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sHyLoCk

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From: /dev/null

Registered: 2009-06-19

Posts: 1,197

Pidgin Hangs

Yesterday it was working fine but today whenever I log in to pidgin the pidgin window greys out and stays like that until I force quit it!
plz help.

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pyther

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Registered: 2008-01-21

Posts: 1,395

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Re: Pidgin Hangs

Try to with a clean ~/.purple directory (always make backups)

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litemotiv

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Registered: 2008-08-01

Posts: 5,026

Re: Pidgin Hangs

some plugins (like musictracker) can also hang pidgin when they cannot connect to the server

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windtalker

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Registered: 2008-03-17

Posts: 220

Re: Pidgin Hangs

Everyone I know including myself have started having probs with pidgin the last few days.
I can't connect either and I think it may be Yahoo.

biloky

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Registered: 2008-03-02

Posts: 61

Re: Pidgin Hangs

@windtalker: Try this. Got back my yahoo connection using the first one.

kevmille

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From: Saigon, Vietnam

Registered: 2008-06-02

Posts: 44

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Re: Pidgin Hangs

I started to have these problems since Thursday here in Vietnam.  I cleaned the ~/.purple folder but still cannot connect to Yahoo.  GTalk, MSN, AOL connect though.  According to the Pidgin website, the Yahoo problems are fixed in Pidgin 2.7.  http://www.pidgin.im/

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kevmille

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From: Saigon, Vietnam

Registered: 2008-06-02

Posts: 44

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Re: Pidgin Hangs

From Pidgin:

The Great Yahoo Debacle

June 21, 2009 12:32 AM by John Bailey

By now it's no great secret that Yahoo has decided to break clients that use outdated authentication code. The result of that change is that Pidgin 2.5.6 and older no longer work unless you connect to one of a very few servers left that still speak the old authentication mechanism. We knew this change was upcoming, but all indications we saw pointed to us having almost another two months to push a release with updated authentication code.

All that aside, we've had some updated authentication code for a while now, and were originally waiting to include it in the Pidgin 2.6.0 release. However, since Yahoo made the authentication changes earlier than we expected, we had to react as quickly as possible to stop the flow of incoming complaints. As a result, we backported the Yahoo authentication changes so we could cut a Pidgin 2.5.7 release fairly quickly.

Pidgin 2.5.7 is now released and does work to connect to Yahoo.

Just for the record, I'd also like to point out to those who complained about waiting three days to get a working release that the last time Yahoo screwed with authentication, it took over a week to even get code to fix the problem, let alone prepare a release and actually get it out to users.

Additionally, we fixed the annoying MSN disconnect-on-block issue and changed AIM's behavior such that the "could not retrieve your buddy list" error appears only once per AIM account.

Enjoy the new release!

Source: The Great Yahoo Debacle

Last edited by kevmille (2009-06-21 07:18:58)

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windtalker

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Registered: 2008-03-17

Posts: 220

Re: Pidgin Hangs

biloky's fix worked for me, should last long enough for the mods to get the new release packaged.
Thanx B!