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

morgan morg.leen at ouvaton.org
Wed Nov 30 20:48:39 UTC 2016


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Thank you very much for your job and for your help. Tox is a very good
tool :)

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morgan

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Le 30/11/2016 à 20:16, Zetok Zalbavar a écrit :
> On 29.11.2016 16:27, morgan wrote:
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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.
>>
> 
> 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:
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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:
>>>>>> -
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> april.org
>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1. Which repo is used? `cd /etc/apt/sources.d/ && ls && cat *tox*`
>>>>>>> 2. Logs? → ~/.cache/Tox/qTox/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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