Tres if i set up a google voice number for testing it will except text (smd) messages.
On Thu, 2012-11-01 at 00:41 -0400, Tres Finocchiaro wrote: > Ethan, > > First please set up a test scenario that is consistent across all scenarios. > > Your eagerness to get this resolved means to me you actually care about why > its not working and that is a step in the right direction. > > For starters, use the same cell number for all of your tests. I would > recommend creating a Google voice number. This way you can expose the phone > number to the mailing list or other testers without fear of sharing your > personal cell number. > > Second, make sure your test scenarios are all vanilla. By that I mean a > fresh install of Pidgin with no extra accounts or plugins. A live Linux CD > (I would recommend ububtu) can have pidgin installed easily so this is a good > baseline vanilla install that doesn't require a dedicated hard drive. Then > you can try wireless and wired and various hardware without much fuss. (Keep > reading though because you may be over thinking this) > > Although Ethan is correct (this is likely not a Pidgin issue) you may have > better luck isolating the cause through tests described above. > > Two more things.... > > > If you are in the US, remember there is flooding on the east coast causing > communication problems and bandwidth problem in the most unpredictable sorts > of ways. > > Lastly, SMS messaging has some drawbacks where messages never get delivered. > Make sure to do some research on this too, as it might be a symptom of the > protocol rather than the client. > > I for one have come up with many conspiracies when I can't figure out why > something doesn't work. Take my experience as advice and create test > scenarios that are conclusive. They will bring sanity to all parties in the > end. > > -Tres > > On Oct 31, 2012, at 11:39 PM, klein <kl...@hughes.net> wrote: > > > On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 21:47 -0400, Ethan Blanton wrote: > >> klein spake unto us the following wisdom: > >>> there seems to be a bug when texting a cell phone from a computer that > >>> is connected to the Internet via wifi and pci, i tried connecting a > >>> linksys wifi usb adapter to another computer of mine and well that > >>> really don't work well. > >> > >> This is just plain not true. You're barking up the wrong tree. I > >> don't know why your AIM SMS messaging isn't working, but wifi is not > >> even in the picture. > >> > >> Ethan > > > > > > the first computer was a dell dimension 3000 linksys pci wifi ubuntu > > 8.04 32bit > > > > second was a dell dimension e510 linksys pci wifi ubuntu 10.04 32bit > > > > the third is a dell dimension 5100 intel pci wifi xubuntu 12.04 32bit > > > > i'm not sure what card the dell 1525 laptop has in it but in > > Virgina beach, Sheraton Hotel will send im to another computer but wont > > text a cell phone > > Chambersburg, PA fairfield inn will send im to another computer but wont > > text a cell phone > > > > ok so let say it is the wifi in the router it is a linksys running > > DD-WRT v24-sp2 (10/10/09) mega the router is the only thing i haven't > > changed out, but xp pro with aim software works lol > > > > i also have about 10 computers connected with cat5 and they all with the > > same aim account will text a cell phone, after two years i have done > > just about everything i could to fix this even in the past used the > > ppa's the last post i forgot to attach the files i will this time, > > > > do you use ubuntu ? > > do you use a wifi pci card ? > > > > just tried my wife's dell running win7 64bit pidgin and it texted her > > cell phone > > > > you explain it to me because at this point i'm lost lol > > <lspci dell.log> > > <xp pro purple-debug.log> > > <xubuntu 12.04 purple-debug.log> > > _______________________________________________ > > Support@pidgin.im mailing list > > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > > http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
