no more icq?

Rick Stevens ricks at nerd.com
Tue Jul 1 20:54:36 UTC 2008


Schlueri wrote:
> Am Dienstag, den 01.07.2008, 11:56 -0700 schrieb Rick Stevens:
>> Schlueri wrote:
>>> F*CK. ;-) 
>>>
>>> The website http://pidgin.im/ seems like overloaded. Anyway, i think
>>> some people working on the problem. I hope. :-)
>> Please don't top-post.
> 
> Sorry, my fault. :-/
> 
>> If you can get by using Kopete, there is a quick fix.  Configure Kopete
>> with your ICQ data.  When it refuses to connect, close Kopete completely
>> (quit), then edit your ~/.kde/share/config/kopeterc file.  At the
>> bottom, add these lines:
>>
>> 	[ICQVersion]
>> 	Build=0x17AB
>> 	ClientId=0x010A
>> 	ClientString=ICQ Client
>> 	Country=us
>> 	Lang=en
>> 	Major=0x0006
>> 	Minor=0x0000
>> 	Other=0x00007535
>> 	Point=0x0000
>>
>> Then restart kopete and sign on.  I've confirmed that this works on F8
>> with kopete 0.12.7 on KDE 3.5.9-5.  I haven't heard of a fix for Pidgin
>> or licq yet.
> 
> Thanks for that, this working with gnome, but i hope pidgin will be back
> right soon.

Yeah, I like having one client.  Kopete can handle the same protocols as 
Pidgin, so you could use it instead.  I'm used to Pidgin, so I'm in the
same boat as you.

BTW, I got the fix off the Kopete bugzilla list.  Thank Jan Ritzerfeld
for it:

	http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165502#c26
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