faq

Linux下的MSN聊天程序源码

TROUBLESHOOTING
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Q: Sometimes amsn "hangs", why?
A: When amsn hangs it's usually a problem with the sound configuration. Maybe
you're playing a sound but the sound card is blocked, and the play command
stops until the sound card is available. Try disabling sound or changing the
sound command configuration.

Q: I try to run amsn but I get this error:
bash: ./amsn: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
A: you need to install the tcl/tk packages, because you need the wish
interpreter. If you think you have it, try "wish amsn" instead of "./amsn". If
this works, edit amsn and change the first line:
 #!/usr/bin/wish
 with the location of the wish interpreter.

Q: When I run amsn I get this error:
Error in startup script: bad option "map": must be
compare, first, index, last, length, match, range,
tolower, toupper, trim, trimleft, trimright, wordend,
or wordstart
while executing
"string map $map $md5body"
(in namespace eval "::md5" script line 65)
invoked from within
"namespace eval ::md5 { ... etc
A: You're using a version of tcl/tk that is older than 8.3. Update tcl/tk.

Q: After updating amsn, this is what I get when I run it:
Error in startup script: expected integer but got ""
while executing
"font create menufont -family $family -size $size
-weight normal"
(procedure "::amsn::initLook" line 5)
invoked from within
"::amsn::initLook $family $size $config(backgroundcolor)"
(file "amsn" line 2184)
A: There have been some changes in the configuration file. A quick fix to have
the new version working is to delete the old config file in your home dir.
Delete /home/yourusername/.amsn/config and it should work now.

Q: Can't type chinese / japanese / other languages in amsn. What can I do?
A: It looks like xcin or similar programs are not supported in the current
version of tcl/tk, so amsn doesn't work with them either. You should wait for
next version of tcl/tk and hope it supports xcin. Meanwhile, you can type the
text in another editor, and copy-paste it into the chat window .
New:Internationalization copy and paste. If you have problems pasting characters
in to AMSN, download and install this version of Tcl/Tk from this site:
http://jfontain.free.fr/tcl-8.4a3-2.i386.rpm
http://jfontain.free.fr/tk-8.4a3-2.i386.rpm
http://jfontain.free.fr/tcl-thread-8.4a3-2.i386.rpm
Please note that this could be a work around in case
you can't type your language directly in to AMSN, for
example Traditional Chinese using xcin.

Q: Can I use AMSN behind a proxy server?
A: As of the development version right after 0.61, HTTP proxy support is
available. This means that you can only connect behind an HTTP proxy (such as
squid for example). If your proxy server is socks5 then you will not be able
to connect yet, but socks5 support is on the way.

Q: Amsn looks connected, but when I try to chat with someone or change my state
I get disconnected. This happens often, after some minutes of inactivity.
Probably I'm behind a router or firewall.
A: Try enabling "Keepalive (NAT)" in the tools->options menu, inside advanced
preferences. It's a fix for shared internet connections that keeps sending a
dummy packet to the server every 2 minutes, to keep the connection alive.

Q: The sound event is repeating. For example if XMMS is running and someone
logged in or you were chatting with someone, after XMMS is closed or the
file is finished all the sound events that weren`t able to be played
because of XMMS are now played in an annoying way.
A: You have many solutions. If you're using KDE, you can configure XMMS
to play sound through arts, and use artsplay as sound play command for amsn.
This way sounds will be mixed. If you use gnome, you can use esdplay and
configure xmms for playing through ESD. Or instead of using the play command,
you could just make a small script that checks if /dev/dsp is busy, or free,
before calling "play".

Q: I'm using amsn behind a firewall, or using IP-Masquerade. Sending files
won't work, can I fix it?
A: Maybe the firewall is blocking incoming connections. File transfers work
this way: When you want to send someone a file, you send an invitation with
your IP address and a port number. Then the remote client must connect to
your IP:port to start the transfer.
The used port is usually 6891, 6892 and so on (first transfer is on port 6891,
but if you start a new file transfer while the first one hasn't finished yet,
then it will use 6892, and so on).
So, if using a firewall, you must make sure that it allows incoming
connections to port 6891 (and next ones if you want to be able to make more
than one transfer at the same time).
If you're inside a private network with private addresses, like 192.168.0.x,
then it's more difficult to make file transfers work. You need to send the
real internet address (you can enter it manually or tell amsn to guess it
from a web page), instead of the internal address, and tell the gateway (the
computer with direct connection to the internet) to forward incoming
connections to port 6891 to your computer inside the private network.

Q: How to open filetransfer ports in Suse Linux?
A: Guide thanks to John Hillier
1. Open Konqueror in Super User mode (KMenu/System/More Programs/File 
Manager - Super User Mode).
2. Enter in Konqueror URL field /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2.
3. Click on text, right click with mouse, open KWrite to edit firewall 
script.
4. Edit section #9 line FW_SERVICES_EXT_TCP="6891" to include port 6891.
5. Save prior to closing all windows then restart firewall in YaST.
An easiest way is to open "YaST/Security and 
Users/Firewall/Firewall Configuration". Click on "Expert" in "Additional 
Services" and add port 6891. I posted both steps since I learned a lot of 
useful information is contain

Running on Windows
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Q: Can I make the sound work under windows?
A: Yes, we have a small program called plwav.exe that just plays a wav under
windows. You can use it as sound command (amsn needs some external program
to play sounds). Go to the Tools->options->preferences->applications menu and
enter "plwav" as sound server command.

Q: When notify window pops up, the windows taskbar partially hides it, can I
fix this?
A: Yes, you can move the notify window X pixels to the left and Y pixels to
the top. You can change this in Tools->Options->Preferences, inside the
"Advanced" preferences section.

OTHER
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Q: I noticed AMSN is opening some ports over port 60000. Is it normal? Is it
a backdoor? Why does this happen?
A: It is normal. AMSN uses sockets as a locking system to avoid two AMSN
instances use the same profile at once (which could cause trouble). This is
the better platform independent locking system we found. If you find a better
way of doing this, just tell us :)
If you check ~/.amsn/profiles, you can see what port is used for each profile.


Q: I have another question, can you help me?
A: Yes, we can. But first, take a look at the sourceforge project page, located
at http://sourceforge.net/projects/amsn, and check all the bugs, support
request and general forums to check if your problem is already answered. Don't
check only the messages marked as "Open". There's a drop down list where you
can select "Closed", or "Pending" at the top of the messages list. Already answered
questions are usually marked as Closed.
Before submitting a bug or asking for support, get the following information:
- Amsn version.
- Tcl and Tk version.
- Stack trace of the submitted error (if applicable).
- Last error messages in debug windows (Ctrl+D and Ctrl+S in contact list).

If you still have a question, please check:
http://amsn.sourceforge.net/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=HOW+TO+help+and+getting+help