, AOL is slowly letting the two messaging networks interoperate with each
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706 other. Messaging between the two protocols works as long as the receiver of
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707 the message supports it. Gaim 0.60 supports sending and receiving messages
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708 between AIM and ICQ, but the person receiving the message must support this.
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709 Gaim, of course, supports this for both ICQ and AIM accounts. Windows AIM
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710 version 5.2.3139 supports receiving messages from ICQ users. It is unknown if
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711 earlier versions of Windows AIM support this. Windows ICQ build 3800 does not
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712 support receiving messages from AIM users. Windows ICQ Lite builds 1150 and
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713 later support receiving messages from AIM users and sending messages to AIM
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714 users. MacAIM versions 4.6 beta, build 1.1131 and newer support sending and
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715 receiving messages to and from ICQ users.
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716
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717 The same clients that support receiving messages from the alternate messaging
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718 network will also show up in buddy lists of people using the alternate
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719 network. This means that if you can message an ICQ user from an AIM account,
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720 then the ICQ user will also show up in your AIM buddy list. So an AIM user
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721 using Windows AIM version 5.2.3139 will show up in an ICQ buddy list.
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722
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723 6.10 Why can't I connect via either Oscar or TOC?
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724
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725 If you are using Linux, your kernel may be using a network option called
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726 "ECN". It seems that the AOL servers are currently dropping packets marked as
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727 "ECN-capable". In order to turn this off, run the command "echo 0 > /proc/sys
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728 /net/ipv4/tcp_ecn" as root, or (if your distribution supports it) put the
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729 line "net.ipv4.tcp_ecn = 0" in the file /etc/sysctl.conf.
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730
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732 | 7. IRC Protocol
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733 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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734
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735 7.1 How do I join a channel with the IRC plugin?
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737 First create the account, then sign on. After you have signed on, you can use
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738 File->Join A Chat on the buddy list to join a channel. In any window, either
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739 a conversation or a chat, in which your IRC user is the sender, you can also
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740 use /join to connect to a new channel.
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741
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742 7.2 Is there a way to make Gaim automatically identify me and/or join IRC
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743 chats on login?
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744
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745 Yes. Add NickServ to your buddy list and place buddy pounces on him/her/it.
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746
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747 In version 0.64 or higher, you can add a chat to your buddy list, right click
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748 it, and tell gaim to auto-join it.
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749
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750 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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751 | 8. Jabber Protocol
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752 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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753
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754 8.1 How do I choose which Jabber server to use?
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756 The Jabber server name is part of your Jabber I.D., such as
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757 somebody@server.name. So when entering your Jabber "screen name", the server
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759
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760 8.2 How do I change my Jabber resource to be other than the default of "/
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761 Gaim"?
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762
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763 When you create your account in Gaim, simply append the desired resource
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764 identifier to your Jabber I.D. For example: somebody@server.name/resource
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766 8.3 How do I register a new Jabber account?
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767
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768 As of version 0.52 and up:
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769
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770 1. Click "Tools->Accounts->Add"
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771 2. Select "Jabber" for the protocol.
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772 3. Fill in screen name and password as you normally would. THIS IS A
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773 REQUIRED STEP
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774 4. Check the "Register with server" check-box
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775 5. Click "OK".
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776
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777 Note: You are strongly recommended to check the "Remember password" check-box
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778 as well, as Gaim presently does no password verification. So if you don't
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779 type in what you thought you did, you're hosed.
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780
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781 8.4 How do I use invisibility?
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783 Jabber invisibility support is available in Gaim version 0.60 and later.
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784
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785 There are two ways to use Jabber invisibility: on a per-buddy and on a
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786 per-server basis.
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787
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788 To use per-buddy invisibility: right-click on the buddy on the Online buddy
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789 list and select "Temporarily Hide From." You will appear to that buddy to be
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790 off-line. To make yourself seen by that buddy again: right-click on the buddy
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791 and select "Un-hide From." Note that the menu changes based on whether you're
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792 currently invisible to that buddy or not.
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793
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794 The "Temporarily" part is a dead give-away. Your invisibility to that
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795 buddy will last only until the next time you log on or until you set
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796 server invisibility (discussed next) on and off.
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797
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798 To use per-server invisibility: click "Tools -> Away," select the Jabber
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799 server login for the server upon which you wish to become invisible (if
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800 necessary) and select "Invisible." To become visible again: select anything
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801 else from that same menu (such as "Online"), or set your away status or log
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802 off the server and back on again.
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803
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804 You can set yourself invisible per-server and subsequently make yourself
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805 visible to selected buddies only.
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806
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807 Gaim currently does not retain invisibility settings between logins, just as
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808 it doesn't currently retain "away" status.
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809
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810 8.5 I've a buddy that I keep removing from my buddy list but the entry keeps
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811 coming back every time I log in again! How can I stop this?
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812
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813 With Gaim 0.60 or later, it might be continuing to import the old buddy
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814 lists. Remove ~/.gaim/*.blist - these are no longer used, the buddy list is
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815 now stored in ~/.gaim/blist.xml
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817 8.6 Can I remove a buddy from my Jabber roster entirely?
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818
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819 With Gaim 0.60 or later, the deletion code will do this. Gaim currently does
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820 not retain invisibility settings between logins, just as it doesn't currently
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821 retain "away" status.
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822
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823 8.7 What does "Cancel Presence Notification" do?
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824
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825 This selection, available in Gaim version 0.60 and later, and found by
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826 right-clicking on a buddy entry in the buddy list, prevents that Jabber I.D.
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827 from receiving future presence notifications when you log on to the server.
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829 After you do this, that buddy will have to re-request a subscription to your
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830 presence (and you will have to approve it) for them to again see you on-line.
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831
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832 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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833 | 9. Y!M (Yahoo) Protocol
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834 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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835
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836 9.1 I cannot connect to yahoo!
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837
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838 Make sure you have at least 0.79.
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839
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841 | 10. MSN Protocol
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842 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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843
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844 10.1 I'm getting lots of "Already in Opposite list" errors on msn, why?
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845
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846 The reason this happens is because you have a screen name in both your permit
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847 list and your deny list. There are two ways to fix this: the correct way and
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848 the quick way. The correct way is to go to tools->preferences (tools->privacy
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849 in 0.60 or later), and manually scan the list and remove the duplicate
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850 entries. The quick way is to remove the msn .blist file from the ~/.gaim
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851 directory. This will have a side effect: the msn server stores the screen
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852 names of your contacts, but does not store what group they are in, so you
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853 will have to re-sort your msn contacts into the appropriate groups. The buddy
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854 list is ~/.gaim/blist.xml in 0.60 and later, but be aware that this contains
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855 your buddy list for all accounts, and also stores the "Contact" grouping of
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856 Buddies.
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857
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858 10.2 Is there a way to invite more than one person to an MSN chat?
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859
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860 Not at this time. When the conversation framework gets another rewrite, it is
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861 possible that it will be worked on. Until that time, sorry. :)
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862
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863 10.3 Is MSNP9 (MSN6) going to be supported?
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864
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865 MSNP9 support has existed in Gaim since 0.69. However, at this point,
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866 features such as custom smileys and buddy icons aren't yet implemented.
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867
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868 10.4 Will I be able to use Gaim for MSN after October 15th 2003? (The day
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869 they're preventing third party clients from connecting)
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870
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871 Yes. We use MSNP9, which is available in 0.69 and up, and MSNP9 is supported
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872 after October 15th 2003.
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873
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874 10.5 I just upgraded Gaim and the MSN plugin will not load. Why?
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875
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876 You did not compile with SSL support, or the SSL plugin failed to load. As of
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877 protocol version 9, the MSN protocol requires the use of SSL, which gaim
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878 provides by either GnuTLS or the combination of NSS and NSPR from the Mozilla
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879 project. Install one or both of these and recompile Gaim, and see the next
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880 question.
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881
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882 10.6 The MSN plugin won't load, but I have Mozilla NSS!
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883
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884 Some distributions, including Slackware, install Mozilla NSS to a
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885 non-standard directory. The fix is simple. Edit /etc/ld.so.conf and add /usr/
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886 lib/mozilla-1.4 (or whatever version you're using, but it's usually 1.4) to
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887 the file, and run ldconfig as root. Then re-run configure and recompile Gaim.
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888 You may also need to specify where the include file are for NSS and NSPR, see
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889 ./configure --help for the options.
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890
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891 Mozilla 1.5 has a broken .pc file and does not install the necessary .h
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892 files, and so will not be detected.
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893
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894 See http://gaim.sf.net/faq-ssl.php on getting SSL to work with gaim.
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895
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896 10.7 What does "MSN: S: 911 3" in the debug window mean when I cannot connect
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897 to msn?
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898
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899 See http://gaim.sf.net/911.txt.
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900
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901 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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902 | 11. Gadu-Gadu Protocol
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903 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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904
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905 11.1 What is Gadu-Gadu?
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906
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907 Gadu-Gadu is an IM protocol popular in Poland. You can find more about it at
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908 www.gadu-gadu.pl (website in Polish).
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909
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910 11.2 Why doesn't it work right?
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911
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912 We have not had a Gadu-Gadu maintainer in some time and are currently
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913 struggling to keep this protocol functional. If you have any problems, you
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914 will need to submit a patch for them, as we are unlikely to have much luck
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915 fixing it. If things get too bad, we will be forced to remove this protocol
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916 from the default builds.
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917
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918 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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919 | 12. Zephyr Protocol
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920 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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921
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922 12.1 What is Zephyr?
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923
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924 Zephyr is an IM protocol developed at MIT for use with Project Athena. Its
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925 features include Kerberos IV authentication, multi-level chats (aka
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926 "subscriptions"). You're probably using this because your college/employer/
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927 organization uses it as a local IM/chat system. If not, you probably don't
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928 have a server to connect to.
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929
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930 12.2 Other Zephyr clients (zwgc,owl,tzc) work, but gaim dies with "Couldn't
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931 initialize zephyr".
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932
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933 Your site might require the use of Kerberos 4 for authentication, though few
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934 (if any) prepackaged gaim binaries compile it with Kerberos support. The
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935 solution is to compile gaim with the --with-krb4 flag to point to the
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936 location of your Kerberos 4 devel files, usually one of /usr, /usr/local, or
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937 /usr/athena , e.g. ./configure --with-krb4=/path/to/kerberosIV
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938
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939 12.3 Gaim isn't working, but I never got any other zephyr client working on
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940 this machine.
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941
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942 You need to have zhm (which comes with the standard zephyr distribution)
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943 installed, and running, and pointed at your zephyr servers. e.g.
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944
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945 zhm z1.example.com z2.example.com z3.example.com
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946
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947 Alternatively, there might be a firewall or a NAT between you and the zephyr
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948 servers. Zephyr doesn't work in an environment where incoming connections
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949 cannot be made to arbitrary UDP ports.
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950
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951 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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952 | 13. Trepia Protocol
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953 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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954
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955 13.1 I heard Trepia was going to be in 0.65. Where is it?
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956
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957 Support for the Trepia protocol was removed right before 0.65's release. It
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958 may make it into a future version, but we're not sure yet.
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959
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960 13.2 Trepia is showing people in Japan, England, etc. on my buddy list. I
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961 thought this was supposed to show people in my area?
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962
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963 We believe this to be the fault of protocol, not Gaim. As Trepia continues to
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964 update and refine their protocol, it will become more accurate. If we find
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965 out otherwise, we will attempt to incorporate the changes necessary to act
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966 like the official client.
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969 | 14. SILC Protocol
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970 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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971
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972 14.1 What is SILC?
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973
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974 SILC is an open protocol designed from the ground up with security in mind.
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975 It is, or should be, the protocol of choice for the paranoid. See http://
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976 www.silcnet.org for more details.
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977
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979 | 15. Novell Protocol
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982 15.1 Are there any public servers for Novell?
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983
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984 Not really. This protocol is designed to connect to a Novell GroupWise server
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985 running on a corporate LAN.
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986
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987 15.2 I can't seem to get it to work.
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988
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989 Novell tells us that this protocol plugin will only work with either the
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990 GroupWise Messenger for Linux server or the GroupWise Messenger SP2 (or
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991 higher) server for NetWare and Windows. In addition, the server must be
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992 secure (SSL enabled). If you have any trouble, see the FAQ question about
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993 submitting bugs, and they will be forwarded to Novell, who have been kind
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994 enough to continue active maintenance to the protocol plugin code they
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995 provided us.
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996
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997 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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998 | 16. Scripts and Plugins
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1000
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1001 16.1 How do I use perl scripts with Gaim?
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1002
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1003 Save the perl script to ~/.gaim/plugins/ or $prefix/lib/gaim/, restart Gaim,
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1004 and load the perl script by checking the check box next to its name on the
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1005 Plugins page in preferences.
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1006
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1007 16.2 How do I compile a plugin for Gaim?
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1008
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1009 To compile a plugin for Gaim, you must have Gaim's source code. To download
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1010 Gaim's source code, get the most recent tarball from http://
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1011 gaim.sourceforge.net/downloads.php (http://gaim.sf.net/downloads.php) and
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1012 untar it with the command:
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1013 tar zxvf filename
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1014 where filename is the file you downloaded.
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1015
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1016 After you have a Gaim source code tree:
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1017
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1018 1. Change to the resulting directory and run the command:
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1019 ./configure
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1020 This will create the necessary make files.
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1021 2. Move the plugin you wish to compile into the plugins/ directory in the
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1022 Gaim source code tree.
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1023 3. Change to the plugins/ directory.
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1024 4. Type:
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1025 make name.so
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1026 where the name of the file you wish to compile is name.c.
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1027
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1028 Note well the difference in the extensions. If you type make name.c
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1029 instead of name.so, it won't work.
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1030
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1031 5. After make finishes, you can move the plugin to a place that is more
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1032 convenient. $prefix/lib/gaim is suggested. If you installed Gaim by
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1033 compiling it yourself, $prefix is /usr/local by default. Otherwise,
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1034 $prefix is /usr.
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1036 16.3 I have a plugin or perl script for Gaim that does not work with 0.60 or
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1037 higher.
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1039 The plugin and perl script API has changed in 0.60, which means plugins and
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1040 perl scripts must be modified in order to work. The plugin or perl script
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1041 must be located in $prefix/lib/gaim/ or in ~/.gaim/plugins/, and must
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1042 implement the new API, as documented in the HOWTO file in the plugins
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1043 directory. Plugins and perl scripts are now controlled from preferences.
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1044
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1045 16.4 Where can I find documentation on writing plugins and Perl scripts?
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1046
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1047 If you look in the plugins/ directory in the Gaim source, you should see a
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1048 HOWTO file with some details for C plugins. Also be sure to check out our
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1049 online documentation (http://gaim.sf.net/api/index.html). Be especially sure
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1050 to look at the Related Pages, which lists all of Gaim's signals, as well as a
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1051 nice perl script HOWTO.
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1052
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1053 This documentation can be generated directly from the Gaim source by running
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1054 make docs. You will need doxygen and graphviz dot installed for this to work.
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1057 | 17. Development
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1060 17.1 Can I help?
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1061
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1062 But of course. Just find something that's bugging you and fix it. There are a
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1063 slew of a bug reports in Gaim's bug report tracker - you could pick one and
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1064 try to tackle it and submit a patch. You could also help with general bug
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1065 triage by going through the bug reports and leaving comments such as "this
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1066 has been fixed" or "this is a duplicate of bug #12345." As always, make sure
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1067 you follow the same coding style used in Gaim, and make sure you don't break
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1068 the core/UI split.
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1069
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1070 17.2 Gaim never leaves a core file.
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1071
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1072 On most installs core files are limited in size to 0 bytes, and are therefore
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1073 not created. To rectify this situation, add ulimit -c unlimited to your
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1074 startup scripts (~/.bash_profile is a good place) or run it manually in a
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1075 terminal before starting gaim from that terminal. You can also run Gaim
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1076 directly in gdb with gdb gaim.
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1077
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1078 17.3 Where should I report bugs?
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1079
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1080 http://gaim.sf.net/".
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1082 17.4 Where should I submit patches?
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1084 http://gaim.sf.net/".
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1085
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1086 17.5 Did you guys reverse engineer it?
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1087
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1088 TOC, Jabber, MSN, Napster, and IRC are published protocols, so we didn't have
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1089 to reverse engineer those. Oscar, ICQ, and Yahoo are not published, and were
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1090 reverse engineered by other people. Novell was provided by Novell, and SILC
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1091 was written by one of the protocol's developers.
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1094 | 18. Misc. Questions
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1096
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1097 18.1 Can I IM you guys?
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1098
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1099 Sure! Look at the Contact Information (http://gaim.sf.net/contactinfo.php)
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1100 page!
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1102 18.2 Hello?
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1104 We don't know how to answer this question. Stop asking it.
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1106 18.3 Can I give you money/hardware/other expensive things that can be hocked
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1107 for cash what with you all being students/full-time-workers and helping
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1108 to produce this wonderful software instead of studying/sleeping?
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1109
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1110 No. We're completely fool-hardy and won't accept any gratuities with no
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1111 strings attached for just being good guys. That and we'd have to share with
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1112 everyone who has submitted patches. ;-)
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1114 18.4 Does Gaim support secure instant messaging (encrypted IMs)?
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1115
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1116 Short answer: Yes, use the SILC protocol. Long Answer(for other protocols):
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1117 Not natively. Doing secure instant messaging right is a big deal and
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1118 requires, among other things, an authentication scheme. Simply encrypting
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1119 your data stream without verifying the party with whom you are chatting is
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1120 not secure in any way; some other clients offer options like this, but we
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1121 feel that such measures instill a false sense of security that is more
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1122 harmful than helpful.
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1124 There are a number of 3rd party plugin developers working on developing a
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1125 secure IM framework, the better ones using the GnuPG and the OpenPGP trust
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1126 model for authentication. If you are serious about secure instant messaging,
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1127 read the documentation on the "web of trust" model available at www.gnupg.org
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1128 and try out one of these.
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1130 18.5 Why are the passwords in accounts.xml not encrypted?
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1131
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1132 This is a case of a really long answer to a short question. Read our
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1133 explanation at http://gaim.sf.net/plaintextpasswords.txt.
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1135 18.6 What is gaim-remote?
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1137 gaim-remote is a second executable included with Gaim starting with 0.60. It
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1138 allows you to perform some actions to control/manipulate an existing Gaim
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1139 process from the command line. Run gaim-remote --help to get an idea of what
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1140 we currently envision it doing.
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1142 18.7 When will the next version of Gaim be released?
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1143
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1144 The schedule for releases is every third Thursday. However, a new version
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1145 will only be released if it meets a certain standard of quality (i.e., it
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1147 Therefore, some releases will take longer than others. Major rewrites means
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1148 lots of new bugs to work out. The new version will be released as soon as it
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1149 is possible to do so.
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