no more icq?

[David Jansen]

Today pidgin gave me an error when trying to connect to icq:
  The client version you are using is too old. 
  Please upgrade at http://pidgin.im/
I'm running Fedora 9 fully updated, pidgin 2.4.2-1.fc9 

Searching for this message, it seems it's not just Fedora and not just
pidgin, but most/all Linux icq clients.
E.g http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=846279

Does anyone know more of this issue? I guess I'll have to do without icq
for a while then....

David Jansen

[Craig White]

On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 10:19 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:

>  BTW, KDE does claim that the KDE4 version of Kopete works correctly.
>  I can't confirm as I don't run F9/KDE4 (and won't until F9 gets a bit
>  more stable). 
----
FWIW - it's stable but not as feature complete as KDE-3.5.x on F8. It's
possible that it is actually more stable than KDE-3.5.x

Craig

[itamar]

I am really love icq.

but skype, M$N and others are killing ICQ


Rick Stevens wrote:
>  Itamar - IspBrasil wrote:
> > I am using pidgin and I am online on icq
> >
> > my icq is 81053601
>
>  You may be on a different server, but the oscar server (the primary
>  here in the US) is not working.
>
> >
> > David Jansen wrote:
> >> Today pidgin gave me an error when trying to connect to icq:
> >>    The client version you are using is too old.
> >>    Please upgrade at http://pidgin.im/
> >> I'm running Fedora 9 fully updated, pidgin 2.4.2-1.fc9
> >>
> >> Searching for this message, it seems it's not just Fedora and not just
> >> pidgin, but most/all Linux icq clients.
> >> E.g http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=846279
> >>
> >> Does anyone know more of this issue? I guess I'll have to do without 
> >> icq
> >> for a while then....
> >>
> >> David Jansen
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

[Schlueri]

F*CK. ;-) 

The website http://pidgin.im/ seems like overloaded. Anyway, i think
some people working on the problem. I hope. :-)

Am Dienstag, den 01.07.2008, 15:18 -0300 schrieb Itamar - IspBrasil:
>  my machine is always online.
>  
>  I have connected on icq 60+ days later.
>  
>  after close and reopen pidgin the conection no more works
>  
>  
>  Schlueri wrote:
>  > Am Dienstag, den 01.07.2008, 10:26 -0700 schrieb Rick Stevens:
>  >    
>  >> Itamar - IspBrasil wrote:
>  >>      
>  >>> I am using pidgin and I am online on icq
>  >>>
>  >>> my icq is 81053601
>  >>>        
>  >> You may be on a different server, but the oscar server (the primary
>  >> here in the US) is not working.
>  >>      
>  >
>  > I'm using the oscar server too and it's not working. Is there a list of
>  > alternative servers to get icq running again?
>  >
>  > Thanks.
>  >
>  > Dirk
>  >
>  >    
>  
>

[Rick Stevens]

Schlueri wrote:
>  Am Dienstag, den 01.07.2008, 11:56 -0700 schrieb Rick Stevens:
> > Schlueri wrote:
> >> F*CK. ;-) 
> >>
> >> The website http://pidgin.im/ seems like overloaded. Anyway, i think
> >> some people working on the problem. I hope. :-)
> > Please don't top-post.
>  
>  Sorry, my fault. :-/
>  
> > If you can get by using Kopete, there is a quick fix.  Configure Kopete
> > with your ICQ data.  When it refuses to connect, close Kopete completely
> > (quit), then edit your ~/.kde/share/config/kopeterc file.  At the
> > bottom, add these lines:
> >
> > 	[ICQVersion]
> > 	Build=0x17AB
> > 	ClientId=0x010A
> > 	ClientString=ICQ Client
> > 	Country=us
> > 	Lang=en
> > 	Major=0x0006
> > 	Minor=0x0000
> > 	Other=0x00007535
> > 	Point=0x0000
> >
> > Then restart kopete and sign on.  I've confirmed that this works on F8
> > with kopete 0.12.7 on KDE 3.5.9-5.  I haven't heard of a fix for Pidgin
> > or licq yet.
>  
>  Thanks for that, this working with gnome, but i hope pidgin will be back
>  right soon. 
Yeah, I like having one client.  Kopete can handle the same protocols as 
Pidgin, so you could use it instead.  I'm used to Pidgin, so I'm in the
same boat as you.

BTW, I got the fix off the Kopete bugzilla list.  Thank Jan Ritzerfeld
for it:

	http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165502#c26
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[David Jansen]

On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 10:19:03AM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
>  David Jansen wrote:
> > Today pidgin gave me an error when trying to connect to icq:
> >   The client version you are using is too old.   Please upgrade at 
> > http://pidgin.im/
> > I'm running Fedora 9 fully updated, pidgin 2.4.2-1.fc9 
> >
> > Searching for this message, it seems it's not just Fedora and not just
> > pidgin, but most/all Linux icq clients.
> > E.g http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=846279
> >
> > Does anyone know more of this issue? I guess I'll have to do without icq
> > for a while then....
>
>  I've reported it to both Pidgin and KDE (kopete).  They're all VERY
>  aware of it (kopete has at least 220 reports of it).
>
>  BTW, KDE does claim that the KDE4 version of Kopete works correctly.
>  I can't confirm as I don't run F9/KDE4 (and won't until F9 gets a bit
>  more stable). 
Thanks for that information. Kopete from KDE 4.0 indeed works!

David

[Schlueri]

Am Dienstag, den 01.07.2008, 11:56 -0700 schrieb Rick Stevens:
>  Schlueri wrote:
>  > F*CK. ;-) 
>  > 
>  > The website http://pidgin.im/ seems like overloaded. Anyway, i think
>  > some people working on the problem. I hope. :-)
>  
>  Please don't top-post. 
Sorry, my fault. :-/

>  If you can get by using Kopete, there is a quick fix.  Configure
> Kopete
>  with your ICQ data.  When it refuses to connect, close Kopete completely
>  (quit), then edit your ~/.kde/share/config/kopeterc file.  At the
>  bottom, add these lines:
>  
>  	[ICQVersion]
>  	Build=0x17AB
>  	ClientId=0x010A
>  	ClientString=ICQ Client
>  	Country=us
>  	Lang=en
>  	Major=0x0006
>  	Minor=0x0000
>  	Other=0x00007535
>  	Point=0x0000
>  
>  Then restart kopete and sign on.  I've confirmed that this works on F8
>  with kopete 0.12.7 on KDE 3.5.9-5.  I haven't heard of a fix for Pidgin
>  or licq yet. 
Thanks for that, this working with gnome, but i hope pidgin will be back
right soon. 

Dirk

[Rick Stevens]

Schlueri wrote:
>  F*CK. ;-) 
>  
>  The website http://pidgin.im/ seems like overloaded. Anyway, i think
>  some people working on the problem. I hope. :-) 
Please don't top-post.

If you can get by using Kopete, there is a quick fix.  Configure Kopete
with your ICQ data.  When it refuses to connect, close Kopete completely
(quit), then edit your ~/.kde/share/config/kopeterc file.  At the
bottom, add these lines:

	[ICQVersion]
	Build=0x17AB
	ClientId=0x010A
	ClientString=ICQ Client
	Country=us
	Lang=en
	Major=0x0006
	Minor=0x0000
	Other=0x00007535
	Point=0x0000

Then restart kopete and sign on.  I've confirmed that this works on F8
with kopete 0.12.7 on KDE 3.5.9-5.  I haven't heard of a fix for Pidgin
or licq yet.

>  
>  Am Dienstag, den 01.07.2008, 15:18 -0300 schrieb Itamar - IspBrasil:
> > my machine is always online.
> >
> > I have connected on icq 60+ days later.
> >
> > after close and reopen pidgin the conection no more works
> >
> >
> > Schlueri wrote:
> >> Am Dienstag, den 01.07.2008, 10:26 -0700 schrieb Rick Stevens:
> >>    
> >>> Itamar - IspBrasil wrote:
> >>>      
> >>>> I am using pidgin and I am online on icq
> >>>>
> >>>> my icq is 81053601
> >>>>        
> >>> You may be on a different server, but the oscar server (the primary
> >>> here in the US) is not working.
> >>>      
> >> I'm using the oscar server too and it's not working. Is there a list of
> >> alternative servers to get icq running again?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> Dirk
> >>
> >>    
> >
>   

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[itamar]

my machine is always online.

I have connected on icq 60+ days later.

after close and reopen pidgin the conection no more works


Schlueri wrote:
>  Am Dienstag, den 01.07.2008, 10:26 -0700 schrieb Rick Stevens:
>     
> > Itamar - IspBrasil wrote:
> >      
> >> I am using pidgin and I am online on icq
> >>
> >> my icq is 81053601
> >>        
> > You may be on a different server, but the oscar server (the primary
> > here in the US) is not working.
> >      
>
>  I'm using the oscar server too and it's not working. Is there a list of
>  alternative servers to get icq running again?
>
>  Thanks.
>
>  Dirk
>
>

[Schlueri]

Am Dienstag, den 01.07.2008, 10:26 -0700 schrieb Rick Stevens:
>  Itamar - IspBrasil wrote:
>  > I am using pidgin and I am online on icq
>  > 
>  > my icq is 81053601
>  
>  You may be on a different server, but the oscar server (the primary
>  here in the US) is not working. 
I'm using the oscar server too and it's not working. Is there a list of
alternative servers to get icq running again? 

Thanks. 

Dirk

[Rick Stevens]

Itamar - IspBrasil wrote:
>  I am using pidgin and I am online on icq
>  
>  my icq is 81053601 
You may be on a different server, but the oscar server (the primary
here in the US) is not working.

>  
>  David Jansen wrote:
> > Today pidgin gave me an error when trying to connect to icq:
> >    The client version you are using is too old.
> >    Please upgrade at http://pidgin.im/
> > I'm running Fedora 9 fully updated, pidgin 2.4.2-1.fc9
> >
> > Searching for this message, it seems it's not just Fedora and not just
> > pidgin, but most/all Linux icq clients.
> > E.g http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=846279
> >
> > Does anyone know more of this issue? I guess I'll have to do without icq
> > for a while then....
> >
> > David Jansen
> >
> >    
>  
>   

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[Rick Stevens]

David Jansen wrote:
>  Today pidgin gave me an error when trying to connect to icq:
>    The client version you are using is too old. 
>    Please upgrade at http://pidgin.im/
>  I'm running Fedora 9 fully updated, pidgin 2.4.2-1.fc9 
>  
>  Searching for this message, it seems it's not just Fedora and not just
>  pidgin, but most/all Linux icq clients.
>  E.g http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=846279
>  
>  Does anyone know more of this issue? I guess I'll have to do without icq
>  for a while then.... 
I've reported it to both Pidgin and KDE (kopete).  They're all VERY
aware of it (kopete has at least 220 reports of it).

BTW, KDE does claim that the KDE4 version of Kopete works correctly.
I can't confirm as I don't run F9/KDE4 (and won't until F9 gets a bit
more stable).
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[itamar]

I am using pidgin and I am online on icq

my icq is 81053601

David Jansen wrote:
>  Today pidgin gave me an error when trying to connect to icq:
>     The client version you are using is too old.
>     Please upgrade at http://pidgin.im/
>  I'm running Fedora 9 fully updated, pidgin 2.4.2-1.fc9
>
>  Searching for this message, it seems it's not just Fedora and not just
>  pidgin, but most/all Linux icq clients.
>  E.g http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=846279
>
>  Does anyone know more of this issue? I guess I'll have to do without icq
>  for a while then....
>
>  David Jansen
>
>