It continues to work fine on my system, so we're in complete agreement that's it's a system specific problem. All the other parts of the equation are known to be good and working. Most people fail at talking to other people, it's unfortunately a skill that needs to be developed rather than an innate human quality.
_Karl On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Christopher Forsythe <[email protected]> wrote: > I was looking for you online, but never synced up I think. I am positive > it's his system, especially since Rudy tried the beta and that worked. But > since he didn't want to work with us any longer, I didn't have any need to > try to find you. It's unfortunate that some people don't want to help > themselves sometime. > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 11:34 PM, The Karl Adam <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Surprised no one just asked me. Rudy is right, it works fine, and the >> app itself hasn't been updated in nearly 2 years. It's possibly >> something about egadgetboy's machine that's keeping it from working. >> Peter, YIM registers via the programmatic API and I doubt the included >> library has been updated, perhaps there's an incompatibility that has >> arisen? >> >> _Karl >> >> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Christopher Forsythe <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Your expectations needed to be corrected. We're not here to be abused. >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:00 AM, egadgetboy <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> If you hadn't run me off with your asinine comment, i might've taken >> >> you >> >> up on that. I'm off to Boxcar now. Best of luck to you. >> >> >> >> On Apr 14, 2011 10:46 AM, "Christopher Forsythe" <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >> > If you change your mind we're here. You either need to go to yahoo or >> >> > you >> >> > need to answer Rudy's question. We're not here to do every little >> >> > step >> >> > for >> >> > you though, you will need to perform the tasks we ask you to do. Good >> >> > luck >> >> > with whatever you choose to do. >> >> > >> >> > Chris >> >> > >> >> > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 10:41 AM, egadgetboy <[email protected]> >> >> > wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> Wow. Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll try another app instead. >> >> >> On Apr 14, 2011 8:21 AM, "Christopher Forsythe" <[email protected]> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> > 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. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> 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. >> > >> > -- >> > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. 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