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No workaround here, but at least I know that it's not me, or my system.

Found this possible workaround on /.

"Change your Y!IM host from scs.msg.yahoo.com to scs.yahoo.com, port 5050, and it should work."

trouble is Kopete doesn't seem to allow you to edit which server yahoo authenticates from..

any ideas

but of course guys yahoo is famious for this crap of patching the 3rd party clients but why for linux i dont know ! yes yahoo has changed the damn login once agin .. So as i am waiting for a solution on the end of kopete same as you , just be patient i know the persons that built it will come up with a solution if i dont first heh .. i just refuse to use the yahoo messenger
so hang in there im with ya
bender

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Original von lamerville

Found this possible workaround on /.

"Change your Y!IM host from scs.msg.yahoo.com to scs.yahoo.com, port 5050, and it should work."

trouble is Kopete doesn't seem to allow you to edit which server yahoo authenticates from..

any ideas

I was able to get Yahoo working. I downloaded the latest CVS and edited the following files:

kdenetwork/kopete/protocols/yahoo/libyahoo2/libyahoo2.c
kdenetwork/kopete/protocols/yahoo/yahooaccount.cpp
kdenetwork/kopete/protocols/yahoo/kyahoo.cpp

Each file has 1 occurance of "scs.msg.yahoo.com". I edited the string, compiled and viola! I'm sure this will work with the stable source as well. For those that installed via RPM, you'll just have to compile the source as I don't know of any other way of changing this value.

Hopefully the Kopete guys allow this value to be user edited in a future release.

As an FYI, I'm running SUSE 9.1 with KDE 3.2.1. Kopete was originally installed via the initial SUSE install. But I've replaced it with a CVS copy and it seems to work just fine.

This has been fixed on Kopete CVS

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------- Additional Comments From matt.rogers kdemail net 2004-06-25 05:47 -------
Fixed in CVS. I'm in the process of getting patches out to the various distributions so that their packages can be fixed for the next time they update since there's not really a KDE 3.2.3 planned. If you want the patch, just shout.

Ah, I didn't see that. The CVS for the night before didn't fix it so I modified the source on last nights CVS. Either way it works, and I like some of the new changes that have been made.

PATCH ME!!

it wouldnt be so annoying when (yahoo) changes their login IF they had a decent client for linux. or a decent client to begin with, period.

I tried the scs.yahoo.com port 5050 fix and no joy.
I'm using suse 9.1 pro on a asus 800 fsb board.
I still can't log into yahoo from kopete. And yahoo's version is an absolute not happening. Tried that and can't log into that account anymore (my user account on the box) Any help would be appreciated thanks. Nathan

I downloaded the latest CVS yesterday and it worked without any modifications.

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Original von Nathan

I tried the scs.yahoo.com port 5050 fix and no joy.
I'm using suse 9.1 pro on a asus 800 fsb board.
I still can't log into yahoo from kopete. And yahoo's version is an absolute not happening. Tried that and can't log into that account anymore (my user account on the box) Any help would be appreciated thanks. Nathan

Download the latest development snapshot of kopete, here are the instructions:

http://kopete.kde.org/index.php?page=cvs

all this does is download the latest files, and you will have to configure and compile it yourself using:
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
make install

Hi

I am a total linux new person.. At the moment I just have the kopete installed with Mandrake 10.

How would I change from that to the CVS version..

anyone?

Okay, I am going to try and guide you through the process of updating kopete.
Bear with the process, for a newcomer it can be quite intimidating. Once you get to know the process, it will become second nature to you. Realise that downloading a source from CVS is much more complicated than installing a general stable source.

Firstly, open up a terminal window. follow everything that I do.

[code:1]
[seb@localhost seb]$ cd tmp/
[seb@localhost tmp]$ mkdir kopete
[seb@localhost tmp]$ cd kopete
[seb@localhost kopete]$ export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.kde.org:/home/kde
[seb@localhost kopete]$ cvs login
Logging in to :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.kde.org:2401/home/kde
CVS password&#58; <PRESS ENTER &#40;no pass&#41;>
&#91;seb@localhost kopete&#93;$ cvs co kde-common
&#91;seb@localhost kopete&#93;$ cvs co -l kdenetwork
&#91;seb@localhost kopete&#93;$ cvs co kdenetwork/kopete
&#91;seb@localhost kopete&#93;$ cd kdenetwork
&#91;seb@localhost kdenetwork&#93;$ ln -s ../kde-common/admin
&#91;seb@localhost kdenetwork&#93;$ make -f Makefile.cvs
&#91;seb@localhost kdenetwork&#93;$ ./configure --prefix=/usr
&#91;seb@localhost kdenetwork&#93;$ cd kopete
&#91;seb@localhost kopete&#93;$ make
&#91;seb@localhost kopete&#93;$ su -c "make install"
Password&#58;
&#91;seb@localhost kopete&#93;$
[/code:1]

That should sort you out . Please bear in mind that I didn't actually go through the process, I am just outlining for you. There may be a couple of typo's in there. If there are any errors which you encounter, most likely missing dependencies, fix them up, then redo the last command which you typed in. Failing this, ask us!

Hope this helps,
Seb

So the problems are not just mine, thank God. this morning I went to turn Kopete on and I couldn't get online. After I've read this posts I understand why. A friend of mine already told my the bastards at Yahoo and MSN change servers every now and then.
Great post Seb, does it work only for installing a new Kopete version or also to make the default one work?
I'm pretty new to Linux, I have Mandrake 10 and Kopete 0.8.0 with KDE 3.2 BRANCH.
I would like to keep this one if it there's a way to make it work.
I'm NOT using the others IM, damn 'em.

Thank you for that going thru the process slowly ( I feel like a CVS virgin)

Should I uninstall my orioginal Kopete before doing the make install?

oh, and just on a sidenote I having trouble typing the quotes - for some reason I have to type them twice and then the command doesn work

Margo

If you are using Gentoo and using the above CVS instructions, you will get an error about Autoconf only being 2.13.

You can fix this by first doing this:

export WANT_AUTOCONF="2.5"

BTW, the CVS version of Kopete rocks. I love the new fade in/out of contacts. Mmmm, eye candy. lol

Ok nearly there ( I hope)

Getting this error on the ./configure line

[code:1]
checking for Qt... configure&#58; error&#58; Qt &#40;>= Qt 3.3&#41; &#40;library qt-mt&#41; not found. Please check your installation!
For more details about this problem, look at the end of config.log.
Make sure that you have compiled Qt with thread support![/code:1]

I checked my versions
[code:1]
&#91;nimisha@mylinux kdenetwork&#93;$ kde-config -v
Qt&#58; 3.2.3
KDE&#58; 3.2 BRANCH >= 20040204
kde-config&#58; 1.0
[/code:1]

I checked Madrake update but no more versions of Qt - sorry for being so new ( and innocent) bt where do I get the next version of this package?

I've tried both ways, the one in Seb's reply and the instruction to install the CVS. But in both cases I've got the message "bash: cvs: command not found".
?

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Original von lleo

I've tried both ways, the one in Seb's reply and the instruction to install the CVS. But in both cases I've got the message "bash: cvs: command not found".
?

This message tells you that you are missing the program "cvs". Install it from your installation medium and try again. The package to install is probably also called cvs or something similar.

Ok, thank you. As you can see, I'm more than new :roll: