Slackware 12: Pidgin + MSN = Not working

TL_CLD · 07-02-2008, 12:43 AM

Hey all,

Anybody else having problems getting the Slackware 12 Pidgin to connect to MSN?

I'm getting this error:

Code:

Unable to authenticate: Unable to connect

Pidgin will not attempt to reconnect the account until you correct the error and re-enable the account.

It's happening on all my Slackware 12 machines, whereas my single Slackware 12.1 machine works a charm.

I've tried installing the Slackware 12.1 Pidgin package on a Slackware 12 machine, but it wont start.

Any and all help appreciated.

/Thomas

AceofSpades19 · 07-02-2008, 12:48 AM

working fine over here, have you checked your network?

TL_CLD · 07-02-2008, 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AceofSpades19

working fine over here, have you checked your network?

Hey,

Yes, well.. I feel kinda stupid now. I deleted the .purple folder, started Pidgin, created the accounts and voila!

Problem solved.

I've no clue as to why this suddenly happened on all my Slackware 12 machines though. That's still somewhat of a mystery.

/Thomas

Bruce Hill · 07-02-2008, 07:29 PM

For me, Pidgin-2.4.1 that came with Slackware-12.1 was
working fine until yesterday. Now my Jabber account is
okay, but my ICQ account says:

Code:

The client version you are using is too old.
Please upgrade at http://pidgin.im/

It gives a choice to Modify Account of Re-enable. Neither
option changes anything, and it has the same problem with
the same ICQ account on three different boxen.

Perhaps I'll build Pidgin-2.4.3 and see what happens.

AceofSpades19 · 07-02-2008, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bruce Hill

For me, Pidgin-2.4.1 that came with Slackware-12.1 was
working fine until yesterday. Now my Jabber account is
okay, but my ICQ account says:

Code:

The client version you are using is too old.
Please upgrade at http://pidgin.im/

It gives a choice to Modify Account of Re-enable. Neither
option changes anything, and it has the same problem with
the same ICQ account on three different boxen.

Perhaps I'll build Pidgin-2.4.3 and see what happens.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/02/1331224
latest pidgin version fixes it

Bruce Hill · 07-02-2008, 08:40 PM

Thanks AceofSpades19 ...

I'll build Pidgin-2.4.3 soon as I get back in my shiny new
Slackware-12.1 fully encrypted LUKS/LVM/RAID system I just hosed.

Edit: If anyone has the source and can post it, I cannot
download it from SourceForge:

Code:

--2008-07-03 09:37:19--  (try: 2)  http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pidgin/pidgin-2.4.3.tar.bz2
Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net|216.34.181.60|:80... failed: Connection timed out.
Retrying.

AceofSpades19 · 07-02-2008, 09:25 PM

I read the other day that china blocked sourceforge, but I could be wrong

Bruce Hill · 07-02-2008, 09:28 PM

Thanks, again, mate! That was it ... stinking Commies!

AceofSpades19 · 07-02-2008, 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bruce Hill

Thanks, again, mate! That was it ... stinking Commies!

No problem, thats why I pay attention to the news

Bruce Hill · 07-02-2008, 11:12 PM

Guess who posts the news here?

dive · 07-02-2008, 11:21 PM

Did you get the source? I can put it on my ftp if you need it. I'm getting same ICQ problem here so if I can help get a package made I will.

AceofSpades19 · 07-02-2008, 11:25 PM

try this link http://www.slacky.eu/index.php?optio...7681&Itemid=65

dive · 07-02-2008, 11:32 PM

Ah. I've also mailed Bruce with link for source.

Bruce Hill · 07-02-2008, 11:54 PM

Thanks for the links! I got it from SourceForge via proxy server.

I tried building it with Alien Bob's pidgin.SlackBuild, and that failed.

Then I tried with Pat's from Slack-12.1, and that failed.

I have a 3-day old RAID array on my workstation. This morning I built a new
kernel, and now neither it nor the default Slack-12.1 will boot. It has swap
as /dev/md0; /boot as /dev/md1; / as /dev/md2 - with is a LVM encrypted with LUKS.

Bruce Hill · 07-03-2008, 09:06 AM

Alien Bob has built and uploaded a Pidgin-2.4.3 package to his repository at Slackware.
It works fine ... my ICQ account is back online.

NB: His version is built without gnutls but instead getting the SSL support from Mozilla
NSS (provided by the Seamonkey package). So if you install this one, you will need to
have Seamonkey installed, also. It is included in Slackware-12.1.