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I am running Red Hat 9 with KDE desktop. I am trying to use GAIM as my IM. When I try to logon I get the error "...unable to signon: Protocol not supported." The version of Gaim I am using is 0.59.8. I am tring to login with my MSN messenger account. What do I need to do? And please be specific. I am definitely a newbie but willing to learn.
Originally posted by linuxRunner When I try to logon I get the error "...unable to signon: Protocol not supported." The version of Gaim I am using is 0.59.8. I am tring to login with my MSN messenger account. What do I need to do? And please be specific. I am definitely a newbie but willing to learn.
umm well not to be obvious but you could go to Gaim's website and read the FAQs. They have information on just how to handle your problem.
Definitely just download the rpm, not the source file. You seem unfamiliar with this, so once you have that, make sure you are the super user (aka root) and type:
rpm -Uvh gaim.(versionnumber).rpm
Personally, I think gaim is great, because you can use it for all of your instant messenger accounts.
Last edited by statmobile; 01-27-2004 at 02:31 PM.
again, make sure you do -Uvh, not -ivh. The "U" is for updating the program, while the "i" is for installing the program for the first time. Everything I've read about rpm on RedHat tells you to just always use the -Uvh, because it will work every time.
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