Questions tagged [pidgin]
Pidgin is a popular open-source, cross-platform IM application that supports a variety of networks
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show embedded images in google chat in pidgin
I have the enhanced history plugin enabled and my logs are saved as html. When I first opened a conversation in google chat I was able to see embedded images but now the only thing it shows is a link ...
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Pidgin's Google Talk plugin dropping messages
Until a few days ago, I used Pidgin's Google Talk plugin to talk to a few people (who are using adium, so still libpurple afaik) and it all worked fine, even though as far as I know gtalk has been ...
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Make KeePass recognize login field in Desktop application
I use KeePassXC as my password manager; my operating system is Linux Mint 20.2. Login fields in Firefox are automatically recognized. I can click on a small key symbol and both username and password ...
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Pidgin frequently disconnects with the message "write error"
Pidgin 2.10.11-7.el7 (libpurple 2.10.11)
Office Communicator protocol
GNOME 3
CentOS 7
Pidgin frequently disconnects.
On the login screen it will print out "write error"
I looked in my home ...
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How to enable audio/video in Pidgin's XMPP for Google?
I have my regular "Google Talk" account configured in Pidgin and exchanging texts works fine.
Unfortunately, all of the options under the "Media" menu remain greyed out -- even though the computer ...
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Is there any way to create a group in pidgin like in WhatsApp?
I have been using pidgin to chat with my fellow colleagues. If I have to convey any message to of them, I need to send by opening individual chats. So if there is an option to create a group, I can ...
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Useful XMPP chat notifications in Pidgin
I'm using XMPP chat rooms at work via Pidgin for team chat. I'm used to Slack, but we haven't fully switched over as of yet.
Pidgin doesn't seem to be set up to allow useful persistent chat ...
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Why isn't Pygments working in Pidgin on Ubuntu?
I'm trying to get code syntax highlighting working in Pidgin. I've installed it with these commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kip/pidgin
sudo apt-get install -y pidgin pidgin-sipe
It works fine ...
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Mastodon with Pidgin?
I'm trying Mastodon. According to the Mastodon Wikipedia page,
The service is interoperable with the federated social network GNU
social and other OStatus platforms.
Now Pidgin has the Twitter ...
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Pidgin for XMPP -- SSL Handshake failed
I installed the latest Ubuntu 18.04 and am trying to connect to our in-house XMPP server (which is quite old and I have no access to) with Pidgin like I used to.
But I'm unable to connect... Getting ...
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Is it impossible to keep large amounts of Skype contacts organized?
Is it impossible to keep large amounts of Skype contacts organized?
There seems to be two key features missing:
Organizing contacts into Lists (recently removed)
Associating "notes" with ...
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In Pidgin, perl.dll is not loadable error
I can find this error in Pidgin's (version Pidgin 2.12.0, libpurple 2.12.0) debug window:
(17:57:27) plugins: C:\Program Files (x86)\Pidgin\plugins\perl.dll is not loadable: `C:\Program Files (x86)\...
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How can I close pidgin via command?
The problem was described at https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9698.
In Linux, I can ask pidgin to close via pkill pidgin or kill [pid]. The program will then take care of it and shut itself down.
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How do I verify pidgin certificates?
Pidgin pops a dialog with this occasionally. Where do I go to verify these Google certificates?
Certificate Information
Common name: *.google.com
Issued By: CN=Google Internet Authority G2,O=Google ...
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Syncing communications between Pidgin clients
Is there a way to sync communications between multiple pidgin clients? We have SMS texts that come to 8 clients, but if one of the office desk clients responds, no one else in the office see's the ...
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