make trouble (libgobject-2.0.la is missing)
Hello. Pidgin 2.6.0 make fails with: /bin/grep: /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.la: No such file or directory /bin/sed: can't read /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.la: No such file or directory libtool: link: `/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.la' is not a valid libtool archive make[5]: *** [dbus-example.la] Error 1 make[5]: Leaving directory `/root/distr/pidgin-2.6.0/libpurple/plugins' make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/root/distr/pidgin-2.6.0/libpurple/plugins' make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/distr/pidgin-2.6.0/libpurple' make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/distr/pidgin-2.6.0/libpurple' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/distr/pidgin-2.6.0' make: *** [all] Error 2 But libgobject-2.0 is installed. It just hasn't .la file: # ls -al /usr/lib | grep libgobject -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1062458 2009-04-22 15:19 libgobject-2.0.a lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2009-08-19 12:25 libgobject-2.0.so - libgobject-2.0.so.0.1800.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2009-07-30 11:20 libgobject-2.0.so.0 - libgobject-2.0.so.0.1800.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 268400 2009-04-22 15:19 libgobject-2.0.so.0.1800.2 Tried to reinstall libs from repositories - no result. There was not such problem with pidgin 2.5.8 on the same system. Could you please direct me in right way? How can I generate .la files for all libraries, or install pidgin without them? P.S. OS: OpenSuse 11.1 ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: how to track new releases?
On 20.08.2009 00:05, Luke Schierer wrote: There is a pidgin plugin that should notify you of new releases. We do not have an rss feed set up for the security site, http://pidgin.im/news/security/ I guess this is an official and supported plugin? I can't see this plugin in the list, maybe it was removed when the package maintainer of my distribution created the package. Is guess there is no alternative for this? thanks, Christoph signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: how to track new releases?
On 20.08.2009 10:07, Ka-Hing Cheung wrote: I guess this is an official and supported plugin? I can't see this plugin in the list, maybe it was removed when the package maintainer of my distribution created the package. Is guess there is no alternative for this? You can also subscribe to sourceforge's release notification. They have a rss feed as well. not sure if I got the right one, did you mean this one: http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_keepsake.php?group_id=235 it's kind of noisy because it is based on files and not releases but if nothing else is available I'll be ok with this feed. thanks, Christoph signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: how to track new releases?
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 09:36:58AM +0200, Christoph A. wrote: On 20.08.2009 00:05, Luke Schierer wrote: There is a pidgin plugin that should notify you of new releases. We do not have an rss feed set up for the security site, http://pidgin.im/news/security/ I guess this is an official and supported plugin? I can't see this plugin in the list, maybe it was removed when the package maintainer of my distribution created the package. Is guess there is no alternative for this? You can also subscribe to sourceforge's release notification. They have a rss feed as well. -khc ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Query - Joining rooms
Hi, I've got pidgin set up, so that if anyone goes into the room, I automatically enter it. HOWEVER, if no one else is in the room, I cannot join it be the first to be in it Is this normal ?? -- G Freecycle Auckland :- http://www.freecycle.org/ ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Please help
Hello, I recently emailed support to ask a simple question, I later googled my name to find my exact email sent to you along with my email address. I did not agree to this. Please delete all my thread and emails to you completely. No where does it state my email sent to your support will be displayed for everyone to see. I do not want someome to simply google my name and find conversations of me and my email displayed. Delete all my emails and information displayed here after. Thank You ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Please help
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:42:52 -0400 Marco Papadam dinanbm...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I recently emailed support to ask a simple question, I later googled my name to find my exact email sent to you along with my email address. I did not agree to this. Please delete all my thread and emails to you completely. No where does it state my email sent to your support will be displayed for everyone to see. I do not want someome to simply google my name and find conversations of me and my email displayed. Delete all my emails and information displayed here after. I don't think you understand. Pidgin support is done via a mailing list, there is no physical support department, everything is done by a combination of the developers and users who help out. If you want help with your original problem then that's what happens, mailing list archives are common. -- Brian Morrison I am not young enough to know everything Oscar Wilde ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Re: gstreamer+plugins in 2.6.1
On (01:55 20/08/09), Ka-Hing Cheung k...@pidgin.im put forth the proposition: On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 06:22:04AM +0100, da...@localhost.localdomain wrote: Hi, I just had the good news today that voice and video is now supported. That's awesome. Well done and thanks. A few of us from ##slackware have been trying it out with unfortunately little success. Tried to build all the latest gstreamer stuff that we could find that would compile (some didn't). Just wondering what plugins etc are needed/recommended to install? This is what I have right now: gst-ffmpeg-0.10.4-i686-1_SBo gst-plugins-bad-0.10.13-i686-1_SBo gst-plugins-base-0.10.24-i686-1 gst-plugins-good-0.10.15-i686-1_SBo gst-plugins-ugly-0.10.11-i686-1_SBo gst-python-0.10.16-i686-1_daw gstreamer-0.10.24-i686-1 libnice-0.0.9-i686-1_daw farsight2-0.0.14-i686-1_daw So far I've only managed to hear garbled voices or clicking sounds, but one guy says he could hear me a little better :-) So, any ideas what to look at to get this working? Any other packages needed etc? One guy in #pidgin reported that he just had voice working with: libnice 0.0.9 farsight2-0.0.14 gst-python 0.10.12 gstreamer 0.10.24 gst-plugis-base 0.10.24 gst-plugins-good 0.10.15 gst-plugins-bad 0.10.13 gst-plugins-ugly 0.10.12 gst-ffmpeg 0.10.8 Having compile options with newer ugly that I need look at. So far two of us have audio with these versions: gst-plugins-good-0.10.15-i686-1_SBo gst-plugins-bad-0.10.13-i686-1_SBo gst-plugins-ugly-0.10.11-i686-1_SBo gst-ffmpeg-0.10.8-i686-1_SBo gst-python-0.10.16-i686-1_daw gst-plugins-base-0.10.24-i686-1 gstreamer-0.10.24-i686-1 libnice-0.0.9-i686-1_daw farsight2-0.0.14-i686-1_daw Not had video working yet, but will carry on testing this evening. Cheers David The difference is he seems to have a newer gst-plugins-ugly. I just pointed him to ##slackware, so maybe he can help you out. -khc ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support -- Men were real men, women were real women, and small, furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were REAL small, furry creatures from Alpha Centauri. Spirits were brave, men boldly split infinitives that no man had split before. Thus was the Empire forged. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams pgp3LW6N07UpD.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: pidgin 2.6.1 build error (make perl)
Yeah that would've been the obvious detail to include sorry: Linux 2.6.12-17mdksmp Bill And Bill spoke on 08/19/2009 11:06 AM, saying: I'm getting this build error whether I build error, regardless of the --disable-perl build option: Making all in perl make[5]: Entering directory `/home/software/pidgin-2.6.1/libpurple/plugins/perl' if /bin/sh ../../../libtool --silent --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../.. -I../../.. -I../../../libpurple -I../../../libpurple -DLIBDIR=\/usr/local/lib/purple-2\ -Wall -DPURPLE_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DPIDGIN_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DFINCH_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGNT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -Waggregate-return -Wcast-align -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wextra -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-parameter -Wformat-security -Winit-self -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-noreturn -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wundef -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include-DPERL_DISABLE_PMC -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/i386-linux/CORE-g -g -O2 -MT perl.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/perl.Tpo -c -o perl.lo perl.c; \ then mv -f .deps/perl.Tpo .deps/perl.Plo; else rm -f .deps/perl.Tpo; exit 1; fi if /bin/sh ../../../libtool --silent --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../.. -I../../.. -I../../../libpurple -I../../../libpurple -DLIBDIR=\/usr/local/lib/purple-2\ -Wall -DPURPLE_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DPIDGIN_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DFINCH_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGNT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -Waggregate-return -Wcast-align -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wextra -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-parameter -Wformat-security -Winit-self -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-noreturn -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wundef -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include-DPERL_DISABLE_PMC -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/i386-linux/CORE-g -g -O2 -MT perl-common.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/perl-common.Tpo -c -o perl-common.lo perl-common.c; \ then mv -f .deps/perl-common.Tpo .deps/perl-common.Plo; else rm -f .deps/perl-common.Tpo; exit 1; fi In file included from perl-common.h:18, from perl-common.c:4: ../../../libpurple/internal.h:234:5: warning: SIZEOF_TIME_T is not defined ../../../libpurple/internal.h:236:7: warning: SIZEOF_TIME_T is not defined ../../../libpurple/internal.h:239:2: error: #error Unknown size of time_t make[5]: *** [perl-common.lo] Error 1 I have perl 5.8.7 installed. Anyone experiencing similar? Bill Pier What OS are you running this build on? I saw similar issues on OS X, but it doesn't look like you're using OS X. ~Paul ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
[META] Public mailing list nature of supp...@pidgin (was: Please help)
Brian Morrison wrote: I don't think you understand. Pidgin support is done via a mailing list, there is no physical support department, everything is done by a You should probably says public mailing list! Whilst this is what any regular user of open source software, or even commercial loss leader free software, would expect, a lot of people seem to be making this mistake. Given the apparent market for Pidgin, which is not very aware of typical open source support mechanisms, it might be worth reviewing the documentation to make sure that it is made explicit that support requests go immediately into the public domain (confidentiality sense). combination of the developers and users who help out. Actually one should be trying to encourage people to look at the archives. We would get hardly any MXit queries if MXit users looked there before posting. Also, if people can submit without subscribing, it might be worth educating users that they need to copy to the poster, when replying. Although this is becoming more and more common on lists, long term list users don't expect two copies and don't expect to copy everyone when they reply. (I'm not copying you here, only because I assume you are an experienced list user.) -- David Woolley Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. RFC1855 says there should be an address here, but, in a world of spam, that is no longer good advice, as archive address hiding may not work. ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
yahoo issues
I am having issues with talking with others through Yahoo. They can see my status, and I receive their instant messages, but they do not receive mine. Could someone help me? I have Pidgin 2.5.8 and the other people I work with are using Yahoo IM. Thanks, Helga ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Facebook and Skype and Plugins
Could you please provide me the Facebook and Skype plugins? Thanks, Christopher Cox Helpdesk Analyst 4290 E. Brickell St | Ontario, CA 91761 909-230-7052 [cid:image001.gif@01CA21A3.DC0918D0] inline: image001.gif___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Facebook and Skype and Plugins
facebook and skype plugins are provided on the plugins section and are 3rd party http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ThirdPartyPlugins hope that helps Geo -- Bill Gates can't guarantee Windows, how are you gonna guarantee my safety.. --John Crichton - Farscape ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: how to track new releases?
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:28:33AM +0200, Christoph A. wrote: On 20.08.2009 10:07, Ka-Hing Cheung wrote: I guess this is an official and supported plugin? I can't see this plugin in the list, maybe it was removed when the package maintainer of my distribution created the package. Is guess there is no alternative for this? You can also subscribe to sourceforge's release notification. They have a rss feed as well. not sure if I got the right one, did you mean this one: http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_keepsake.php?group_id=235 it's kind of noisy because it is based on files and not releases but if nothing else is available I'll be ok with this feed. They used to have something better, but I can't find it in their crappy new UI anymore... -khc ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: [META] Public mailing list nature of supp...@pidgin (was: Please help)
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:05:58PM +0100, David Woolley wrote: Brian Morrison wrote: I don't think you understand. Pidgin support is done via a mailing list, there is no physical support department, everything is done by a You should probably says public mailing list! Whilst this is what any regular user of open source software, or even commercial loss leader free software, would expect, a lot of people seem to be making this mistake. Given the apparent market for Pidgin, which is not very aware of typical open source support mechanisms, it might be worth reviewing the documentation to make sure that it is made explicit that support requests go immediately into the public domain (confidentiality sense). Since 2.6.1 we include a message in Help-about saying just that. -khc ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: yahoo issues
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 2:46 AM, Helga hugatig...@yahoo.com wrote: I am having issues with talking with others through Yahoo. They can see my status, and I receive their instant messages, but they do not receive mine. Could someone help me? I have Pidgin 2.5.8 and the other people I work with are using Yahoo IM. Update to Pidgin 2.6.1. If problem persists file a ticket along with the debug log and if possible packet capture. -- Sulabh ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
