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Old 05-02-2006, 06:43 PM   #1
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Gaim refuses to logon to MSN


Gaim will, however, logon to AOL and Yahoo! with no problem whatsoever.

It was working before, but now, when I go to Tools>Accounts, and try to click the 'login' box for MSN, nothing happens. Zip. Nada. If I do the same for AOL/Yahoo, it will login.

I've tried reinstalling (from source), but no change. I've tried deleting the MSN account, but no-go.

Kopete will logon to MSN.
 
Old 05-02-2006, 10:17 PM   #2
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If this is the problem that I think it is this is an extremely well documented issue that any google search would've revealed the answer to within minutes.

From the second hit on a "gaim msn" google search:
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Q. I just upgraded Gaim and the MSN plugin will not load. Why?

A. You did not compile with SSL support. As of protocol version 9, the MSN protocol requires the use of SSL, which gaim provides by either GnuTls or the combination of NSS and NSPR from the Mozilla project. Install one or both of these and recompile Gaim.
If you've already addressed this issue I apologize however you're post made no mention of such. If not, google.com is your friend. Trust in its searchiness and take comfort the results it provides.
 
Old 05-02-2006, 10:27 PM   #3
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As I stated before:
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It was working before, but now, when I go to Tools>Accounts, and try to click the 'login' box for MSN, nothing happens. Zip. Nada. If I do the same for AOL/Yahoo, it will login.
So, if you read the post, you would know that it was compiled correctly, and there was no mention of 'upgrade', was there?

I do appreciate the attempt at help, but one of my primary pet peeves is answers to questions that were not asked, nor even referrred to. And, BTW, I did do a google search, and a search on this forum.

Please, read the original post before you answer incorrectly.

So does anybody have an idea?
 
Old 05-02-2006, 10:49 PM   #4
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Mea culpa.

Maybe a little more information, such it was working before ... what??, might help someone smarter than myself figure out what actually is taking place one your system. Good luck.

-TomaCzar
 
Old 05-02-2006, 10:53 PM   #5
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Gaim does not login to MSN. It did earlier today. It does not login now.

Version 1.5.0
Slackware 10.2 stock, not current
Kernel 2.6.16.9

What else do you wish?
 
Old 05-02-2006, 10:55 PM   #6
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I'm connected to MSN Messenger right now using Gaim 2.0.0 beta 3 on my Slackware-based system.

What version of Gaim are you using?

Peace...
 
Old 05-02-2006, 10:59 PM   #7
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lol....Bad timing tom......1.5.0
 
Old 05-02-2006, 11:08 PM   #8
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lol....Bad timing tom......1.5.0
Yeah, I just missed that.

Do you get any error messages in gaim or anything? What I would do is start it from a terminal window just in case it's printing messages to the console (which would get chucked if you run it from a desktop icon or something).

Peace...
 
Old 05-02-2006, 11:13 PM   #9
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No errors on console. Just get nothing at all when I try to logon to MSN, no errors, nothing. You know how when you logon to Yahoo or AOL, you get that bar thingy going across? I don't even get that
 
Old 05-02-2006, 11:31 PM   #10
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Ok, so it worked for you "before" and it doesn't work now. Has anything else changed on your system between the time it worked and when it stopped working?

Try this, run gaim from the command line with the "-d > gaim.out" option and try to connect to MSN. When it fails, exit gaim and take a peek at gaim.out for clues.

Peace...
 
Old 05-03-2006, 07:48 PM   #11
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Looked at the 'debug' output, and was giving the 'ssl' error. Then I looked thru my system, and no mozilla.....WTF? It WAS there....
So, after interogating my 11yo,.....

Well, you can guess the rest. I'll have to wait for the weekend, and I'll reload the laptop....Have a bunch of loose ends going on anyways, so a fresh start is not totally unwelcome.

Plus, I'll lock the sessions from now on....lol

Thanks, everybody
 
Old 05-04-2006, 02:18 AM   #12
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I didn't have Mozilla installed when I built Gaim. You can install GNU TLS to provide the SSL support.

After running the configure script, a summary of what will and will not be supported should be displayed. Additionally, the config.log file could tell you what else was not found.

Peace...
 
Old 05-04-2006, 02:19 AM   #13
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So, after interogating my 11yo,.....

Well, you can guess the rest. I'll have to wait for the weekend, and I'll reload the laptop....Have a bunch of loose ends going on anyways, so a fresh start is not totally unwelcome.
Wait a minute... you did give your kid his own account on your system, right? I mean he's not logging in as root, right?

Peace...
 
Old 05-04-2006, 04:12 PM   #14
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No. But he did figure out the root password.....What can I say, He's a "little son-of-a-hacker".....lol
 
Old 05-04-2006, 08:55 PM   #15
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No. But he did figure out the root password.....What can I say, He's a "little son-of-a-hacker".....lol
I see. Need a stronger password.

Peace...
 
  


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