Tips N Tricks: GyachI-Sidetrack (yahoo messenger , webcam , voice chat)

[loell]

update to a newer thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=773802


gyachi 1.1.31 for hardy heron (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?nlrmdlub4tv) now share your photos and view the photos of your friends and love ones :)

gyachi 1.1.31 for gutsy (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?izgy1gktmxf)





Howto for V4l2 webcams by kung fu ubuntu (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=294691)

UVC V4L2 webcam working!
My original post is at https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1989288&forum_id=533966



I was able to get my Logitech Quickcam Fusion working with Gyachi 1.1.27 on my amd64 system.
NOTE: for amd64 you need vloopback-1.1.2.
I am yet to webcam chat with someone, but I can configure the webcam with no problems. The image quality is superb.

I have built GyachI, on a chroot'ed system, using this config:
./configure --enable-v4l2 --enable-soundevents --enable-statuspixmaps --enable-wine --enable-plugin_photosharing --disable-plugin_xmms


HOW TO:
- Get vloopback and flashcam from http://swifthumors.blogspot.com/2008/03/linux-flash-webcam-headache.html
Build it and have it working on your system.
NOTE: it's mandatory to have the kernel module; not the flash application.

- build the application in the tarball at http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=64218&d=1206784138

- check the "embedded readme" in the source file

[loell]

:popcorn: feedback is always welcome

[kaede]

can u manage to work out with file transfer to yahoo with gyachi ?

[loell]

do you mean when it freezes during the transfer?

[mrgnash]

:popcorn: Nicely done. Definitely some welcome improvements over 1.05 -- thanks!!

[Soarer]

I'd like to try it, but so far I have not been able to see the download files on the wiki.

[loell]

i'm glad you've come to apreciate it, :) thank you :)

[loell]

I'd like to try it, but so far I have not been able to see the download files on the wiki.

i've added another link :) you can download from the first link its from yourfilelink.com

[kaede]

do you mean when it freezes during the transfer?
not freezing. i mean. i even can't work it out transfering file with my friend who using yahoo messsenger. :D

[loell]

not freezing. i mean. i even can't work it out transfering file with my friend who using yahoo messsenger. :D

really? hmm, nobody reported that issue to gyachi's site and forum , kinda strange...

is it both recieving and sending files, or which one?

[Soarer]

Thanks - I've downloaded & installed.

Now, how do I launch it please? I only have GyachE on my menu, and gyachi-sidetrack in a terminal does nothing.

Thanks

[loell]

Thanks - I've downloaded & installed.

Now, how do I launch it please? I only have GyachE on my menu, and gyachi-sidetrack in a terminal does nothing.

Thanks

just type

gyachi

[Soarer]

I was looking for something more complicated :)

Now that I have quit the GyachE that was also running (and therefore causing disconnections) it seems to run fine. I'll try it out - thanks.

[gebeleizis]

The file transfer has some quirks.
If it doesn't work you could choose another File Server in Options tab. And change this everytime it doesn't work.
Stuff from YM that I want to see here.
-possibility to send multiple files.
-possibility to send file >250 kB.
-drag'n'drop.
- italic font for "permanently offline" option.

This is a nice piece of software. Thank u for it.

[loell]

thanks for the pointers on file transfer :)
i've reported the filetransfer problem already, and other uesrs confirm it too. its just unfortunate that the official devs
were only notified lately.

i'll review review these suggestions, whenever i'll resume improving the gyachi again.
and perhaps implement the easier ones :)

[taladan]

Any chance for a 64 bit version of this?

I'm finding that I'm coming to regret installing the 64 bit version because every 32 bit version of a program I want to run, the system won't, no matter what workaround I try.

[loell]

there was a user who compiled and package gyachi in 64 bit by striping out the voice chat function, i don't know if he still an ubuntu user.

i haven't seen his handle in the forum for quite a while now. :(

[mrojas73]

I will testing it tomorrow, I am very excited about the new version.

Thank you.

[jello_hosaka]

hey loell! kabayan! i installed sidetrack on ubuntu feisty, there weren't any problems while installing but i can't seem to find the link to launch it... forgive me for i am a newbie...

[loell]

yeah, kabayan :) , try restarting, it will then appear in the applications menu --> Internet --> gyache improved.

you can launch it in the command line by invoking gyachi

[paguilera]

Hi.

Any chance of a version for Edgy users?

[loell]

hello, i could not make a deb package for edgy , as i have already migrated to fiesty , but if you already know how to compile and willing to hunt the development files in order to compile, i'd post the link for the source code.

[imon9]

hello...

it seems like gYachi-sidetrack is really full of good features, but funnily, once i successfully log-into it. I get a system message, and the next thing i know, i am log-out again.

i am sure my log-in is successful because all my friendlist is visible.

i wonder if the problem is due to me having some contacts from WLM8 (windows live messngeer)

please advice

[loell]

are there any other clients , like (gaim/pdgin , kopete) thats currently running?

[imon9]

no, there is not other client running, except for emesene, which is a MSN clone (can be found a www.emesene.org)..

of course, at the moment i have pidgin install, but not running, does that matters?

and i got this funny message from systemadmin:

* Logging PM to file : '/home/user/.yahoorc/gyach/log//2007-06-07.141405.txt' *
SystemAdmin: [System Message]

[imon9]

also, i dont really understand gyachi interface... why cant it be like the normal IM GUI? why we need to log into a chatroom? i hardly use the chat room in yahoo... of course i'm not against the chat room feature, but isn't chatroom something we use only when we initiate group chat?

futher more, such gui made gyachi takes up at least 2/3 or my screen area, isnt it a bit too much for a IM program?

no offence though, i just don't get it...

please advice on the log-in error.

[loell]

no, there is not other client running, except for emesene, which is a MSN clone (can be found a www.emesene.org)..

of course, at the moment i have pidgin install, but not running, does that matters?

and i got this funny message from systemadmin:

yes, it matters at times, when you log in to gyachi , then you run pidgin with the same yahoo account, it will log you out in gyachi to log in to pidgin.

i haven't encounter a systemadmin message yet to this day , kinda strange, just taking a wild guess, did you define any other user account in your system?

[loell]

also, i dont really understand gyachi interface... why cant it be like the normal IM GUI? why we need to log into a chatroom? i hardly use the chat room in yahoo... of course i'm not against the chat room feature, but isn't chatroom something we use only when we initiate group chat?

futher more, such gui made gyachi takes up at least 2/3 or my screen area, isnt it a bit too much for a IM program?

no offence though, i just don't get it...

please advice on the log-in error.

you can check the no chat room check box in the login window, and it won't automatically join you into chat room,

about the gui layout, well, its been like that for like half a decade now, over the years the userbase has come to accept it , you can compare gyachi's gui from http://gyachi.sourceforge.net and the gui of gyachi-sidetrack.

heheh, actually, it took me months to update the icons and a bit of layout change in the PM window. ;)

[imon9]

ok... first of all..just to clear things up a bit. I consider myself a above average computer user... and i already rull out things like "double sign-in" in different client...

btw, i not only experience this in Gyachi-sidetrack, same thing happen with gyache-improved...

so my only deduction is that my yahoo account having "MSN" contacts... perhaps that is the cause.. have u added MSN contacts to your yahoo user-list ever?

this is because yahoo 8 support cross-contacts with Windows Live Messenger (which is not supported by GAIM, Pidgin, kopete).. while Pidgin will still give an error everytime i run it, but it kept me log-in, but gyachi bounce me out... kopete on the other hand did not give error nor bounce me out.

if you dual boot your PC, perhaps u can fire-up your updated, original yahoo client and add a MSN contacts and try log-in again in gyachi... maybe the same problem will occur to u..

though, i'm not sure if you can removed the contacts or not, so experiment at your own risk for experimenting sake ;D

cheer anyway for replying my on very short notice... about the GUI, i kindda understand it has always been like this... i just though maybe someone with the skill will do some rewritting :D obviously, i'm thinking too much again

[imon9]

PROBLEM SOLVED

i removed a contact named "sysmtemadmin" which appear to be a spam which i added when i first used Gyachi when i logged into a public chatroom...

i am glad the problem is solve and the icons of gyachi is now much more nicer :) thanks for the effort

[djchandler]

Any chance for a 64 bit version of this?

I'm finding that I'm coming to regret installing the 64 bit version because every 32 bit version of a program I want to run, the system won't, no matter what workaround I try.

If there's any unused space on your hard disk, even though it is allocated for the 64-bit, I think the 32-bit installer will ask if you want to use part of it for the 32-bit version. Grub will give another option at boot of what OS to run if you don't want to wipe out the 64-bit install. BTW, as long as the disk is populated in any way, the 32-bit installer balks even when you tell it to use the whole device. I had to wipe a hdd first with dban when I wanted to install over something else. The Ubuntu installer respects any and all files systems already on the hdd.

[loell]

PROBLEM SOLVED

i removed a contact named "sysmtemadmin" which appear to be a spam which i added when i first used Gyachi when i logged into a public chatroom...

i am glad the problem is solve and the icons of gyachi is now much more nicer :) thanks for the effort

oh thanks for shedding light to this problem, others might experience this too ,
you can also go to setup --> protection tab --> check the "Do not allow any to add me .." check box , to avoid other from adding automatically.

[S-99]

Hmm, wow, i downloaded this and gave it a go. It downloaded fine, installed fine, and works fine. Great cleanup and improvement over gyachi1.05. Though, along with gyachi 1.05, the new version won't show my webcam while amsn does. I heard that this had to do with some compression settings and v4l. But, i can't find much help on the net with it, as i use gspca drivers and not ucvideo drivers.

So in other words i was one of the few people who did get my quickcam messenger working under feisty and works in all of my programs except for gyachi. What do i do for my cam to make it display a picture there, because it has the right video device in there.

[loell]

gyachi uses v4l1 by default , at times when a webcam is v4l2 compatible only, gyachi could not detect it. :(
but during configure/compile time, you can specify a parameter to use v4l2. perhaps i can make a deb package later tommorow with that option enabled,and maybe you can test it, i'll just PM you when i have it ;)

[impala]

ok I have tried to download gyachi.sidetrack several times and it bombs off before the download finishes , is there a problem with the link, I really want to try this as I have had so many problems trying to get voice to work in gyachi, can you post gyachi.sidetrack at sourceforge or somewhere else make it more accessible. thanks for all the work you guys put into these projects.

[S-99]

Well, that sounds like an idea. And i'm willing to try it so i can get rid of crappy kopete for downloading crappy kde core files for one small program as temporary measure for yahoo webcam. But yeah, my cam uses v4l1 as far as i could find out about it in gstreamer-properties where i was testing it.

[impala]

Ok because the links appear to be broken for gyachi.sidetrack when I tried to download it in Fiesty Fawn I logged into windows and thought lets be clever, and download the deb file to my flash stick and transfer it over. Well guess what, it bombs of at 1,560,770 bytes every time,, then starts to download again and again, I went to your googlepages, http://gyachi.sidetrack.googlepages.com/ and saw the source code as well as the deb package, guess what , it also bombs off before the download can complete. Is there
some thing flakey about these links, maybe it works fine for others but hell if windows and fiesty are having problems. Who knows.
http://gyachi.sidetrack.googlepages.com/gyachi_sidetrack_1.0.5.tar.gz
http://gyachi.sidetrack.googlepages.com/gyachi_sidetrack_1.0.5-1_i386.deb

LOELL The problem I have with gyachi is that the sound isnt constant and the mic does not work thats why I want to try your version, We cant get a lot of people off Windows because so many want yahoo with voice, if it is such a chore to install gyachi then how can a novice to linux be expected to switch over, yahoo with voice is to me the most important Project I can think of, you can build all the versions of linux you like but if people cant get such a common progran like yahoo to work right up they will never cross over.

PS. I just installed Fiesty, had Dapper and loved it, so crisp and clean, the judges are still out on Fiesty.

[loell]

Ok because the links appear to be broken for gyachi.sidetrack when I tried to download it in Fiesty Fawn I logged into windows and thought lets be clever, and download the deb file to my flash stick and transfer it over. Well guess what, it bombs of at 1,560,770 bytes every time,, then starts to download again and again, I went to your googlepages, http://gyachi.sidetrack.googlepages.com/ and saw the source code as well as the deb package, guess what , it also bombs off before the download can complete. Is there
some thing flakey about these links, maybe it works fine for others but hell if windows and fiesty are having problems. Who knows.
http://gyachi.sidetrack.googlepages.com/gyachi_sidetrack_1.0.5.tar.gz
http://gyachi.sidetrack.googlepages.com/gyachi_sidetrack_1.0.5-1_i386.deb

LOELL The problem I have with gyachi is that the sound isnt constant and the mic does not work thats why I want to try your version, We cant get a lot of people off Windows because so many want yahoo with voice, if it is such a chore to install gyachi then how can a novice to linux be expected to switch over, yahoo with voice is to me the most important Project I can think of, you can build all the versions of linux you like but if people cant get such a common progran like yahoo to work right up they will never cross over.

PS. I just installed Fiesty, had Dapper and loved it, so crisp and clean, the judges are still out on Fiesty.

sorry, i have no idea, why it bombs at you. this could be a problem related to your internet connection. i tested it again today, but i could not replicate the symptomps you mentioned above.

you might have a misconception, that i have changed or improve gyachi's voice chat in this version, if you can refer to my first post, those are the only changes that i have made. also, gyachi voice chat is room voice chat , but if you would just like yahoo voice call funtionality, you could try this instruction.


HOWTO: Voice call Yahoo Messenger using Ekiga and gtalk2voip service. (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=414121)

you can also look around, but to this date, there is no FOSS project that has decoded yahoo sip voice protocol. this task is quite difficult ;) and for years third party yahoo clients have always play a cat and mouse game with yahoo.

[Carbon Tiger]

Hello, bit of a newbie question here. (I've only been using ubuntu for about three days so I'm learning as I go) Anyway, everything is working fine with this program but the voice chat, in my terminal I get this error message:

(gyachi:7812): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_box_pack_start: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (child)' failed

(gyachi:7812): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_box_pack_start: assertion `child->parent == NULL' failed
Could not open /tmp/pyvoice_chat_start_username

Any idea what the problem is and how I can fix it ?

Thanks.

[Carbon Tiger]

I dunno I can't seem to get the voice chat working. It connects and it opens the talk window but the talk button is greyed out no matter what I do. I'm on a HP Pavilion dv6000 if that helps. Sorry if I'm being a pest its just this is the last thing left on my list of things to do since moving to ubuntu full time.

[loell]

hi, you need to be in a chat room , before you start the voice chat.

[S-99]

Ok, with the camera thing. I tried the v4l2 build for shits and giggles because i could mainly because you offered so kindly. Anyway, blank screen with my quickcam messenger in the v4l2 build. So i tried switching back to the qc-usb driver instead of the gspca. Gspca and qc-usb for my cam are v4l. This sounds like it's a problem with feisty. Gyachi worked perfectly when i installed the qc-usb driver for my cam in edgy. Then i got my cam working in feisty with gspca, so i uninstalled that got going with good old qc-usb installed. And everything works with the webcam now except for gyachi pretty much. I have v4l1 enabled and driver loaded, but gyachi wont show a picture, perhaps this is due to feisty?

Also gyachi-sidestep seemed to have slowdown when chatting to my contacts on my friends list. I could type 5 seconds later i couldnt do anything, and then i could go back to typing. Idk what was with it.

[loell]

Also gyachi-sidestep seemed to have slowdown when chatting to my contacts on my friends list. I could type 5 seconds later i couldnt do anything, and then i could go back to typing. Idk what was with it.

hmm , you can monitor what application is consuming your cpu, through system monitor.

there could another process or application that could be using the cpu by that time you type.

[impala]

Hi Loell .
I finally got gyachi-sidekick but only after a sqillion attempts and installing d4x download manager, funny that , Well it looks nice and fancy, better than all the others, good job, but one problem still remains , as with all the other versions of Gyach I have tried it logs in fine, start voice chat and sounds great at first then the blipping starts, like it is segmenting, as long as one person stays on mic its fine, when the users change in it segments, and sound is only in one speaker, also people see me key up the mic but nothing comes out, I tried to test the mic in sound recorder and got fold back when I pushed the volume up too high so it seems the mic is functional but alas did not record anything, using fiesty, any help welcome. :D:D:D

[loell]

:lolflag:

i guess name mixup is a good thing :)) , theres gyachi-sidestep , gyachi-sidekick. maybe there will also be,
side-lines , side-ways or side by side, heheh , this is what one get for picking a name from out of the blue :popcorn:


can you upload a an image of your gnome-alsamixer , preferably on imageshack.com , and post the link here
so that i can see your mixer settings, and we will see what we can do.. install gnome-alsamixer first if you don't have it.

[Carbon Tiger]

hi, you need to be in a chat room , before you start the voice chat.

I dunno its weird I go into a conference room click voice chat enable and then open the voice chat box, click on and the talk icon is still grayed out. Something with my sound codecs ? Or m I doing something wrong here ?

[loell]

is this a private conference? or a public chat room? if its a chat room , may i know what room is this?

[Carbon Tiger]

is this a private conference? or a public chat room? if its a chat room , may i know what room is this?

It was a private conference. I really don't use yahoos public chat rooms....oh and when I try to make a private room (not a conference but a room) for me just to use with my buddies I get the can't create room error in yahoo (but I think this may be a general yahoo error). Thanks for taking time to answer my questions. I hope I'm not being too much of a pest.

[loell]

i see , i haven't gone to this path yet. but there was a similar question posted in yahoo answers, about voice chat in private conferences, a couple of answers said that there should have (10+) participants in a private conference for voice chat to be enabled. though i could not confirm this .

[rockyec78]

hey thanks for this hack of gyachi, somewhat more resembling to an IM program =D>
i have a problem in putting my display pc in IM window, whenever i try to use "Share my photo" option in "My Display Image" dialog box, after selecting the pic it says "the image could not be converted to a 96x96 .PNG image".
when i try to use "Share my avatar" it says "The image could not be loaded".
I had this problem with Gyachi too.:(
how to solve this problem??????????

[loell]

yeah :)

that is because "convert" command is not installed in fiesty by deafult , this command is used in gyachi for avatar resizing.
the convert command is part of imagemagick package,

try installing
imagemagick


hth ;)

[M_N_M74]

I would like to try the gyachi-sidetrack, but clicking on the link you provided in the first post doesn't allow me to download. The dialog box comes up but the only allowable button is cancel. how else can I get this program...and what do I have to do to install it when I do have it? Will this version work on a 64bit machine?

Thanks

[loell]

hi, i've added another link for others that have difficulty downloading from google pages.

but this particular deb package is not meant for 64 bit, still waiting for anyone volutneering to pacakge it as 64 bit.

[odiseo77]

Hi loell, I'm lzrs_morell from the official gyachi forum; remember me? ;) Just installed gyachi_sidetrack on Feisty and it looks great; there's a nice improvement in the look & feel. I'm only having one issue, that I also have with the official gyachi package, either on Debian, or Ubuntu: I can't enter any chatrooms :( does anyone else is having the same issue? (not sure if it's because I'm behind a router on a wireless connection; I don't use yahoo too often and I have been 'unplugged' from yahoo and gyachi for a while so I think I'm gonna ask on the official gyachi forum).

P.S.: btw, I think the package from the first link you posted is somehow corrupted; when I tried to install it I got some errors (in spanish); something like: "(...)dpkg-deb: the 'paste' subprocess returned the error output code 2. dpkg: error when processing gyachi_sidetrack_1.0.5-1_i386.deb (--install): insufficient reading on buffer_copy (error in dpkg-deb during `./usr/local/share/gyachi/audibles/base.us.goodbyes.split.gif') (...)" So I tried the one on the 2nd link and it installed fine. (just to let you know).

Greetings! :)

[loell]

hello lzrs_morrell :)

ofcourse i remember you, how could i forget, we were both packagers and you're the one who taught me how to package gyachi the working but unusual way. ;)

the room problem is related yahoo servers problem. even the official client is having difficulty entering rooms.

hhmm :-k , file corrupted? it seems i will have re-uppload it. i might have to remove the new link for now.

[odiseo77]

Hi again! Well, too bad yahoo is having problems with its chat servers... lets hope for this issue to get solved :)

(and lets hope for gyachi 1.0.6 to be released soon!! :D )

Greetings!

[Matthyis]

the voice dont work I dont understand sometimes I see people talking but cant here them I'm able to loggin yahoo fine and browse roooms but the voice dont work I'm useing version
gyachi1.0.5-1edgyi386 and the side kick say's dependency not satisfiable libasound2
any idea's? thank you

[loell]

Hi again! Well, too bad yahoo is having problems with its chat servers... lets hope for this issue to get solved :)

(and lets hope for gyachi 1.0.6 to be released soon!! :D )

Greetings!

yeah lets hope for a new release , and if stefan and greg can finally look into my code changes for corrections and what not, then maybe they can implement some it if not all of it.:biggrin:

[loell]

the voice dont work I dont understand sometimes I see people talking but cant here them I'm able to loggin yahoo fine and browse roooms but the voice dont work I'm useing version
gyachi1.0.5-1edgyi386 and the side kick say's dependency not satisfiable libasound2
any idea's? thank you

the deb package is only compatible for fiesty not for edgy :( , sorry , i could not build an edgy package for this hack/mod. as i have already upgraded my pc from edgy to fiesty, after it was released.

[justin_c18]

"corrupt filesystem tarfile - corrupted pachage archive
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (broken pip)"

That's what I get when I ry to install gyachi-sidekick.
Can I install on xubuntu? What has changed, is it still bulky?

[girard]

tsong! i didn't read through all six pages anymore so pardon if i missed this.

would there be a slight possiblity that a pc to pc call between a linux and windows yahoo user, be established already? this also goes for video calls. never got this to run on 6.10. although i like it when gaim shows those who are invisible, so i use my linux desktop from time to time. problem is, i need to communicate with my wife abroad, so i have to use my MS pc for the pc-to-pc and video call of yahoo messenger, which we can't establish when i'm on ubuntu.

also, i might be missing something. by voice chat, do techie guys mean pc-to-pc calls or is it different?

[loell]

pare! ;)

voice chat is only available in public rooms , theres no native yahoo voice call (pc to pc call) yet for any third party yahoo client in linux and even in windows.


Maybe you'd like to try this setup


HOWTO: Voice call Yahoo Messenger using Ekiga and gtalk2voip service. (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=431290)

let me know if it works for you :)

[girard]

salamat! i'll keep you posted if it works!

[medya]

i wish you make gyachi looks just like y! . i dont think it is a hard work I may do that this summer for you . if u dont mind.

[loell]

i wish you make gyachi looks just like y! . i dont think it is a hard work I may do that this summer for you . if u dont mind.

first off, you don't need to ask permission from me, so i won't mind, its open source, anyone can change/code it. ;)
plus i'm not part of the official gyachi development team.

if you think it is easy to implement the default Y! layout in gyachi, then, code it. by all means...
put your money where your mouth is as they say these days.

no offense, but i just hope you don't end up like this

gyachoo-messenger (http://sindos.wordpress.com/2007/03/02/gyachoo-messenger/)

a possible poser.



till then...

[currahee30577]

I get this error when trying to install dpkg : error processing /tmp/gyachi_sidetrack_1.0.5-1_i386-1.deb

[loell]

maybe download it again, to another folder/directory other than the /tmp directory , let me know how it goes..

[currahee30577]

when I retry I get a message List of files could not be read, please report this as a bug.... this maybe or may not be a bug

[neoflight]

i am running debian etch and i cant seem to install the deb. Is there a way to get an etch deb for this one? i am curious to see how it works. Yahoo messenger with webcam and sound is the one thats keeping the XP in my laptop. Once this can be fixed i can remove XP forever.

Thanks

[citadin86]

Nice. but what about 64bit users?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!. We want voice chat and webcam as well.

[tonytux]

Loell- installed gyachi through automatix, found this post while searching for my problem and tried to install your version thinking it might have been fixed through your mods, turns out your version was the one I installed from automatix.

I enjoy this messenger over gaim immensely, have yet to attempt any of the previous problems, voice, video, file trasfer, I really have no need for them at the moment. But I am getting a problem with using anything off of the "My Yahoo" tab, any of the dropdown list selections: weather, email, news, etc. give me a 'this document has moved here (http://e.my.yahoo.com/config/set_cssplash?.done=http%3a%2f%2fmy.yahoo.com%2fpre view%2fpirymail.html)' which sends me to a page on my Firefox about getting my yahoo web-page set-up, nothing close to what I was originally trying to get to. I was curious if this is a Yahoo server thing, a port forwarding thing or if it is a small catch in the program, I'm hoping it's something I overlooked or setup incorrectly.

I appreciate all that people of your stature and abilities does for the end-users, keep it up!

[loell]

hi, tonytux :)

thanks for the heads up, i didn't know that arnieboy already incorporated this mod/hack in automatix. :D

so you're using the "My yahoo" function? yeah, its mostly an old URL , it just needs a bit of updating. correcting the url, i think for most part this is doable, i'll add it in my to-do list :)

EDIT..

i'm also using the y! mail preview, but it doesn't direct me to that page, I think you need to configure your "MY yahoo" page
just click the get it now button , the direction should be relatively easy from there , post back if you encounter any problems in configuring

[loell]

when I retry I get a message List of files could not be read, please report this as a bug.... this maybe or may not be a bug

can you install other deb packages of other programs?

[loell]

i am running debian etch and i cant seem to install the deb. Is there a way to get an etch deb for this one? i am curious to see how it works. Yahoo messenger with webcam and sound is the one thats keeping the XP in my laptop. Once this can be fixed i can remove XP forever.

Thanks

if there is someone , who have an etch box.. :D

@lzrs_morell , do you still have your etch?

[loell]

Nice. but what about 64bit users?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!. We want voice chat and webcam as well.

the voice chat won't work on 64 bit :(, it uses an old version of wine component..
but its possible to package this by stripping out the voice chat, and the webcam and other functions will stil; work,

though i'll have yet to find a volunteer that has 64 bit machine for 64 bit packaging :)

[currahee30577]

can you install other deb packages of other programs?

loell yes I can install other apps

[currahee30577]

its says corrupt tarfile - corrupt package archive

[odiseo77]

if there is someone , who have an etch box.. :D

@lzrs_morell , do you still have your etch?

Hi loell, didn't see your post til now, yes, I have my debian box, only it's not etch anymore but lenny/sid :D Haven't tested the debian etch package after I dist-upgraded to Lenny, but I guess it should work. If you give me the sources of gyachi_sidetrack I can make a Debian one of it :biggrin: but I think it won't work on Etch since I'm on Lenny, as I said before :(

[currahee30577]

loell, I got it up and running. A very nice program. Thanks for all your help

[loell]

Hi loell, didn't see your post til now, yes, I have my debian box, only it's not etch anymore but lenny/sid :D Haven't tested the debian etch package after I dist-upgraded to Lenny, but I guess it should work. If you give me the sources of gyachi_sidetrack I can make a Debian one of it :biggrin: but I think it won't work on Etch since I'm on Lenny, as I said before :(

heheh :D , that's just fine.

[neoflight]

Hi loell, didn't see your post til now, yes, I have my debian box, only it's not etch anymore but lenny/sid :D Haven't tested the debian etch package after I dist-upgraded to Lenny, but I guess it should work. If you give me the sources of gyachi_sidetrack I can make a Debian one of it :biggrin: but I think it won't work on Etch since I'm on Lenny, as I said before :(

seems like we are both...!!!
it does not matter...i am ready to upgrade to lenny if I get this one...i dont want to boot again to xp....please...thanks

[odiseo77]

seems like we are both...!!!
it does not matter...i am ready to upgrade to lenny if I get this one...i dont want to boot again to xp....please...thanks

Well, I don't have the sources of gyachi_sidetrack, so I can't build a debian package with it, but you still can use the official gyachi package for etch (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gyachi/gyachi_1.0.5-1_i386.deb?download) ;) I'm using it right now on Lenny and works ok (except, of course, for the chatroom problem I mentioned before)... anyway, as soon as gyachi 1.0.6 is released (hopefully with the changes loell made to it), I'll build a package for debian lenny ;)

[loell]

Well, I don't have the sources of gyachi_sidetrack, so I can't build a debian package with it, but you still can use the official gyachi package for etch I'm using it right now on Lenny and works ok (except, of course, for the chatroom problem I mentioned before)... anyway, as soon as gyachi 1.0.6 is released (hopefully with the changes loell made to it), I'll build a package for debian lenny

here is the source http://gyachi.sidetrack.googlepages.com/gyachi_sidetrack_1.0.5.tar.gz ;)

afaik, the code hasn't been evaluated yet by gyachi devs , though i already presented this to them..
i've been talking to (hoshy - project lead) but mostly to greg the current active coder for gyachi, he also busy with his fixes and enhancements to the UI , it may take a while to see this on gyachi main.

[odiseo77]

Thanks loell! As soon as I have some time I'll build a .deb package for lenny for others to enjoy it ;)

Greetings.

[girard]

hi. just downloaded the deb file. double-clicked it. and i believe it installed itself. but i can't see it in the internet tab, nor does it run when i type in gyachi in the terminal. i'll also try to figure it out while i wait for replies. but any help would be welcome. i'm on fiesty. have gaim and skype installed (if that really adds anything)

[loell]

if it does not show up, when you type gyachi in the terminal, and prompted with the error
command not found or something similar, then i think its not installed. can you download the deb file again? the file might have been corrupted, i also added another link, perhaps you can try the first one.

[tonytux]

loell
Yup! you were right I overlooked the obvious, works like a charm now. Thanx! :lol:

[neoflight]

any updates for lenny package yet? ...

sound and webcam are the only things keeping me away from ditching windows....

[odiseo77]

Hi, neoflight, loell sent me the sources, but I've been a bit busy lately. I think I'll build it this weekend and post the link here ;)

Greetings!

[odiseo77]

Hi loell, I'm trying to compile gyachi-sidetrack on Debian Lenny/sid in order to build the .deb package; I ran the autogen.sh script, then './configure --enable-maintainer-mode' (all the dependencies were successfully met), but when I run 'make' I get this:

(...)
In file included from win32.c:29:
wine/winbase.h:544: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘CHAR[8]’
In file included from wine/module.h:11,
from win32.c:34:
wine/pe_image.h:60: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘BYTE’
wine/pe_image.h:62: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘BYTE’
wine/pe_image.h:64: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘BYTE’
wine/pe_image.h:66: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘BYTE’
wine/pe_image.h:67: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘BYTE’
wine/pe_image.h:69: warning: ‘packed’ attribute ignored for field of type ‘BYTE’
win32.c:71: error: static declaration of ‘vsscanf’ follows non-static declaration
win32.c: In function ‘expGetSystemInfo’:
win32.c:1015: warning: format ‘%ld’ expects type ‘long int’, but argument 3 has type ‘DWORD’
win32.c:1042: warning: format ‘%ld’ expects type ‘long int’, but argument 3 has type ‘DWORD’
win32.c: In function ‘expGetFullPathNameA’:
win32.c:3528: warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type
win32.c: In function ‘expExitProcess’:
win32.c:4402: warning: format ‘%ld’ expects type ‘long int’, but argument 2 has type ‘DWORD’
make[2]: *** [win32.o] Error 1
make[2]: se sale del directorio `/home/vicente/gyachi-1.0.5/gyvoice'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: se sale del directorio `/home/vicente/gyachi-1.0.5'
make: *** [all] Error 2
vicente@debian-box:~/gyachi-1.0.5$

Do you know how to solve this issue?

Thanks in advance.

P.S.: Though this doesn't seem to be the problem, I already have wine, libwine and libwine-dev packages installed.

Regards.

[loell]

yeah, this is an error produce by newer GCC

in configure.in find this line

AC_CHECK_FUNCS([dup2 gethostbyname gettimeofday memmove memset mkdir regcomp rmdir select setlocale socket strcasecmp strchr strcspn strdup strncasecmp strrchr strstr strtol strtoul uname])

and add vsscanf after uname, and then do the usual.


this is also the case of gyachi main, though its been fixed in the cvs

[odiseo77]

@loell: thanks, that worked! :)

@neoflight : here it is, finally: gyachi_sidetrack for Debian lenny/sid (http://rapidshare.com/files/43057897/gyachi_1.0.5-1_i386.deb.html) :biggrin:

Note that you must dist-upgrade to lenny before installing the package, otherwise, you'll probably get dependencies issues :)

Greetings.

[loell]

i'll also put this in the first post :)

[odiseo77]

Great!! Thank you loell :D

[leech]

How awesome is it that I discovered this program a few hours ago (knew about gYachE but not gYachI) and was looking for a sid package since the one on the site doesn't work anymore (due to the libjasper version) Very nice.

And for once it's stayed on for a few hours without crashing, which was the reason I never used gYachE.

Leech

[drytear]

and .. how do you solve the freezing while transfering file from windows to gyachi problem? (using yahoo account)

[loell]

and .. how do you solve the freezing while transfering file from windows to gyachi problem? (using yahoo account)

well, programatically speaking, you need the file transfer to be done on a separate process, so the main application won't freeze.

[drytear]

so then .. it's a design bug ?

[loell]

so then .. it's a design bug ?

most likely, one of the current devs, is indicating to fix this soon, perhaps in time for version 1.0.6

[wersdaluv]

This one looks so much better compared to the other Gyache Improved!

I'm just wondering, how come Gyachi devs manage to add webcam support (and partial voice support) while Pidgin and Kopete can't manage to do it? What's with Pidgin and Kopete?

[loell]

This one looks so much better compared to the other Gyache Improved!

I'm just wondering, how come Gyachi devs manage to add webcam support (and partial voice support) while Pidgin and Kopete can't manage to do it? What's with Pidgin and Kopete?

:lolflag: multi-protocol and code abstraction can be a pain in the *ss , though i should say thier method could be very rewarding compared to a single client- single protocol approach like gyachi and amsn.

yahoo webcam support didn't come easily in gyachi , it was incorporated by chris pinkham way back in 2000 in
gyach -- the mother of all gyach fork series :)

and kopete does webcam too. ;)

[Carlo1973]

Something I would like to see in Gyachie is this. Webcam support for V4l2 camera's lol.

I believe it was enabled or compiled into the latest gyachi build you posted here, but I can't seem to get it to work for the life of me. When I try it out I get these weird errors "Gyachi (Webcam Broadcaster): Error While querying mmap-buffers."

I've used the multimedia selector in Ubuntu, and it does detect my webcam properly, does turn it on and show me a fairly decent image of my self on it. So I know the kernel compilations for my cam are installed and same with V4l2. I just wish I could get it to work with a chat program - not just the multimedia selector/test program.


Carlo

[loell]

a month ago, i've had the chance to chat with the project lead via :arrow: ICQ :mrgreen:

i reported this incidednt where some v4l2 webcams could not be detected, it was then that i learned that the v4l2 cam code for gyachi is still at an experimental stage,

anyhow, have you considered kopete?

[cyke]

hi, i could not get my webcam to work. im running feisty on a sony vaio laptop VGN-SZ series. webcam is ricoh R5U870 built-in cam. it works on ekiga softphone app.

i get a "Gyachi (Webcam Broadcaster): Error whie capturing initial image." error when starting my webcam.

has any vaio users got success in running cam on gyachi?

[wersdaluv]

My webcam has been working with Gyachi for quite some time until last week, when I tried to start my webcam, there was an error message that said Gyachi (Webcam Broadcaster)
An error occured at 'ioctl VIDIOCSPICT.'
Could not set camera properties.

I decided to reformat after all the problems that I had with my Feisty install.

Now, after having a fresh new Feisty install in a new partition, the error message was there again.

I ran xawtv in the terminal while my webcam was connected and what came out was
xawtv
This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.20-16-generic)
can't open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
v4l: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory


How do I make my webcam working again?

[wersdaluv]

My webcam has been working with Gyachi for quite some time until last week, when I tried to start my webcam, there was an error message that said Gyachi (Webcam Broadcaster)
An error occured at 'ioctl VIDIOCSPICT.'
Could not set camera properties.

I decided to reformat after all the problems that I had with my Feisty install.

Now, after having a fresh new Feisty install in a new partition, the error message was there again.

I ran xawtv in the terminal while my webcam was connected and what came out was
xawtv
This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.20-16-generic)
can't open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory
v4l: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory


How do I make my webcam working again?

Ooops! I just had to tighten my webcam's usb connection to make it work!

It's working now! :)

:lolflag:

[loell]

Ooops! I just had to tighten my webcam's usb connection to make it work!

It's working now! :)

:lolflag:

LoL indeed :)

[chocbar31]

Dayumm...Excellent Improvements, as I am a Gyachi fool. Haven't seen a better app for chat other than Gyachi. Gyach(E,I) Rocks!

With your improvement it also now Rolls. Great job loell!

Thank Ya!

:guitar:

[loell]

your'e welcome :)

[flowbot]

wow, looks like really cool app!

unfortunately, using Gutsy Gibbon i also get the error:


Gyachi (Webcam Broadcaster)
An error occured at 'ioctl VIDIOCSPICT.'
Could not set camera properties.


I've got an integrated laptop webcam that uses the uvc usb video driver. it works with ekiga, amsn and luvcview. unfortunately i can't tighten the usb cable, as the webcam is built into the laptop :D

any idea if there's a fix for this?

[JNik]

This looks much better than GyachI/E. Thanks for the fork :)

What I would like to see in any/every fork is buddy icons next to the nicks in the "Buddies" list.

By the way, I have to hold the right button clicked, and select an item from the pop-up menu by releasing it, in order to select it. Another way is to press the "properties" button on the keyboard. If I just right click, the pop-up appears and disappears in no time. Is that a bug or a future? :)

I get the following messages on the console

(gyachi:6450): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_box_pack_start: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (child)' failed

(gyachi:6450): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_box_pack_start: assertion `child->parent == NULL' failed

(gyachi:6450): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_menu_attach_to_widget: assertion `GTK_IS_MENU (menu)' failed

(gyachi:6450): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_add: assertion `GTK_IS_CONTAINER (container)' failed

(gyachi:6450): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_set_events: assertion `!GTK_WIDGET_REALIZED (widget)' failed

(gyachi:6450): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: instance of invalid non-instantiatable type `(null)'

(gyachi:6450): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_handlers_destroy: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

(gyachi:6450): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

so the right click problem might have to do something with them?

[loell]

that's a gtk thingy i believe, i have been finding solution through documentation to no avail :( , i guess that's how a gtk right click pop-up can only work.

those critical messages in the console were already fixed in the CVS of gyachi,

there is an exciting development going on in gyachi main, the dev(s) had numerous bug fixes, and made the file transfer more usable by unlimiting the file size, though the old interface is all the same ;)

i guess i'll have to redo the facelift whenever the new version is coming out :popcorn:

[lazyron]

I too am seeing the following error message:

Gyachi (Webcam Broadcaster)
An error occured at 'ioctl VIDIOCSPICT.'
Could not set camera properties.

Shell output is:

/usr/share/themes/LegacyHuman/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:55: Clearlooks configuration option "sunkenmenu" is not supported and will be ignored.
/usr/share/themes/LegacyHuman/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:56: Clearlooks configuration option "menuitemstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
/usr/share/themes/LegacyHuman/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:57: Clearlooks configuration option "listviewitemstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.

Relevant lsusb output:

Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:08f0 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Messenger


I configured with the default settings, so I'm not sure if I selected the correct webcam support option for use with Gyachi.

Ekiga picks up the webcam fine and I'd be happy using that but I'd like to be able to continue using my Yahoo account as it's already set up with Friend Lists, etc...

Any ideas?

[yousufinternet]

hi
i am using gyachI and i realy like the features in this program
althought the user interface is a bit complicated but it's ok

i have another problem with the program
i can't read the arabic text i type using gyachI although the other users (yahoo messenger or pidgin ) can read the text i send to them :)
waiting to hear a solution
and sorry for my english
(a screenshot is attached)

[odiseo77]

Yeah, I have a similar problem with UTF8 encoding; for example, if I type accented characters (áéíóú) or the 'ñ' sign it sometimes displays the right characters and other times displays weird ones ...it happens both, with the official gyachi client and with gyachi-sidetrack. I posted about this bug at the official gyachi forum, but it seems to me the developers haven't figured how to fix it yet...

[loell]

:-k odd, in chat rooms, i can see Arabic text just fine.

[diver62]

I am a newbie to linux. I was wondering if someone could help me figure out what I have done wrong in the install of 'sidetrack. I am getting this message when I start gyachi: (gyachi:17178): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_box_pack_start: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (child)' failed

(gyachi:17178): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_box_pack_start: assertion `child->parent == NULL' failed
I have read on this thread about needing to be in a chat room but I can't even get logged on to yahoo. I would really appreciate any help on this problem. Thanks in advance. :confused:

[loell]

in the log in window, where you provide your yahoo user name and password,
you also need to choose a server in the list just below it, check the no chat room check box.

[diver62]

Thank you loell very much. I wasn't paying very close attenion to what I was doing. lol

[Nicole]

Loell, thanks very much for this.

I was just wondering if other yahoo chat users were having trouble logging into chat rooms at the moment (more so than normal, I mean!) and if this is a problem with yahoo, or my computer, or if gyachi/other 3rd party software needs to update something? I suspect it's Yahoo, it usually is, but thought I'd see if it was something I had broken...

N

[loell]

yeah, yahoo rooms are badly messed up at the moment.

[fortAlamo]

With gyachi I get this msg as i *TRY* to change chat's room:

'To help prevent spam and bots from disrupting your Yahoo! chat experience, please click here to verify your account (this link wil'"

the msg is interrupted, NO link to be clicked :(

using ymessanger ( on win ) i can read the link, click on it and change the room


any hints?

tnx

[loell]

yeah this a new implementation by yahoo, just a couple of hours ago, i guess.

in the terminal you can see the url, for the captcha, you can just copy and paste the captcha to firefox, then enter the turing number, and then you can enter the room.

i know this is an inconvinience for us all, just bear with this for a little while.

[fortAlamo]

tnx for the reply :)


I can't see the link on the main "gyachi" chat screen cos is interrupted,
what you mean with "in the terminal you can see the url" ?

[loell]

sorry, i haven't explain clearly ;)

in order to see the url captcha for rooms, you need to run gyachi through the terminal or the command line console, when you enter a room and you can't see the captcha, in gyachi's main window, just swith to the console where executed gyachi, you'll see the url there.

[fortAlamo]

sorry, i haven't explain clearly ;)


actually you were clear .... :lolflag:

I've already tried running gyach from the terminal konsole as well,
BUT , even from there I can't see the link anyware :confused:

[fortAlamo]

... maybe I just miss smthing :popcorn:

[loell]

can't you see this in the terminal? also enable packet debugging in connection menu

[fortAlamo]

enable packet debugging in connection menu

THAT did the trick :guitar:

now i can see the link on konsole

many thanks :)

[loell]

np :)

[@vijay@]

loell
i just install gyachi-sidetrack in my feisty ; but i was unable to connect to the yahoo server
im behind a proxy server ....... i enable to connect through proxy in setup

but getting errors like unable to connect through socket 4 or something like that

[abish]

and how do i run gyache from terminal?.
m sorry.. i am new to linux!

[loell]

just type gyachi in the terminal

[abish]

thanks man.:)
i typed gyache.. hehe. dumb!!

[loell]

np :)

[Severa]

Maybe you guys and gals can help me.
I'm running the CVS version from page 1 of this thread on Feisty.
Trying to tweak my webcam, it's an Omnivision with the ov51x-jpeg driver from rastageeks.org.
Thing is the webcam looks just fine when I check it on xawtv but does this weird bouncing
split screen thing, I'll include part of a screenshot I took.
(Yes my nails are painted an interesting shade of blue, the color's not my concern so much as the split screen)
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[loell]

my wild guess is that, the image is converted twice , once in the ov51 driver and the second is in gyachi hence the split.

i could provide an experimental package without the format conversion, if you are willing to test this :)

[Severa]

my wild guess is that, the image is converted twice , once in the ov51 driver and the second is in gyachi hence the split.

i could provide an experimental package without the format conversion, if you are willing to test this :)

Sure, I'll try it. *s* Thanks.

[topedgemonk]

when i try to install, it says.. 'dependency is not satisfiable: libasound2'. Could you please tell me what to do? but I run dapper drake 6.06... is that the problem?

[loell]

yeah, its the problem , since the deb package is for ubuntu fiesty, sorry :(

[loell]

Sure, I'll try it. *s* Thanks.

try this pacakge (http://www.mediafire.com/?6mx9tp0y8df)

and see if theres any luck for your webcam.

[Severa]

try this pacakge (http://www.mediafire.com/?6mx9tp0y8df)

and see if theres any luck for your webcam.

No luck. it's still doing the split screen bounce thing like before. Thanks for the try. *s*

Would compiling it from source make a difference? I tried that before but could never get it to compile for me.

[HarshReality]

OK, how do we get recording going.... I selected ffmpeg and got a desktop full of jpgs lol

[loell]

you can encode the images by

mencoder -ovc lavc -mf fps=3:type=jpg 'mf://*.jpg' -o movie.avi

[ralyon]

I haven't seen any other comments on this so I thought I would chime in. But first I want to say what a great product. I had to use yahoo yesterday in my virtual windows and I realized just how much better gyachi is than yahoo. Thanks for all the hard work.

Now the problem, there appeared to be an update on the chat rooms yesterday and now I get an invalid id when I try and connect to the chat rooms. I am using the 1.0.5 linked to earlier in this thread. It was working the day before with only a connection hiccups which reset the other users in the room, but I liked thatt as it hid everyone that wasn't talking.

Is someone aware of this and working on a fix and if so, how can I help. I had voice and video working before as well, so I can test that as well.

ralyon

[loell]

its a yahoo server problem, i too is waiting for it to be restored


--edit

my bad, it seem yahoo changed the captcha packet again :(

[luvz_mocha]

try this pacakge (http://www.mediafire.com/?6mx9tp0y8df)

and see if theres any luck for your webcam.

I tried to install this package and get:

root@Home8:/home/george# dpkg -i '/home/george/Desktop/gyachi_1.0.5-1_cvs_i386.deb'
(Reading database ... 173596 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking gyachi (from .../gyachi_1.0.5-1_cvs_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /home/george/Desktop/gyachi_1.0.5-1_cvs_i386.deb (--install):
trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/win32/tsd32.dll', which is also in package w32codecs
Errors were encountered while processing:
/home/george/Desktop/gyachi_1.0.5-1_cvs_i386.deb

Please help a total newb

[loell]

you could install the one from the frist post of the first page of this thread :)

[luvz_mocha]

you could install the one from the frist post of the first page of this thread :)

The sidetrack build will install, but does not fix the cap chat problem when entering yahoo rooms.

[loell]

there is a cvs build at top of the first post , which fixed the captcha problem, however , yahoo changed again the protocol specs of the captcha the other day, still waiting for developer to commit the latest changes of the latest fix.

[luvz_mocha]

Getting back to my original question about installing the CVS build. Is it a permissions problem that the install can not overwrite:

`/usr/lib/win32/tsd32.dll

[loell]

nope, thats because you have win32codecs installed in your system , which gyachi have some of those codecs too.

anyhow, if you could wait within this week, i'll release another cvs build deb, with the second captcha fix , and as the developer said with out having to launch a browser , just to enter the captcha ;)

[sabitha]

nope, thats because you have win32codecs installed in your system , which gyachi have some of those codecs too.

anyhow, if you could wait within this week, i'll release another cvs build deb, with the second captcha fix , and as the developer said with out having to launch a browser , just to enter the captcha ;)

have you finished the another cvs build deb loel. :) sorry i just can wait to see the fix because i already try the last one you build but still got trouble to join the room to long wait the captcha code not like YM (windows vers.), because sometimes i can join the room but too much failed join even i enter the captcha code.:KS

[loell]

have you finished the another cvs build deb loel. :) sorry i just can wait to see the fix because i already try the last one you build but still got trouble to join the room to long wait the captcha code not like YM (windows vers.), because sometimes i can join the room but too much failed join even i enter the captcha code.:KS

here it is :) .. http://www.mediafire.com/?52oh9ejx07d

[loell]

hi, as the porject is brewing for a new release , it needs further testing.

and so to those gyachi ubuntu fiesty users , please test the latest CVS deb package found in the first post of this thread.

any feedbacks regarding the latest CVS is appreciated.



some notable improvements.

1. improved filetransfer , theoretically you can now transfer 1 gig files


2. room captcha,provided by yahoo rooms, without having the need for a browser to input the captcha


3. settings on the buddy tab, to expand or not to expand offline buddies, and vice versa

4. chat tab ui is cleaner, when you are not in a room

[EvZ]

hello im new to this but i love the program only problem is it only worked for me once right after i installed it and after that i get an error message that says i have been disconnected because of a broken pipe, error sending to socket 32 or somthing like that any help? i really appreciate it

[loell]

are you behind router

[luvz_mocha]

Getting back to my original question about installing the CVS build. Is it a permissions problem that the install can not overwrite:

`/usr/lib/win32/tsd32.dll

I am still getting this error with the latset build. The sidetrack build will install fine.
Any ideas as what is needed?

[loell]

I am still getting this error with the latset build. The sidetrack build will install fine.
Any ideas as what is needed?

thanks for the heads up , this only happens if you have win32 codecs, anyway.

here it is http://www.mediafire.com/?0edr0enrodg

[EvZ]

nope no router straight cable connection

[luvz_mocha]

thanks for the heads up , this only happens if you have win32 codecs, anyway.

here it is http://www.mediafire.com/?0edr0enrodg

Thanks!!! Works great.

[click2down]

:popcorn: feedback is always welcome
I down it, but i can't install.
Please help me!:popcorn:

[loell]

what are the steps that you took exactly in installing it?

[s_spiff]

anyone care to put up some screenshots. Also is there a deb for x64?

[loell]

anyone care to put up some screenshots. Also is there a deb for x64?

it has a wine component which make it difficult to port to x64, i don't have x64 machine too.

[manubalasree]

I have same problem

[GoneWithTheWind]

room captcha,provided by yahoo rooms, without having the need for a browser to input the captcha]

Is this working now, and does it work with 6.06?

Thanks.

[odiseo77]

The captcha thingie should work on every OS as long as you manage to compile it and install properly (which is not too hard on debian-based distros), unless, of course, that you have a .deb package for Dapper.

[chocbar31]

YAY....finally installed on Gutsy, after final release! I'm baaaack! Course, I never really left as I had to use 7.04 until it would run on Gutsy.

Time to move files!!!

Can't thank loell enough. Haven't used Yahoo's messenger in over a year now. No plans to go back either!

7.10 has come a long way. Love it when everything works outta-the-box; even when it doesn't! Eventually, getting the fix feels so grand.

:)

[loell]

nice to hear from you :)

i haven't yet build a gutsy deb though. i hope that i could convince gyachi developer to make the release cut tommorow, then i could finally build a new release :)

[dmneoblade]

I get this error when trying to install under Gutsy. Anyone have links to the .deb files for these libraries so I can get it set up? (quite the impatient one here, and finding .deb files online is annoyingly hard. )


Selecting previously deselected package gyachi.
(Reading database ... 108604 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking gyachi (from gyachi_1.0.5-1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gyachi:
gyachi depends on libgail17 (>= 1.6.6); however:
Package libgail17 is not installed.
gyachi depends on libjasper-1.701-1 (>= 1.701.0); however:
Package libjasper-1.701-1 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing gyachi (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
gyachi
jippen@black

[Samhain13]

^I get the same dependency problem trying to install the same 1.0.5-1_i386.deb.

[loell]

if i could not convince the developer to have a release tommorow , then i'll build a gutsy CVS deb package sometime later tommorow.

[dmneoblade]

Found libgail18 in the repo, worked just fine.
As far as libjasper... that took some hunting
For impatient people like me, you can install this deb. For more patient ones, wait till tomorrow for the maintainer to deal with it. ~.^

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/j/jasper/libjasper-1.701-1_1.701.0-2ubuntu0.6.06_i386.deb

[sabitha]

Found libgail18 in the repo, worked just fine.
As far as libjasper... that took some hunting
For impatient people like me, you can install this deb. For more patient ones, wait till tomorrow for the maintainer to deal with it. ~.^

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/j/jasper/libjasper-1.701-1_1.701.0-2ubuntu0.6.06_i386.deb

thanks....!!! i'm impatient people like you too :)

[Samhain13]

if i could not convince the developer to have a release tommorow , then i'll build a gutsy CVS deb package sometime later tommorow.

Yey! Thanks dude! :D

[loell]

sorry for the long delay,

but here it is gyachi 1.1.0 release candidate deb package for gutsy (http://www.mediafire.com/?avyn4kzjxmy)

I also have fiesty package in the first post of the thread.

[Samhain13]

Thanks man! Downloading it now. :D

Ok, as per our chat conversation, here's what I can confirm:
1. Webcam utility works.
2. Personal images and avatars work.
3. Smiley theme animations work also.

Will be trying out file transfers later.
Cheers! :D

[edit]
File transfers are working too.

[arethz]

Amazing! What a rapid production! I will try it now.. Thanks dude! :popcorn:

[loell]

thanks for the feedbacks :)

[andoty_jazz]

Loelle dude. Idol. Thank you for the update.

Your rock!!! :guitar:

[loell]

np :)

[nswint]

The video feature isn't working in the gutsy release.

File transfer is working. I sent a 160 mb file over it. Voice chat appears to be working I got a couple of seqfaults.

gyachivoice[22906]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 00000000f75da3f0 rsp 00000000ffda0524 error 4


I'll have to test more. On 1.0.5 the video feature worked with my logitech quickam using the gspca drivers

[nswint]

The video feature isn't working in the gutsy release.

File transfer is working. I sent a 160 mb file over it. Voice chat appears to be working I got a couple of seqfaults.

gyachivoice[22906]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 00000000f75da3f0 rsp 00000000ffda0524 error 4


I'll have to test more. On 1.0.5 the video feature worked with my logitech quickam using the gspca drivers

There was a problem with gyachi-upload I had to run getlibs.. I"m running on an amd64 processor

/usr/local/share/gyachi/gyachi-upload: error while loading shared libraries: libjasper.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


That portion is resolved but it appears that gyachi-upload is making weird calls to v4l2

[67085.119065] ioctl32(gyachi-upload:23948): Unknown cmd fd(15) cmd(803c7601){t:'v';sz:60} arg(080591e0) on /dev/video1
[67085.189222] ioctl32(gyachi-upload:23948): Unknown cmd fd(15) cmd(400e7607){t:'v';sz:14} arg(0805922c) on /dev/video1


It works fine with my v4l bttv card on /dev/video0

[nswint]

Also in the buddy list window there when you select the friends xx / online xx button the dropdown reads: show all ofline buddies, show only offline buddies in the online group, don't show offline buddies.

The first two do the exact same thing. Possibly it should be for the second option only show online buddies in the online group.

Currently there is no offline group. All buddies are listed in the online group and only go away when you select the don't show offline buddies option.

[loell]

The video feature isn't working in the gutsy release.

File transfer is working. I sent a 160 mb file over it. Voice chat appears to be working I got a couple of seqfaults.

gyachivoice[22906]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 00000000f75da3f0 rsp 00000000ffda0524 error 4


I'll have to test more. On 1.0.5 the video feature worked with my logitech quickam using the gspca drivers

no worries, the voice chat bug has already been resolved yesterday in the CVS.

[loell]

There was a problem with gyachi-upload I had to run getlibs.. I"m running on an amd64 processor

/usr/local/share/gyachi/gyachi-upload: error while loading shared libraries: libjasper.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


That portion is resolved but it appears that gyachi-upload is making weird calls to v4l2

[67085.119065] ioctl32(gyachi-upload:23948): Unknown cmd fd(15) cmd(803c7601){t:'v';sz:60} arg(080591e0) on /dev/video1
[67085.189222] ioctl32(gyachi-upload:23948): Unknown cmd fd(15) cmd(400e7607){t:'v';sz:14} arg(0805922c) on /dev/video1


It works fine with my v4l bttv card on /dev/video0

hmm this is interesting, are you running ubuntu 64 bit?

since your webcam is using an spca dirver, can you confirm that it works on camorama or xawtv in gutsy?

this might be an architecture issue.

[AndyLovesLinux]

are there no xmms plugins?

[Inxsible]

hmm this is interesting, are you running ubuntu 64 bit?

since your webcam is using an spca dirver, can you confirm that it works on camorama or xawtv in gutsy?

this might be an architecture issue.So are you saying gyachi does not work on 64 bit architecture ?

I would really like to use this, but it should work on 64 bit Gutsy :(

[loell]

So are you saying gyachi does not work on 64 bit architecture ?

I would really like to use this, but it should work on 64 bit Gutsy :(

it does, if the voice chat with wine is stripped out.

and of course it should be compiled for 64 bit.

[Inxsible]

it does, if the voice chat with wine is stripped out.

and of course it should be compiled for 64 bit.
i wanted to use the voice chat feature. But i don't get 'voice chat with wine'. Do you need wine to be able to voice chat?

I am sorry, I am a bit confused here.

In other words, i want to use gyachi to connect to yahoo users and be able to voice chat (pc-to-pc calls) and use webcam. Can I do this without wine?

I don't mind compiling from source, if I have to.

[loell]

i wanted to use the voice chat feature. But i don't get 'voice chat with wine'. Do you need wine to be able to voice chat?

I am sorry, I am a bit confused here.

In other words, i want to use gyachi to connect to yahoo users and be able to voice chat (pc-to-pc calls) and use webcam. Can I do this without wine?

I don't mind compiling from source, if I have to.

ah i see now what you'd like to do , the "voice chat" is the capability to
talk in public chat room which has wine component inside it, this is one blocking feature that prevents it from compiling in 64 bit, not unless it is remove before compile time. the webcam feature is native so it not a problem in 64 bit.

the pc to pc call, or VOIP capability, is not available yet, you can achive this by using a sip softphone ie (ekiga , gizmo) then call through gtalk2voip service to a yahoo user, more info at gtkalk2voip.com

[Inxsible]

ah i see now what you'd like to do , the "voice chat" is the capability to
talk in public chat room which has wine component inside it, this is one blocking feature that prevents it from compiling in 64 bit, not unless it is remove before compile time. the webcam feature is native so it not a problem in 64 bit.

the pc to pc call, or VOIP capability, is not available yet, you can achive this by using a sip softphone ie (ekiga , gizmo) then call through gtalk2voip service to a yahoo user, more info at gtkalk2voip.com
Thanks for the info loell.

and keep up the good work !! :D

[nswint]

Yup 2.6.22-14-generic x86_64

The camera worked in the last release 1.05 I think without issue.. here's a horrible color unbalanced image

camorama -d /dev/video1

[loell]

i see,

since you are in x86_64?

in the last 1.0.5 release, did you actually install the 32 bit package?
i think you cannot install it, not unless you installed a 64bit package of gyachi, as i know there was one in dapper to edgy.

[nswint]

I used getlibs on the 32 bit package

[loell]

i am not familiar with the workings of getlibs :(

but in any case, if it did work for you in 1.0.5 version, typicaly it should still work, as the webcam code of gyachi hasn't change since then. perhaps this is ubuntu 64 dirvers? or getlibs way of getting the 32 bit dependencies?

[nswint]

It could very well be the gspca drivers.

[nswint]

does gyachi-upload call upon v4l or v4l2?

[loell]

does gyachi-upload call upon v4l or v4l2?

yeah, it does.

[jinx31]

Hi - I'm trying to download the 1.1.0 deb package for gutsy, but the link in the first message in this thread comes back saying "No servers available with specified file".

Is there somewhere else I can get this file? Thanks!

** - I tried again tonight and it worked.

[Felson]

I have tried installing the 32bit version on my 64bit OS, and I got that to work just fine. But I haven't been able to test the video/voice yet. Heres a quick how-to.


cd ~
mkdir lib_extract
cd lib_extract
wget http://ubuntu.cs.utah.edu/ubuntu/pool/main/j/jasper/libjasper1_1.900.1-3_i386.deb
wget http://ubuntu.cs.utah.edu/ubuntu/pool/main/libg/libgtkhtml2/libgtkhtml2-0_2.11.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -x libgtkhtml2-0_2.11.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb .
sudo dpkg -x libjasper1_1.900.1-3_i386.deb .
cd usr/lib
sudo cp * /usr/lib32/
cd ~
sudo rm -rf lib_extract

mkdir gyachi_extract
cd gyachi_extract
wget http://download209.mediafire.com/zt4moceomglg/avyn4kzjxmy/gyachi_1.1.0-1_i386_gutsy.deb
sudo dpkg -x gyachi_1.1.0-1_i386_gutsy.deb .
cp -rp usr /
cd ~
sudo rm -rf gyachi_extract


Posting this so others can play to. I may be running 64bit OS, but I am more interested in my apps working then I am in them working as 64bit... If this works for you, please post your trials here. I am interested in if this get voice to work, as I can't test it ATM.

[loell]

Hi all, i've updated the first post and link to reflect the official release,

you can download this gutsy deb, directly

at http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gyachi/gyachi_1.1.0-1_i386_gutsy.deb?modtime=1194233326&big_mirror=0

now the codecs are already separated for some good reasons, if you would like to have voice chat in rooms

install this codecs http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gyachi/gyachi-codecs.deb?modtime=1194233368&big_mirror=0

[Nicole]

Does this new release support webcams that use v4l2? My laptop comes with an inbuilt cam that does use v4l2, you see, and so far the only thing I've been able to get to work with it is Ekiga; yahoo is where I'd want to use it most though, so it would be fabulous if gyachi did work with it!

Thanks for all your help,

N

[loell]

sadly not yet :( , though this has already landed on the developers todo list by using gstreamer to get most of the compatible webcams in the linux land.

[nswint]

Does this new release support webcams that use v4l2? My laptop comes with an inbuilt cam that does use v4l2, you see, and so far the only thing I've been able to get to work with it is Ekiga; yahoo is where I'd want to use it most though, so it would be fabulous if gyachi did work with it!

Thanks for all your help,

N

No luck with v4l2 with gyachi for me.. anyone else care to chime in?

[nswint]

This method does not work and will only lead to more problems on the 64-bit kernel


BTW I've made a post to the gyachi forum on SF. More problems trying to run the 64-bit version. You get no text .. just blocks


(gyachi:3299): Gdk-WARNING **: Error converting from UTF-8 to STRING: Conversion from character set 'UTF-8' to 'ISO-8859-1' is not supported

(gyachi:3299): Gdk-WARNING **: Error converting from UTF-8 to STRING: Conversion from character set 'UTF-8' to 'ISO-8859-1' is not supported

(gyachi:3299): Gtk-WARNING **: /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libubuntulooks.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(gyachi:3299): Pango-WARNING **: /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(gyachi:3299): Pango-WARNING **: Failed to load Pango module '/usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so' for id 'BasicScriptEngineFc'

(gyachi:3299): Pango-WARNING **: /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(gyachi:3299): Pango-WARNING **: /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(gyachi:3299): Pango-WARNING **: /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(gyachi:3299): Pango-WARNING **: /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(gyachi:3299): Pango-WARNING **: /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(gyachi:3299): Pango-WARNING **: /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(gyachi:3299): Pango-WARNING **: /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(gyachi:3299): Pango-WARNING **: /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(gyachi:3299): Pango-WARNING **: /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(gyachi:3299): Pango-WARNING **: /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(gyachi:3299): Pango-WARNING **: /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(gyachi:3299): Pango-WARNING **: /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0/modules/pango-basic-fc.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

(gyachi:3299): Pango-WARNING **: pango_shape called with bad font, expect ugly output

(gyachi:3299): Pango-WARNING **: pango_font_get_glyph_extents called with null font argument, expect ugly output


I have tried installing the 32bit version on my 64bit OS, and I got that to work just fine. But I haven't been able to test the video/voice yet. Heres a quick how-to.


cd ~
mkdir lib_extract
cd lib_extract
wget http://ubuntu.cs.utah.edu/ubuntu/pool/main/j/jasper/libjasper1_1.900.1-3_i386.deb
wget http://ubuntu.cs.utah.edu/ubuntu/pool/main/libg/libgtkhtml2/libgtkhtml2-0_2.11.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -x libgtkhtml2-0_2.11.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb .
sudo dpkg -x libjasper1_1.900.1-3_i386.deb .
cd usr/lib
sudo cp * /usr/lib32/
cd ~
sudo rm -rf lib_extract

mkdir gyachi_extract
cd gyachi_extract
wget http://download209.mediafire.com/zt4moceomglg/avyn4kzjxmy/gyachi_1.1.0-1_i386_gutsy.deb
sudo dpkg -x gyachi_1.1.0-1_i386_gutsy.deb .
cp -rp usr /
cd ~
sudo rm -rf gyachi_extract


Posting this so others can play to. I may be running 64bit OS, but I am more interested in my apps working then I am in them working as 64bit... If this works for you, please post your trials here. I am interested in if this get voice to work, as I can't test it ATM.

[Inxsible]

Does this new release support webcams that use v4l2? My laptop comes with an inbuilt cam that does use v4l2, you see, and so far the only thing I've been able to get to work with it is Ekiga; yahoo is where I'd want to use it most though, so it would be fabulous if gyachi did work with it!

Thanks for all your help,

NI know this is a gyachi thread, but I can use my built in webcam in Kopete and connect to yahoo.

you might wanna try that out.

[loell]

yep, when it comes to yahoo/webcam/v4l2 kopete is a contender

[rold50]

I have a logitech Quick cam that uses QC-usb driver. My webcam is v4l1

The webcam works when I test it using camorama but with gyachi, I only see a black screen.

How do I fix this problem?

[wersdaluv]

I can't broadcast my webcam. Whenever I try to, an error message comes out. Sometimes, I can view my webcam image when I start my webcam then the error message comes out when I press "Broadcast." Sometimes, when I start my webcam, the error message comes out immediately.

I attached the snapshot of the error message. :D

[Samhain13]

Hi. I'd also want to report an error when trying to start my webcam:


GThread-ERROR **: GThread system may only be initialized once.
aborting...

[loell]

does this happen every time you activate your webcam?

[Samhain13]

No. Only when trying to activate it using Gyachi.
I can use my webcam with Camorama and VLC.

[loell]

can you reinstall the app? gthread error is a threading error which is a bit strange. let me know if the problem still persist after reinstallation.

[rold50]

Hi Loell,

do you know how i can fix my webcam?
All I see is a black screen when I start my webcam in gyachi.
I can see other's webcam but they also only see a black screen when they try to view my webcam.
My webcam uses Vl41 and it works with camorama.

[loell]

Hi Loell,

do you know how i can fix my webcam?
All I see is a black screen when I start my webcam in gyachi.
I can see other's webcam but they also only see a black screen when they try to view my webcam.
My webcam uses Vl41 and it works with camorama.

I probably can't be much of help , this is probably a uvc base webcam driver?

[rold50]

I have the QCM-USB driver for my webcam.

I'm using a logitech quick cam.

[Samhain13]

Loell: Yup I tried reinstalling, still got the same error.
I downloaded the package again, reinstalled, still the same.

Oh, and like rold50, I can receive webcam streams from friends. But I am unable to start mine.
I tried with Kopete and I was successful in sending and receiving webcam streams but for some reason, Kopete takes up too much CPU power (maybe because I'm running it in Gnome, I don't know). I would prefer to still use GyachI though.

:)

[stanz]

Hi All,
I'm running Gutsy 7.10, and I tried to install gyachi-codecs with gdebi and it errors out with conflicts to the already installed w32codecs. Breezing thru this thread--I didn't notice any one else with this error.
I already posted on sourceforge, typing here for others.
Any work around?
Will it always be a conflict?
Thanks in advance !

[stanz]

Well, I got some interesting info on SourceforgeGyachi (https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1896937&forum_id=533967)
Now just to run it and see how it all works.

[wersdaluv]

What can we do to fix uvc webcams? :)

[loell]

What can we do to fix uvc webcams? :)

gstreamer is the way.

[wersdaluv]

gstreamer is the way.

Uhum. What exactly can I do? :D

[loell]

from a users point, none :(

gstreamer is a multimedia framework , so coders would have to code it.

in any case gstreamer for gyachi will be a pain on the neck during the integration phase.

[jrusso2]

Every time I try to post a message into yahoo chat with Gyachi it just crashes>
does anyone have a fix for this?

[loell]

when did this started?

[wersdaluv]

I found out that the version of my Logitech Quickcam Orbit/Sphere is pwc. I'm wondering why it worked in Feisty while the webcam is choppy in Gutsy. You think, it's a kernel issue?

[loell]

I found out that the version of my Logitech Quickcam Orbit/Sphere is pwc. I'm wondering why it worked in Feisty while the webcam is choppy in Gutsy. You think, it's a kernel issue?

maybe its just a driver / module issue, you can try recompiling/reinstalling the pwc driver, and see if there any difference with the webcam images.



apt-get source pwc-source

cd pwc-10.0.12-rc1+final/

make

sudo make install

[wersdaluv]

maybe its just a driver / module issue, you can try recompiling/reinstalling the pwc driver, and see if there any difference with the webcam images.



apt-get source pwc-source

cd pwc-10.0.12-rc1+final/

make

sudo make install



Still choppy but less choppy! yeyyy!!!

Mmmm...

What else can I do? :D

:guitar:

:KS

[loell]

uhmm, you could clean the lense? ;) j/k.

heheh, i'm out of idea.

[neaghi]

hi all
i'm from Romania pls escuse my english...I want to know what is the latest version of gyachi-sidetrack, and if somebody know if in Sindos Pesta distribution the gyachoo settings is unlocked..10x.:)

[loell]

the official gyachi version is already v1.1.10 , a lot had happened during the holiday season, themes are now supported so anyone can make a yahoo messenger like theme if they like.

most of gyachi-sidetrack's feature is also now availble in the official gyachi version.

[_sluimers_]

Hi there!
I have webcam troubles with Gyachi. I use a Hercules Deluxe camera and it works fine in kopete and xawtv, but not well in camorama or Gyachi.

Gyachi shows the webcam like a movie that doesn't have the right framerate.
Part of the top goes to the bottom and it's continiously moving up and down.

[shadowtroopers]

hi,
i'm using gyachi 1.1.10, under xubuntu gutsy machine. My gyachi was installed by using gdebi package installer. Just want to know, how to compile gyachi from cvs?. I just like to test any new release version of gyachi. I prefer step by step.

Thanks.

[BatsotO]

hi loell, can u recommend me some good compatible ( and most importand is cheap) webcams that i can use with gyache? I have z-star cams but no go. And since we are geographicly not far, i think the models wont be that much different. Thank you in advance.
And one more thing, I still cant see my friends buddy image in the buddy list, it was shown in pidgin but pidgin is bad for public pc.
Thank you again, Best Regard

[loell]

i find logitech webcams to be the most compatible webcam for gyachi, even the devs use the brand, and mine is the old logitech quickcam express II. ;)

[sabitha]

the official gyachi version is already v1.1.10 , a lot had happened during the holiday season, themes are now supported so anyone can make a yahoo messenger like theme if they like.

most of gyachi-sidetrack's feature is also now availble in the official gyachi version.
i can't find gyachi v1.1.10 still v1.1.0 on there:confused:. where i can download for v1.1.10

[loell]

its in the CVS yet, and it is still considered a minor version which is now 1.1.25 as of this writing, i may build a deb package whenever yahoo photos is ready for testing.

[technomagik]

The webcam works when I use kopete, but I can't stand kopete. It also works with a stand alone webcam application called cheese. It does not work with egika or VLC.

When I use it with Cheese it uses "v4l2src" and works great. The webcam is reported to work with uvc (c'moooon gstreamer coding :))

When I try to use it in gyache 1.10 I get the error:

An error occured at ioctl 'VIDIOSCIPT'
Could not set camera properties.

I also get a simultaneous error window that says
Error while querying mmap-buffers.

I tried running the webcam with GyachE 1.07 with webcam utilities and pyvoicechat (came with the rpm, which i converted to deb with alien) and received a different error, but it was simpler and basicly said this (i dont remember the exact words):

Could not receive webcam image.

Gyache 1.07 showed that it was using the v4l1 driver, but I believe this camera is supposed to use the v4l2 driver, is there a way I can make gyache 1.10 use the v4l2 driver? (assuming it is also attempting to use v4l1, like 1.07)

The light on the webcam blinks twice after i click OK on the error messages from either 1.07 or 1.10, so the proper device (/dev/video0) is selected.



The webcam is a built in webcam in the LCD of my laptop. It is a VGA 640x480 webcam. It is in a xps m1330 laptop.


Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

[loell]

yes, unfortunately this is a rising issue for some time now, currently gyachi only supports v4l1 , you could compile it as v4l2 but this doesn't seem to work either.

the solution is to use gstreamer as one of its component, this may be implemented after the project is done with yahoo photos.

[ComputerHermit]

I can't seem to get the voice to work.
I downloaded gyachi_1.1.0-1_i386_gutsy.deb gyachi-codecs.deb
Am I not doing something right?

[shadowtroopers]

I can't seem to get the voice to work.
I downloaded gyachi_1.1.0-1_i386_gutsy.deb gyachi-codecs.deb
Am I not doing something right?

In some cases, gyachE had a problem with wine codecs. Have you tried to reinstall the codecs?

[ComputerHermit]

In some cases, gyachE had a problem with wine codecs. Have you tried to reinstall the codecs?
I got it I dident have the port open

[ComputerHermit]

Gyachi rocks thanks

[_sluimers_]

yes, unfortunately this is a rising issue for some time now, currently gyachi only supports v4l1 , you could compile it as v4l2 but this doesn't seem to work either.

the solution is to use gstreamer as one of its component, this may be implemented after the project is done with yahoo photos.

I sure hope it will. I have the same problem, I think.

[amrith]

How to start voice chat?
whenever I click voice chat .It says enabled
cant ppl who have yahoo msngr use it?

[hanzj]

Hello,
Is it possible to make computer -to- regular phone line calls, (http://voice.yahoo.com/, also known as "Phone Out")?

I still have some money on my yahoo voice account.
Thank you.

[loell]

not possible at the moment.

you may want to look at

1.Ekiga
2. Gizmo
3. Skype for linux

[pburn]

I am using GyachE Improved 1.1.0 ...but I am being booted by a nut in one of the chat rooms...how can I prevent someone from booting me ??

The following are the messages displayed in GyahE before being disconnected from yahoo.

** [GyachE-I] Ignored PM from User NOT in the Room ( "" ) : 'k_ss0011' ( k_ss0011 ) **
** [GyachE-I] Ignored PM from User NOT in the Room ( "" ) : 'k_ss0012' ( k_ss0012 ) **
** [GyachE-I] Ignored PM from User NOT in the Room ( "" ) : 'k_ss0013' ( k_ss0013 ) **
** [GyachE-I] Ignored PM from User NOT in the Room ( "" ) : 'k_ss0014' ( k_ss0014 ) **

** WARNING: TOO MANY SOUND EVENTS HAVE BEEN PLAYED TOO QUICKLY (Possible Flood or Boot Attack from a malicious Yahoo user?) - Sound Events will be temporarily disabled for 2.5 minutes to help protect your system.
** [GyachE-I] Ignored PM from User NOT in the Room ( "" ) : 'k_ss0015' ( k_ss0015 ) **
** [GyachE-I] Ignored PM from User NOT in the Room ( "" ) : 'k_ss0016' ( k_ss0016 ) **
** You have been disconnected from Yahoo! [Probably booted...reconnecting] **
Disconnected from Yahoo! See Ya! Online for 0 : 00 : 22

** You have been disconnected from Yahoo! [ Error receiving from socket: 0 ] **