Gaim issues

Rhiannon · 03-07-2004, 11:36 AM

I just ran the updates on my pc for fedora since I just installed it and before I ran the GAIM update... my yahoo messenger part worked. After the update I get an error message saying it can't read it. What the ?? How can I correct this or get that part to work again? I also have an issue with my sound card not wanting to work but I am beginning to think that is due to it being an onboard one. I am at a loss.. TIA

acid_kewpie · 03-07-2004, 12:12 PM

what versions are you running etc...? and what was the error message?

Rhiannon · 03-08-2004, 12:15 AM

Version .75 of it and it says it can't connect to my yahoo becuase it is" unable to read" I made sure my password and sign in name were correct and everything so there is no real reason for it not to work..

paonethestar · 03-08-2004, 12:44 PM

for me also same problem, previously am using 0.74 and is working fine with yahoo. When I upgraded that to 0.75, giving that error message............

Rhiannon · 03-08-2004, 10:29 PM

maybe it is a bug of some sort.. I dont know and noone else seems to either..,

beatupbilly · 03-08-2004, 10:35 PM

Yeah, me too. there is an inconsistency in the protocol on this version and nobody has responded to remedy the problem. It is the same under all distros. The problem I think is that .75 automatically changes the server from scs.yahoo.com to scs.msg.yahoo.com. And change it all you want it will automatically change it back. Just run rpm -e gaim and find the .74 version and install it. This should remedy your problem, it did for me.

riddlebox80 · 03-10-2004, 12:35 PM

here ya go, check this site out, you can get it working again. I have used it and yahoo works fine

http://fedoranews.org/dowen/gaim/

Rhiannon · 03-10-2004, 11:55 PM

Thanks all. If the last suggestion doesn't work, you can also actually download yahoo messenger for linux too. At least for redhat and debian.. Dont know about anyone else.