Migrating configuration across systems

[Robert Moskowitz]

I am not sure what I did, but it is working now.....

Thanks for the help.  It probably got me doing something right.

On 5/7/20 5:23 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
>
> On 5/7/20 4:55 PM, Eion Robb wrote:
>> Hi Robert,
>>
>> The .purple directory holds everything about your account that you 
>> would need.  Since it's possible for Pidgin to load config from a 
>> different folder with command line options, maybe double check what 
>> folder is being used by Pidgin by first opening up the debug log 
>> (Help->Debug Window) then opening the preferences screen 
>> (Tools->Preferences), make a change to a setting then change it back, 
>> then wait for the " util: Writing file prefs.xml to directory" 
>> message to show up in the debug log.
>
> I open the debug window and right away I see:
>
> (17:21:10) *util:* Writing file prefs.xml to directory /home/rgm/.purple
> (17:21:10) *util:* Writing file /home/rgm/.purple/prefs.xml
>
>
>
>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Eion
>>
>> On Fri, 8 May 2020 at 07:30, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com 
>> <mailto:rgm at htt-consult.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I have set up Pigdin on my Fedora30 system.  Worked well for
>>     participating in the IETF jabber rooms during our Virtual IETF107
>>     meeting.
>>
>>     Now I have to migrate all the settings to my new Fedora32 system.
>>
>>     I have copied my ~/.purple directory from the old to new system.
>>
>>     But when I start Pigdin, it says no accounts set up.  When I go into
>>     Account Manager it shows no accounts.
>>
>>     But if I look at ~/.purple/accounts.xml, I see my account 
>> information.
>>
>>     How do I properly migrate my settings between systems?
>>
>>     thanks
>>
>>
>>     _______________________________________________
>>     Support at pidgin.im <mailto:Support at pidgin.im> mailing list
>>     Want to unsubscribe?  Use this link:
>>     https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Support at pidgin.im mailing list
> Want to unsubscribe?  Use this link:
> https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support