Bug in Pidgin 2.4.1 with Ubuntu (8.04) Patch

I’ve installed the latest pidgin (currently 2.4.1) using default repo from ubuntu 8.04 and i’ve found a bug. If my Yahoo Messenger buddy invisible and suddenly he/she appear online with status, I’m not be able to see they appear online until he/she change her/his status to available (with no status).

I’ve done several tests and finally come out with this solution: Compile it from source without ubuntu patch.

First, remove your old Pidgin configuration files and update your package list

rm -dfr ~/.purple
sudo apt-get update

Now install build-essential

sudo apt-get install build-essential

Now install the Pidgin’s dependencies

sudo apt-get build-dep pidgin

Ok.. you need to download the original pidgin source code

wget http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/pidgin/pidgin-2.4.1.tar.bz2

Extract the file and enter the extracted directory

tar -jxvf pidgin-2.4.1.tar.bz2
cd pidgin-2.4.1

Run configure with –enable-gnutls=yes because it is required for MSN and Google Talk

./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gnutls=yes

In my case (Intel Pentium Core Duo), I’ve enable CFLAGS options for processor optimization

CFLAGS="-march=prescott -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gnutls=yes

You can simply use the command without the CFLAGS above, or if you want to optimize the pidgin to suit your processor, you can refer to Safe_Cflags page (yeah.. I’m a fanatic Gentoo user)

Now, run make and it will start compiling. Owh ya, it gonna takes some time

make

Finally, become root and run make install

sudo make install

Enjoy!~

Ubuntu 8.04 is a mistake!

Credits:
Thanks to Munzir, Adib and Yeh. They are my tester. Hahaha..
Gentoo wiki for the CFLAGS

Programmer Expression

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Development Release: Xanara Rescue CD – Beta 2.5

I’m proud to announce that Xanara Rescue CD is now in pre-final release (for my FYP) before it is submitted. Current latest version is Beta 2.5 and I’ll post the changelogs, full details and some screenshots latest by Saturday (I’ll try lah). ISO also will be uploaded once the full details is published.

Feel free to visit Xanara Rescue CD’s project page

Hack Attack Challenge 2008

Start: 21/04/2008 – 10:00am
End: 23/04/2008 – 5:00pm
Timezone: GMT+8

About
Hack Attack is a web-based hack game testing players in their knowledge of Web security. There are 4 levels in total and each one of them has their own security flaw caused by bad programming and misconfiguration. Players have to find these so called flaws and exploit them to gain access to the next level using only a web browser.

Prize
Be the fastest to beat all 4 levels within 20 minutes and win a seat for Hack in the Box Security Conference 2008 – Kuala Lumpur (HITBSecConf2008), sponsored by Hack in the Box (M) Sdn. Bhd.

Event Details
Date: 21st – 23rd April 2008 (Week 12)
Time: 10.00 AM – 5.00 PM
Venue: Lobby, Block B (Old Fosee), Multimedia University (Malacca Campus)
Website: http://hackattack08.linuxsig.net
Registration: Free

Streamyx ROX

Sorry guys… I didn’t mean to show you my screenshot

Hahahaha… I’ll post the discussion on how to get the same/almost the same speed in my next post