Yahoo Messenger on Slackware

Mercurius · 02-18-2006, 07:45 PM

Is there a Yahoo Messenger Slackware Package? I dont want to use gaim since I want to appear invisible to some users.

tangle · 02-18-2006, 08:04 PM

You could download the rpm and then make it a Slackware package with rpm2tgz.

dr_zayus69 · 02-18-2006, 08:21 PM

i use gaim and it is possible to go invisible. Go to tools > away > your yahoo sn account > and at the bottom above custom is invisible.

Franklin · 02-18-2006, 10:29 PM

Kopete works as well and has invisibility for yahoo.

Mercurius · 02-19-2006, 09:12 AM

I did the rpm2tgz, installed it, literaly destroyed my whole dropline gnome, would not even start.

cwwilson721 · 02-19-2006, 09:52 AM

You could always download the source and compile it yourself

Mercurius · 02-19-2006, 10:30 AM

Well, im stuck, im not doing anything untill I get the resolve of the "svgalib mmap error rrr" on 2.6.15 on slackware 10.2. It ate my nerves away literally and I still cant get past that error.

detpenguin · 02-19-2006, 12:28 PM

you can grab the slackware package for ymessenger here
you have to join the group to access it tho, which is no biggy, takes a moment is all. it's in the "files" section, under slackware

Mercurius · 02-19-2006, 02:32 PM

Hope it wont destroy my dropline gnome ...

Mercurius · 02-19-2006, 03:00 PM

It works, without selecting the startup or any other option. It's an ancient version though ... can't I add more groups the the standard one? I cant select to whom would I appear invisible or not. If I become visible, over 50 persons will buzz me.

detpenguin · 02-19-2006, 03:02 PM

sucks to be popular? :P
but yeah, it's a bit of an ancient version, as yahoo isn't completely linux/unix friendly. but hey, for me it works, and works well, for everything i need to do anyways.

Mercurius · 02-21-2006, 02:27 AM

Well, I want invisibility only for CERTAIN persons ... that's kind of hard on linux right?

SaintsOfTheDiamond · 02-21-2006, 06:21 PM

I've found that if you log into YM on a Windows machine running the latest version and set all the people you want to be invisible to there you still appear to be offline to them in gaim (at least it seemed to when I had a working version of gaim 1.5). I'm not sure if that works for everyone or is just a bug.

detpenguin · 02-21-2006, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mercurius

Well, I want invisibility only for CERTAIN persons ... that's kind of hard on linux right?

i've yet to find a chat client that will do that on linux for yahoo....

Franklin · 02-21-2006, 08:29 PM

In kopete, right-click on the yahoo buddy, at the bottom of the drop-down menu is the same buddy's name, the next drop-down will have "stealth setting". Pick from "permanently off-line" or "on-line". This is available for yahoo but not aol. Not sure how well it works, but it's there.

HTH