kmess 2.0 .6.1 in K12.04

[O. Sinclair]

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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