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Well, I am in linux now, and have GAIM, but

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TheWart

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When I ran gaim (i unzipped and ./configured, and make'd as a user, but su'd to root to make install) and while GAIM is running, it is like there is a whole bunch of stuff going on in the concole ( i started gaim thru xconsole) it mainly says "dev/dsp" acces denied? Any idead, my system feels laggy, like i am ripping mp3's. Does anyone know of a better AIM for linux thing, cause I dont really need the icq and other stuff that GAIM offers. Thx...


BTW, Linux is so cool🙂
 


<< When I ran gaim (i unzipped and ./configured, and make'd as a user, but su'd to root to make install) and while GAIM is running, it is like there is a whole bunch of stuff going on in the concole ( i started gaim thru xconsole) it mainly says "dev/dsp" acces denied? Any idead, my system feels laggy, like i am ripping mp3's. Does anyone know of a better AIM for linux thing, cause I dont really need the icq and other stuff that GAIM offers. Thx...


BTW, Linux is so cool🙂 >>


ok, if you launch it via console, that console is gonna be tied up w/ running gaim till you close gaim. what you probably want to do when launching progs via console is type, for example, "gaim &", putting a space and a & after the program name, that way it sends it to the background and your terminal is still useable while the prog is running.

oh and for /dev/dsp, that is your sound card, and it means its trying to play a sound but it cant because /dev/dsp doesnt have the correct permissions. try doing a "chmod 666 /dev/dsp", that should take care of it, along with all other audio playback, given that your soundcard is set up and working properly.

good luck 🙂
 
Thanks for the quick reply....would that chmod command work and stop those messages even if i dont ahve a sc (i do, but it is a Phillips AE, and no linux support 🙁) Thanks again
 


<< Thanks for the quick reply....would that chmod command work and stop those messages even if i dont ahve a sc (i do, but it is a Phillips AE, and no linux support 🙁) Thanks again >>



well if your soundcard isnt working, then instead of a "access denied" error you would get something like "device not found" or something like that. either way, all you have to do is just turn off gaim sounds in its preferences window, and if you launch it into the bg (gaim &), then the terminal shouldnt show any messages anyways.
 
I use toc for aim stuff. Its command line tcl script, but it works better than any of the silly gui programs Ive found out there.
 
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