Yahoo Messenger works under DSL 0.7
Forum: User Feedback
Topic: Yahoo Messenger works under DSL 0.7
started by: alochin
Posted by alochin on May 27 2004,04:57
Just to let you know that Yahoo Messenger works with DSL0.7.I downloaded the Debian version.
The first installation failed because of two missing packages that created a dependancy problem (libssl0.9.6 and libgdk-pixbuf2). I downloaded these packages with Synaptic, and installed Ymesenger again and it worked!
Posted by ke4nt1 on May 27 2004,05:07
Nice.... Good Work !!Did you simply d/l the *.deb file, apt-get install the YM, or use synaptic?
What packages where the sources of the extra lib files you found thru synaptic?
That sure would make a nice .dsl extension to pass around..
73
ke4nt
Posted by PhrozenFear on May 27 2004,16:25
That would, as a matter of fact. Nice thinking.
Posted by alochin on May 28 2004,03:26
I simply followed the instructions on the yahoo website:< http://messenger.yahoo.com/ >
The installation commande is:
dpkg -i *.deb
I downloaded the libs with synaptic.
Andre.
Posted by alochin on May 28 2004,03:35
ymessenger 1.0.4_1libssl0.9.6 0.9.6c-2.woody.4
libgdk-pixbuf2 0.17.0-2
Posted by THEBINARYMAN on May 28 2004,13:56
Good work! I just tried it and lo and behold it works...Now, using your techique, I'll try to apply it to other IM's. If I can use it for GAIM or even AMSN then this little distro is overcoming one heck of a hurdle.
I mean this started as a simple live-cd, and it's slowly evolving into a small distro that's winning the hearts of many...
TBM
Posted by nucpc on May 28 2004,20:26
Okay, can some of you existing Ymessenger users tell me if the .dsl you can find at< http://arthur.ph.man.ac.uk/~pc/dsl.html >
works (ymess.dsl)
The new ID won't but I think the rest might be okay............
Posted by alochin on May 29 2004,02:27
The way it is runing on my 10 years old P200MMX, it has won my heart!I tried AMSN, but no luck. Some of the packages are unstable. After I tried, something broke in my setup, I don't have icons anymore. Now I am trying something else: backing up to a ZIP100, so I can keep the packages I downloaded. With that, I will be less hesitant to try stuff, knowing that I can re-install DSL more easily (so far my first problem is to format the damn zip disk).
I would be interested in GAIM too!
Posted by clivesay on May 29 2004,02:50
Has anyone tried SIM?
Posted by d4cnobby on June 08 2004,09:41
| Quote (nucpc @ May 28 2004,16:26) |
| Okay, can some of you existing Ymessenger users tell me if the .dsl you can find at < http://arthur.ph.man.ac.uk/~pc/dsl.html > works (ymess.dsl) The new ID won't but I think the rest might be okay............ |
Hi nucpc,
I have used your Yahoo! .dsl file with 0.7.1 (booted from CD, ymess.dsl on hdc1) successfully "chatting" with a Yahoo! user [running the "Miranda" Win32 client on an XP box] :-)
Also success chatting with another user running the official Win32 client on a Win98SE box :-)
I already had an existing ID.
BTW:- I have not attempted a file transfer between these clients, as yet.
Posted by nucpc on June 08 2004,10:24
Hi d4cnobby,Thanks for the feedback, hope you enjoyed it. You might want to have a look at the instant messanger Henrique
has recently provided though (you'll find his posting in the `myDSL' section).... sounds like its a better package.
All the best, nucpc.