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Yahoo! Messenger 8.x



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NameYahoo! Messenger
Version8.x
License Free to use
URLhttp://messenger.yahoo.com
Votes Marked as obsolete
RatingSilver
Wine Version1.1.9
Maintainers of this version:
Description
Version 8
Old test results
The test results you have selected are very old and may not represent the current state of Wine.
Selected Test Results (selected in 'Test Results' table below)

What works
Install Works, but generated a lot of errors. It seemed to freeze near the end, so I am not sure if it all installed correctly however the application still was able to launch. I did get a dialog box pop up during installation saying a file was canceled or something, and I believe it had to do with flash.


What does not

Could not connect to the internet. The menu bar was missing , and picture at top was missing. After first attempt to log in I was told it could not and prompted me to change my preferences. I was able to bring up the settings of Yahoo and modify them, and they seemed to take effect however now I don't get a message allowing me to modify my settings, and because of missing menu bar, I am unable to look into it more.

Trying to sign in causes Yahoo to hang, and then close.

I tried to install again while posting this, and the install failed. Seems to be very erratic.



What was not tested
Everything not mentioned above :)


Additional Comments

Installs sometimes. Cant get it to repeat
Test Results
DistributionTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?RatingSubmitter
ShowFedora 9Jan 15 20091.1.9 Yes Yes Silver an anonymous user 
ShowUbuntu 8.04 "Hardy" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Nov 08 20081.1.8 Yes Yes Bronze an anonymous user 
ShowUbuntu 8.04 "Hardy" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Mar 21 20080.9.57. Yes Yes Garbage RaduB. 
ShowUbuntu 7.10 "Gutsy" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Dec 24 20070.9.51. Yes No Garbage an anonymous user 
CurrentopenSUSE 10.3Nov 18 20070.9.49. Yes Yes Garbage an anonymous user 


Known bugs
Bug # Description Status Resolution Other apps affected
5162 Google Talk requires several missing richedit features NEW View
16147 Webcam doesn't work REOPENED View
16885 Yahoo Messenger 8/9 menu invisible, 'X' box hotspot in wrong place NEW View

 
HOWTO

Alright well I was able to get Yahoo working doing the following.

Install winetricks first and follow the steps in the tips section then come back here.

Here is a list of dlls you need they all should be in winetricks, whatever you can't find in winetricks, look in your ies4linux wine system32 directory

Yahoo might complain that riched20 is missing and not startup, if that is the case, take the riched20 from your wine directory and put it with yahoo. The audio and video does not work, I tried webcam and the webcam would turn and back off, it is probably just not supported with wine yet because I didn't get any errors from the terminal, Audio would just say the sound card was just in use but that could be just with different linux distributions.

"comctl32"="native"
"gdiplus"="native"
"ie4"="native"
"iemigrat"="native"
"iernonce"="native"
"iesetup"="native"
"itircl"="native,builtin"
"itss"="native,builtin"
"jscript"="native"
"mlang"="native,builtin"
"mshtml"="native,builtin"
"msimtf"="native,builtin"
"msxml3"="native,builtin"
"odbc32"="native,builtin"
"odbccp32"="native,builtin"
"oleaut32"="native,builtin"
"riched20"="native"
"riched32"="native"
"shdoclc"="native,builtin"
"shdocvw"="native,builtin"
"shlwapi"="native,builtin"
"urlmon"="native,builtin"

This is working as of wine 1.1.9 just to clarify any questions about that.

Tips

The installer works fine with recent 1.1.1x wine.

The app won't log in unless you do alt-m and choose "Firewall - no proxies".

The app will crash after login unless you do "winetricks comctl32".

The app will crash when the instant message window comes up in wine 1.1.12, but not in wine-1.1.11.

When you send files and chat messages, they arrive ok at the other end.

But when other people send you messages, you hear the arrival sound, but you don't see any text.

 




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