Re: [orca-list] Got Gwibber to work ... sort of

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

Hello, Krischnakant,

I know what problem you are having.  You need to select mpp as your 
protocol.  There is an optin to have facebook be the account you set up 
then.  You use chat.facebook.com as the domain name.  Also, give it your 
username and not your e-mail address.  For instance, mine is 
alexjmidence.  It is what I use to get onto my Facebook instead of my 
e-mail address which is also ok for m.facebook.com but not for a client 
that access the api.  So, to summarize:

Use mpp as the protocol
Use chat.facebook.com as the domain name
Give it your username and not your e-mail address

That should be all you need.  Let me know if you run into any trouble.

Alex M

On 06/03/2012 02:58 AM, Krishnakant Mane wrote:
> Hi Alex,
> Can you exactly guide me to setup pidgin with facebook chat?
> I tried this but finally given up.
> Please explain every step in details, as I have several attempts from 
> pidgin failing.
> I go to manage accounts choose protocol as facebook but nothing 
> happens even after giving correct user details.
> I am using Ubuntu 12.04.
> happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.
>
> On 06/03/2012 09:44 AM, Alex Midence wrote:
> > Doesn't look like it.  For updating your status and for commenting, 
> > liking and that sort of thing yes but for  chat, use Empathy or my 
> > own personal favorite, Pidgin.  Pidgin works very well with Facebook 
> > except that, from time to time, on Precise, a notification about 
> > somebody going off line or coming online will make Orca freeze up.  
> > What Pidgin will not do, however is read your facebook status or feed.
> >
> > Alex M
> >
> >
> > On 6/1/2012 11:52 PM, Krishnakant Mane wrote:
> > > So can gwibber be used for chatting on facebook?
> > > Happy hacking.
> > > Krishnakant.
> > >
> > > On 06/02/2012 03:20 AM, Alex Midence wrote:
> > > > Hi, all,
> > > >
> > > > Just wanted to announce that I've had some success with Gwibber for
> > > > reading my Twitter timeline and my Facebook as well.  Setting it up
> > > > was a bit painful since some of the fields weren't labeled quite right
> > > > but, once it's working, it's not too bad to read.  Still can't do
> > > > anything fancy with it yet but, it's coming along.  I'm just happy to
> > > > be able to read both of them from one place.  Next milestone for me is
> > > > actually posting on one of these two services through it.  That's
> > > > proving a bit of a challenge.  I'm still using Smuxi for tweeting and
> > > > the mobile interface to facebook for my wall and posting comments on
> > > > other people's walls.  I'm sure Gwibber is pretty scriptable right now
> > > > though.  It has tons of potential.  Kudos to all who made that
> > > > possible.
> > > >
> > > > Alex M
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