a13x Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Has anybody done it ? I managed to install it but when I run YPager.exe nothing happens. I get no error no nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Why don't you just use gaim? It works with Yahoo Messenger, MSN, ICQ, AIM... # urpmi gaim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a13x Posted August 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 I used both Gaim and Kopete but none have all the features of Yahoo! IM 6.0. For example I can't receive files via Gaim but I can send. I can't use IMVs nor can I play online games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rcx Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Yahoo used to provide a Linux version of the IM. Have they stopped doing that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a13x Posted August 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 It seems they've stopped. They only have some old versions for dl that crash when you accept a file from someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmsa Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 I am also interested in having Yahoo Messenger running in Mandrake. I need the voice and games features. I am traveling a lot and is excellent tool in keeping close to friends and family. Thank you for any suggestions in getting it running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a13x Posted September 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 We need one of those Linux emulation Gurus here. Does anyone of you consider himself/herself to be one ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurfy Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 The first 'rule' of Windows "emulation" in Linux - don't do it if you can avoid it! :D If there are Linux apps that do the job, use them. 1) Yahoo still has a Linux version - the Redhat .rpm build should work on Mandrake. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ (I fail a dependency -glibc 2.2, needs glibc2.3 on Mdk 9.0, newer installs e.g. 10.0 should be OK) The Linux version of yahoo messenger I did have installed on Mandrake (0.99.19) is no longer supported by Yahoo and it won't connect :( 2) Yahoo has an on-line (java browser) messenger client http://jpager.yahoo.com/jpager/messenger.html 2) Mandrake has a couple of multi-client messenger clients eg everybuddy gaim 3) Last resort - WINE it. I actually prefer Trillian (and I have wine'd that because I don't like everybuddy!) http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~smurfy/snapshot1.png failing that... (and I know trillian doesn't provide full Yahoo features) then by all means use WINE to install the Windows Yahoo Messenger. You'll need to make sure you have several Windows system binaries installed. The EASIEST WAY to do this is with frank's WineTools. http://winetools.frankscorner.org/ [link substituted for image by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a13x Posted September 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 (edited) smurfy, I have already tried all the work arounds you've mentioned. What I want is to emulate Yahoo! Messenger 6.0 with Cedega. I don't have Wine and after all the awfull experiences with it I'm not going to install it ever on my PC. This is what happens when I try to emulate it: [root@Alex Messenger]# ls alpha.reg kdu_v32M.dll skins/ ymsgipdl.ini asw.dll licenseM.txt stock.dll ymsgip.dll AswRes.dll login.swf tsd2.dll ymsgr.ini avthost.swf Media/ UNWISE.EXE* Ymsgr_tray.exe* d32-fw.dll msvcp71.dll ViewInfo.reg YPager.exe* default.reg msvcr71.dll XMLParse.dll ypager.exe.manifest emote.dat MyYahoo.dll Xmltok.dll ypagerps.dll emote_user.dat n2pclient.dll yacscom.dll YServer.exe* filter1.txt nofriend.html yacsui.dll yupdater.exe* flfl_bg.gif pcre.dll YahooBridgeLib.dll YView/ ft60.dll privacy.txt ycrwin32.dll ywcupl.dll idle.dll proxy.dll ygxa_2.dll ywcvwr.dll INSTALL.LOG res_msgr.dll Yml.dll [root@Alex Messenger]# cedega YPager.exe [root@Alex Messenger]# And that's it. No error message no nothing. Edited September 20, 2004 by a13x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 you aint gonna be getting the windows version working with the nature of that program, use the Linux version, there's an rpm here: http://download.yahoo.com/dl/unix/rh9.ymes....0.4-1.i386.rpm it won't have all the features of the windows one, but its the best you're gonna get. Also, I am sure gaim does file transfers, i think you need to update your gaim. Finally, if you're daring and after video or voice, grab gaim-vv, gaim-vv is a fork of standard gaim and it supports video and voice, although i think it's pretty heavily in development and is probably pretty unstable. http://gaim-vv.sourceforge.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurfy Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 Can I suggest you try Gyach Enhanced - Linux native with reportedly the best Yahoo feature-set support. http://phpaint.sourceforge.net/pyvoicechat/index_gyache.php I'm just d/loading now (on dial-up) to test it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a13x Posted September 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 (edited) Iphitus, I know about the Unix versions of Yahoo!. I used the RH9 YIM before I managed to install Gaim. I don't want to have anything to do with it again. All I want is a recent version of Yahoo! IM for Linux. If you say it can't be emulated with cedega then .... I guess I'll have to try something else. I use Gaim currently. It works good enough .... but lacks one important thing: I can't buzz. Smurfy, I'll try Gyach when I get home. Now I have some driving lessons :D Edited September 20, 2004 by a13x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurfy Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 I'm missing a few dependencies (older versions of GTKhtml & Pygtk etc) that will have to wait till morning (although it's after 1am so I suppose it's already morning :) ) for me to resolve before I can tell you how well it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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