Hello,

frustration is a word i would have used to express my emotion 2 hours ago.

Alright, i am a new to linux, but i am slowly learning. At the moment i trying to get my Kopete working. (version 0.9.0)

I spend the first hour trying to work out the problem, why it would not log into my MSN or AIM. It kept asking for my password, i gave it.. it didnt work. I tried logging on through different protocols.. Didnt work!. Couldn't work it out, downloaded the source code of the new .10.1 kopete.

Trying to compile it. It compiles fine, but then on the make, it doesnt finishing making it. I looked through the compile, and this is what i found a little weird,

hecking linux/if_ppp.h usability... no
checking linux/if_ppp.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: linux/if_ppp.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: linux/if_ppp.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: linux/if_ppp.h: see the Autoconf documentation
configure: WARNING: linux/if_ppp.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"
configure: WARNING: linux/if_ppp.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING: linux/if_ppp.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence
configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ##
configure: WARNING: ## Report this to the AC_PACKAGE_NAME lists. ##
configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------------ ##
checking for linux/if_ppp.h... yes
checking net/errno.h usability... no
checking net/errno.h presence... no
checking for net/errno.h... no
checking net/if_ppp.h usability... yes
checking net/if_ppp.h presence... yes
checking for net/if_ppp.h... yes


I dont think that AC_PACKAGE_NAME is supose to be there!

Could either someone help me get my Kopete 0.9.0 working? or fix it so that it compiles 0.10.1?

Thanks, for the feature..

I prefer IM. It works fine for me.

Regards
Anindyanuri

What is IM?

IM is the Instant Messenger. What distro do u use? I think it is the best time to fill up the column which distro do u use.

Regards
Anindyanuri

I think anindyanuri means with IM GAIM. In many distros, Gaim has the menu-entry as "IM".

And yes, Gaim is much better than Kopete. My opinion, maybe others like Kopete.

Boby

Exactly.........it is GAIM and the menuentry for GAIM is IM. Thank you for your explaination.

Regards
Anindyanuri

i am running on SuSE, but i worked it out. The problem was that i did install the SSL library, but then i need to ./configure it again. ... But today i just found out that it ws in the Yast.
This is all still new to me. Do you think SuSE is a good distro or should i switch to ferdora? cause i have both, it is just SuSE is more user friendly.

friend it is very much tough for me to tell which distro will suit for you. i have both SuSe 9.1 and Fedora Core 3 installed in my system. I use both but prefer Fedora for its professional look. however, in fedora you have to fine tune some of the softwares according to your need but it is the secondary issue and not much difficult. you can do the same.

if you use SuSe 9.1, there is a menu entry for GAIM as IM. You can use that but it does not work for me as it is some old version. yahoo periodically change their protocol only to avoid access from this type of softwares, so you may need to update it. the GAIM under Fedora works fine for me and I use it.

regards

Well, i am not programmer. At the moment i am learning how to program in Java, but besides web base programming (Javascript and HTML), i dont have much of a language base. I think i will stick with SuSE 9.2 cause its more user friendly for me, and if i do learn more about programming, i can always install more. Thank you for ya help

You should not be a programmer to fine tune Fedora 3. It is lack of my expression skills which diverted your mind to that way. I want to say that, you have to download some updates, patches, etc. to get the full power of FC3.

However, I appreciate your decission to use SuSe. It is also a good distro. Go with it and you will be familiar with Linux. It is the most important, not the distribution you use. If you going to use Linux for the first time, I think after some days you must think even to leave Windows and propritory softwares, yes it is that much powerful and complete in all respect. Wish you most happy days with your Linux.

Regards
Anindyanuri

There are updated KDE packages available for Suse from the download mirrors at kde.org. A new version of Kopete is available in the Suse directory.