Re: Fw: Gaim & Usb Key

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From: "Bellinettes" <bellinettes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Leland Roach" <phroggie@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <gaim-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Gaim-devel] Fw: Gaim & Usb Key


> Hello Lee & Others,
>
> Sorry for the long delay, but it's not easy to finda computer without
> Gaim installed (I installed it to all my friends's computer ).
>
> But now I have a laptop to make my test.
>
> With your method Lee, it work almost. Now I don't have anymore errors
> message because missing DLL. I have an other problem: Gaim start but
> it ask me to enter an account name and a password. In fact it didn't
> remenber all my ICQ, Yahoo, Jabber, MSN... that I have on my computer.It
> should connect itself to all my accounts but it dont't.
>
> I put the ".gaim" folder from my desktop computer to my laptop in :
> c:\Documents and Settings\GG\Application Data\. And now on my laptop,
> when I launch Gaim, it start all my accounts like on my desktop
> computer, it works.
>
> It seem that one or more files contains all my accounts: account.xml.
> I put this file in /gaim directory, but it don't work.
> Is it a problem of relative path? Do I have to edith a file and change
> something?

You need to set the HOME env variable to overide the default settings
location (see the windows port page).  Starting with the next release 1.1.0
you will need to use GAIMHOME instead.

>
> Thanks again for your help.
>
> Enclosed, a screenshot of my current /gaim folder.
>
> Regards,
>
> GG
>
> Leland Roach wrote:
> > Looking at your jpg, I see the GTK directory. Instead of that, you
> > should have the etc, lib and share directories from "C:\Program
> > Files\Common Files\Gtk\2.0". In the end it should look like this:
> >
> > etc\
> > icons\
> > locale\
> > lib\
> > pixmaps\
> > plugins\
> > share\
> > smileys\
> > sounds\
> > gaim.exe
> > gaim.dll
> > [remaining gaim packaged files]
> > asprintf.dll
> > charset.dll
> > freetype6.dll
> > gspawn-win32-helper.exe
> > iconv.dll
> > [remaining 'gtk\2.0\bin\*' files]
> >
> > Worth noting that copying gaim-uninst.exe isn't required and would
> > likely fail miserably when run, so it's presence on the key only takes
> > up precious bytes. I'd also suggest turning off all the logging options,
> > as it could easily fill up a small key.
> >
> >  From where you're at in the screen shot, remove the "Z:\Gaim\GTK"
> > directory, as well as "Z:\Gaim\gaim-uninst.exe". Copy "C:\Program
> > Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin\*.exe" to "Z:\Gaim". Follow that by
> > copying "C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\etc", "C:\Program
> > Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\lib", and "C:\Program Files\Common
> > Files\GTK\2.0\share" to "Z:\Gaim".
> >
> > -Lee
> >
> >> Thanks Lee for your explanation.
> >> I tried this week end and it didn't works; when I launch gaim.exe, I
> >> have a Windows errore message : "Fatal error, unexpected error"
> >>
> >> I enclose in this mail a screenshot of all the gaim's file i put in my
> >> USB Key. May be I made a mystake, maybe I forgot something?
> >>
> >> >Start off by installing Gaim on your personal computer; make certain
to
> >> > use the Gaim installer that includes GTK. Copy the entire Gaim folder
> >> > ("C:\Program Files\Gaim" by default) to your storage media (we"ll
call
> >> > it "Z:\Gaim"). Next, copy all the files from the GTK\bin directory
> >> > ("C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin\*.[exe|dll]") to the same
> >> > folder as the gaim.exe file ("Z:\Gaim", again). Then, copy the
> >> >remaining
> >> > GTK directories to the USB Gaim ("Z:\Gaim") folder. Now, as it is,
you
> >> > should be able to run Gaim anywhere. Your preferrences and accounts
> >> > should be stored on the USB key.
> >
> >
> >
>
>


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