aMSN 0.94 is here

Naib · Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:43 pm Post subject: aMSN 0.94 is here

I have just submitted a ebuild for it
well I just edited and up-issued it 0.94

emerges and runs fine

z3ro · Apprentice Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 261

Is it only me who thinks that amsn is bloatware? The interface is horrible!

Naib · Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:54 pm Post subject:

in a way yes. I prefer gaim, but there is some annoying things with Gaim that still leads me to use amsn.

if you can solve this for me then goodbye amsn.

In amsn the taskbar for that conv flashes for a notification. But all I can get gaim to do is re-focus I do not like it when hte window comes to the front (esp when I am writing a report for work)

If there is a way to configure gaim to just flash the conversation bar at teh bottom rather than a re-focus then as I said, goodbye amsn (that really is the only reason)

mc_03 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 94

You can get gaim to add a letter like a * to the beginning of the taskbar icon when you get a new message, as well as a number which tells you how many new messages you have. You can set this by enabling the message notification plugin in gaim's preferences. And if you are using KDE, gaim can make the tasbar icon flash different colours (like in Windows XP.)

thedumbkid · n00b Joined: 13 Dec 2003 Posts: 72

yea I installed this new version and it's GREAT!!!
with the new plugin system the only thing I like about gaim (history displayed in chat window) is there

after getting used to amsn's friendly name feature, I just can't stand gaim.
plus I want to see other ppl's custom emoticons

except I have one problem...
systray icon seems to be broken for some reason
it just shows a white box now

TazG · Guru Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 320 Location: Canada

I upgraded but it won't run. It just does nothing. No errors.

prosario_2000 · Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 11:07 pm Post subject:

At the beginning, when I upgraded it to 0.94, it worked. for some reason now it doesn't work... but I noticed something very interesting: when I try to make it run.. it doesn't appear. However, there is a lot of network activity.. and I wonder if the aMSN has some malicious code no one has seen yet.

peddie · n00b Joined: 02 Nov 2004 Posts: 9 Location: Toronto, ON

I'm getting segment faults when running this (if you notice it's opening and closing try running amsn from a terminal). I'm running nitro3 on the 2.6.9 kernel. Latest xorg and nvidia drivers. nptl is on.

casper2601 · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:31 am Post subject:

Im a total noob lol please be patient with me.

I emerged amsn, and when i run it it says that there is a newer updated version.

How do i get the update? is there a way to emerge the update or do i have to do it from scratch? (if so, could u please give me the step by step instructions)

thanks big time!!!

very best regards,

casper
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casper2601 · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:59 pm Post subject:

So any tips on updating my amsn?

Really appreciate any advice@

casper
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casper2601 · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:11 pm Post subject:

I just typed emerge amsn (assumed it would give me the lastest update :/

What should i do???!

casper
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thedumbkid · n00b Joined: 13 Dec 2003 Posts: 72

casper2601: type "emerge -pv amsn" and read the output to see if you actually have amsn 0.94

If not, then do a "emerge sync" first to get the new ebuild and then "emerge -pv amsn" again. You should see that portage wants to upgrade amsn.

casper2601 · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:08 pm Post subject:

Great thank you for your reply!! I'll give this a go and keep you posted

Really appreciate it big time my friend!

Very kindest regards

casper
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casper2601 · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:12 pm Post subject:

Ok so i tried what you said, and emerge still only see amsn .94. So maybe it is not an option via emerge. Its annoying because everytime i open amsn it tell me to get an update at their website (sourceforce.net) But i am a noob and dont know how to download it, and install it to the appropriate place

Could you give me a small set of instructions to do this? would be greatly apprciated!

casper
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casper2601 · Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:44 pm Post subject:

Sorry i meant to say it only show .93 version...sorry bout that

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Stieltje · Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 9:12 pm Post subject:

when I do ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge i get:

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Stieltje · Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 10:29 pm Post subject:

/etc/portage/package.unmask is just bogus, it really never works, and the accept keywords thing is a much better option that truly works for me..

no, this prob does not have anything to do with my emerge options, at least that seems very unlikely
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casper2601 · Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 7:21 pm Post subject:

So i did a emerge sync, and when i do an emerge search i still only see version .93...what am i doing wrong?

casper
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