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Bad SSL and GAIM
« on: September 05, 2006, 08:05:24 pm »
GAIM is complaining about not having SSL, which means I can't use MSN.  But the Drexel servers use SSL, and I can connect fine with Thunderbird.  I also tried recompiling GAIM with [the below] like gaim.sf.net/faq-ssl.php says, but no luck...

./configure --with-nss-includes=/usr/include/mozilla-1.4/nss \
--with-nspr-includes=/usr/include/mozilla-1.4/nspr \
--with-nss-libs=/usr/lib/mozilla-1.4 \
--with-nspr-libs=/usr/lib/mozilla-1.4

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Re: Bad SSL and GAIM
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2006, 08:06:58 pm »
Most slackware distributions come with OpenSSL installed, I think, but did you try installing it?

Can you use SSH?

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Re: Bad SSL and GAIM
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2006, 08:13:00 pm »
It runs, but I have no SSH server to connect to...but like I said, Thunderbird handles SSL fine.

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Re: Bad SSL and GAIM
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2006, 08:21:18 pm »
It runs, but I have no SSH server to connect to...but like I said, Thunderbird handles SSL fine.

It might be using another implementation of it, though.  Try finding where OpenSSL was installed and specifying it with ./configure options?

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Re: Bad SSL and GAIM
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2006, 08:54:12 pm »
Yeah, I've had issues with that before.  The easiest way is just to download a Gaim package (either from Slackware's site or linuxpackages.net).  I forget how I got Gaim working :)

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Re: Bad SSL and GAIM
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2006, 09:45:35 pm »
Haha, I just downloaded the source.  It worked fine for me.  I have it on my laptop and desktop.

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Re: Bad SSL and GAIM
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2006, 10:36:36 pm »
Yeah, I've had issues with that before.  The easiest way is just to download a Gaim package (either from Slackware's site or linuxpackages.net).  I forget how I got Gaim working :)
Didn't work