Older versions of gaim....ummm I think earlier than .70 or so, won't work with MSN or yahoo. go here
http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...p?group_id=235
Download the Mandrake 9.1 rpm and that should work fine.
Jave, you can go to java.com and click get it now.
The instructions on the page are very easy to follow.