Linux - NewbieThis Linux forum is for members that are new to Linux.
Just starting out and have a question?
If it is not in the man pages or the how-to's this is the place!
Notices
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
Get a virtual cloud desktop with the Linux distro that you want in less than five minutes with Shells! With over 10 pre-installed distros to choose from, the worry-free installation life is here! Whether you are a digital nomad or just looking for flexibility, Shells can put your Linux machine on the device that you want to use.
Exclusive for LQ members, get up to 45% off per month. Click here for more info.
well, one of the really important things that stops me from migrating to linux is that i couldn't find a real clone for msn messenger ...
i tryed amsn .. it looks nice and cool but couldn't run it cause am behind a firewall.. tryed many ways and no use .. i tried kmerlin ... i couldn't compile it under redhat 8.0 and the developers said that they would fix this .. but i can't wait!
what am looking for is something really very cloney to windows msn messenger and has the ability to run behind a firewall .. and the most important thing is that .. it could read and write arabic words .. i can read and write on the browser and files but some softwares give me "?????? ??" ..
ok i went for gaim .. i had it in rh8.0 and loaded the libmsn protocol .. then a added an account in the accounts ... when i try to sin on . it directly gives me an error saying that murshed@hotmail.com was unableto sign on: Couldn't connect to host.
note: am behind a firewall ... am using a laptop with win2000/rh8.0 i can access msn messenger in win2000 perfectly ..
i then said why shouldn't i install the latest rpm .. and i did .. and got this error:
the following packages could not be found on your system.
Installation cannot continue until they are installed.
unlocatable package:
libexpat.so.1
libgtkspell.so.0
libperl.so.5.8
all requred by gaim
any suggestions?
if there is a software other thatn gaim it would be fine ..
thanks
gaim is easily the best around. never used any IM's across a proxy but i think there are settings in gaim somewhere. as for the deps, go to rpmfind.net and search for those files.
i tried installing from source ... and got this when i finished ./configure
*** The glib-config script installed by GLIB could not be found
*** If GLIB was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the GLIB_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to glib-config.
configure: error:
*** GLib is required to build Gaim; please make sure you have the GLib
*** development headers installed. The latest version of GLib is
*** always available at http://www.gtk.org/.
thats getting me crazy ..
i tried installing everybuddy from source ... and when i configure i get this:
checking for artsc-config... /usr/bin/artsc-config
checking for ARTS... automatic: no
*** Could not run ARTS test program, checking why...
*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the
*** exact error that occured. This usually means ARTS was incorrectly installed
*** or that you have moved ARTS since it was installed. In the latter case, you
*** may want to edit the artsc-config script: /usr/bin/artsc-config
checking for glib-config... no
checking for GLIB - version >= 1.2.0... no
*** The glib-config script installed by GLIB could not be found
*** If GLIB was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the GLIB_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to glib-config.
checking for gtk-config... no
checking for GTK - version >= 1.2.0... no
*** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found
*** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to gtk-config.
checking for X11/extensions/scrnsaver.h... yes
checking for XScreenSaverRegister in -lXext... no
checking for XScreenSaverRegister in -lXExExt... no
i tried lots of ways and softwares and couldn't make any of them work!
everybuddy is shit. but like i said earlier, you need to install the -devel packages. if you EVER get something missing in a configure failure, ALWAYS go to rpmfind.net and search for it. even if you don't want RPM's it's the best way to find out what you want.
ok .. well i will try installing them when i fix my ftp thingy..
well i choosed socks5 as the protocol and it seemed to be working but! it says Authentication Failed everytime
i used 3 differenct accounts and am sure that the username and password are correct .. but it stays saying Authentication failed
but there is still one big problem .. i can't read or write arabic words there .. when i write in arabic i see squares ..! but when i enter .. the other side can read the arabic words i write .. and when they write in arabic .. i read arabic words but upside down or the other way around or something looool ...
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.