[Tox Support] Tox client doesn't work on Ubuntu 16.04

morgan morg.leen at ouvaton.org
Tue Nov 29 16:27:57 UTC 2016


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qTox works :)
I thought I had yet try it, but that's good.

You spend all your time on that dev and support ? Where is the "donate"
button, I've never see it.

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morgan

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Le 29/11/2016 à 16:12, Zetok Zalbavar a écrit :
> On 29.11.2016 13:21, morgan wrote:
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>> Sorry I was wrong, it's not qTox but uTox, on my laptop. During my
>> searches I tried different clients, I forgot the good name.
>>
>> I have put back the correct lines in the correct folder and removed the
>> 'tox.list*', updated+upgraded and it doesn't work again.
>>
>> Is it possible to remove completly (and purge) tox on the laptop for
>> install it one more time "from scratch" ?
>>
>> ----
>> morgan
>>
>> -
>>
> 
> 
> Well, the good news is that for µTox you have the right repo. Bad news
> is that I have no idea why µTox doesn't work.
> 
> Feel free to try with qTox: https://github.com/qTox/qTox
> 
> As for "purging", yes, it is possible, but due to the nature of package
> managers that's usually completely unnecessary, unless the user messes
> something up badly in the system.
> 
> I.e. in your case it's most likely unnecessary and would change nothing.
> 
> 
>> Le 29/11/2016 à 13:33, Zetok Zalbavar a écrit :
>>> On 29.11.2016 12:21, morgan wrote:
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>>>>
>>>> 1. Which repo is used? `cd /etc/apt/sources.d/ && ls && cat *tox*`
>>>>
>>>> minetestdevs-ubuntu-stable-xenial.list
>>>> ondrej-ubuntu-php-xenial.list
>>>> ondrej-ubuntu-php-xenial.list.save
>>>> tox.list
>>>> tox.list.distUpgrade
>>>> tox.list.save
>>>> webupd8team-ubuntu-sublime-text-2-xenial.list
>>>> webupd8team-ubuntu-sublime-text-2-xenial.list.save
>>>> deb https://pkg.tox.chat/debian stable xenial
>>>> deb https://pkg.tox.chat/debian nightly trusty
>>>> deb https://pkg.tox.chat/debian nightly xenial
>>>>
>>>> It is not in /etc/apt/sources.d/ but in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
>>>>
>>>> I have put the lines about tox in /etc/apt/sources.d/ and updated +
>>>> upgraded. No changes.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Right, sorry about that, /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ is the correct location.
>>>
>>> Anyways; you're using wrong repo.
>>>
>>> Remove incorrect one (`tox.list*`), add correct one and things should work.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2. Logs? → ~/.cache/Tox/qTox/
>>>> no folder ~/.cache/Tox/ nor ~/.cache/qTox/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  +
>>>> In ~/tox/ are :
>>>> DC342E0EC464AF6248CC08E661845D023A6962FBC3BBF58D15966DB968D62774.fmetadata
>>>> tox_save.tox
>>>> utox_save
>>>> modified on 08/31
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> Le 29/11/2016 à 12:32, Zetok Zalbavar a écrit :
>>>>> On 29.11.2016 11:24, morgan wrote:
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>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry for my bad english.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a new laptop with Ubuntu 16.04 since august 2016. The first time
>>>>>> I launched qTox, il worked, but a few days later it seems to work
>>>>>> without the X. It seems to start but without X, my contacts can see me
>>>>>> inline, I hear bips when they write to me, but I can't do anything to
>>>>>> write or see their communications.
>>>>>> When I launch it with the CLI it seems work with warning: 'AL lib: (WW)
>>>>>> alcCloseDevice: Releasing context 0x7fa1cc0083c0' but I can't do
>>>>>> anything with the terminal, what I write doesn't do anything, it seems
>>>>>> wait something like a command's end. I must close the terminal to stop
>>>>>> the processus.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A few months ago I had a laptop with Debian8, qTox worked perfectly, and
>>>>>> before with Windows7, uTox worked perfectly too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am a new user of GNU/Linux, I searched more times for help on your
>>>>>> website and wiki, but I don't find anything to help me. Debian can't
>>>>>> work on my new laptop (HP), one of the drivers isn't supported.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you very much for your job, I expect this informations will help
>>>>>> you. I can send you other informations if needed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----
>>>>>> morgan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> eff.org
>>>>>> laquadrature.net/fr
>>>>>> sous-surveillance.fr
>>>>>> april.org
>>>>>> -
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Which repo is used? `cd /etc/apt/sources.d/ && ls && cat *tox*`
>>>>> 2. Logs? → ~/.cache/Tox/qTox/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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