pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

Hey, folks!

Here're some of the changes:

Most protocols are now bundled with Pidgin. A few, including AIM/ICQ, XMPP, Sametime, and Bonjour remain separate.

Send button disappears when a physical keyboard becomes available.

On Chinook, Pidgin uses its customary status bar icon. Currently it looks ugly, but that should be fixed Real Soon Now(TM) ;)

The typing notification icon is now displayed to the right of the buddy icon in the conversation window's new infopane.

Added a plugin to the catalogue that gives you some more preferences for Pidgin. You can turn off the buddy list tooltips, and you can set the font size for the buddy list and conversations, among other options.

Unfortunately, it turns out that not-freezing Pidgin while pidgin-otr is generating a key is rather crash-prone. Thus, pidgin-otr now no longer prevents Pidgin from hanging while a key is being generated. Nonetheless, it does provide a non-hanging progress indication (of sorts).

The catalogue is now organized slightly differently. Please have a look at http://pidgin.garage.maemo.org/ for installation instructions.

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

Chinook version??? Thanks nix_nix!

:)

EDIT: It works! I tried the sametime protocol with our work server (finally got an OS2008 VPN build) and it worked right off the bat. I like the enhancements. :)

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

Thanks for the updated version. I will give it a test run tomorrow.

(As some protocols are bundled, does this mean we should uninstall the previous installed protocols first? I didn't see this in the instructions. I will try uninstalling them first :))

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

I had to do an uninstall of the previous version first. but it went fine after that.

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

Yay more Chinook software.

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Does the QQ module work or its still broken?

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The upgrade is running fine for me. I am using bora version

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Is the N810 shipping with pidgin? thoughtfix said when its released it will support the msn chatclient. is this true?

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

It always has supported MSN through Jabber. That's probably what thoughtfix meant, though he'd have to tell us himself.

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

At the moment the N810 does not ship with Pidgin. Zerojay's response was correct.

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

well, he mentioned in the candid video that it will ship with msn support. not sure if he was referring to jaber or pidgin.

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Must be Jabber.

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

Again, no Pidgin (currently) shipping installed, so Thoughtfix had to be referring to jabber.

Note however that even though it's missing the user-friendly .install package, Pidgin installs easily onto the N810 once the proper repositories are setup and so far it's working very well for me with the sametime protocol. I have not yet tried others such as MSN.

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

ok, so I guess it will be jabber. cool. as long as msn support is packaged with jabber upon release, I'm happy. I'd like to install (or at least try to install) pidgin.

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

That's not how Jabber works. You have to use a server which includes an MSN gateway. The client doesn't need to change (or even know what MSN is). The server has to have the gateways you want installed.

You can find plenty of public Jabber servers (or run your own if you have an FQDN) with a google search for "public Jabber servers". You'll have to set up the gateways on your PC first before they'll work on the tablet though (as the tablet Jabber client has no service browser/discovery).

Kingka, you've just inspired me.

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

For me, jabber is more difficult to deal with than Pidgin. I got tired of checking servers to see which one supported what protocol.

Once it's installed, with minor configuration required, Pidgin just works. The new configuration wizards make it even nicer.

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

yea, i'm a total noob with all this as you can see. sad innit. but if I set up the gateways on my PC I'm assuming my comp needs to be on all the time....

I'll try my luck with pidgin. i'll have to check the noob forum, hopefully there's a step by step.

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

Unless you have a domain name pointed to your PC, you can't run a Jabber server on it.

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

I did a 5 minute check a year ago. Never had to touch it since.. but I can understand that it's more painful... but it's worth it to not have to install or run Pidgin and instead use the internal IM client.

Something else I'll have to add then.

Your concern about trying to find a server with the protocols you'll need is part of the reason why I'm interested in running a Jabber server available to the tablet community. No guesswork... all the gateways always up, always working and you know where to go.

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

That would be awesome, since about a year ago I tried the AIM over jabber thing and never could get a server working right. It would rock to have one that 'we' controled and used. But since I don't use jabber, Pidgin is awesome. I would love a way to replace the native chat with pidgin, then I would not be wasting the contacts menu.

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I'm interested in offering other stuff too, such as e-mail (IMAP, POP) and other stuff to tablet users. I'm just want to clear up a few things with a potential hoster (number of jabber users allowed on the server?) and I might go through with it.

I guess it all depends on if anyone would be willing to use this stuff. Free, of course.

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Slightly OT: Zerojay, would this be a linux server?

The only reason I ask is that I want to do *something* with the ldug.org (Linux device User Group) domain name I created a while back that is now loitering on a (gasp) Windows server. If you want that domain name I could transfer it to you, and possibly work with you (and others) on making it into something.

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

Yeah, I'm a Linux guy. The providers I'm looking at all run Linux/FreeBSD boxes. I'm still in the "maybe" stage of doing this sort of thing (money's a little tight). I'd be more than willing to cooperate with others to get something good, stable and useful for fellow tablet users off the ground. Sure, I wouldn't mind using the domain either.

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

I will gladly pitch in on funding. Let me know details as you get them.

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That's a generous offer. I'll let you know as soon as I've got some details. ;)

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

Texarat I would like to know is the OS2008 VPN build part of OS2008 or will I have to go to some site to install it when OS2008 is released to us morals. :)

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

The VP tool I mentioned is for Nokia use only, sorry. :(

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Yes I have a N800. The VPN I see now for N800 is the VPNC. The OS2008 VPN, is it also VPNC or VPN?

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I've never used QQ before ...Where do I go to make myself an account?

Meanwhile, can you please check?

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

How am i supposed to reach this folder from sources.list to be able to apt-get upgrade?

http://idefix.go-nix.ca/nix/dists-files/bora/

With my current line it doesn't work and trying to point to that folder gives a Packages.gz not found error...

deb http://idefix.go-nix.ca/nix/pidgin-dist /

I don't want to remove / install by hand, cheers! ;-)

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

The new deb line is

deb http://idefix.go-nix.ca/nix/ chinook pidgin

if you're running Chinook, and

deb http://idefix.go-nix.ca/nix/ bora pidgin

if you're running anything older than Chinook.

Please have a look at http://pidgin.garage.maemo.org/

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

I'm confused by that response.

The VPN tool I'm referring to is a custom GUI wrapper around VPNC. I don't see any VPN tool coming with OS2008. However, the folks responsible for our internal tool did just compile a version the runs under OS2008.

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

hello can somebody pleas explain where i can get pidgin-2.2.2-0 i haw luck in to http://pidgin.garage.maemo.org/ but i cant find eney howto install to install pidgin-2.2.2 i only find old versions. im using N800 i rely wanto test new version of pidgin-2.2.2 do it exist eney .deb files?

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

Golab, the instructions are right on that page...

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

i haw followed instructions and updated Application catalogue but it only shows 2.1.0-2nix0

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opps found solution up on the page deb http://idefix.go-nix.ca/nix/ bora pidgin :)

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

Well, I added a .install file:

https://maemo.org/downloads/product/...6b47bb47b.html

http://idefix.go-nix.ca/nix/pidgin.install

I think this only works on Chinook, because it adds multiple repositories. Also, you cannot install multiple packages from a .install file, so it only installs Pidgin - no sounds, no smileys :(

But, I guess it's better than nothing ... *shrug*

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And they STILL can't fix the problem with RTcomm not being able to utilize a VPN tunnel to connect to a SIP server?
How about those brainiacs on the inside releasing that little wrapper tool - minus the specific Nokia internal stuff of course - to the rest of the world? OR at least releasing the modified sources?

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

[Edit] Deleted my entry.
Seeking help here: http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ad.php?t=11305

Re: pidgin-2.2.2 is out
 

I have installed Pidgin and it works great.

Is there a way for it to appear on the Contacts maemo-menu, and get rid of the default Chat icon (and the app itself)?