We're not playing this game. You were told how to proceed. If you don't want to follow our advice, then don't.
Rudy said he tried the beta, and that it worked. Maybe you should reply to his email instead of going down this path of stupidity. Chris On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 8:01 AM, egadgetboy <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks but this isn't very solution-oriented. Let's try this a different > way: please post the last known Yahoo IM version number that played nice > with Growl and I will install it to see how things go from there. Someone > has already suggested the IM version I am running may be too new for > Growl... > On Apr 14, 2011 1:28 AM, "Peter Hosey" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 13, 2011, at 12:24:57, egadgetboy wrote: > >> Easy to recommend going to Yahoo, but there are no Growl settings in IM > from what I have found. > > > > That matters not. > > > >> So if someone could explain the normal way that Yahoo and Growl > associate themselves into the Growl Application Preferences section of the > app then I can use that to troubleshoot. > > > > When you launch Yahoo! Messenger, or at some other time of its choosing, > it should register itself with Growl. (Or it can have a plist file inside > that Growl will notice when you launch it; if it doesn't have such a file, > it must register itself by action.) > > > > If it doesn't have a Growl registration file inside it, and it doesn't > register itself, then it won't show up and won't be able to talk to Growl > (and probably won't even try). > > > > If it is supposed to talk to Growl, then it needs to either have a Growl > registration file inside itself or talk to Growl to register itself, and if > it doesn't, then that is a bug in Yahoo! Messenger. > > > > Moreover, if all other applications send notifications through Growl > successfully, then the problem is definitely not with Growl; it is with > Yahoo! Messenger. Whether it's a misconfiguration or a bug, the problem is > with Yahoo!'s software, so they're the ones you need to ask about > this/report it to. > > > > Before you ask “how do I check for that file”: Don't bother. It won't be > missing it unless you removed it. If it doesn't have one, either it > registers by talking to Growl or it doesn't talk to Growl at all (or it has > a bug, which is what appears to be the case); finding no such file will tell > you nothing, and creating one yourself will not help. > > > > You need to contact Yahoo!. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Growl Discuss" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Growl Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en.
