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

[Zetok Zalbavar]

On 29.11.2016 16:27, morgan wrote:
> -
> 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.
> 

People spend as much of their free time as they can on stuff.

There's no non-profit org to receive money, so there's no donate button.


> Le 29/11/2016 à 16:12, Zetok Zalbavar a écrit :
>> On 29.11.2016 13:21, morgan wrote:
>>> -
>>> 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:
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>> 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:
>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>> 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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Kind regards,
Zetok Zalbavar
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