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yahoo messsenger in redhat!!!

hi
I installed yahoo messenger in rh linux 7.3. I have a proxy connection to internet. i have set the http proxy for yahoo messenger. but it doesnt work. my messenger doesnt seem to be working for proxy settings. i think it works alrite in debian. is there any problem with redhat.
bye

that's weird, usually yahoo's linux version is great. have you tried to connect to yahoo using gaim?

gaim can connect to maximum chat clients try it

If you don't like Gaim, try Kopete.

use gaim it can connect all the protocols avaible :) that saves you some resource if you need to use more than one messenger

can any one tell me what this gaim actually is. I dont have any idea about that

gaim is a internet messenger just like icq and msn or yahoo but it can connect all the protocol. gaim.sourceforge.net

/usr/bin/gaim

man gaim

rpm -q gaim -i

You can get the instructions and informations.

i tried gaim. i am actually using proxy to connect to internet. I loaded the yahoo plugin. but it is giving "could not connect to yahoo" error. wt could be the problem. is it because of proxy connection

this is the debug code I get

AOL and MSN connect alright. I have problems with Yahoo.

I used 'gaim -d' from a terminal window and captured this output:

Code:

Loading /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so

loaded plugin returned NULL

Loading /usr/lib/gaim/libyahoo.so

loaded plugin returned NULL

gaim 0.59.1 logging in kuyalfinator using Yahoo

connecting to alpha5.scs.yahoo.com:5050 with no proxy

Connect would have blocked

got one

Connected

//hexed code

//hexed code

//hexed code

Y M S G . . . . . . . W . . . .

. . . . 1 . . k u y a l f i n a

t o r . .

date: Thu Sep 25 06:07:06 2003

event_signoff: kuyalfinator

event_quit

Removed core

Notice the version number I am using. Probably, there is something wrong with the plugin or it is the wrong pager address. The proxy settings I did not play with yet. The follow is some questions and comments I have about ymessenger, the version included from the Yahoo Website.

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How do I uninstall the version of yahoo Messenger when I have the
following packages. I already have 0.99.19-1.i386 install. How
do I uninstall it?

//rpm I have
rh8.ymessenger-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm
ymessenger-0.99.19-1.i386.rpm

When upgrading the client, do the following:

If you are upgrading your client from a previous version of
Yahoo! Messenger, please remove the older version first
before installing this version.

In addition, due to changes in the base libraries, please
rename the preferences file in the directory /.ymessenger from
.ymessenger/preferences to .ymessenger/preferences.old

The new client will automatically configure your setup.
You will not lose any offline or archived messages in this process.