Re: Pidgin 2.10.7 on Ubuntu Raring Ringtail 13.04
On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 04:17:40PM +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: Hi, Is there a way to steal the focus in raring ringtail whenever someone contacts me in Pidgin IM Conversation Window. I do a ALT-TAB to look at the conversation window if someone has pinged me during which i miss most important conversation. Any suggestions please? Screenshot - http://i.imgur.com/AdX5ila.png Thanks and Regards, Kaushal Without a custom plugin or something like that the 'Present' option is likely your best option (though 'Raise' is also a reasonable choice as it will hit different limitations imposed by your desktop environment). If you want every application to be able to steal focus at will then you can look into turning off focus stealing prevention in your desktop environment (though that may or may not be an option that is actually exposed at this point). The desktop environment might even be configurable enough to let you bypass the protections for specific applications which would be best if you only want pidgin to be able to do it; but I doubt most/many environments are that configurable. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Problem after deleting cookies
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 12:38:58PM -0500, Stephen Cohen wrote: I believe the problem I've recently experienced began when I deleted all cookies on my system. The issue is that users shown on my Pidgin groups have lost their 'formal' names. For example, my Yahoo userid is aoc_scohen. Before deleting the cookies, my name was displayed as 'Steve Cohen'. Today, however, it has reverted to 'aoc_scohen'. What, if anything, have I done and can it be undone? Regards, Steve pidgin doesn't use any cookies itself and has no interaction with any cookies whatever your browser of choice stores. I believe this more likely to be a Yahoo server change (and I believe at least one person in the #pidgin irc channel reported a similar issue recently). I'm not overly familiar with Yahoo so I may be entirely wrong about that but I think this the most likely issue (much more so than anything related to cookies). -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: messages sometimes are incoming twice
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 03:19:34PM +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: Hi, Sometimes, esp. while chatting with contacts in Latin America, I see messages incoming twice, like this example (Dali is the remote buddy): snip What is causing this? The contact goes via Yahoo and my Pidgin is 2.10.0 on FreeBSD 10-current. This is likely Yahoo's doing. They had, last I knew at least, a hard-coded 7-second resend timer on messages if they do not hear back from the recipient's client that they were received. So for conversations taking place over poorer network connections that timer will likely trigger more often than expected. It is always possible that this is pidgin's fault but I doubt it. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Problems with Pidgin Portable
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 10:25:15AM -0400, Ethan Blanton wrote: Anna Fedorova spake unto us the following wisdom: Could you please specify, whether you have an oficially supported portable version of Pidgin? If you do, could you please send me one or give me a link for the latest version? I really like this program and not ready to give it up like this. We do not. The only officially supported versions of Pidgin are those linked from http://pidgin.im/download/. snip We do, however, have directions for making a portable installation in the FAQ. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: recover password
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 03:12:54PM +0100, Patricia Conlon wrote: for some reason my pidgin account has disabled me propylontrish - I cannot remember my password, is there a way to recover this. I have gone into modify account and changed it there but it comes up with invalid password. Had you not gone and modified the account your password would have been recoverable from the accounts.xml file that pidgin uses. Having modified your account will have replaced the previous password with your modifications. pidgin is not an IM service it is an IM client. As such we don't have your password and cannot assist you in recovering or replacing it. You will need to talk to the IM service provider you are using for that. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Log Files
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:33:27PM -0500, Samuel Huewe wrote: I am wondering about where the chat logs are stored. Where can this option be looked at to see where the chat log files are stored and how to edit where they are stored. Thank for all the help, Sam Huewe https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Pidgin#WherearePidginssettingsandlogs https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Pidgin#Wherearemysettingsanddataincludinglogssaved -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: enable pidgin account
On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 12:22:15PM -0700, Stephan Mayer wrote: I cannot enable my account on pidgin - I would appreciate any suggestions on how to go about this. If this is still a problem you are going to need to provide significantly more information about the problem if you want anyone to be able to help you. At a minimum you are going to need to tell us what version of pidgin you are using, what protocol you are attempting to use (AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, etc.), what exactly you are trying that isn't working and what error (if any) you are getting. The contents of the Help-Debug window will likely also be helpful if the problem is related to an account being unable to sign on. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Buddy Showing as Not Authorized
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 09:49:48AM -0400, Katie Elverson wrote: Good Morning, I am showing as Not Authorized on my colleague's buddy lists. Even though I show as not authorized, they can still send me messages, but they can never see my statuses - only Not Authorized and it always looks like I'm off line. They are on my buddy list just fine. I am using the XMPP protocol. Any ideas? Thanks XMPP requires that you explicitely allow people to see your status before they are allowed to do that. This sounds like that either did not happen or some data loss/corruption/etc. occurred somwhere which made the server forget that this authorization was given. If your colleague right-clicks on the entry for you in their pidgin buddy list they should see a '(Re-)Request authorization' entry in the menu. If they select that it should cause an authorization request to appear in your pidgin buddy list. Accepting that request should sort this problem out. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Incoming font size
On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 10:03:01AM -0400, Van wrote: I'm basically on my way to going blind. Is there any way that I can enlarge the pidgin.im incoming message font size? everything that i use utilizes XMPP if that means anything. Ethan's answer is absolutely correct but in this one instance there are a couple of simpler ways to do specifically what you asked for. On Windows on the Conversations page of the pidgin preferences dialog there is a 'Use font from theme' preference which, when disabled, allows manuall control of the font used for the conversation window text areas. On all systems the 'Pidgin GTK+ Theme Control' plugin can be used to tweak a number of (normally theme controlled) settings. Among those settings are the fonts used for the conversation window history and entry areas as well as the font used for the entire pidgin interface. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Pidgin Appear Offline not working
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:57:23AM -0400, Ethan Blanton wrote: George Barnabas spake unto us the following wisdom: I am a keen user of Pidgin multi messenger application. The appear Offline is not working for Google talk protocol. It works for MSN messenger. There is no standard, universal appear offline or invisible status for XMPP. Some XMPP services or clients honor one of several mechanisms, I do not know that Google Talk honors any. In any case, Pidgin does not support this. Google Talk has an invisible status that they support but it is inextricably linked to their shared status support which pidgin does not (and will not) support. I believe there is (at least one) plugin designed to shim in shared status support so as to allow for Google Talk invisibility to work but I don't know anything about them (though I think one might be listed on the ThirdPartyPlugins page). -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: olark info problem (was: Re: re)
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 04:46:53PM -0500, ta...@tnnursery.net wrote: i want to be able to see my full list on pidgen i use with olark. ive done something and its only showing where folks online are from, before it had what site theyd logged on a how they found us etc. You'll need to explain the problem a bit more specifically if you want help but that sounds like you either turned off showing of buddy details 'Buddy List Windows-Buddies-Show-Buddy Details' or the 'Conversations-Show detailed information' preference. If neither of those is the problem then this sounds like an Olark issue and you'll need to take it up with them. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Problem with the IM
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 08:32:14PM -0700, Jason Baron wrote: I thought I had installed pidgin IM properly, but my buddy list won't work. It says DrJason disabled. Account locked: too many failed login attempts. Logging into the Yahoo! wesite may fix this. Logging into the yahoo website didn't fix the problem. I'm stumped and need assistance. I don't know what sort of problem this might be (other than what they claim it is) but it might just be a temporary server issue. If it doesn't resolve itself you can get the output from the Help-Debug Window from when you try to connect and send that to the list and it might contain something useful in it (though I don't know that it will and you will want to look it over to make sure it doesn't contain anything you don't want being made public). In addition, under Accounts Enable/Username/Protocol, I attempt to click on the websites I want to enable, but it only allows me to select one. Can't I get all three, in case, if different Buddies, IM me from different accounts? I need help. If you mean you can't add three different accounts all at once then no, you can't. But you can add three different accounts to pidgin individually. Is there a phone number I can call for someone to walk me through? No. This mailing list and an IRC and XMPP chatroom are the only official support venues. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: log in issues
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 02:48:15PM -0500, Wallace, Amanda wrote: i have been trying to use pidgin but it keeps saying I am not logged in even though i have signed into it with my aim and it says I am avaliable. What are you doing when it says that and what is it saying exactly? -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Pidgin Logging through Actiance Vantage
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 07:37:27PM +, Jaime Halas wrote: Hey Everyone - Trying to configure Pidgin-AIM account to pass through our logging server (Actiance Vantage). Does anyone have experience in doing so? We currently are using the AIM client with the Server settings connecting to Vantage. What changes did you need to make to the official AIM client to get it to connect through your logging server? Or were no changes necessary? Have you tried making similar changes to the pidgin AIM accounts involved? -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: QQ protocol
There was, at the time of the removal at least, third party development on a QQ plugin (openq perhaps). I have no idea if they are still active though. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Cross Deletion
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 08:11:07PM +, Joe Fedorowicz wrote: We currently have an XMPP setup, but there is one major glitch. Basically, when a user removes somebody from their buddy list, they are themselves removed from that other persons' list. This is a major problem as our lists change frequently. This is the way this is supposed to work. The buddy list serves a number of duties in XMPP. Beyond the normal usage of being a list of people/entities you would like quick access to it is also the mechanism by which permissions granted to other people to see one's own status are stored (and vice versa). When someone requests to add you to their buddy list and you grant them permission that permission is stored in your roster. When you remove someone from your roster you also revoke that permission (thus rendering the other person unable to see your online status anymore). This doesn't remove you from their buddy list but it will make you never show up as online (showing offline buddies should still show you as offline/unauthorized/etc. though). If you want to stop being party to someone else's online status then the proper thing to do is to unsubscribe from their presence (e.g. right-click-Unsubscribe in pidgin). This will leave them on your buddy list and thus leave your grant of permission to them intact. Does that make sense? -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Help needed with gchat
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 09:44:52AM -0800, Brittany Voelker wrote: Hello, Whenever I try to connect to my gmail account, I get this error message: brittany.voel...@gmail.com/ disabled Not Authorized. Can someone please help me with this? 'Not Authorized' is almost always indicative of an incorrect password. If you have double- (and possibly triple-) checked your password in pidgin and are still getting that error then open the Help-Debug Window attempt to connect again and then include the contents of the debug window in another email. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Pidgin port in ubuntu
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 04:17:05AM -0500, Shams wrote: Hi, I am using pidgin in Ubuntu machine. how can i find in which port this application is working? pidgin uses the ports configured for the appropriate services as indicated in the Account dialog for them as well as any ports configured for file transfer/etc. in the Preferences dialog. pidgin does not, in general, listen for connections however and as such does not have ports it uses. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Help needed with gchat
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 08:09:52AM -0800, Brittany Voelker wrote: Thank you for your help with this Etan. (08:08:56) *util:* Writing file prefs.xml to directory C:\Users\brittany\AppData\Roaming\.purple (08:08:56) *util:* Writing file C:\Users\brittany\AppData\Roaming\.purple\prefs.xml You missed the attempt to connect again part of my directions. We need the debug window contents from *after* that. All those lines tell us is that your preferences were written to the prefs.xml file. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Help needed with gchat
Step 1) Open Help-Debug Window Step 2) (Re-)Enable account (to get it to attempt to connect) Step 3) Email contents of debug window Order matters. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Can you have an account automatically sign out?
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 09:34:11AM -0600, gmail wrote: Hi, All, I have a pretty simple question; I was wondering if it is possible to have pidgin automatically sign your account out after a certain period of activity (not just change the state the idle or away)? Does anybody know if this is possible? Sure, change the state on idle to an Offline status. Though that will likely sign you back online when you unidle and will not work if you start off in a non-available status. To do more you would need to write a plugin I think. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Issue with Pidgen
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 07:54:34AM +, David Woolley wrote: snip Also, most enquiries from people with Oracle addresses relate to Oracle's internal instant messaging system, for which you should contact Oracle's internal IT support department. I believe this specific issue is probably not Oracle specific. Though that's good advice in general. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: logs/save buddy pounce events
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 03:47:21PM +0800, batong hiyas wrote: Hi Support, Is there a way to save the data in buddy pounce? I need it to monitor somebody's time logs. THANKS! Pounces can run external commands. Your external command can do anything you want it to. But pounces really aren't a good solution to this class of problem in general. If you have an internal XMPP server doing this with a server component is guaranteed to be a better idea. Even without that using a purpose-built pidgin plugin is going to a better idea than this. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Reset user login/password
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 12:33:30PM -0600, Nathalie Allen wrote: Hello - What do you need to do to reset your password? My boss was logged out for some reason and forgot his login and security questions. Can you guys reset it for him and send him an e-mail? He is jordansverica and his e-mail is jor...@sverica.commailto:jor...@sverica.com. Assuming you have an internal IM (or other) service at Sverica you need to contact them about this. pidgin is a client, not a service. If this isn't an issue with an internal IM (or other) service then you will need to take this up with whoever runs that service. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Reset user login/password
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 01:56:17PM -0600, Nathalie Allen wrote: Thanks for your response. I'm confused though; you can't reset the pidgin password through pidgin? I believe it's setup along w/AOL, so would we need to contact them? There is no such thing as a pidgin password. pidgin is an IM client it uses the passwords you give it to connect you to external IM services (the same way an email client like Outlook or Thunderbird connects you to your email system). Some services allow changing passwords via the client (and pidgin supports that on some of them) but that's once you have already connected (i.e. changing an in-use password). pidgin also, when told to, stores passwords in the accounts.xml file so it can log in to your accounts without asking you for the password every time (stored in plain text so if pidgin has it stored, which I imagine it doesn't, it can be recovered from there). So, yes, if this is an AIM account then AOL will be the ones who will have the tools/system necessary to reset a forgotten password (if anyone does). -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: upgrading
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 07:32:02PM +0930, garth terry wrote: Hi Im running linux mint and have pidgin 2.7.3 i downloaded and installed 0 5 but cant work out how to turn it on the old one keeps coming up not the new one ive tried reading the faq's and all those i just kept getting lost so sorry if youve posted your help would be appreciated thanks What is 0 5? Where did you get it from? How did you install it? -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: error: Message too long
On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 04:59:59AM +0100, Boris Benko wrote: Hello, I've just spent few minutes by writing quite long message and when I sent it the client wrote error like: the message is too long. I'm quite upset but I like this IM. It would be great if you fix this. For example stop puting chars in the writing box when they exceed limit. Sorry for my english and have a nice day Boris It is worth pointing out that we don't always know what the message limit is (and that it isn't uniform across protocols or even necessarily between users on the same protocol). -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Buddy Help
On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 11:28:42AM -0500, Nicole Janocsko wrote: we use pidgin through out the office and im new at using pidgin and it is not letting me add new buddies, IM Buddies, when i try to add buddies it says i cant, (unable to add buddy to server list) its just not working ive uninstalled and reinstalled, please help. What protocol are you having this problem with (AIM, MSN, GroupWise, XMPP, etc.)? Is this an office internal IM system? Can you get the Help-Debug Window contents from when you attempt to add a buddy and it fails? (Feel free to sanitize the data of anything personal just please try to leave the structure intact.) -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: User ID
On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 12:02:48PM +0100, Clara Ines Kowald wrote: How and where do I get a developer.pidgin.im Trac user ID? You create one on developer.pidgin.im by using the Register navigation bar link. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: pidgin account
pidgin is an IM client not an account. You uninstall it the same way you uninstall any other program that has been installed on your computer. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Using Pidgin with Google Apps
On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 04:21:27PM -0500, Gary Green wrote: As stated below, I have used my Apps domain in the domain box and I've tried my user name both without and with the @domaininfo, neither works. Username should not include @domain. We'll deal with the connection problem at the end. I've also noticed that the type of connection keeps resetting to XMPP even though I selected GoogleTalk... That's normal. GoogleTalk is a UI-only menu item which simply fills in the Domain field by default (it was supposed to make things easier for people who don't know what XMPP is). Any ideas? Your problem is almost certainly that your domain does not have the correct client SRV DNS records set up (as last I knew Google didn't really give directions for how to do that or tell you that you should). The FAQ covers this issue http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Protocol%20Specific%20Questions#gtalk_srv see if that solves your problem. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Netbook-friendliness
On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 06:29:52PM -0500, Chris DeJoseph wrote: The scroll bars would only appear if it detects elements of the window are outside of the window, so the preferences window wouldn't usually have them, seeing as quite frankly, there's allot of wasted vertical space with that window I find Is there wasted space on *every* page or just on some? Because the window needs to be tall enough to account for every page and scrollbars really aren't a viable solution as they will make the dialog significantly more unwieldy and ugly. It might be possible to have the scrollbars only show up if the dialog is larger than the screen but I'm not sure if there's a way to make that automatic and if there isn't (which I expect) then that means playing rather horrible games with attempting to determine final display size of the window and changing the layout of the window on the fly or (and this is likely simpler but also more ugly) detecting that the window, once displayed, is taller than the screen and visibly resizing it. Which page(s), in particular, are too large for your screen? What, specific, suggestions do you have, if any, for ways we can cause that page to be less vertically tall? Spurred by your original there was a brief discussion in the pidgin XMPP MUC room about this where I commented that (on my screen) the two long pages are Conversations and Sounds. The Sounds page should auto-scale since the large 'Sound Events' section is already in a scrollable area I believe. I suggested that, for the Conversations page, we could move the 'Show detailed information' (and 'Enable buddy icon animation') checkboxes to the Interface page and that that might help a little. I don't know how much that'd help (or if it would actually help at all) but it was the best I could come up with at a quick glance. -Etan P.S. It should be noted, for the record, that some time ago we had a large overhaul of the preferences dialog with a mind to keeping it vertically reasonable. It would appear though that it has grown a bit since then. ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: How to Setup Pidgin to Eyeballchat.com
On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 02:29:18AM +0800, zul mack wrote: Hi, Can you help me to set up pidgin account so I can use in Eyeball Chat? Thanks From a short poke around the Eyeball Chat website (which, like many, corporate websites is chock-full of pointless text) I gathered that their IM Server (as compared to their various other services and products which have nothing to do with connecting to them in a way that would make the initial question makes sense) is claimed to be using xmpp. If that's the case, and the haven't done horrible things to the protocol, connecting pidgin to your local (I'm assuming) instance of the software should be as simple as configuration an xmpp account in pidgin with the correct username and hostname (and possibly port number, connect server, and tls settings). Beyond that I really couldn't say without significantly more information. All that being said the point stands that if your goal here is to use the fancy voice and video stuff that is not going to work with pidgin (on Windows) at the moment (and quite possibly wouldn't work with pidgin even if pidgin did support voice and video chatting in general, on Windows, at the moment). -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Hey
On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 04:51:37PM -0500, Zach Semago wrote: Hey, I run an online schooling website. I think offering pidgin is a great way to bring students together. I'm interested in featuring your product on my website. Can you please contact me to discuss some review options and other details. There's little-to-nothing to discuss really. You are free to put up any information you want about pidgin on your website. There are various pieces of information about pidgin on our site (and various other sites) if you want existing information to work from. If you have specific questions about functionality, feature-set, or any other matter feel free to ask your questions. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Netbook-friendliness
On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 05:47:24PM -0400, Chris DeJoseph wrote: I'm thinking that having them re-size about 15% or 20% shorter then the vertical resolution if it is lower then the default window height ED(600 height resolution, window height would thus be 480), as it is almost all windows are small enough to fit fine on a 1440*600 screen, its just that some of the taller windows seem a bit out of proportion when compared to the rest on that size of screen, and this solution is meant for any windows with this problem, since realy, this problem is annoying to solve as most possible solutions have to be made on a per situation basis So your solution is to visibly shrink the contents of the window? Or was that just make the window itself smaller and inject scrollbars in the content area or something? Because neither of those is really a solution to a problem so much as ugly workarounds. And yes, this sort of problem generally requires case-specific solutions which is why that's what I asked you for since you are actively looking at the problem and I am not. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: About Spell Check
On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 01:19:36PM +0530, Sankarasai wrote: Thanks for the help Etan I was trying with Aspel and it didn't worked and now its working fine after doing the below installations. Please help me to install the Music Tracker/Music Info plugin I am not able to get the Song name in my status message. Glad you got it working. I don't know anything about either of those plugins. You'd have to ask their authors or see if they have documentation/configuration. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Netbook-friendliness
On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 10:23:13AM -0400, Chris DeJoseph wrote: Slight issue with window sizes, where the longer windows such as the preferences window have the bottom cut off at netbook resolutions, to be able to click the Apply/Ok button in the preferences window, you have to have the task bar set to be hidden, even with doing so it is quite difficult to click the button, I suggest that the window height be reduced by about 15% Do you have concrete suggestions for how we could meaningfully rearrange the preferences dialog (and any other dialog with this problem) in a way that would resolve the problem? Also the preferences dialog has only a 'Close' button so you can use the window manager/desktop environment/taskbar to close the window just fine. Just for the record. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: About Spell Check
Not the most direct FAQ question for the problem but it does, indirectly, contain the answer. http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Installing%20Pidgin#manual_win32_spellcheck_installation -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: File transfer with pidgin
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 06:12:19PM +0200, Oliver Ehlebracht wrote: snip 1.) I've tried file transfer with or without a proxy. In both modes only one file transfer from user A to user B is possible. After transferring a file successfully to user B the menu 'Send File' is no longer available for user B. After disabling/enabling the account of user A the file transfer is possible again (for one file). That's certainly a new one on me (someone else might be familiar with it though). Can you get the Help-Debug Window output from before the first transfer through a little after the transfer? 2.) By using a proxy for file transfer pidgin first tries to connect the remote client directly. After a timeout the connection is switched to my proxy server and file transfer starts. Is it possible to configure an order for file transfer connections, like 'proxy first'? I don't believe so. This might not be an unreasonable feature request though. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: hello i am new to pigin.. have a buddy that uses aim it will not accept him when i try to add his address to my buddy list.
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 07:56:14AM -0600, Kevin Ehlers wrote: How do I fix this so I can add all my friends that use aim? We originally used msn messenger Have you set up an aim account for yourself in pidgin? If so, have you gotten it to connect? If so, you've tried adding his aim username to that account? And that failed? Did you get an error message? If you were trying to add his aim username to an msn account in pidgin that isn't going to work. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: New user is stuck
On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 04:21:47PM +0100, Dave Davenport wrote: Hi, I've just tried to set up Pidgin and have run into trouble. The main thing I've found with the help is that it's not helpful - it's far too technical and tends to concentrate on things that have gone wrong in the past rather than a good, simple guide to how to get going. Solutions to things that have gone wrong in the past when those problems still occur is, in fact, quiet helpful and the idea behind a FAQ. But that's neither here nor there. My specific question at this time is that I've added myself and a couple of other users. One use is on gmail like me and the status shows Subscription: Both but the other is on Yahoo and the status shows Subscription: None (To Pending). What does this mean and what can I do about contacting the second user? I'm not going to answer the What does this mean part of the question so as to vaoid being far too technical and skip right to the good, simple guide to how to get going. The answer to that half of the question is: You get yourself a Yahoo! IM service account. Thanks, Dave -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: MXit Support:265658
Using this email to attempt to kill two birds with one stone. Mathieu White, your first email made it to the list correctly, there was no need to resend (despite what the MXit support contact told you). MXit support staff, you have been subscribed to the pidgin Support mailing list. That is why you are getting random pidgin support emails. People haven't started just randomly emailing you directly with pidgin questions. As such we would appreciate it if you would conduct your support on this mailing list or at least send mail to the list indicate that you have taken the support conversation off-list when you take support off-list (which apparently you have been doing). Additionally there is no need for you to instruct people to send their mails to the mailing list (unless for some reason they have in fact sent them directly to you but that is something you can hopefully determine on your end) and no need for you to send email asking us to handle support emails you have gotten. One last thing, MXit support staff. I'm operating under the impression that your support email distributes this email to the members of the support team. If it does that in a round-robin (or other non-broadcast) method please try to make sure that all members of the support team understand the situation. Thank you. -Etan On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 07:08:37AM -0400, Mathieu White wrote: snip original support email On 2011-07-28, at 12:16 AM, MXit Support MailBox support.mail...@mxitlifestyle.com wrote: Please do not change the message subject. In reply to: iPhone App Development Greetings, Please e-mail Support@pidgin.im for more information. Regards, Gershon Davidse MXit_Team ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Config settings for PIDGIN
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:49:54AM -0400, Mauviel, Normand P wrote: Classification: UNCLASSIFIED I need to set the config as we would like to install Pidgin client to our image and therefore create set entries. In account we would like to populate the Protocol, Doamain and Resource entry from the Basic TAB and also at the Advanced TAB populate the connect port and empty File Transfer proxies and the Proxy TAB default to no proxy. Where can I do these? Thanks for your help N Those are account properties and as such are defined in the accounts.xml file. You can ship a mostly-configured accounts.xml file with your image but you may need a placeholder username (as opposed to a blank one) since I'm not sure what pidgin will do with an account without a username being read from the file. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Unable to connect to Gchat
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:23:26AM -0600, Matt Brown wrote: snip Below is the log: (10:13:43) *dnsquery:* Performing DNS lookup for talk4.l.google.com (10:13:43) *dnsquery:* IP resolved for talk4.l.google.com (10:13:43) *proxy:* Attempting connection to 74.125.45.125 (10:13:43) *proxy:* Connecting to talk4.l.google.com:5222 with no proxy (10:13:43) *proxy:* Connection in progress (10:13:44) *proxy:* Connecting to talk4.l.google.com:5222. (10:13:44) *proxy:* Error connecting to talk4.l.google.com:5222 (Connection refused.). (10:13:44) *proxy:* Connection attempt failed: Connection refused. (10:13:44) *jabber:* Unable to connect to server: Connection refused.. Trying next SRV record or connecting directly. Your connection to the google talk server is being refused for some reason. Can you connect to that host/port in your browser or via telnet? -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: enabling perl in Pidgin 2.9.0 (libpurple 2.9.0)
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 06:28:34PM -0700, Jose wrote: hello, i finnally figured out how to install perl plugins but now i cannot figure out how to enable perl. in the older versions it was in helpaboutenable perl. thank you. Enabling perl is a build time choice (also install time on Windows). What you remember from the About dialog was a line indicating whether perl support was enabled at build time/install time or not and not a switch to toggle it on and off. The line you are remembering is now in the Help-Build Information menu. But if perl support is enabled correctly you will see the plugins show up in the Plugins dialog when they are installed in the correct location (or in the case of a plugin that cannot be loaded you will at least see some mention of it in the Help-Debug Window output when you open the Plugins dialog). -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Yahoo messenger
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 07:27:59AM +0700, Catherine Montgomery wrote: I've purchased an android tablet Acer a500 and want to use yahoo messenger on it to keep in touch with friends. I can't seem to download it although I have been able to sign into my yahoo account and send typed messages. It is not however giving me the option to video chat which is really what I want it for. I was directed to download pidgin although I don't really know what that is. I,ve downloaded it several times but the download won't open. I Am being stopped from downloading yahoo messenger but don't know why. Please can you help me? Thank you There isn't a build of pidgin for Android. There may or may not be a version of the official Yahoo! client for Android (I wouldn't know). pidgin doesn't support video chatting for Yahoo! at the moment anyway. pidgin is an IM client that supports multiple protocols. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Add Yahoo buddy to MSN protocol
On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 02:24:35AM -0500, Computer Tech wrote: How do I add a Yahoo buddy to my MSN protocol without opening a Yahoo account? I am totally confused about Pidgin. Supposedly, Windows Live Messenger will allow you to chat with Yahoo members without having to open a seperate Yahoo account. Pidgin is suppose to be across platforms but I cannot figure out how to do that and I cannot find it in FAQ. I created a MSN protocol with computer___...@hotmail.com account. I don't see any way to add my yahoo friend. Add Buddy... only allows me to add buddies from MSN. I want to add a yahoo buddy. I believe you simply need to add them as usern...@yahoo.com (or their full email address if they have a different email address as their yahoo username). -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Please help me !!!!!!!!!!1
On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 08:55:19AM +0100, Brian Morrison wrote: On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:54:27 +0630 KilleR MhDr mahind...@gmail.com wrote: i am beginner user of fedora 14, i wanna use gtalk at fedora but have not installer to use. i had found pidgin to use like gtalk, thus i install already but i cannot login You need to set up an account in Pidgin using XMPP. In the account tab of the Account properties you enter your username as shown in your from address to this list, and the domain as gmail.com, then you can enter your password and a Resource string describing what you want (I use 'Home' for instance, but anything will do). You can also leave the resource blank. On the advanced tab I have connect port as 5222 and connect server as talk.google.com which I believe is all that is necessary. The connect server is not necessary on networks with functioning DNS servers. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Uploading pictures
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 05:17:41PM +0200, Petra Hoffmann wrote: Hello, I can't upload pictures during a chat. Can you please tell me how to solve the problem? Thank you very much in advance. Kind regards, Petra Hoffmann What protocol is this happening with? Do you mean in an IM session or in a chatroom? Are you unable to select the menu item for it or does attempting to insert it not work? -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Unauthorized
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 02:07:09PM +, Ann Cantrell wrote: Suddenly, an IM user on my Pidgin shows as unauthorized. How do I restore? Thanks. If this is on an XMPP service (internal or otherwise) that user may simply have removed your authorization to see their presence information. If so this may or may not have been intentional. If you right-click the buddy in the buddy list you can attempt to '(Re-)Request Authorization' which, if they accept, will restore the authorization. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: hoe to suppress pop up ?
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 04:23:39PM +0530, J. Bakshi wrote: Dear list, whenever someone open a chat with me, a pop-up window open. I like to supress it, so that it just give a pop-up notification with a minimized window. How can I do that ? Thanks Are you wanting to prevent the conversation window from opening or is there some other notification pop-up that you don't like? -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: hoe to suppress pop up ?
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:51:36PM +0530, J. Bakshi wrote: snip Yes, preventing the conversation window to come up, better if it comes as minimized as like skype. On Windows there is a 'Minimize new conversation windows' preference that can be used for this. On all platforms there is a 'Hide new IM conversations' preference that can be used to hide new conversation windows to the buddy list (not minimized). On Linux a reasonably competent wm/de should be able to handle starting new conversation windows minimized (though in practice there are relatively few reasonably competent window managers). -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Enable pidgin : email ID belinda.ng.h...@oracle.com
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 07:34:04PM -0700, Belinda ng Huay wrote: Dear Sir, Kindly help me to enable pidgin. Thanks My EID 13350 IP address : 10.184.37.28 belinda.ng.h...@oracle.com/IFLEXSG2116 (beehive) disabled You need to contact Oracle IT support staff. This is the public support mailing list for pidgin. We cannot help you, in any real way, with oracle internal IM questions/issues. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Support
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:53:57PM +0200, Mariette Steenkamp wrote: Good day Pigdin Support, We have been getting a few mails , what seems to be replies from your support. I am not sure if we have been cc-ed in the e-mails but it does not seem to be MXi related at all. Can we ignore these? You are free to ignore any emails you wish to ignore. The emails you have received were sent to the support mailing list and (as far as I can tell) not sent to you directly. As such you are getting them because you have subscribed to the support list. I'm assuming you are one of the MXit support staff who are supposed to be supporting the pidgin MXit users? -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Buddy List is Minimized on Startup
On Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 11:17:38AM -0400, Randy Marchand wrote: How do I configure Pidgin so that when it starts the buddy list is not minimized? The chat window that I have starting up automatically shows up on the desktop but the buddy list does not unless I double-click it from the system tray. The pidgin buddy list starts in the state it was last in when pidgin was quit. So if you quit pidgin with the buddy list open it will start that way. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Pigeon Conferencing Room Question
On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 01:28:29PM -0400, Poindexter, Susan wrote: Hello, In my Buddy list on Pigeon I have a chat conferencing room I joined. Is there a way when in the conf room to set an alert when someone has posted a message in the room? Thank you! Depends on what you mean by alert. There are sound events for people talking in chat rooms (though not configurable per-chatroom). You can also use the Message Notification plugin to set a variety of different notifications when people say things in chat rooms (again not configurable per-chatroom). The SmartEar plugin (from the purple plugin pack) might have some things that may do what you want (and may be configurable per-chatroom). The guifications and/or libnotify plugins provide toaster pop-up notifications on events (among them messages in chatrooms) and I believe guifications is configurable per-chatroom. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: skype
On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 06:16:29PM -0400, Yusuf MT Ebrahim wrote: Do you think you can add Skype as a client for Pidgin (if Pidgin doesn't support voice video calls then at least as an IM client only)? No. pidgin will never get official support for Skype. For a number of reasons both technical and legal. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: problems installing Pidging
On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 12:19:47AM -0400, Roger Escobedo wrote: So what if I wanted to deleted this user an recreate it, how can I do that. I'm not sure what the password is that its looking for. If you believe the account that already exists on the server is an account you previously created (and cannot remember the password for) you need to contact the server administrators and see about resetting your password/etc. This isn't something pidgin can do for you. If you haven't previously set up an account on that server with that name then someone else probably has and you will have to pick a different username. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: .purple Directory
On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 08:09:09AM -0400, Bobby Walker wrote: Attention Pidgin Support: We at Purdue University use Pidgin as one of the many articles of software on campus. Our issue, is because we use roaming profiles, I've tried to use the pidgin.exe -c H:\pu.data\Application Data\.purple switch and that doesn't seem to work. From what I understand that creates the new config profile but doesn't tell it to use that as the default location of .purple . So, is there something that needs to be done to make pidgin.exe to use the .purple folder on the H: drive NOT local. http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Pidgin#Whereismy.purpledirectory (To forstall the possible Yes, but I know where it is, thank you very much response, that FAQ entry has the answer you want as well.) I believe it wants to be set to the new appdata path and not the full .purple path (but testing that should be quick enough). -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Transferring Conversation Logs to Pidgin
On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 10:54:55AM -0400, Nathan Brower wrote: Dear Sirs or Madams, Is it possible to transfer my Trillian logs to Pidgin? I currently use Trillian for my GChat and Windows Live accounts and would like to switch to Pidgin. I'd also like to transfer my chat logs so that I can search them from within Pidgin. Please let me know if this is possible; I've checked the wiki and FAQs and could not find this issue being addressed. Thanks much. Nate The Log Reader plugin that ships with pidgin can read Trillian logs (from at least some version of Trillian, I don't know which or if Trillian logs have changed over the years). By default I believe it points to the normal Trillian log folder (but can be configured to look elsewhere if you have moved the logs). -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Contact Search Issue
On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 03:36:11PM -0300, Estevao B. K. wrote: On 07/05/2011 10:03 AM, José-Flávio wrote: Hi, snip The problem is to Search a contact has become an impossible task, because the search doesn't work in collapsed groups (closed groups). I tried to find plugins for it and I couldn't find a single one for this! snip I don't have too many contacts to test that, but if it's true, you could try registering on http://developer.pidgin.im/ and opening a ticket as a suggestion... http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/1710 -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: error
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 06:51:38AM -0500, Kevin Hanson wrote: why are the tabs not green? Those are status icons not tabs. And they aren't the green circles because either pidgin or GTK+ wasn't installed correctly. So either the image icons themselves are missing or the bits of GTK+ that are used to render the images is. I would suggest attempting a reinstallation (with an eye out for any error messages). -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: [2.9.0] GG doesnt exist
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 10:34:39PM +0200, Mateusz Werner wrote: snip Today in the morning I normally using my communicator and I do system upgrade (Debian 2.6.39-2-686). I not do remember what was updated - about 50 components. Pidgin was all the time running and GG protocol normally works. When I reboot my OS appeared problem with GG prot. snip What is the problem exactly? Is your GG account not connecting? Is your GG account now being reported as unknown or similar? What does Help-About say the version of pidgin/libpurple is? What version of the pidgin and libpurple packages are installed? -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Welcome to the Support mailing list
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 03:00:24PM +0200, Carl Teglund wrote: When I sign in on Pidgin, not all of my MSN contacts show. Why is that? If I use my phone (Samsung Galaxy S, linux based) with IM+ all contacts show and also if I use the internet based messenger program Ebuddy. Only some contacts show and there are constant problems with adding new contacts to my MSN. Help, please! What version of pidgin? Are buddies entirely missing or just not shown as online? What error(s) are you getting when trying to add new buddies? -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: buddies showing constantly as off-line
The question that was asked was intending to determine which protocol you are using (since you said you aren't using AIM). (I'm going to guess MSN.) You may also want to check what the Tools-Privay dialog says for your account. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: GTK Windows
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 09:53:48PM -0600, Jairo . wrote: I interested to install a GTK theme in windows, only for modify the look of Pidgin. I looking for a theme in gnome-look.org, and I download the theme, but I can´t install it. I dont Know what do, because I test a lot of options for example, create the folder with name gtk-2.0 in my user directory, without any result. I need documentation about the correct configuration of Pidgin in Windows. Thanks Does this http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Pidgin#win32_gtk_theme FAQ entry give you enough information/point you far enough in the relevant direction to get you working? If not and/or if you have improvements to suggest for it (or a new FAQ entry specifically for installing themes that you'd like to add) feel free to let us know. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: QQ connection failed
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 07:35:40AM +0100, David Woolley wrote: �� wrote: Tencent QQ is not normal landing, tips available, is to connect the state for 30 minutes ... ... QQ is no longer officially supported (there are no Pidgin developers who use QQ and the QQ protocol has had undocumented changes). The http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ThirdPartyPlugins page has a link to the (now third-party) QQ plugin. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Pidgin 2.8.0 eating up CPU resources
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 10:56:57AM -0400, Harold F. Ayers Jr wrote: I upgraded Pidgin to 2.8.0. I noticed (very fast) that the CPU resources with Pidgin 2.8.0 running around 50% where it normally was running less than 10%. I want to backoff to version 2.7.11 (I didn't keep the older release). Is there instructions for backing off, and where is the older release. This is due to a change which negatively affects large IRC channels. This is being fixed for the next release. The pidgin SourceForge page has download links for all the old versions. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: report issue
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:01:36AM -0400, nmor...@evansincorporated.com wrote: I've recently started using Pidgin with my team at work but unfortunately, none of us are able to add users through the tool. Is it designed to allow users to add people through the tool or are we only able to add contacts individually through gmail, yahoo, etc. The Buddies menu in the buddy list and the Conversation menu in the convresation window both have Add Buddy/Add menu items. (Though the conversation menu item is broken for some protocols in 2.8.0.) But I'm assuming you found those and are having some other problem. What protocol(s) are you using? What are you trying exactly? What is happening exactly? What error(s) are you getting? What does the Help-Debug Window say when you try to add a buddy? -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: buddies always off-line even when they aren't
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:00:05PM -0400, Catherine Day wrote: All of my buddies are showing as off-line, even when they are actually on-line. How can I see when they are on-line?. They used to show and only recently disappeared. I have updated to version 8 and it made no difference Thanks. By version 8 do you mean 2.8.0? What protocol (MSN, AIM, Yahoo, etc.) is this happening with? You know your friends are online because you can IM them? -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: MSN protocol -- several bugs
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 09:34:45PM -0300, Luís Felipe wrote: I use Pidgin since it was Gaim. What I have noticed in the last 12 months is that several features which once worked on MSN protocol (like file transfer, personalized emoticons and profile photo) DON'T WORK ANY MORE!! What happened? Was the SVN database lost, so the programmers lost what they had previously written (and was working)? The MSN support was updated to a newer version of the protocol to gain access to certain features that were being requested. This update however has had the side effect of breaking other things (which I believe wasn't immediately noticed). Fixing support for the newer protocol has been slow for all the normal reasons. Available time and interest among the people able to work on it. Anyone bothered by the current (and continuing) lack of fixes for these issues is welcome to work on fixing them. Patches will be gladly accepted. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: DBus - problem with dispatch
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 01:45:49PM +0200, Krzysztof wrote: Hi, I have dbus plugin which listening for ReceivedImMsg and SentImMsg signals. I wrote it in free pascal which doesn't have dbus bindings yet so I can't use such functions like setup_with_mainloop. I use low lewel dbus api. This code connect to pidgin dbus: snip code And I have a timer which every 50 miliseconds call: dbus_connection_read_write_dispatch(FDBConn,0); All messages are handled in dbus filter method: snip more code This worked well for some time. But now, I notify that it doesn't catch all signals. I notify that after upgrade pidgin to 2.8.0. Before, even if timer had 500 miliseconds interval, it catch all signals. Any idea? Regards. What do you mean it doesn't catch all the signals? With a 50ms timer there are some sent/received events that your code never sees (but that doesn't happen with a 500ms timer)? -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Frequent Crashing
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 06:40:40AM -0700, Randy Roosekrans wrote: Sirs, Since upgrading to v2.8.0 earlier this week my client has been crashing several times a day. Have you received similar feedback from others? I don't believe my environment (Win XP Pro 2002 SP3) isn't configured in a way that is out of the norm; no beta applications or bizarre system config. http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/TipsForBugReports#WindowsUsers I didn't see anywhere on your site where I can roll back to v 2.7.11. Is rolling back an option until UAT works out a few kinks? The older versions are available from the SourceForge download page http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/Pidgin/. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Skype question
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:44:18PM +0300, Rodislav Moldovan wrote: Hi, actually not really, Skype announced developer kit to create your own gui for skype so I thought maybe pidgin developers, having already complete software (pidgin) can integrate in pidgin in almost native way - skype, so pidgin will become the best messenger :) If you are referring to SkypeKit then pidgin cannot use it as its license is not acceptable. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: iPhone App
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:05:18PM -0500, Kenneth Sim wrote: To Whom it May Concern, I have been using this pidgin app for that pas hour now and I love it. Do you have any plans on developing this as a mobile app for Droid or iPhone? No such plans exist, nor would any plans to do anything like that even remotely simple. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Disable/hide Online Help
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 01:33:40PM +, Jones, Matt wrote: Hi all, I'm planning to deploy Pidgin 2.7.11 in an environment with no Internet access (internal messaging use), and we want to remove the Online Help option from the Help menu. Does anyone know how to do this? Any help is welcome! Matt You would need to modify the source to do that (or write a plugin to do it). -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Pidgin doesn't run
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 10:35:30PM -0500, Rebekah Mulder wrote: Hello, I've just installed the pidgin 2.8.0 update and now the program does run at all. No windows pop up at all and it isn't running the background by the looks of the Task manager processes tab. I have already tried uninstalling and reinstalling still to no avail. I'm running Win7. Any hints on how to make this work? Rebekah Follow the debug log and crash report directions from http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/TipsForBugReports and report back the results. But at a guess I suspect that this may be http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14284. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Priorities
On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 01:50:32PM -0400, James McGuinness wrote: Hate to beat a dead horse, as it seems this had come up a lot. FAQ says: *Pidgin (more specifically, libpurple) does not currently support user-configurable priorities. We have a non-configurable priority list that is used: * snip Have to say I'm baffled as to why this isn't configurable, seems simple enough... One of the main reasons pidgin doesn't support user configuration of this is because it is almost never a useful thing to do and it makes it too easy to mess up delivery of messages (well more likely made at this point, default server behaviour is migrating towards a more friendly default). Not to mention that a good interface for doing that (that is even remotely sane and comprehensible to anyone who isn't an xmpp expert) is difficult (and would really need to be tied in to the status system to be most useful). -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Pidgin Status
On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 10:11:17AM -0700, DeviL DeviL wrote: Description: Pidgin is set to always connect with invisible status. The problem is that when it is connected it shows to other users that I went offline even though it is the first time I connect. This situation does repeat when I set offline and after that invisible again, it shows that I went offline 2 times. I tried this on 3 computers with the same results. How exactly is this being shown to your buddies? If you have an active conversation with them and they do this do you see two offline notifications for them (assuming you have the Buddy State Notification plugin configured to show you that)? If you turn on the pidgin System Log (the most horribly misnamed feature pidgin has) do you see multiple offline notifications for them if they do this? -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: DBUS - File signals don't work
On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 02:41:47PM +0200, Krzysztof wrote: I am listening for message and file signals. Message signals works fine, I can read params and get values from other objects but have problem with file signals. Example: FileSendComplete. I read XFerID and this is this same value which dbus-monitor show me, but when I try to get some value from XFer object (like PurpleXferGetFilename) i get error: PurpleXfer object with ID = 58284 not found. Is this a bug which should I report or am I doing something wrong? The dbus signals are fired out-of-band (at least effectively if not technically). By the time your dbus script receives and processes the FileSendComplete signal and contacts libpurple to request information about it the file transfer object has likely already been destroyed. Try using one of the other xfer signals and (assuming the transfer lasts long enough) you should be able to query libpurple for information about the transfer. This issue is why scripts/applications/etc. using dbus cannot alter messages inline the way normal plugins can. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: i need help with my pidgin
This sounds like a server-side roster issue. Which isn't something pidgin has control of or influence over in the presence of server-enforced shared/pre-populated roster groups (which you are almost certainly using). In short, you need to ask your internal IM service admins about this. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: multiple chats
A plugin can allow for this sort of thing. One such plugin is already in the Purple Plugin Pack though whether it does exactly what you want/need I don't know. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: DBUS - Pidgin presence
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 12:42:10PM +0200, Krzysztof wrote:
{ Initializes the errors }
dbus_error_init(@FDBErr);
{ Connection }
FDBConn := dbus_bus_get(DBUS_BUS_SESSION, @FDBErr);
{ Request the name of the bus }
ret := dbus_bus_request_name(FDBConn, 'im.pidgin.purple.PurpleInterface',
DBUS_NAME_FLAG_REPLACE_EXISTING, @FDBErr);
It works but only if I connect when pidgin is running. If my plugin connect
first (I don't get any errors) and then run Pidgin, then I don't get any
signals (receiving and sending chat message).
How can I check if pidgin is running or connect with correct flags?
request_name isn't the right thing for you to be using there. You want to
connect to signals/etc. on that name not claim to own it yourself. I'm
surprised this works at all actually.
This is likely why you don't get an error since claiming a name that isn't
taken isn't an error causing scenario.
-Etan
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Re: Friends List Sharing
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:20:43AM +0200, Giovanni Vecchi wrote: we want to use pidgin for our Company. We have a LDAP Database where our staff is in it. ~100Member Is there a possibility with Pidgin to share the Buddy list that all have the same Buddy's and no one needs to add or apply request of people's in the Company? I think you need to configure your XMPP server to do this. Indeed the correct way to do this sort of thing (for certain definitions of correct) is to have a company internal XMPP server configured to pull roster information (at least default roster information) from the LDAP source. pidgin doesn't know anything about LDAP, nor should it in general. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: question
Tools-Plugins-Windows Pidgin Options-Start Pidgin on Windows startup If, by some unlikely chance, that doesn't apply to you then you need to put pidgin in the session startup/saved list of whatever environment you happen to be using. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Pidgin for Blackberry OS Smartphone
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 07:13:15AM +, Bambang Sumantri, SP wrote: When pidgin app can use in blackberry OS Smartphone, I like this app and using in my computer office, I suggest in next update this software can use in blackberry OS Smartphone, so I can open the pidgin mobile This isn't something that can just magically be done instantly. Doing this would require every pidgin dependency library to exist for Blackberry (which I'm all but certain they do not) and even then unless there was a way to build pidgin for Blackberry directly (which again, there isn't) it would require a rewrite of pidgin in something that can run on Blackberry. In short this isn't something that will likely ever happen let alone just magically happen for the next update. See also: http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4769 for a previous request for this. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Fortify Source Code Analysis
Fortify does java analysis from source code on-the-fly (apparently php too), but does C analysis at build time. You need to integrate its tools into your build process (by wrapping your compiler or something I think) to get it to go. I don't know much more than that but I know it was a bit of a pain when my coworkers set it up. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Can't connect to MSN
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 08:06:36PM -0700, Al wrote: Hi Ethan: How do I get the official MSN plugin ? and how do I get the msn-pecan plugin?. I downloaded Pidgin from the website and installed it. I have not added or changed anything there. The official MSN plugin ships with pidgin. You have, at some point, downloaded and installed the msn-pecan plugin as well. When you did that I couldn't tell you, whether you installed that system-globally or locally for your user I don't know either. But if you are still having MSN connection problems (almost a month later) and wish to get more help solving the problem you need to find and remove the msn-pecan version of the MSN prpl (protocol plugin) first. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Pidgin 2.7.11: Buddy icons not displaying
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:10:56AM -0300, Jose Matarazzo wrote: Do you know why this happend to some people and to others don't ? Thanks! Personally I know nothing. I also don't know how much about this situation the people who actually understand MSN know. It is possible that the remote client matters in this discussion since I believe the problem is related to newer MSN protocol features. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: unable to connect to proxy
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 04:17:44PM -0400, Marcy Petroccione wrote: I am trying to connect to proxy: imgateway.globalrelay.com on port 5192 (or 5190) and it won't let me connect. It worked on Trillian. Not sure what I am doing wrong. What exactly isn't working? What error are you getting? What does the Help-Debug Window say when you try to connect? -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Enabling / Blocking account
On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 05:53:10PM +1200, Gordon Stewart wrote: Basically i've got a friend I dont want to see (Yahoo / Pidgin)... If I remove them, they're off my screen - But will that automatically remove me off their screen ? or is blocking the only way ? I don't believe (though I'm not overly familiar with Yahoo!) that removing someone from your list will remove yourself from theirs. If that's correct then in order to prevent them from seeing you you would need to block them. That being said if all you want is to not see them (and they aren't constantly messaging you in ways you don't like) simply removing them from the buddy list sounds like it'd be enough to me. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: pidgin 2.7
On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 09:55:13AM -0400, Jarvis Jones wrote: is there any plan for a build for older versions of ubuntu? it seems the older version of pidgin that i have from ubuntu doesnt work properly. i have juanty by the way. 9.04 is there a guide to building 2.7 for 9? I believe there were some build problems with older versions of Ubuntu that made building the PPA packages not work correctly so the decision was made not to continue attempting to build for them (especially as I also believe those distros are now past end of life). But as was said you should be able to build pidgin yourself if upgrading to a current version of Ubuntu (or some other distribution) isn't a viable option. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Pidgin 2.7.11: Buddy icons not displaying
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 02:29:33PM +0930, Sam Ch wrote: I can only see one other buddy's 'buddy icon', and the rest do not show up. This one buddy is also my only other buddy that uses pidgin. Also none of my buddy's can see my 'buddy icon' except the only other one that has pidgin again. This is one of the current known issues with MSN support. I don't believe a fix exists yet as I believe this is simply (yet another) change to the MSN protocol that we simply aren't caught up to yet. I believe there are tickets filed about this (and the other) known issues affecting MSN if you search for them. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: AIM sending chat requests to Google Talk chats
Google and AOL have indeed worked out some interoperation agreement and that is the root of what you are seeing. This interoperation is too new for anyone to really have a good handle on and certainly too new for us to fully understand how it is supposed to work and the ways in which it fails to work. Attempting to IM some...@gmail.com for the first time from an aim account appears to work correctly for some people (including myself in a quick test). That is the very first message fails, the Google Talk user gets a subscription request, and then things work normally after that. The reverse appears to work similarly (with the first AIM-Google Talk message still failing, at least with pidgin I imagine the Google Talk/web client may work around that). Someone in the #pidgin irc channel was complaining about similar floods of authorization requests the other day but I don't think that was ever resolved. Do you have your Google Talk email address registered as an AIM screen name? Do the people with whom you are having this problem have that? -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Users being grayed out without being idle
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 07:59:32AM -0400, Sam Weber wrote: I have pasted the debug log below for when the issue happened to user khildebrandt. (07:56:35) jabber: Recv (ssl)(297): presence from=khildebrandt@fs4/cad122fe to=sweber@fs4priority1/priorityquery xmlns=jabber:iq:last seconds=300/c xmlns=http://jabber.org/protocol/caps; node=http://pidgin.im/; hash=sha-1 ver=I22W7CegORwdbnu0ZiQwGpxr0Go=/x xmlns=vcard-temp:x:updatephoto//x/presence (07:56:35) blist: Updating buddy status for khildebrandt@fs4 (XMPP) The query xmlns=jabber:iq:last seconds=300/ bit there is you being told the person was last active 300 seconds (five minutes) ago. So something is, in fact, indicating that the person is not active. If you are certain the 'From last sent message' preference isn't active (and the user isn't using something like the I'dle Mak'er plugin) then I'm not sure what else could be going on. It is also interesting, if that person has a status set to become active on idle (and has idle set to five minutes), that they aren't changing status there. A debug log from the outgoing side might tell us something more (but I wouldn't count on it). -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Buddies not remaining in Assigned group
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:27:23PM -0400, Andrew Wynn wrote: I have several buddies that I have moved to a specific group. Every time theses buddies restart their computer or logon for the first thing in the morning they re-appear in the group that I have moved them from. These two buddies are the only ones that I am having this issue with. I have re-checked all of my settings and can find nothing wrong with my configuration. What is the solution to the problem. Moving the buddies multiple times during the day is a real pain They move when they log in or when you do? Is this on an internal server? Are these two buddies part of a shared roster group set up on the server? Alternatively is this facebook? Can you get the Help-Debug Window output from when this occurs (either from when you sign on or when they do). If it happens when you log in then you'll want to find the snippet of xml that involves the roster entry for the buddies in question. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Mint PIDGIN
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 07:03:53PM -0300, Bruno Ricciardi wrote: Dear all, I am trying to add a contact using a Linux Mint distribution with no success, the version of Pidgin is 2.7.11, but when I try to add the same contact using Ubuntu 10.04 it is working fine. Can you help me? What version of pidgin is in use on Ubuntu 10.04? What protocol is this happening with? (I'm guessing MSN.) -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Concerning international text messaging
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 01:09:41PM -0800, Ryan Bacon wrote: Dear brilliant minds of pidgin, I have recently come back into contact with a old good friend who is in Germany and it is a bit difficult with us communicating only by emails. She doesn't really have the option to use a chat program and I was wondering if any protocol allowed in pidgin supports international text messaging. I would go to the IRC channel but I haven't used my IRC account in nearly 2 years and can't remember any of the info. Help on this would be amazing. - Ryan IRC doesn't really do accounts so not remembering what nickname you used two years ago doesn't really matter. Just pick a new one and connect. That being said I don't know any services that do text messaging other than those covered in the FAQ (and those are US only last I knew). I believe there are some XMPP services which bridge to text messaging but you can search Google for them as well as I can at this point. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: buddy pounce choices
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 01:01:16PM -0400, madeline camarda wrote: I can not select send a message on the list of choices for a buddy pounce. WHy is this? could it be the user blocked me? or has stopped the service? they are still on my list of contacts. in gmail. in chat list. This is because you have 'receive a message' selected as the pounce trigger and we do not allow messages to be sent in response to messages coming in because of the potential for horrible pounce loops. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: File transfer failures
MSN file transfers are currently known to be broken. I don't know the details, I don't know if we know what the exact problem is, I don't know if we know what the fix is. -Etan ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
