diff -rN -u old-cohoba/cohoba/houston/Account.py new-cohoba/cohoba/houston/Account.py
--- old-cohoba/cohoba/houston/Account.py        2006-08-11 16:07:43.000000000 +0200
+++ new-cohoba/cohoba/houston/Account.py        2006-08-11 16:07:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@
 
        def set_presence(self, name, message):
                presence_iface = get_proxy_provider().get_iface(self.conn_obj, 'org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection.Interface.Presence')
-               presence_iface.SetStatus({name: {"message": message}}, reply_handler=lambda: None, error_handler=global_error_handler)
+               import dbus
+               d = dbus.Dictionary({"message": message}, signature = "sv")
+               presence_iface.SetStatus({name: d}, reply_handler=lambda: None, error_handler=global_error_handler)
 
        def account_changed(self, setting_change=False, save=True):
                if save:
diff -rN -u old-cohoba/cohoba/cohoba-applet.py new-cohoba/cohoba/cohoba-applet.py
--- old-cohoba/cohoba/cohoba-applet.py  2006-08-11 16:07:43.000000000 +0200
+++ new-cohoba/cohoba/cohoba-applet.py  2006-08-11 16:07:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@
        gettext.bind_textdomain_codeset('cohoba','UTF-8')
 gettext.textdomain('cohoba')
 
-locale.bindtextdomain('cohoba', abspath(join(cohoba.defs.DATA_DIR, "locale")))
+if hasattr(locale, 'bind_textdomain'):
+       locale.bindtextdomain('cohoba', abspath(join(cohoba.defs.DATA_DIR, "locale")))
 if hasattr(locale, 'bind_textdomain_codeset'):
        locale.bind_textdomain_codeset('cohoba','UTF-8')
-locale.textdomain('cohoba')
+if hasattr(locale, 'textdomain'):
+       locale.textdomain('cohoba')
diff -rN -u old-cohoba/cohoba/technobabble/TelepathyConversation.py new-cohoba/cohoba/technobabble/TelepathyConversation.py
--- old-cohoba/cohoba/technobabble/TelepathyConversation.py     2006-08-11 16:09:08.000000000 +0200
+++ new-cohoba/cohoba/technobabble/TelepathyConversation.py     2006-08-11 16:09:09.000000000 +0200
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
        #---------------------                                 
        def send_message(self, message, message_type=CHANNEL_TEXT_MESSAGE_TYPE_NORMAL):
-               self.textchannel_iface["text"].Send(message_type, message, reply_handler=lambda: None, error_handler=global_error_handler)
+               self.textchannel_iface["text"].Send(dbus.UInt32(message_type) ,message, reply_handler=lambda: None, error_handler=global_error_handler)
 
        def close(self):
                self.textchannel_iface["chan"].Close(reply_callback=lambda: None, error_callback=global_error_handler)