Very simple Facebook Chat patch

[robvanvliet]

Hello,

A couple of minutes ago something occurred to me, and it works:
for facebook chat you only need to change the

/etc/hosts file.

Just add the line

69.63.181.104 talk.google.com

and add a facebook account as if it where a gmail account, so <username>@chat.facebook.com

Voila!

BTW: Google Talk does not actually use "talk.google.com", so it continues to work as normal

How it works: the messaging application can use any xmpp (jabber) service. In the code, however, it is restricted to google talk. (Ref Enabling Jabber, not just Google Talk - WebOS Internals | Google Groups )

The ip address above is actually "chat.facebook.com", so we impersonate facebook as google talk.

For more info on facebook chat clients see Help Center | Facebook

[ChaosMarine03]

that's pretty cool! I might try that later

[Rkguy]

OMFG

[GoTitans]

interesting. Would love to do this but looks out of my league. Anyone want to post a more detailed step by step?

[jusegozu]

Great find!!!!!!!!! I would thank you for the rest of my life if this works but so far I did the necessary changes/additions to the hosts file, I succesfully addedthe account but now its stuck on signing in. the ev icon shows activity for the first few seconds but then stops showing activity.

NEVER MIND!!!!!!!! IT WORKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[GoTitans]

where do I add 69.63.181.104 talk.google.com?

[Mike77]

Originally Posted by GoTitans

where do I add 69.63.181.104 talk.google.com?

Ya, help a couple of noobs out here

[Jason Robitaille]

Here it is, in patch form

Thanks robvanvliet

[jusegozu]

well first of all you need to do whats also known as "rooting your pre" then type
mount -o remount, rw /
vi /etc/hosts.
once the file opens press i to enter insert mode and move your curson just below the last line with characters. ignore the lines with '~'. then type 69.63.181.104 talk.google.com
press esc to exit insert mode.
press x to save again you have to make sure u are not on insert mode. quit by typing :q!
mount -o remount, ro /
reboot
and then go to facebook and get your username from the account settings.
add account to messaging and bingo!

***well jason beat me to it!
+++Its nice to see how patches are created. . . good learning experience

[jusegozu]

Jason. Could you please explain me how this part of the patch works? i am very new to linux. .orig/etc/hosts+++ /etc/hosts@@ -2,1 +2,2 @@127.0.0.1 palm-webos-device+69.63.181.104talk.google.com

[sjsamphex]

Originally Posted by Jason Robitaille

Here it is, in patch form

Thanks robvanvliet

Preware?

[Jason Robitaille]

Originally Posted by jusegozu

Jason. Could you please explain me how this part of the patch works? i am very new to linux. .orig/etc/hosts+++ /etc/hosts@@ -2,1 +2,2 @@127.0.0.1 palm-webos-device+69.63.181.104talk.google.com

Well, patches are just standard unified diffs.

I created a tool for quick patching: Unified Diff Creator. So no real extra knowledge needed

And to apply them: http://forums.precentral.net/canuck-...les-wosqi.html

And to submit your own created patches to the feed: dBsooner's webOS-Patches Web Portal

Originally Posted by sjsamphex

Preware?

WebOS Quick Install http://forums.precentral.net/canuck-...les-wosqi.html

[Mike77]

First of all thanks to everyone trying to help the noobs,

Jason,

I am getting the following error when i try to install this via webosQI

mount: mounting/dev/mapper/store-root-on/failed: Device or resource busy

Any ideas?


EDIT: I received the error above but it is showing in webosQI device management user installed content patches. Don't seem to be able to log in, will try a few more times.

[koolkid09]

So I installed the patch. Now what?

[jusegozu]

Ohh cool. . . but could you explain me a little bit as of what the Highlighted parts do.
orig/etc/hosts+++ /etc/hosts@@ -2,1 +2,2 @@127.0.0.1 palm-webos-device+69.63.181.104 talk.google.com

[pacha248]

please get this in preware for noobs like me

[GoTitans]

Originally Posted by koolkid09

So I installed the patch. Now what?

Just add a new google chat account using your facebook username @chat.facebook.com.

It works! Thanks Jason and OP!

[jusegozu]

Now comes the real life test. . . lets see how much my battery suffers from this.

[Jason Robitaille]

Originally Posted by Mike77

EDIT: I received the error above but it is showing in webosQI device management user installed content patches. Don't seem to be able to log in, will try a few more times.

Yea, that's just a random issue devices have in both wosqi/preware. Basically just reboot your pre and everything should be fine.

Originally Posted by jusegozu

Ohh cool. . . but could you explain me a little bit as of what the Highlighted parts do.
orig/etc/hosts+++ /etc/hosts@@ -2,1 +2,2 @@127.0.0.1 palm-webos-device+69.63.181.104 talk.google.com

well, I think you have line ending off. You're probably viewing the patch in something limited like Notepad. Try something more advanced like Textpad or Notepad+

Anyway, it should look like:

--- .orig/etc/hosts
+++ /etc/hosts
@@ -2,1 +2,2 @@
 127.0.0.1 palm-webos-device
+69.63.181.104 talk.google.com

--- and +++ are just filepath stuff.
- indicates the before-patch part. the first digit, 2, is the start line of this chuck, and 1 is the chunk size.
+ indicate the after-patch part. the first digit, 2, is the start line of the chunk, and 2 is the chunk size (which increases by 1 with the new line added in this chunk)

[koolkid09]

Originally Posted by GoTitans

Just add a new google chat account using your facebook username @chat.facebook.com.

It works! Thanks Jason and OP!

I still don't understand. Where do I add the facebook username at. In the messaging app? If so I tried and it didn't work right. I need help.