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Not updated since 2003
by Bob Shaffer II - Feb 20th 2007 18:38:54
This project hasn't been updated since 2003, it's built against old
libraries, and even in 2003 it only had the bare minimum of features. It
seems fairly clear that development for this project has ceased, and if
you want to use Yahoo for IM your best bet is to go with Kopete or GAIM.
Kopete is supposed to have audio/video chatting, but I can't seem to get
it working, and GAIM works nicely and supports no audio or video chatting.
Either of them work far better than the ancient linux version of Yahoo
Messenger for connecting to Yahoo. It's too bad that the people at Yahoo
have given up on us, but it seems like we must just accept it and move
on.
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Webcam and voice support on unix please!
by Felix Mathais - May 25th 2004 16:15:32
I am using linux as my operating system of choice. and therefor feel left
out as the lack of features compared to the windows version. I would love
to see webcam support at least.
For tips have a look at ayttm.sourceforge.net, which has a webcam support
for linux.
It would be nice to have it in the official client, please!!!
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Re: Webcam and voice support on unix please!
by Lumpy Bumpy - Nov 17th 2004 13:05:37
to heck with webcam and voice.
how about dropping the Rpm's and using something like the loki installer
or the installer from mozilla or open office so that it will work on ANY
linux.
I'm sitting here on Slackware and other than making a giant mess by trying
to force an RPM to install there are no options.
Come on Yahoo developers. either also release a tar.gz for me to manually
install on the other 99 linux distros like you guys USED to do or adopt one
of the nice installers and make everyone's life easier..
Oh, compile it statically like mozilla and Open Office and you will not
have to worry about deps.
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Re: Webcam and voice support on unix please!
by drewbian - May 15th 2005 00:43:43
> to heck with webcam and voice.
>
> how about dropping the Rpm's and using
> something like the loki installer or the
> installer from mozilla or open office so
> that it will work on ANY linux.
>
> I'm sitting here on Slackware and other
> than making a giant mess by trying to
> force an RPM to install there are no
> options.
>
> Come on Yahoo developers. either also
> release a tar.gz for me to manually
> install on the other 99 linux distros
> like you guys USED to do or adopt one of
> the nice installers and make everyone's
> life easier..
>
> Oh, compile it statically like mozilla
> and Open Office and you will not have to
> worry about deps.
>
>
alien --to-tgz rpmfile.rpm perhaps (though this of course will not handle
deps).
--
Drewbian
GNU/LINUX DESKTOP - never be alone again...
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Re: Webcam and voice support on unix please!
by davija - Aug 12th 2005 13:57:48
> to heck with webcam and voice.
>
> how about dropping the Rpm's and using
> something like the loki installer or the
> installer from mozilla or open office so
> that it will work on ANY linux.
>
> I'm sitting here on Slackware and other
> than making a giant mess by trying to
> force an RPM to install there are no
> options.
>
> Come on Yahoo developers. either also
> release a tar.gz for me to manually
> install on the other 99 linux distros
> like you guys USED to do or adopt one of
> the nice installers and make everyone's
> life easier..
>
> Oh, compile it statically like mozilla
> and Open Office and you will not have to
> worry about deps.
>
>
I'm running slackware 10.1.
to install just type rpm -ivh --nodeps
rh9.ymessenger-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm
worked for me.. key was --nodeps.
I do agree, redhat & debian are not the only linux distros, and a standard
installer (even just a shell script) should have been considered.
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Re: Webcam and voice support on unix please!
by Murple - Nov 6th 2005 11:50:40
> to heck with webcam and voice.
I'd really like the webcam feature, personally.
> I'm sitting here on Slackware and other
> than making a giant mess by trying to
> force an RPM to install there are no
> options.
Well if you can't use a modern Linux setup, which almost all support RPMs
either directly or through something like alien, then... just unpack the
RPM. All an RPM is is a cpio archive with some embedded scripts. You can
unpack it and manually install it the same as any zip or tar file.
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Re: Webcam and voice support on unix please!
by XOR007 - Aug 19th 2005 20:23:51
Why can't Yahoo just use iLBC for voice like Skype?
> I am using linux as my operating system
> of choice. and therefor feel left out as
> the lack of features compared to the
> windows version. I would love to see
> webcam support at least.
> For tips have a look at
> ayttm.sourceforge.net, which has a
> webcam support for linux.
> It would be nice to have it in the
> official client, please!!!
>
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YIM for Suse
by aden - May 10th 2004 12:18:14
Hi.. Im a newbie in Linux and Im looking for
Yahoo Messenger for SuSe 9. Which one is it??
and How do I install it?? Can anyone help??
Pleaseeeee pleaseee pleaseeee.....
Many Thanxx...
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Re: YIM for Suse
by magmag - Jun 13th 2004 01:53:06
> Hi.. Im a newbie in Linux and Im looking
> for
> Yahoo Messenger for SuSe 9. Which one is
> it??
> and How do I install it?? Can anyone
> help??
> Pleaseeeee pleaseee pleaseeee.....
>
> Many Thanxx...
centericq iz your goal...
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Voice support
by Jason M. Waldo - Jan 21st 2004 13:59:23
I really appreciate the effort on the part of Yahoo to provide some support
for the community with the use of their messenger service, however, it
would be greatly appreciated if voice support were added as soon as
possible.
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what happened to the SuSe rpm?
by GhostInTheRuins - Jan 21st 2004 05:23:19
Hello there,
I cant use the old ymessenger anymore on SuSe but there is no SuSe binary
rpm release on yahoo site? What happened, you don't support that
distribution anymore?
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Problems upgrading SuSe
by Shane Mason - Nov 19th 2003 10:58:51
Just a note, if you are upgrading your SuSe installation, remove ymessenger
first. There are problems with libcrypto that will cause all sorts of
dependncy issues.
Otherwise, ymessenger rocks, especially the new file transfer
capabilities. Thanks for playing nice w/ linux guys!
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AARRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!! Quit packaging it as RPMS!
by Rescue9 - Sep 23rd 2003 16:55:02
When are you people going ot realize that not everyone runs Redhat or
Debian?!?!?
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Re: AARRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!! Quit packaging it as RPMS!
by RunNHide - Sep 24th 2003 00:25:52
> When are you people going ot realize
> that not everyone runs Redhat or
> Debian?!?!?
Why don't you use alien and re-package it as whatever you need it to be
packaged as? Just a suggestion . . .
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Upgrade Announcement
by Thor - Sep 11th 2003 05:24:14
So this morning I check in to messenger and got an offline message to each
of my accounts informing me that Yahoo is making system changes on
September 24, 2003.
They then go on to tell me that I should download and run the latest
version.
Don't waste your time, there isn't a new version.
Does anyone have the scoop on this? Are we (Unix users) going to get shut
out on the 24th? Is there a new version comming out to address this?
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Re: Upgrade Announcement
by Karna - Sep 17th 2003 00:55:46
>
> Does anyone have the scoop on this? Are
> we (Unix users) going to get shut out on
> the 24th? Is there a new version
> comming out to address this?
>
>
Yes :) is out there, go ahead give it a shot.
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Re: Upgrade Announcement
by RunNHide - Sep 17th 2003 07:15:59
> Yes :) is out there, go ahead give it a
> shot.
Well, I'd like to give it a shot, but I'm running Red Hat 9, and after
launching the client, it runs thru the configuration wizard, then
segfaults, and when I run it again, it runs thru the configuration wizard,
then segfaults AGAIN - over and over and over again. Back to gaim I guess.
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Re: Upgrade Announcement
by Karna - Sep 17th 2003 10:29:46
>
> Well, I'd like to give it a shot, but
> I'm running Red Hat 9, and after
> launching the client, it runs thru the
> configuration wizard, then segfaults,
you have an old .ymessenger directory in $HOME, move that out of the way
and retry. And yes, if it is still bombing, please set ulimit -c
unlimited, get a core and email to the group, I'll poke at the core. This
is the first report of a seg fault with this series (1.0.x) ....
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Re: Upgrade Announcement
by RunNHide - Sep 17th 2003 15:31:25
> you have an old .ymessenger directory in
> $HOME, move that out of the way and
> retry. And yes, if it is still bombing,
> please set ulimit -c unlimited, get a
> core and email to the group, I'll poke
> at the core. This is the first report of
> a seg fault with this series (1.0.x)
> ....
Okay - the core was pretty big - I emailed it - and guess what:
Your message was rejected by mta5.grp.scd.yahoo.com for the following
reason:
sorry, that message size exceeds my databytes limit (#5.3.4)
so, I'll put the core up on my site and email you the link - you can
download it at your convenience.
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Problems with fonts
by marrero - Aug 3rd 2003 12:10:44
I have the following problem with my yahoo
messenger. When I open the IM for the second
time, third time and so on, I can't see what
people write me. The font is very small. I have
tried to change the font size but nothing
happen. Someone have a solution for that
problem? I have RedHat Linux 9.0 and Debian
(woody).
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Re: Problems with fonts
by Thor - Aug 12th 2003 18:18:33
I get the same thing a lot of times. Other times it will display a very
tiny font (mine and the person I'm chatting with). Restarting ymessenger
does not correct the problem, X must be restarted. Mandrake 9.1 on
several different machines.
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Re: Problems with fonts
by weesnix - Sep 14th 2003 20:36:48
Deleting the .ymessenger file in the HOME directory and then restarting
ymessenger fixes the font problem temporarily. It reoccurs on every other
load-up. Could this be a problem with KDE? This is getting old!!!
> I get the same thing a lot of times.
> Other times it will display a very tiny
> font (mine and the person I'm chatting
> with). Restarting ymessenger does not
> correct the problem, X must be
> restarted. Mandrake 9.1 on several
> different machines.
>
>
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GAIM is better...
by wzab - Jul 4th 2003 06:54:58
Until the Linux version supports at least voice, I'd prefere using GAIM (
http://gaim.sourceforge.net ). It supports many
communicators (YM, AIM, MSN, GG, Jabber...) in single package.
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How to fix on redhat 9
by nichomachus - Apr 22nd 2003 10:50:59
Here's how I fixed it on Redhat 9.
rm /opt/ymessenger/lib/libgtkhtml.so.20
rm /opt/ymessenger/lib/libgtkhtml.so.20.1.1
ln -s /usr/lib/libgtkhtml-1.1.so.3.0.3 /usr/lib/libgtkhtml.so.20
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Re: How to fix on redhat 9
by RunNHide - May 7th 2003 14:16:33
To address this issue, I re-packaged ymessenger for Red Hat 9. Please note
that this is a totally unofficial release. I have also taken the liberty
of replacing the crappy looking stock yahoo pixmaps with Red Hat
Bluecurve-ish pixmaps. When you install it, use "rpm -Uvh --nodeps"
otherwise it will complain that it needs libgtkhtml.so.20 and/or
libcrypto.so.2 - these are both included in the package and properly
linked. It's available at
http://runnhide.cjb.net/RPMS/ymessenger-0.99.19-rh9.i386.rpm for those
that would like to download it and try it out. After installing the RPM,
just run /usr/bin/ymessenger just as you would with the normal "real"
yahoo RPM.
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Re: How to fix on redhat 9
by dino - Aug 18th 2003 09:30:52
After I installed it as per what you explain, when I tried to run it, I
always get this messeges, Permission denied...
Any idea how to overcome this problem?
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Re: How to fix on redhat 9
by Caveman - Aug 18th 2003 21:03:15
You need to run:
chmod 755 /usr/bin/ymessenger
in order to set executable permissions.
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Re: How to fix on redhat 9
by dino - Aug 21st 2003 04:04:12
Thanks Mr Caveman, its work just fine. Why I never think it before?.....
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Re: How to fix on redhat 9
by Caveman - Aug 18th 2003 21:00:19
This worked for me great. Thanks!
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ymessenger's text problem, my solution...
by romrider - May 8th 2003 21:21:09
This may not be the best solution but it works flawlessly
under Mandrake 9.1 (bamboo)
after you have run the program once and then exited it
creates the .ymessenger folder and all I did was
replaced $home/USER/.ymessenger/menu.rc with a blank
menu.rc file and made it read only and not writeable.
the program will forever more not be able to write the
menu.rc file and for some reason that I am not aware of
will be able to read and write text properly...
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Re: ymessenger's text problem, my solution... (Have another problem)
by jk - May 30th 2003 21:10:58
It does seem to solve the font problem, but I am having the following
problem. I can receive messages from my buddy, but my buddy isn't
receiving my messages. He sees me online, but does not receive my
message.
I am pretty sure it's the problem at my end because when I use gaim there
is no problem.
I have tried with all the different solutions found here and was able to
resolve the small font problem, but not the current problem.
I am running Mandrake 9.1.
> This may not be the best solution but it
> works flawlessly
> under Mandrake 9.1 (bamboo)
>
> after you have run the program once and
> then exited it
> creates the .ymessenger folder and all I
> did was
> replaced $home/USER/.ymessenger/menu.rc
> with a blank
> menu.rc file and made it read only and
> not writeable.
>
> the program will forever more not be
> able to write the
> menu.rc file and for some reason that I
> am not aware of
> will be able to read and write text
> properly...
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New Release
by Kevin Soles - Feb 10th 2003 11:05:10
hey,
I just installed redhat 8.0 and the yahoo messenger do any of you know
where I can find information on the next release of yahoo! Messenger for
unix... I just want on the features of yahoo! Messenger for windwos even
though it's doubtful.
--
-Kevin Soles-
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Red Hat 8.0 Font Issue
by lexus03 - Dec 3rd 2002 07:57:20
I'm having a problem with using ymessenger on Red Hat 8.0. I install the
rpm and all goes well. I run it the first time and I can see the messages
I type to others and messages other type to me. After I close the
application for the first time, it writes ~/.ymessenger/<prefs and
other stuff> files. When I run ymessenger again, I can no longer see
messages I type to others nor can I see the messages they type to me. Is
this a known issue?
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Re: Red Hat 8.0 Font Issue
by Michael Shurtleff - Jan 14th 2003 12:46:38
I can confirm I am having the same problem. It does seem to be related to
fonts, but the fact that it initializes correctly from the config routine
would indicate that the problem is in the initialization routine on app
start-up. It is probably a piece of cake to fix for the developers.. let's
hope they correct it soon.
In the mean time I will be using Imici, which unfortunately doesn't have
the stock quotes.
> I'm having a problem with using
> ymessenger on Red Hat 8.0. I install the
> rpm and all goes well. I run it the
> first time and I can see the messages I
> type to others and messages other type
> to me. After I close the application for
> the first time, it writes
> ~/.ymessenger/<prefs and other
> stuff> files. When I run ymessenger
> again, I can no longer see messages I
> type to others nor can I see the
> messages they type to me. Is this a
> known issue?
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Re: Red Hat 8.0 Font Issue
by TJL - Jan 14th 2003 22:04:14
I was able to resolve this by adding rm -rf $HOME/.ymessenger/menu.rc to
/opt/ymessenger/bin/ymessenger
File now looks like this:
#!/bin/sh
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/ymessenger/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
rm -rf $HOME/.ymessenger/menu.rc
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
exec /opt/ymessenger/bin/ymessenger.bin $@
> I'm having a problem with using
> ymessenger on Red Hat 8.0. I install the
> rpm and all goes well. I run it the
> first time and I can see the messages I
> type to others and messages other type
> to me. After I close the application for
> the first time, it writes
> ~/.ymessenger/<prefs and other
> stuff> files. When I run ymessenger
> again, I can no longer see messages I
> type to others nor can I see the
> messages they type to me. Is this a
> known issue?
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Re: Red Hat 8.0 Font Issue + Audio Issue
by Condor - Feb 4th 2003 23:27:09
Hi,
You're solutio nis very helpful, thanx.
I have problems with audio ... when playing (or trying to) a sound,
ymessenger tells me :
play_audio error: unsupported format
Do someone have an Idea ?
thanks.
> I was able to resolve this by adding rm
> -rf $HOME/.ymessenger/menu.rc to
> /opt/ymessenger/bin/ymessenger
>
> File now looks like this:
> #!/bin/sh
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/ymessenger/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> rm -rf $HOME/.ymessenger/menu.rc
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> exec /opt/ymessenger/bin/ymessenger.bin
> $@
>
>
>
> % I'm having a problem with using
> % ymessenger on Red Hat 8.0. I install
> the
> % rpm and all goes well. I run it the
> % first time and I can see the messages
> I
> % type to others and messages other
> type
> % to me. After I close the application
> for
> % the first time, it writes
> % ~/.ymessenger/<prefs and other
> % stuff> files. When I run
> ymessenger
> % again, I can no longer see messages I
> % type to others nor can I see the
> % messages they type to me. Is this a
> % known issue?
>
>
>
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Re: Red Hat 8.0 Font Issue + Audio Issue
by cri_simoes - Jul 9th 2003 10:06:44
Hi Condor..
I am having the same audio problem... were you able to solve it?! How?
Thank you :)
Cri
> I have problems with audio ... when
> playing (or trying to) a sound,
> ymessenger tells me :
> play_audio error: unsupported format
> Do someone have an Idea ?
> thanks.
>
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Re: Red Hat 8.0 Font Issue
by sudheer - Nov 21st 2004 22:47:32
I too have same problem .if u found any remedy for this plz mail me to :
ysudheerraghav@yahoo.co.in.
Thanks.......
> I'm having a problem with using
> ymessenger on Red Hat 8.0. I install the
> rpm and all goes well. I run it the
> first time and I can see the messages I
> type to others and messages other type
> to me. After I close the application for
> the first time, it writes
> ~/.ymessenger/<prefs and other
> stuff> files. When I run ymessenger
> again, I can no longer see messages I
> type to others nor can I see the
> messages they type to me. Is this a
> known issue?
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Re: Red Hat 8.0 Font Issue
by sudheer - Nov 21st 2004 22:51:34
I too have same problem .if u found any remedy for this plz mail me to :
ysudheerraghav@yahoo.co.in.
Thanks.......
> I'm having a problem with using
> ymessenger on Red Hat 8.0. I install the
> rpm and all goes well. I run it the
> first time and I can see the messages I
> type to others and messages other type
> to me. After I close the application for
> the first time, it writes
> ~/.ymessenger/<prefs and other
> stuff> files. When I run ymessenger
> again, I can no longer see messages I
> type to others nor can I see the
> messages they type to me. Is this a
> known issue?
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Webcam support?!?
by Rescue9 - Nov 12th 2002 08:55:44
Its always the case with unixes. We are the LAST to be supported by
comercial software. Even Mac has webcam support now. I can understand
there being a problem implementing webcam support for someone on a linux
system who wants to broadcast their webcam. This is a resonable delay due
to the completely different way that webcams are dealt with in linux.
However, it is not understandable why you haven't built the ability for
linux clients to view others webcams. This is something that should
already be implemented. You all need to get on the ball. We, the linux
community, want webcam support. WE are TIRED of always being the last ones
to recieve support and features!
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Re: Webcam support?!?
by unknown - Dec 8th 2002 19:52:21
> Its always the case with unixes. We are
> the LAST to be supported by comercial
> software. Even Mac has webcam support
> now. I can understand there being a
> problem implementing webcam support for
> someone on a linux system who wants to
> broadcast their webcam. This is a
> resonable delay due to the completely
> different way that webcams are dealt
> with in linux. However, it is not
> understandable why you haven't built the
> ability for linux clients to view others
> webcams. This is something that should
> already be implemented. You all need to
> get on the ball. We, the linux
> community, want webcam support. WE are
> TIRED of always being the last ones to
> recieve support and features!
>
i agree 100%. i want to use my webcam in yahoo messenger. i'm sick of
having to switch between linux & windows to use the camera. it makes no
sense why we should be the last with support for EVERYTHING!!!
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Re: Webcam support?!?
by tux73 - Dec 21st 2002 06:59:16
> i agree 100%. i want to use my webcam
> in yahoo messenger. i'm sick of having
> to switch between linux & windows to use
> the camera. it makes no sense why we
> should be the last with support for
> EVERYTHING!!!
Yepp! Me too!!!!!!!!!!!
--
have a lot of fun
tux73
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Re: Webcam support?!?
by RunNHide - May 4th 2003 14:56:27
yes - I agree totally. We in the Unix/Linux community are the absolute last
to get anything accomplished and webcam and voice support in an official
yahoo client would be fantastic. I personally am sick of having to fire
up a virtual machine to run windows in to be able to use this
functionality in yahoo messenger, especially when I have a perfectly
functioning webcam and sound card that I use under Linux. Maybe we should
start some sort of petition to yahoo and get the ball rolling?
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Re: Webcam support?!?
by Rescue9 - May 4th 2003 16:04:20
>Maybe we
> should start some sort of petition to
> yahoo and get the ball rolling?
>
>
I don't honestly think that this would matter much. We just have to assume
that the Windoze world loaths us and would rather not hear from us. There
is a solution however....Forget relying on the windoze world to change for
us and start relying on the linux community. There have eben multiple
requests for the gaim project , gaim.sourceforge.net , to implement video
and voice support for the yahoo protocol. It is simply a matter of finding
the right developer in the linux community who also has a need for this
support. Then maybe things will change. As we have seen here, we will
almost certainly be waiting an eternity for an official yahoo client to
implement these features.
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Re: Webcam support?!?
by Simontek - May 24th 2003 16:57:20
>
> %Maybe we
> % should start some sort of petition to
> % yahoo and get the ball rolling?
> %
> %
>
>
> I don't honestly think that this would
> matter much. We just have to assume that
> the Windoze world loaths us and would
> rather not hear from us. There is a
> solution however....Forget relying on
> the windoze world to change for us and
> start relying on the linux community.
> There have eben multiple requests for
> the gaim project , gaim.sourceforge.net
> , to implement video and voice support
> for the yahoo protocol. It is simply a
> matter of finding the right developer in
> the linux community who also has a need
> for this support. Then maybe things will
> change. As we have seen here, we will
> almost certainly be waiting an eternity
> for an official yahoo client to
> implement these features.
How bout we ask them for the source of the most recent version, of
ymessenger for windows, and port it ourselves?
--
Simontek
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Re: Webcam support?!?
by Rescue9 - Jul 2nd 2003 08:14:05
> How bout we ask them for the source of
> the most recent version, of ymessenger
> for windows, and port it ourselves?
That would be the best way... However, do you really think that yahoo is
going to release their source code?
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Re: Webcam support?!?
by OldToker - Jun 29th 2004 17:04:39
>
> %
> % %Maybe we
> % % should start some sort of petition
> to
> % % yahoo and get the ball rolling?
> % %
I was thinking along the same lines.. but instead lets get organized and
make a "BIG PUSH" even if our efforts are a little less than correct.. I
offer as a sugestion to people that are sick and tired of being treated
like garbage from comercial software companies. that we BAND together and
make an assault on the companies VIA E-Mail we write them DAY IN AND DAY
out DEMANDING Equality in the *NIX Versions of their software. Eventually
They would get tired or having their mail boxes flooded and give in ....
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Re: Webcam support?!?
by Syiru - Aug 4th 2005 20:40:43
>
> % Its always the case with unixes. We
> are
> % the LAST to be supported by comercial
> % software. Even Mac has webcam support
> % now. I can understand there being a
> % problem implementing webcam support
> for
> % someone on a linux system who wants
> to
> % broadcast their webcam. This is a
> % resonable delay due to the completely
> % different way that webcams are dealt
> % with in linux. However, it is not
> % understandable why you haven't built
> the
> % ability for linux clients to view
> others
> % webcams. This is something that
> should
> % already be implemented. You all need
> to
> % get on the ball. We, the linux
> % community, want webcam support. WE
> are
> % TIRED of always being the last ones
> to
> % recieve support and features!
> %
>
>
> i agree 100%. i want to use my webcam
> in yahoo messenger. i'm sick of having
> to switch between linux & windows to use
> the camera. it makes no sense why we
> should be the last with support for
> EVERYTHING!!!
yeah, i totally agree....REFORMATION....
--
Yeezza
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Re: Webcam support?!?
by Cougaram - Mar 28th 2004 21:47:04
> Its always the case with unixes. We are
> the LAST to be supported by comercial
> software. Even Mac has webcam support
> now. I can understand there being a
> problem implementing webcam support for
> someone on a linux system who wants to
> broadcast their webcam. This is a
> resonable delay due to the completely
> different way that webcams are dealt
> with in linux. However, it is not
> understandable why you haven't built the
> ability for linux clients to view others
> webcams. This is something that should
> already be implemented. You all need to
> get on the ball. We, the linux
> community, want webcam support. WE are
> TIRED of always being the last ones to
> recieve support and features!
>
I can't help but wonder if Microcrap often pays off developers to NOT
support us 'nix folks. Foolish notion? Nope, look at their track record. I
hope that someday soon billy boy and company will indeed find out "What
goes around, comes around".
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unreadably small font
by Andras Keszei - Aug 22nd 2002 03:14:37
I'm using mandrake8.2, and the problem I found was after closing the prog
for the 1st time, ym saves a preferences file to /home/bla/.ymessenger, and
if this is still present when I restart ymessenger, the fonts in the
message are too small to read. There no way to get around this, except
erasing the file alltogether. I've tried erasing all the contents, and
making it read only, but the fact that there is a text file named
preferences in the /home/bla/.ymessenger directory seems to trigger this
bug. I've cleaned it off and reinstalled 3x, to no avail.
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Re: unreadably small font
by Karna - Sep 2nd 2002 02:46:06
> file to /home/bla/.ymessenger, and if
> this is still present when I restart
> ymessenger, the fonts in the message are
> too small to read. There no way to get
> around this, except erasing the file
This is a sort of a known problem. This problem can go away with all or
any
of these solutions
1. Rename your .ymessenger directory and try
2. If you are using GNOME, try renaming the .gtkrc file in your home
directory or modify the theme to stop forcing non GNOME apps to use GNOME
fonts.
3. If you are in KDE, uncheck the ``Control Center/Look & Feel/System/
Apply Fonts and Colors to non-KDE apps'' option. More details are
available from http://www.linux.net.pl/kdesktop/common/#NON-KDE-APPS
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Re: unreadably small font
by Prothonotar - Oct 12th 2002 18:40:37
I found that this seems to be caused by a broken libgtkml that the yahoo
rpm installs as /opt/ymessenger/lib/libgtkhtml.so.20. They say on their
website it is an "un-GNOMEified version". Well, whatever it is, it doesn't
work since I installed RH 8.0.
/opt/ymessenger/bin/ymessenger is a shell script that puts
/opt/ymessenger/lib in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Comment out that line in the
script, and you should be alright (assuming that you do, in fact, have the
normal gtkhml-1.0.4 package installed)
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Re: unreadably small font
by hilbert - Apr 26th 2003 08:20:07
Login as root and run the command below:
ln -sf /usr/lib/libgtkhtml.so.20 /opt/ymessenger/lib/libgtkhtml.so.20
This fix the bad libgtkhtml library used by yahoo messenger in
/opt/ymessenger/lib. This worked fine in my Mandrake 8.2
> I'm using mandrake8.2, and the problem
> I found was after closing the prog for
> the 1st time, ym saves a preferences
> file to /home/bla/.ymessenger, and if
> this is still present when I restart
> ymessenger, the fonts in the message are
> too small to read. There no way to get
> around this, except erasing the file
> alltogether. I've tried erasing all the
> contents, and making it read only, but
> the fact that there is a text file named
> preferences in the /home/bla/.ymessenger
> directory seems to trigger this bug.
> I've cleaned it off and reinstalled 3x,
> to no avail.
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Re: unreadably small font
by Delphis - May 30th 2003 10:41:55
For Mandrake 9.1, try this too:
cd /opt/ymessenger/lib
rm -f libgtkhtml.so.20*
ln -s /usr/lib/libgtkhtml-1.1.so.3 libgtkhtml.so.20
Seems to work very well.
> Login as root and run the command
> below:
>
> ln -sf /usr/lib/libgtkhtml.so.20
> /opt/ymessenger/lib/libgtkhtml.so.20
>
> This fix the bad libgtkhtml library used
> by yahoo messenger in
> /opt/ymessenger/lib. This worked fine in
> my Mandrake 8.2
>
> % I'm using mandrake8.2, and the
> problem
> % I found was after closing the prog
> for
> % the 1st time, ym saves a preferences
> % file to /home/bla/.ymessenger, and if
> % this is still present when I restart
> % ymessenger, the fonts in the message
> are
> % too small to read. There no way to
> get
> % around this, except erasing the file
> % alltogether. I've tried erasing all
> the
> % contents, and making it read only,
> but
> % the fact that there is a text file
> named
> % preferences in the
> /home/bla/.ymessenger
> % directory seems to trigger this bug.
> % I've cleaned it off and reinstalled
> 3x,
> % to no avail.
>
>
>
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Very nice, but one small problem...
by Yves Glodt - Jul 16th 2002 06:46:44
Hi,
with the last release 099, I always get the
message "cannot write to /home/yves/.ymessenger"
when I quit the program.
Apart of that it works fine!
Now, is Yahoo planning to add more functionality
to this client ?
I, and surely others would really appreciate voice and webcam support
=)
Thanx for this great software, which brings Linux
one little step close to Joe's Desktop
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Re: Very nice, but one small problem...
by Karna - Jul 29th 2002 03:59:57
> Hi,
>
> with the last release 099, I always get
> the
> message "cannot write to
> /home/yves/.ymessenger"
Create that directory and your preferences will get stored right.
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Re: Very nice, but one small problem...
by Yves Glodt - Aug 2nd 2002 15:50:47
>
> % Hi,
> %
> % with the last release 099, I always
> get
> % the
> % message "cannot write to
> % /home/yves/.ymessenger"
>
>
> Create that directory and your
> preferences will get stored right.
>
yves@Mortimer:~ > l .ymessenger/
total 20k
drwxr-xr-x 2 yves users 4.0k Aug 1 19:14 Current/
-rw-r--r-- 1 yves users 211 Jun 25 23:44 history.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 yves users 3.1k Aug 1 19:15 menu.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 yves users 211 Jun 25 23:44 messages.dat
-rw------- 1 yves users 2.1k Aug 1 19:15 preferences
yves@Mortimer:~ >
I have it but I still have the message.
This directory was created by ymessenger.
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ymessenger not working behind proxy
by Moyukh - Jun 14th 2002 05:29:31
Hi,
I tried to use the ymessenger-0.99 behind a M$ http proxy v2.0 . It
dosen't seems to work, it just hang at the conecting.. state.. and
nothing happens.. but i am able to use KYIM instead.
Is this a general problem or it is just happening with me..
can some body help me out..
Regards
Moyukh
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Re: ymessenger not working behind proxy
by Jasper - Sep 4th 2002 08:54:31
i have the same problem too. i tried to use ymessenger behind a proxy and
i get the same "connecting...." message. changing the proxy settings
doesn't seem to help. has someone solved this?
> Hi,
> I tried to use the ymessenger-0.99
> behind a M$ http proxy v2.0 . It dosen't
> seems to work, it just hang at the
> conecting.. state.. and nothing
> happens.. but i am able to use KYIM
> instead.
> Is this a general problem or it is just
> happening with me..
> can some body help me out..
>
> Regards
> Moyukh
>
>
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Re: ymessenger not working behind proxy
by Nitin Madan - Jul 3rd 2003 22:21:08
I am facing the same problem, though kyim is not working for me either. The
gaim libyahoo uses the CONNECT message and is rejected by the squid. The
ymessenger uses the POST message, but does not send the authentication
string, and does not pop up the authentication window as in case of a
windoze ymessenger.
> i have the same problem too. i tried to
> use ymessenger behind a proxy and i get
> the same "connecting...." message.
> changing the proxy settings doesn't seem
> to help. has someone solved this?
>
>
> % Hi,
> % I tried to use the ymessenger-0.99
> % behind a M$ http proxy v2.0 . It
> dosen't
> % seems to work, it just hang at the
> % conecting.. state.. and nothing
> % happens.. but i am able to use KYIM
> % instead.
> % Is this a general problem or it is
> just
> % happening with me..
> % can some body help me out..
> %
> % Regards
> % Moyukh
> %
> %
>
>
>
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Won't run on Mandrake 8.2
by Joseph Nicholson - May 14th 2002 17:56:47
Go figure. I sent an email to that tech support thingy regarding what I get
on here:
Installing ymessenger as root gives the following error:
[root@localhost Download]# rpm -ivh ymessenger-0.99.17-1.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
libcrypto.so.2 is needed by ymessenger-0.99.17-1
(this is the version for Red Hat 7.2).
Creating a symbolic link thus:
ln -s libcrypto.so.0.9.6 libcrypto.so.2
in /usr/lib has no net effect. The program won't run, period. A search of
rpmfind.net turns up NOTHING for libcrypto.so.2.
It's part of the libopenssl0 package in Mandrake.
Any solutions? I've tried the .tar.gz file and installed (as user) in
$HOME. It won't run from there either, complaining that libcrypto.so.2
can't be found.
Anyone else have any ideas? Yet one more reason why sometimes I HATE
proprietary software :(
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Re: Won't run on Mandrake 8.2
by Karna - May 14th 2002 18:11:49
% in /usr/lib has no net effect. The
> program won't run, period. A search of
> rpmfind.net turns up NOTHING for
> libcrypto.so.2.
Hmm, what's this:
http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/redhat/7.2/i386/openssl-0.9.6b-8.i386.html
> Anyone else have any ideas? Yet one
> more reason why sometimes I HATE
> proprietary software :(
>
<br>
Tis' often easier to blame than to solve..... <br>
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Re: Won't run on Mandrake 8.2
by muppet - May 14th 2002 19:38:43
> (this is the version for Red Hat % 7.2).
>
> Creating a symbolic link thus:
>
> ln -s libcrypto.so.0.9.6 libcrypto.so.2
>
> in /usr/lib has no net effect.
i did this, and it worked:
1 - get the tarball (listed at the bottom of the download page)
2 - unpack that someplace. it will create a dir named opt (because it
expects to be installed to /opt). i don't want an /opt, so i moved
opt/ymessenger to /usr/local, creating /usr/local/ymessenger.
3 - edit .../ymessenger/bin/ymessenger to replace /opt with /usr/local.
you'll note that this front-end script messes with LD_LIBRARY_PATH...
4 - make a symlink from the /usr/lib/libcrypto.so to
.../ymessenger/lib/libcrypto.so.2
5 - add a symlink from .../ymessenger/bin/ymessenger to
/usr/local/bin.
6 - important: move away your old $HOME/.ymessenger directory! i
couldn't connect until i did...
7 - run ymessenger. since you've just blown away your preferences
directory, you'll see a first-time-user wizard. the gnome/kde icon
installation didn't work for me, but i don't use them anyway -- just click
finish at that point.
8 - don't forget the "show power user settings" in the first
preferences tab, which will add an "advanced" tab, under which you can
tell ymessneger to use mozilla instead of netscape.
hope this helps. :-)
-
doubtless the reason you couldn't get it to work before was that you
didn't run ldconfig afterwards so that ld knew about the new link.
-- muppet
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Re: Won't run on Mandrake 8.2
by Karna - May 14th 2002 20:42:45
>
> 6 - important: move away your old
> $HOME/.ymessenger directory! i couldn't
> connect until i did...
You don't really need to do this, but yes, it helps. After logging
in, saving your preferences would do the trick. See, ma, I remember what
size you want your windows in ;)
> 1 - get the tarball (listed at the
> bottom of the download page)
[snip]
> 8 - don't forget the "show power user
> settings" in the first preferences tab,
> which will add an "advanced" tab, under
> which you can tell ymessneger to use
> mozilla instead of netscape.
> hope this helps. :-)
> -- muppet
Phew, time to really think of that Mandrake release :p
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Re: Won't run on Mandrake 8.2
by Rrandy - May 22nd 2002 21:50:28
% 6 - important: move away your old
> $HOME/.ymessenger directory! i couldn't
> connect until i did...
I'm still running 8.1 on two boxes here, but I found that the login
problem was simply a matter of retyping the password.
I do, however, have a problem with sound on one box. The user is running
KDE, and gets no sound for alerts. My Gnome desktop gave me sound right
away, but I've tried her on Gnome and it didn't make a difference.
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Re: Won't run on Mandrake 8.2
by Karna - May 24th 2002 23:30:29
> I do, however, have a problem with
> sound on one box. The user is running
> KDE, and gets no sound for alerts. My
> Gnome desktop gave me sound right away,
> but I've tried her on Gnome and it
> didn't make a difference.
Needs OSS or /dev/dsp to directly write sounds to. There are some plans
for arts compat, but will take time.
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Re: Won't run on Mandrake 8.2
by hilbert - Apr 26th 2003 08:16:24
Login as root and run the command below:
ln -sf /usr/lib/libgtkhtml.so.20\ /opt/ymessenger/lib/libgtkhtml.so.20
This fix the bad libgtkhtml library used by yahoo messenger in
/opt/ymessenger/lib. This worked fine in my Mandrake 8.2
> Go figure. I sent an email to that tech
> support thingy regarding what I get on
> here:
>
> Installing ymessenger as root gives the
> following error:
>
> [root@localhost Download]# rpm -ivh
> ymessenger-0.99.17-1.i386.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
> libcrypto.so.2 is needed by
> ymessenger-0.99.17-1
>
> (this is the version for Red Hat 7.2).
>
> Creating a symbolic link thus:
>
> ln -s libcrypto.so.0.9.6 libcrypto.so.2
>
> in /usr/lib has no net effect. The
> program won't run, period. A search of
> rpmfind.net turns up NOTHING for
> libcrypto.so.2.
> It's part of the libopenssl0 package in
> Mandrake.
>
> Any solutions? I've tried the .tar.gz
> file and installed (as user) in $HOME.
> It won't run from there either,
> complaining that libcrypto.so.2 can't be
> found.
>
>
> Anyone else have any ideas? Yet one more
> reason why sometimes I HATE proprietary
> software :(
>
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Irix Implementation of ymessenger
by Allyann - Jan 31st 2001 22:38:36
Are you looking at porting ymessenger to Irix 6.5 in the near future? if
not is the source code available for compiling on Unix?
regards
Allison
--
Allyann
*********
Victor Borge:
"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people."
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Re: Irix Implementation of ymessenger
by Slushpupie - Feb 1st 2001 00:07:03
I dont think ymessenger is open source.. and Yahoo has their hands full
just trying to get a Linux version going that has not quite half the
features of the windows version. However, if you want to use Yahoo just
for chatting, (and dont like the java version) check out the everybuddy
client, I dont know if they ported it to Irix, but it is GPLed, so you
could give it a good hack if need be. (http://www.everybuddy.com)
> Are you looking at porting ymessenger to
> Irix 6.5 in the near future? if not is
> the source code available for compiling
> on Unix?
>
> regards
> Allison
>
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