[SOLVED] MSN Authentication Failure

2Gnu · 07-17-2010, 11:19 PM

New install of 13.1. Installed Pidgin 2.7.1, compiled for SSL per instructions here: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/FAQssl but still no love. Any attempt to connect to MSN returns "Unable to authenticate: Authentication Failure."

I've looked at all of the relevant threads on this, but can't find anything beyond what I've already done.

Advice, please?

paulsm4 · 07-17-2010, 11:56 PM

This post appears to be an identical scenario:

Quote:

http://www.mail-archive.com/support@.../msg07824.html

Both of these failures are for invalid login & password. 99.95% of
the time, that means you typed your username or password incorrectly.
Double-check them and try again. You may wish to delete the accounts
from your Pidgin configuration and re-add them.

Ethan

'Hope that helps .. PSM

Kenny_Strawn · 07-17-2010, 11:57 PM

Probably because the Pidgin developers hate M$ all along and want to block M$'s content.

On second thought, isn't Pidgin DEPRECATED in GNOME? Empathy replaces it in GNOME 2.28 or newer, and Pidgin was developed by GNOME developers, so was probably abandoned.

paulsm4 · 07-18-2010, 12:55 AM

Pidgin is alive and well

2Gnu - If you haven't already done so, you might want to open a ticket and/or post a query on the Pidgin site:

http://developer.pidgin.im/

But I'm hopeful the solution might be as simple as the link I posted above.

Please keep us posted - and please mark the thread "solved" if you get it working.

Good luck .. PSM

Alien Bob · 07-18-2010, 05:22 AM

The pidgin 2.7.0 of Slackware 13.1 (which I am using right now for my MSN account) does not have any issues connecting.
Try building your homebrew pidgin version 2.7.1 using the SlackBuild script provided with Slackware, all you need to change probably in that pidgin.SlackBuild script is the VERSION number.

Eric

2Gnu · 07-19-2010, 09:15 AM

Recompiled, reinstalled and now it's working fine. I can only assume I made a typo on one of the configure options. Thanks for the replies.