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arun_maurya
9th May 2008, 07:25 AM
I am using Kopet & Pidgin for messeging. today i tried to install yahoo messenger 9.0 (Beta) using wine. It successfully installed on Fedora8 without any error. but at the login time when i try to type in password field some ":: ::" characters filled in password field and login failed.
anybody using Yahoo messenger in linux without any problem?
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Hlingler
9th May 2008, 07:30 AM
Yes:[vince@micron-pc-rb Fri May 09 02:27:58 ~]$ rpm -qi ymessenger
Name : ymessenger Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 1.0.4 Vendor: (none)
Release : 1 Build Date: Mon 15 Sep 2003 03:12:08 PM EDT
Install Date: Thu 17 Apr 2008 02:29:01 PM EDT Build Host: delegate.corp.yahoo.com
Group : Programs Source RPM: ymessenger-1.0.4-1.src.rpm
Size : 2492878 License: Proprietary
Signature : (none)
Packager : Yahoo! Inc <messenger-unix-support@yahoo-inc.com>
URL : http://messsenger.yahoo.com
Summary : Yahoo! Messenger Client
Description :
Yahoo! Messenger Client
[vince@micron-pc-rb Fri May 09 02:28:07 ~]$
linuxelu
9th May 2008, 07:42 AM

[QUOTE=arun_maurya]I am using Kopet & Pidgin for messeging. today i tried to install yahoo messenger 9.0 (Beta) using wine. It successfully installed on Fedora8 without any error. but at the login time when i try to type in password field some ":: ::" characters filled in password field and login failed.
anybody using Yahoo messenger in linux without any problem?

I have exactly the same problem!
arun_maurya
9th May 2008, 08:26 AM
Yes:[vince@micron-pc-rb Fri May 09 02:27:58 ~]$ rpm -qi ymessenger
Name : ymessenger Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 1.0.4 Vendor: (none)
Release : 1 Build Date: Mon 15 Sep 2003 03:12:08 PM EDT
Install Date: Thu 17 Apr 2008 02:29:01 PM EDT Build Host: delegate.corp.yahoo.com
Group : Programs Source RPM: ymessenger-1.0.4-1.src.rpm
Size : 2492878 License: Proprietary
Signature : (none)
Packager : Yahoo! Inc <messenger-unix-support@yahoo-inc.com>
URL : http://messsenger.yahoo.com
Summary : Yahoo! Messenger Client
Description :
Yahoo! Messenger Client
[vince@micron-pc-rb Fri May 09 02:28:07 ~]$
hi dear Hlingler,
kopet and pidgin are much better than using ymessenger 1.0.4. but doesn't support many features of Yahoo messenger.
Demz
9th May 2008, 08:40 AM
hi dear Hlingler,
kopet and pidgin are much better than using ymessenger 1.0.4. but doesn't support many features of Yahoo messenger.
what features do you want?
fnmblot
9th May 2008, 06:34 PM
Me personally, I would love to be able to use the avatars in Yahoo IM on Linux. But can't with pidgin.
Demz
10th May 2008, 01:02 AM
Me personally, I would love to be able to use the avatars in Yahoo IM on Linux. But can't with pidgin.
avatars arent really a Big Concern for the Developer(s) of Pidgin,
jonathonp
12th July 2008, 02:57 PM
It would be nice to have webcam support for yahoo. hopefully this will happen with pidgin sometime in the future.
Demz
13th July 2008, 01:29 AM
It would be nice to have webcam support for yahoo. hopefully this will happen with pidgin sometime in the future.
by the looks of it there working non Voice an Video support in 3.0.0 or earlier if you go to the Pidgin Development site
http://developer.pidgin.im/roadmap