kmess 2.0 .6.1 in K12.04

ray burke rayburke30 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 3 08:14:40 UTC 2016


Clay,

what is a simple messenger service then to use?

ray

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 3:00 PM, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, if those friends are old MSN/Live friends then neither will work,
> only Skype. Otherwise I think Kopete is not so well maintained
> (Telepathy is the more recent), Pidgin is gtkbased. There is also Jitsi
> that is open source and java based
>
>
> On 01/02/2016 22:06, ray burke wrote:
> > Orjan Sinclair 2/1/2016
> >
> > I just want to be able to send messages direct to my favorites that are
> > online, not to speak and chat,
> > so that way I feel only kopete or pidgin?
> >
> > ray
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 8:27 PM, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com
> > <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi Ray
> >
> >     could be. But in any case, Skype has been in the "partners" repo for
> >     ages and should install and pull in all necessary packages. The
> issue I
> >     used to have was with mic and speaker settings and I sorted that by
> >     installing a widget called Veromix - others have used Pavucontrol
> (that
> >     is gtk)
> >
> >     MS "killed off" Messenger as a freestanding protocol quite a while
> ago.
> >     But you can use your messenger/live id to log in to Skype and see
> both
> >     your MSN contacts as well as any Skype contacts you may have
> >
> >     all the best
> >     Sinclair
> >
> >     On 29/01/2016 21:39, ray burke wrote:
> >     >
> >     >       O. Sinclair,
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > I have got you confused with an article I spotted in an email from
> Bas
> >     > Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com <mailto:basroufs at gmail.com>
> >     <mailto:basroufs at gmail.com <mailto:basroufs at gmail.com>>> that
> stated the
> >     > following-
> >     >
> >     > So that was why I  was not sure of the procedure to implement a
> >     > messenger service, do you know?
> >     >
> >     > I have the skype-linux  package sitting on my desktop in .deb
> format?
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > ray
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:35 PM, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com
> <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com>
> >     > <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com>>>
> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     I simply enable the "partner" repository and then install
> either via cli
> >     >     or whatever package manager you prefer. You may get audio
> problems, in
> >     >     such case install pavucontrol or something to control
> pulseaudio
> >     >
> >     >     12.04 is pretty old though but I know I have used Skype for
> many years
> >     >     with no problems
> >     >
> >     >     /Sinclair
> >     >
> >     >     On 29/01/2016 04:10, ray burke wrote:
> >     >     > I tried to set it all up with the details provided but still
> cant get to
> >     >     > run,
> >     >     > so what procedures should I follow step by step?
> >     >     >
> >     >     > ray
> >     >     >
> >     >     > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 9:09 AM, girard henri <
> girardhenri at free.fr <mailto:girardhenri at free.fr>
> >     <mailto:girardhenri at free.fr <mailto:girardhenri at free.fr>>
> >     >     > <mailto:girardhenri at free.fr <mailto:girardhenri at free.fr>
> >     <mailto:girardhenri at free.fr <mailto:girardhenri at free.fr>>>> wrote:
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     skype works fine on ubuntu xenial but before too... I
> use it for
> >     >     >     years and had no problem on it
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     Le 28/01/2016 23:08, ray burke a écrit :
> >     >     >>     Clay 29/1/2016,
> >     >     >>
> >     >     >>     / have been trying for ages to use skype on my win7/10
> but cant
> >     >     >>     get it to operate,/
> >     >     >>     /so I feel that running within K12.04 I will be faced
> with the
> >     >     >>     same problem, do/
> >     >     >>     /you know of any open source messenger that works/
> >     >     >>     /
> >     >     >>     /
> >     >     >>     /ray/
> >     >     >>
> >     >     >>     On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Clay Weber <
> clay at claydoh.com <mailto:clay at claydoh.com> <mailto:clay at claydoh.com
> >     <mailto:clay at claydoh.com>>
> >     >     >>     <mailto:clay at claydoh.com <mailto:clay at claydoh.com>
> <mailto:clay at claydoh.com
> >     <mailto:clay at claydoh.com>>>> wrote:
> >     >     >>
> >     >     >>
> >     >     >>         On Thursday, January 28, 2016 04:28:31 PM ray burke
> wrote:
> >     >     >>         > Can anyone help please
> >     >     >>         >
> >     >     >>         > I am having problems with kmess not loading, as I
> have
> >     >     >>         changed my password
> >     >     >>         >
> >     >     >>         > from 6 letters to 9 but it worked prior to this.
> When I
> >     >     >>         bring up the window
> >     >     >>         > for
> >     >     >>         >
> >     >     >>         > logon I changed the password, to my current
> password but
> >     >     >>         still wont log in.
> >     >     >>         >
> >     >     >>         > my email  for kmess is rayburke30 at hotmail.com
> <mailto:rayburke30 at hotmail.com>
> >     <mailto:rayburke30 at hotmail.com <mailto:rayburke30 at hotmail.com>>
> >     >     >>         <mailto:rayburke30 at hotmail.com
> >     <mailto:rayburke30 at hotmail.com>
> >     >     <mailto:rayburke30 at hotmail.com <mailto:rayburke30 at hotmail.com>>>,
> what do
> >     you think would
> >     >     >>         > be the problem?
> >     >     >>         >
> >     >     >>         >
> >     >     >>         > ray
> >     >     >>
> >     >     >>         I thought that MSN Messenger or Live messenger or
> whatever it
> >     >     >>         became was shut
> >     >     >>         down a couple years ago, so my guess is that Kmess
> simply
> >     >     >>         can't connect to
> >     >     >>         what is not there anymore.
> >     >     >>
> >     >     >>         --
> >     >     >>         Clay Weber
> >     >     >>
> >
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