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Coume

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aMSN 0.97-2 - Anyone got it working?

Hello,

I have been using Arch for 2 days but I am struggling on this one.

Apparently, the MSN 9 protocol needs TLS, which I did install as required. I also have edited the file /usr/lib/tls1.50/pkgIndex.tcl as mentioned in the amsn wiki but still the same issue. When launching asmn, I get the dialog telling me about TLS and I am stuck there

I have been trying everything I could think of, so if anyone of you did manage to get it working, I will be very happy to hear how

Thanks in advance.
Ludo

KimTjik

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Re: aMSN 0.97-2 - Anyone got it working?

There is a tls package in the community repository. Installing that prior to launching aMSN should do the trick.

Fatih

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Re: aMSN 0.97-2 - Anyone got it working?

/usr/lib/

Give this as the directory not /usr/lib/tls1.50/pkgIndex.tcl or any other possible dirs.

Coume

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Re: aMSN 0.97-2 - Anyone got it working?

There is a tls package in the community repository. Installing that prior to launching aMSN should do the trick.

I do have this package installed but it does not help

# pacman -S community/tls
warning: tls-1.5.0-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets: tls-1.5.0-2 

Total Download Size:    0.00 MB
Total Installed Size:   0.07 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n

Coume

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Re: aMSN 0.97-2 - Anyone got it working?

/usr/lib/

Give this as the directory not /usr/lib/tls1.50/pkgIndex.tcl or any other possible dirs.

I just tried that, but I still encounter the same problem

$ cat .amsn/tlsconfig.tcl
set libtls /usr/lib

Condex

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Re: aMSN 0.97-2 - Anyone got it working?

Try this one Coume:

Edit as root the /usr/lib/tls1.50/pkgIndex.tcl file.

Change the line so that looks like this one:

package ifneeded tls 1.50 "[list load [file join $dir .. libtls1.50.so] ] ; [list source [file join $dir tls.tcl] ]"

I was having the same problem, as I can remember it is a problem with the "1.5", that needs to be set to "1.50". I found the solution on the net, but I don't remember where...:(

In my system(i686) it worked...

Hope it helps

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Coume

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Re: aMSN 0.97-2 - Anyone got it working?

Try this one Coume:

Edit as root the /usr/lib/tls1.50/pkgIndex.tcl file.

Change the line so that looks like this one:

package ifneeded tls 1.50 "[list load [file join $dir .. libtls1.50.so] ] ; [list source [file join $dir tls.tcl] ]"

I was having the same problem, as I can remember it is a problem with the "1.5", that needs to be set to "1.50". I found the solution on the net, but I don't remember where...:(

In my system(i686) it worked...

Hope it helps

Thanks for answering.

But after reading the amsn forums, I did do the same tweaking in this file but it does not help

# cat /usr/lib/tls1.50/pkgIndex.tcl

# pkgIndex.tcl -
#
#    A new manually generated "pkgIndex.tcl" file for tls to
#    replace the original which didn't include the commands from "tls.tcl".
#

package ifneeded tls 1.50 "[list load [file join $dir .. libtls1.50.so] ] ; [list source [file join $dir tls.tcl] ]"

I am really starting to get frustated because I tried everything which is mentioned online and I can't get any where... That's why I started to wonder if the issue could not be related to my arch x86_64

Anyone under x86_64 got it working??

Thanks
Ludo

Coume

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Re: aMSN 0.97-2 - Anyone got it working?

Very weird....

In searching even further, I just found this post on the amsn forum: http://www.amsn-project.net/forums/view … 7681#27681

and it is exactly the same for me...

aMSN runs as root without any problem but won't work as a normal user
Does a normal user require to be in a specific group to use tls? I know it's a long call but who knows...

Any idea??
Thxs
Ludo, puzzled even more than before!!!

Coume

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Re: aMSN 0.97-2 - Anyone got it working?

ok... I tried to remove my .amsn/ and starts amsn and it worked fine even as a user...

So the problem seems to be coming from me wanting to use my old .amsn
Yes, I did check the own/grp and everything is fine... I will be playing further to try pinpointing the reason behind 2 days of fiddling...

HTH,
Ludo

KimTjik

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Re: aMSN 0.97-2 - Anyone got it working?

Good to hear! So now you could let all that frustration disappear.

Yes, it's always good to check whether removing the user configuration file helps. I've myself been struggling with some errors which easily were solved this way.