Comments on: Facebook Chat In Bitlbee http://pthree.org/2010/02/13/facebook-chat-in-bitlbee/ Linux. GNU. Freedom. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:21:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha By: Wilmerhttp://pthree.org/2010/02/13/facebook-chat-in-bitlbee/#comment-110975 Wilmer Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:10:20 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1306#comment-110975 Since this post is one of the first results in a Google query for "bitlbee facebook", I should probably mention that the rename script is not required anymore for recent BitlBee versions. You can just use the nick_source setting instead. Something like this should work:account set facebook/nick_source full_name(And "set lcnicks off" if you want them CamelCased.)If you've already used the rename script you *may* have to re-add your Facebook account before this will take effect.Also I'm trying to make http://wiki.bitlbee.org/HowtoFacebook the canonical source of information on BitlBee + Facebook. Trying to centralize BitlBee docs a little bit better. Since this post is one of the first results in a Google query for “bitlbee facebook”, I should probably mention that the rename script is not required anymore for recent BitlBee versions. You can just use the nick_source setting instead. Something like this should work:

account set facebook/nick_source full_name

(And “set lcnicks off” if you want them CamelCased.)

If you’ve already used the rename script you *may* have to re-add your Facebook account before this will take effect.

Also I’m trying to make http://wiki.bitlbee.org/HowtoFacebook the canonical source of information on BitlBee + Facebook. Trying to centralize BitlBee docs a little bit better.

]]> By: Aaronhttp://pthree.org/2010/02/13/facebook-chat-in-bitlbee/#comment-110878 Aaron Wed, 19 May 2010 14:02:49 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1306#comment-110878 @stringz- No, you're not the only one. This is because those people are signing in multiple times to their Facebook account, or they are in a chat room with you, using their Facebook account. That's bitlbee for you. :) @stringz- No, you’re not the only one. This is because those people are signing in multiple times to their Facebook account, or they are in a chat room with you, using their Facebook account. That’s bitlbee for you. :)

]]> By: stringzhttp://pthree.org/2010/02/13/facebook-chat-in-bitlbee/#comment-110877 stringz Wed, 19 May 2010 13:41:59 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1306#comment-110877 Is it just me or is anyone else getting multiple instances of each user? I get -12345, -12345_, -12345__, and so on. They all get renamed, (every time, and like Ash said, "small price to pay"). My PROBLEM is, when someone initiates a chat with me, it shows up in seperate windows for each -12345_. So I'm basically chatting to the same person on 4 or 5 windows.Is it just me? Is it just me or is anyone else getting multiple instances of each user? I get -12345, -12345_, -12345__, and so on. They all get renamed, (every time, and like Ash said, “small price to pay”). My PROBLEM is, when someone initiates a chat with me, it shows up in seperate windows for each -12345_. So I’m basically chatting to the same person on 4 or 5 windows.

Is it just me?

]]> By: Aaronhttp://pthree.org/2010/02/13/facebook-chat-in-bitlbee/#comment-110873 Aaron Mon, 17 May 2010 02:15:09 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1306#comment-110873 So, I've been faced with this now, as well. Thank you Facebook! However, the latest bitlbee, 1.2.7, has support for renaming Facebook nicknames directly. Worth giving a shot. So, I’ve been faced with this now, as well. Thank you Facebook! However, the latest bitlbee, 1.2.7, has support for renaming Facebook nicknames directly. Worth giving a shot.

]]> By: Ashhttp://pthree.org/2010/02/13/facebook-chat-in-bitlbee/#comment-110872 Ash Sun, 16 May 2010 23:46:11 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1306#comment-110872 Now I just have to put up with all my contacts being re-saved every time they come online (very small price to pay, though!). If anyone reading this also uses bitlbee for MSN, like I do, you might have noticed problems authenticating passports. This has been rectified in the latest version. If you're running a Debian-based Linux distribution, the debs are available here:http://code.bitlbee.org/debian/devel/ Now I just have to put up with all my contacts being re-saved every time they come online (very small price to pay, though!). If anyone reading this also uses bitlbee for MSN, like I do, you might have noticed problems authenticating passports. This has been rectified in the latest version. If you’re running a Debian-based Linux distribution, the debs are available here:

http://code.bitlbee.org/debian/devel/

]]> By: Ashhttp://pthree.org/2010/02/13/facebook-chat-in-bitlbee/#comment-110871 Ash Sun, 16 May 2010 23:24:03 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1306#comment-110871 Nice one Tom, that worked a treat. I tried to give it a go myself, but my programming knowledge doesn't extend much further than bash scripting. But now that you've shown the changes, of course it makes perfect sense. Cheers! Nice one Tom, that worked a treat. I tried to give it a go myself, but my programming knowledge doesn’t extend much further than bash scripting. But now that you’ve shown the changes, of course it makes perfect sense. Cheers!

]]> By: tomhttp://pthree.org/2010/02/13/facebook-chat-in-bitlbee/#comment-110869 tom Sat, 15 May 2010 14:55:57 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1306#comment-110869 Easy enough to fix. In the script, just changeif($channel =~ m/($bitlbeeChannel)/ and $nick =~ m/$username/ and $nick =~ m/^u\d+/ and $host =~ m/($facebookhostname)/ )to:if($channel =~ m/($bitlbeeChannel)/ and $nick =~ m/$username/ and $nick =~ m/^\-\d+/ and $host =~ m/($facebookhostname)/ )(note the uXXXXXXXX@ changed to -XXXXXXXX@, so we replace u with \-)and$server->command("whois $nick");to:$server->command("whois \"$nick\"");To escape the new '-'s. Hopefully they won't change things around again. Easy enough to fix. In the script, just change

if($channel =~ m/($bitlbeeChannel)/ and $nick =~ m/$username/ and $nick =~ m/^u\d+/ and $host =~ m/($facebookhostname)/ )

to:

if($channel =~ m/($bitlbeeChannel)/ and $nick =~ m/$username/ and $nick =~ m/^\-\d+/ and $host =~ m/($facebookhostname)/ )

(note the uXXXXXXXX@ changed to -XXXXXXXX@, so we replace u with \-)

and

$server->command(“whois $nick”);

to:

$server->command(“whois \”$nick\”");

To escape the new ‘-’s. Hopefully they won’t change things around again.

]]> By: Utopiahhttp://pthree.org/2010/02/13/facebook-chat-in-bitlbee/#comment-110867 Utopiah Thu, 13 May 2010 13:26:31 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1306#comment-110867 Same problem for me too, "5:19 -!- -123456789 [-123456789@chat.facebook.com] has quit [Leaving...]"I didn't change anything and it happened overnight so I reloaded the script, just in case, nothing changed, still can't rename. Same problem for me too, “5:19 -!- -123456789 [-123456789@chat.facebook.com] has quit [Leaving...]”

I didn’t change anything and it happened overnight so I reloaded the script, just in case, nothing changed, still can’t rename.

]]> By: Ashhttp://pthree.org/2010/02/13/facebook-chat-in-bitlbee/#comment-110865 Ash Thu, 13 May 2010 02:40:43 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1306#comment-110865 Well I guess I'm kind of glad to know that I'm not the only one with this issue. I've tried quite a few things to figure out what might be causing the problem, but to no avail. Which is making me think, as James suggested, that it might be at Facebook's end. But that still doesn't explain why yours is fine, Aaron. If it is at Facebook's end, then I guess we'll just keep having to put up with it until it fixes itself. Hopefully the quotation marks fix helped you James! Well I guess I’m kind of glad to know that I’m not the only one with this issue. I’ve tried quite a few things to figure out what might be causing the problem, but to no avail. Which is making me think, as James suggested, that it might be at Facebook’s end. But that still doesn’t explain why yours is fine, Aaron. If it is at Facebook’s end, then I guess we’ll just keep having to put up with it until it fixes itself. Hopefully the quotation marks fix helped you James!

]]> By: Aaronhttp://pthree.org/2010/02/13/facebook-chat-in-bitlbee/#comment-110864 Aaron Wed, 12 May 2010 18:26:50 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1306#comment-110864 There must be an issue then. It's still working just great for me. No issues that I've seen yet. Makes me a bit worried though. There must be an issue then. It’s still working just great for me. No issues that I’ve seen yet. Makes me a bit worried though.

]]> By: jameshttp://pthree.org/2010/02/13/facebook-chat-in-bitlbee/#comment-110863 james Wed, 12 May 2010 17:02:06 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1306#comment-110863 Yeah, Ash, this started happening to me too. I think that Facebook changed the way their Jabber implementation works, because it started for me on exactly the same day. I'm disabling FB in bitlbee until either one gets an upgrade. Yeah, Ash, this started happening to me too. I think that Facebook changed the way their Jabber implementation works, because it started for me on exactly the same day. I’m disabling FB in bitlbee until either one gets an upgrade.

]]> By: Ashhttp://pthree.org/2010/02/13/facebook-chat-in-bitlbee/#comment-110862 Ash Wed, 12 May 2010 05:56:16 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1306#comment-110862 Hmmm... yes, I may have to investigate my setup a little further. It's weird that it just started happening out of the blue, though, without me making any changes. If anyone else reading this is experiencing the same problem with the hyphen in irssi, I have come up with a way around sending people messages. If you enclose the hyphen + number in quotation marks, it will accept the username and send the message without any problem. Hopefully I can get this sorted as having to run a /who and change windows every time someone logs on is getting rather frustrating... ;) Hmmm… yes, I may have to investigate my setup a little further. It’s weird that it just started happening out of the blue, though, without me making any changes. If anyone else reading this is experiencing the same problem with the hyphen in irssi, I have come up with a way around sending people messages. If you enclose the hyphen + number in quotation marks, it will accept the username and send the message without any problem. Hopefully I can get this sorted as having to run a /who and change windows every time someone logs on is getting rather frustrating… ;)

]]> By: Aaronhttp://pthree.org/2010/02/13/facebook-chat-in-bitlbee/#comment-110861 Aaron Wed, 12 May 2010 04:09:15 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1306#comment-110861 @Ash- I don't have that problem. All of my friends that are currently logged in, do not a hyphen prefixed to their JID. Further, the script is continuing to rename nicks for me just fine. Also, I just initiated a chat with a friend, and everything worked as expected. So, I'm guessing you have something seriously broken with your setup. @Ash- I don’t have that problem. All of my friends that are currently logged in, do not a hyphen prefixed to their JID. Further, the script is continuing to rename nicks for me just fine. Also, I just initiated a chat with a friend, and everything worked as expected. So, I’m guessing you have something seriously broken with your setup.

]]> By: Ashhttp://pthree.org/2010/02/13/facebook-chat-in-bitlbee/#comment-110859 Ash Wed, 12 May 2010 00:13:39 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1306#comment-110859 I noticed as of this morning that all of the Facebook user identification numbers are now prefixed with a hyphen, so the script is no longer working, and none of the saved names are recognised. And even more annoyingly, you can't use irssi to initiate a conversation with someone because of this hyphen - you just get a "Not enough parameters given" error, as presumably it's expecting some kind of option flag. Has anyone else spotted this, or is it just my setup...? Hopefully it's just a temporary thing with Facebook and things return to normal soon. I noticed as of this morning that all of the Facebook user identification numbers are now prefixed with a hyphen, so the script is no longer working, and none of the saved names are recognised. And even more annoyingly, you can’t use irssi to initiate a conversation with someone because of this hyphen – you just get a “Not enough parameters given” error, as presumably it’s expecting some kind of option flag. Has anyone else spotted this, or is it just my setup…? Hopefully it’s just a temporary thing with Facebook and things return to normal soon.

]]> By: Aaronhttp://pthree.org/2010/02/13/facebook-chat-in-bitlbee/#comment-110834 Aaron Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:44:39 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=1306#comment-110834 Yeah, right now it's spotty, at best.Some clients authenticate, some don't. Sometimes, the same client will authenticate, then it won't. It's entirely in Facebook's hands. Additionally, when you get connected, you'll learn that you can't set your away status with an external client. So, even though you told Bitlbee you're away, you'll still appear ready to chat to your friends logging into the web interface.Long story short, Facebook needs to seriously work on it. Yeah, right now it’s spotty, at best.Some clients authenticate, some don’t. Sometimes, the same client will authenticate, then it won’t. It’s entirely in Facebook’s hands. Additionally, when you get connected, you’ll learn that you can’t set your away status with an external client. So, even though you told Bitlbee you’re away, you’ll still appear ready to chat to your friends logging into the web interface.

Long story short, Facebook needs to seriously work on it.

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