Index: faq.txt =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/gaim/web/htdocs/faq.txt,v retrieving revision 1.86 diff -u -u -r1.86 faq.txt --- faq.txt 16 Oct 2003 21:03:15 -0000 1.86 +++ faq.txt 23 Oct 2003 12:07:24 -0000 @@ -694,17 +694,19 @@ Q: I just upgraded Gaim and the MSN plugin will not load. Why? -A: You did not compile with SSL support. As of protocol version 9, the MSN -protocol requires the use of SSL, which gaim provides by either GnuTls or the -combination of NSS and NSPR from the Mozilla project. Install one or both of -these and recompile Gaim. +A: You did not compile with SSL support, or the SSL plugin failed to +load. As of protocol version 9, the MSN protocol requires the use of SSL, +which gaim provides by either GnuTLS or the combination of NSS and NSPR +from the Mozilla project. Install one or both of these and recompile Gaim, +and see the next question. Q: The MSN plugin won't load, but I have Mozilla NSS! A: Some distributions, including Slackware, install Mozilla NSS to a non-standard directory. The fix is simple. Edit /etc/ld.so.conf and add /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4 (or whatever -version you're using, but it's usually 1.4) to the file. Then re-run -configure and recompile Gaim. +version you're using, but it's usually 1.4) to the file, and run ldconfig as root. Then re-run +configure and recompile Gaim. You may also need to specify where the +include file are for NSS and NSPR, see ./configure --help for the options.

Mozilla 1.5 has a broken .pc file and does not install the necessary .h files, and so will not be detected.

@@ -748,8 +750,8 @@ A: To compile a plugin for Gaim, you must have Gaim's source code. There are two ways to get this: Tarballs, and CVS. To work with a tarball, follow the instructions below. To use CVS, follow the instructions on the CVS page. Please note that normally, CVS is much more -stable than the tarballs!

To work with a tarball, download the latest +href="cvs.php">CVS page. Please do not use CVS unless you are debugging +or plan to submit a patch.

To work with a tarball, download the latest source code from http://gaim.sf.net/ and untar it with the command:

tar zxvf filename
where filename is the file you downloaded.