Pidgin ! ICQ Problems

Discussion in 'Networking' started by cabrinus, Jul 17, 2008.

  1. cabrinus

    cabrinus

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    can someone help me to run pidgin?

    If i connect to the icq network, i get a error message. Client to old, please upgrade .....

    My installed Packages

    libpurple i386 2.3.1-2008061601 19m
    libpurple i386 2.4.3-1.fc8 20m

    dependencies
    acerim (the native Acer IM Client)
    ame
    libacerpimds
    pidgin i386 2.4.3-1.fc8 2.2m

    could someone help me pls? Sorry for my bad english...
     
    cabrinus, Jul 17, 2008
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    2manydjs

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    This has to do with the ICQ protocol accepted by AOL (AIM), I think it's version 5 vs 6. The latest version of Pidgin has fixed this problem. Not sure how you should update yours...
     
    2manydjs, Jul 18, 2008
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    ovidius

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    I deinstalled the Acer tools and could use Pidgin 2.4, which supports ICQ perfectly.
     
    ovidius, Jul 19, 2008
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  4. cabrinus

    cabrinus

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    ah thx, now it works perfect :)
     
    cabrinus, Jul 20, 2008
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