Feature Requests item #1615369, was opened at 2006-12-13 19:07 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by dbdigital You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=350235&aid=1615369&group_id=235
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Ashlar (atrystan) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: option to not use blist.xml Initial Comment: I use many different computers at different locations and find that if I make substantial changes to my buddy list and categories and later connect on another computer, I receive errors of the like: "Syncrhonization error: X is in group Y of your local buddy list but is not on the server. Would you like to add this buddy?" To this, I always say no since I have intended these changes. However, it seems to superimpose many of the old buddy settings over the new ones that are on the server. If I then try to make my original changes, I receive an error message since presumably the client is telling the server to put buddy X into group Y when X is already in Y. My question is how I might cause GAIM to defer to the buddy lists on the server and ignore the cached copy or alternatively, delete the cached copy so that it has no choice but to pull from the server. Thanks for your help! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: DBDigital (dbdigital) Date: 2007-02-07 14:27 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1590712 Originator: NO I have ran into this problem as well when I changed a group name for example (and using the same copy of Gaim on the same computer). I either got a Read error or a syncronization error. This is not the best solution but the only fix I found when a account suddenly no longer would connect due to a buddy list mismatch was to delete the affected account in the accounts section, then delete the affected group, then recreate the group you just deleted and readd the account making sure to select the group you just added as the group for the new recreated account to use and connect. As I said it is not the best solution as some items are deleted in your contact list you probably want to keep. Buddynotes (using the buddynote plugin) for example will be deleted with this method. Also any sort of cached icon etc will also be deleted and have to be redownloadd (though this is not much of a problem). While the suggestion of using a USB key might help, I have had issues when it is the same computer and same copy of Gaim when renaming groups or moving buddies around. I also suggest using the guificiations list handler plugin so you can backup your buddy list incase something goes really wrong. Though you don't want to restore it unless you have to as it will ask for reauthorization from the buddies when you do. But that is better than trying to remember exact screenames/numbers and adding them by hand. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Luke Schierer (lschiere) Date: 2006-12-14 13:28 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=28833 Originator: NO you could always carry your ~/.gaim directory on a usb key. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=350235&aid=1615369&group_id=235 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Gaim-features mailing list Gaim-features@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gaim-features