[arch-general] kopete and google talk

[Rashif Ray Rahman]

On 8 March 2012 20:58, Tom Gundersen <teg at jklm.no> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Shridhar Daithankar
> <ghodechhap at ghodechhap.net> wrote:
>> I have configured a gmail account in kopete and google talk/libjingle is
>> enabled.
>>
>> However if I right click on the contact properties, "Call google talk contact"
>> is always disabled.
>>
>> What do I need to do to get it working?
>
> As far as I know, jingle in kopete does not work (and kopete is no
> longer actively developed). You might have better luck with the new
> kde telepathy stuff, but I have not tried.

Indeed, the jingle stuff does not work. The telepathy stuff will also
take some time to actually become usable. You can instead get the
google voice and video plugin from AUR and use that via the browser,
but I've personally never used it so YMMV.


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