Questions tagged [pidgin]
Multi-platform instant messaging client (formerly named Gaim). It was the default chat client before the 9.10 release.
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How do I enable the pidgin system tray icon?
I want to enable the System tray icon for Pidgin in Ubuntu 11.10 (with Unity), but I don't see it.
I have to start it again and again from the launcher panel or from the dash.
Is there a ...
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How to keep Thunderbird and Pidgin running on background?
Is there any way to keep messaging services (IM - Pidgin, mail client - Thunderbird) running "on background"? I want to have them waiting for incoming messages but they disturb me when switching ...
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How can I remove Empathy, and integrate Pidgin?
I don't like the Empathy chat client, and I want to use Pidgin instead, but I want to maintain the functionality Empathy has in the messaging menu.
How can I do this in the cleanest way possible?
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Force Pidgin to acept an invalid certificate
I am getting the following error on Pidgin 2.10.10-3.fc20 (libpurple 2.10.10).
How can I force it to accept an invalid certificate?
(According to this bug report it should be capable).
Here's what ...
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How to see conversation history in "Pidgin Messenger" when using Ubuntu?
I use "Pidgin" on Ubuntu instead of Yahoo Messenger, and i recently noticed that when i am offline and somebody writes me, "Pidgin" won't show it to me as offline messages, or when i write to my ...
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Setting PIdgin up for Lync2013
I having difficulty setting up pidgin to work with my company's microsoft 365's communicator lync 2013 (not 2010) account.
I either receive a message stating authentication failed, or Incompatible ...
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Pidgin doesn't show buddy list?
I like to use pidgin instead of Empathy because I'm used to it, and because I have to venture into windows for more development than I would prefer.
In Ubuntu 11.10, I can't find any way to get to ...
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Why does Pidgin refuse to connect to Facebook Chat?
I have searched around the net for a solution to my problem. I gave myself an account user name for facebook so I could use the chat in Pidgin 2.10.3. However, no matter what I do, Pidgin refuses to ...
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How to integrate Pidgin on Ubuntu 12.10
I have just recently updated my system to Ubuntu 12.10 and I cannot integrate Pidgin with the toolbars any more! Can any one give me a clue on how to do it? Thanks
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How to set new spellchecker language in Pidgin?
I'm using Pidgin and I'm using en_US as default Ubuntu language . But I want to use pt_PT as default spellchecker on Pidgin. How I do that?
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How to run pidgin and login automatically on startup
How to run pidgin minimized to Panel and login automatically with the enabled accounts at startup. I am using pidgin 2.10.3 on ubuntu 12.04.
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How to add Google Hangout to Pidgin
I've been trying to add Google Hangouts to Pidgin but it's not working.
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Pidgin status icon in 13.04 / Raring Ringtail
I upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to 13.04.
Looks great, but the Pidgin status icon does not appear in the upper right corner.
How can I fix this?
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How do I change the default browser?
Despite Chromium being set as my preferred web browser under "System Info", when I click a link in an IM window of Pidgin, it opens in Firefox. How do I make it so that links open in Chromium?
I am ...
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Full screen or more visible Skype, Pidgin, Empathy notifications?
I work in a shared office and I have the heaphones plugged in in order not to bother my colleagues with the poping sounds of chats and incoming calls. The problem is that I miss most of my calls and ...
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Lync (formerly Office Communicator) with pidgin-sipe => Read Error
I always could connect to my companys Microsoft Lync network which is based on SIP. There is an addon for Pidgin called pidgin-sipe. Everything worked fine unless the company changed something weird.
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Pidgin not showing up after opening it [closed]
I am on Ubuntu 11.10.
I have installed Pidgin right after installing 11.10. As far as I remember everything worked great. However, for a while now (in the mean time I did some video drivers ...
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How do I make Empathy use the system proxy settings?
I want to use Empathy which is provided by default with Ubuntu 10.10. Unfortunately, it seems unable to take account of the proxy settings I applied system-wide.
On the contrary, other programs are ...
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How to install Adium theme for Pidgin?
I searched Google and realized that they only made tutorial (install Adium theme for Pidgin) in Ubuntu 9.10 or 10.4. I try their tutorial in my Maverick but unsuccessful.
I see that in menu Tool>...
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How to get rid of Pidgin/Purple's statuses Evil and Depression?
These statuses seem to be ICQ specific, I tried to remove them from ~/.purple/accounts.xml but that file gets overwritten on every start and the statuses keep coming back.
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Audo/video with pidgin?
Does anyone know how to make audio and video calls work with Pidgin (for those protocols that support it)?
Video is supposed to work on MSN, and audio is supposed to work on Google Talk, but whatever ...
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Are there any other IM clients other than empathy and pidgin that support google talk?
As stated above. I need something similar to Google talk and it should be more stable than empathy. I dont like Pidgin, for it's interface makes it difficult to set statuses more often... Please let ...
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I want Pidgin links opened in Chromium not in Firefox
When I attempt to open a link in Pidgin it opens the link with Firefox. I prefer Chromium. I have Chromium set as the default application in the System Settings folder, but Firefox still opens the ...
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How to integrate Pidgin and Evolution into the message indicator?
I upgraded to 12.10, I was using Unity 2d, but as it no longer exists I moved to gnome classic, something in the upgrade seems to have change the message indicator in the "Indicator Applet Complete".
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Zombies are taking over my computer
I can see several zombie processes in my computer. How can I get rid of them?
In fact, why does there exist vlc and pidgin zombies? It this a bug in Ubuntu or something I have done?
Thanks!
ps aux |...
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How can I make Pidgin a single-window application?
I can reduce Pidgin to two windows, but no further. The Buddy List is always separate from whatever grouped chat window I create. Is there any way to combine it?
I have come across these plugins, but ...
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"System tray" integration for Pidgin
Is there a way to have a regular "system tray" icon for Pidgin in Gnome Shell?
With the Gnome Shell Extension, it does not work so smooth and I cannot open the contacts list with clicking on it.
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Right package for JSON-GLib development headers
During configuration of one project, I got the error:
checking for JSON... no
no
configure: error:
You must have JSON-GLib >= 0.14.0 development headers installed to build.
make: *** [config....
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List theme for pidgin?
I would like to give pidgin a try, but I don't like the default theme for the list, there is too much space between the contacts, I would like to style it in a more minimal way so i can see more ...
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Can't log in to facebook accounts using pidgin
I happen to have two facebook accounts and I used to chat on both of them using pidgin. Everything was working alright, until today, when I couldn't connect to one of my accounts. A Server closed the ...
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How do I set up my Facebook account in Pidgin?
Can anyone provide me a walkthrough of how to set up Facebook on Pidgin?
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Whatsapp on Ubuntu 15.10 desktop *without having access to a smartphone*
I currently don't own a proper smartphone that would be capable of running Whatsapp, and I don't have an account there yet.
What I need is a way to run any Whatsapp client on my Ubuntu (64bit, ...
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How do I change the chat and mail clients in the indicator area?
I am new to Unity thanks to my Natty upgrade the other day. While I like some of the new things, I would also like to reconfigure some stuff.
Can I change the tray apps to use different applications? ...
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How to have pidgin chat windows open up on all workspaces?
I use pidgin as my chat client on ubuntu lucid. Whenever I have a chat window open, I like to mark it as "Always on visible workspace" as it's just more convenient.
Is there a way that I can force ...
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How can I change the icons in Pidgin's IRC user list?
Is there any way to change the icons in the user list on IRC in Pidgin without actually doing it from the source code?
These are what I want to change:
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How to hide Pidgin Buddy list on startup?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.10. Pidgin starts automatically on startup, but I want the buddy list window to starts minimized.
I tried this: http://www.cebuntu.com/apps/how-to-start-pidgin-and-minimized-on-...
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How to integrate Pidgin with Ubuntu "Online Accounts" (14.04)
The title says it all. How can I integrate Pidgin with the default "Online Accounts" that comes with Ubuntu 14.04, just like Empathy does.
Pidgin already shows up in the "envelop" icon in the menu ...
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Are there any lenses for empathy or pidgin?
I see gwibber lenses, is there anything for empathy or pidgin? For search my contacts, open tab chat or others..
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Monochrome Pidgin tray icons
Can anyone point me towards monochrome Pidgin tray icons, and tell me how to install them?
(I know I should be using the Messaging Menu indicator applet or whatever it's called, but at the moment I ...
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Show buddy when offline
In Pidgin, if a buddy is online, I can right click "Show When
Offline", and I'll continue seeing the buddy in my list when he logs
off.
However, what if the buddy is offline when I want to do this?...
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Where's the "flash tray icon on new message" feature in pidgin?
I've had this feature before, but in 12.04 I can't seem to find it. I've tried installing the pidgin-plugin-pack, but no luck.
If anyone knows about a plugin with this feature, please do tell!
Thank ...
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Is there any way to separate IRC networks in Pidgin's chat window?
I am normally active in at least three different IRC networks, and I use Pidgin as my IRC client, with the vertical channel list like this:
Is there any way that channels from different IRC networks ...
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Xubuntu 12.10 : Can't add account to network application
When I try to add an account to Gwibber/Pidgin (which are not system apps), it sends me to the System parameters. It is impossible for me to add accounts to these apps. How can I fix it?
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Unable to remove Pidgin software completely
I'm getting an error on the task bar each time I turn on my phone and used to ask me to check for updates. Here is the message on the task bar:
The update information is updated.This maybe caused ...
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How to disable auto open window in Pidgin?
when my friends write me a new conversation in pidgin open immediatly a new window.
Can I disable show a new window?
I want only a notify in tray ...
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Application System Tray - GNOME 18.04
I have the problem that system trays in Ubuntu 18.04.1 (using GNOME) are not visible. I found a similar topic (Missing system tray icons Ubuntu Gnome 18.04) but the command sudo cpan -i Gtk2::...
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how to enable systray pidgin icon in notification area in 12.04 and nouveau?
The suggested solution:
run dconf-editor
open desktop -> unity -> panel
set systray-whitelist to "['all']"
doesn't work for nouveau.
Where I have nvidia propetriary driver icon appeared ...
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Where does Ubuntu store the SSL certificates for Pidgin?
Since today Pidgin stopped working and the workaround is to "refresh the SSL certificate".
Where is it stored?
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How do I get Pidgin connected to ICQ again?
A few days ago Pidgin gave me this error message from ICQ:
Received unexpected response from https://api.oscar.aol.com/aim/startOSCARSession: Ok
Now it won't connect. I searched in Google and ...
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