banjo Posted October 29, 2004 Report Share Posted October 29, 2004 I downloaded the tarball of amsn and unzipped it. Following the directions, it runs OK out of the box. However, when I try to connect, it tells me that TLS is not installed. I know for a fact that it is installed because my KMail uses it. I pointed aMsn to /usr/lib, where the SSL stuff resides, but it still tells me that TLS is not installed. The error box says that "tcl TLS" is not installed, whatever that is. Is that a tcl plugin required to use TLS? Or is it looking for TLS itself? Isn't TLS included in SSL? I finally told it to go ahead and install what it wanted, and it popped up an error saying that the web site it needs is not available. Anybody know what it is looking for and where it might be? I am running a standard Mandy 9.1 install. Anyway, I told it to connect without using SSL (ok, so somebody can get in and steal my Hotmail SPAM, the horror!) and then it sends a blip out the network and sits there doing nothing but blinking the "Logging On" icon. Nothing more goes out the net or comes back in. It sits there blinking until I ctl-C. aMsn is getting good reviews on this board, but I cannot get it to do anything for me but err out. I must be missing something simple. Thanks for the help Banjo (_)=='=~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmc77 Posted October 29, 2004 Report Share Posted October 29, 2004 What version of amsn did you download? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banjo Posted October 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2004 I don't have it here in front of me at work. I will have to look it up when I get home. I downloaded the source tarball from http://amsn.sourceforge.net/ I think it is version 0.93 Maybe I should try the Mandy rpm? Banjo (_)=='=~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaraeez Posted October 29, 2004 Report Share Posted October 29, 2004 Hi there, I d'led amsn-0.93-1.i586.rpm (MDK 10) & it work's perfectly. On first start it will d/l the tls & install it for you.. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banjo Posted October 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2004 OK. Boy is my face red........ I just ran aMSN again and tried logging into my hotmail in clear air...... and the previous problem was that I had not entered my whole logon name. I had left off the "@hotmail" part. So, now that I have entered the proper account name it comes right up. I knew it was something stupid that I was doing. RTFM I still don't have the "tcl TLS" think that it says it needs. Anybody know if this is something in addition to the system TLS code that is already here? I don't want to clobber my working email by installing anything on top of it. Thanks to the fine folks on this board for the help. Linux rocks! Banjo (_)=='=~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 Normally, it will offer to download and install TCL bindings for TLS for you. Try wiping your config and reinstalling, then let it download TLS for ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banjo Posted October 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 It did offer the first time. I said "OK go ahead" and it posted an error that the web site was not available. So maybe the network was glitchy. I am on dialup (for now.... DSL soon). I will try again later to see if I can get it to work. Right now I am using it to chat in clear air. It works great now that I am using it correctly LOL. Thanks for the help. I'll let the board know how it turns out. Banjo (_)=='=~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 Take a look at Gaim and Kopete, they are also awesome for msn, and dont need you to grab that extra package Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted November 2, 2004 Report Share Posted November 2, 2004 I personally reccomend Gaim - it is a great alternative and some users (like myself) prefer it to aMSN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest phgborges Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 the link for TLS library is here: homepage: http://tls.sourceforge.net direct link: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tls/tls...tar.gz?download just download, unpack to any directory and tell AMSN where it is. it's all ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumbdude Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 did u try kopete that comes along with mandrake10 ? it connects to most major IM`s including MSN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 this guy got it working ages ago guys, take a look at the date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artificial Intelligence Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 Yeah, the date goes month back. I'll mark the thread solved then, I guess the problem are solved since we havn't heard otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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