icq password is saying incorrect but it IS correct. tested several times

[mixednutscleaning]

Binary package hint: pidgin

i have added icq to pidgen.

however, my login fails as it says incorrect password.

i have checked several times to make sure i was not mistaken , but i can log into ICQ mail just fine.

help !

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Feb 26 23:36:16 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: pidgin 1:2.2.1-1ubuntu4.1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: pidgin
ProcCwd: /home/toby
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/toby/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pidgin
Uname: Linux tobys-toy 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

[Basilio Kublik (sourcercito)]

Hi there
can you reproduce this issue with a new user account?, if your password has weird or special characters, you might want to write in a text editor and then copy to pidgin to ensure the right password is written. I use icq too with pidgin and i haven't any issue like this.

Thanks.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!.

[Alexandro (non-alexandro)]

The same problem.
Pidgin cannot connect to icq.
It says "Server closed the connection" at first attempt, and "Incorrect password" at second. The password is simle enougth, and the miranda im (under wine) connected without problems.
I have router as internet firewall/nat, and i can say that icq worked properly all days before.
Version of pidgin is 2.4.1.
Version of pidgin's package: 2.4.1-1ubuntu2.
I also checked pidgin on my laptop, it can't connect to icq too. Msn and Google Talk works.

[wetear (wetear)]

One more similar problem.
Afther the last update pidgin cannot coonect to icq saying "Server closed the connection" at first and "Incorrect password" at second try.
The password contains latin charachters only (upper and lowercase).
Pidgin version: 2.4.1
Debug log from debug window is attached.

[aalexand (alexander-s-alexandrov)]

have the same problem as wetear here, password contains latin characters and numbers

[Jonas Steinmann (steinmann-jonas)]

I am experiencing the same problems since today (Ubuntu Hardy). Could it be that the recent updates have anything to do with this?

[aa (dose-f)]

hi,
same issue over here since today too
without todays update.
using hardy and pidgin version 2.4.1

with best regards

[agostinomaurotto (agostino-maurotto)]

Confirmed over here too.
upgraded today and stopped working.

[psychonauticos (fdeckert)]

I can confirm this problem.

Since today i cannot login either. Yesterday this was working fine.

Using Hardy and Pidgin 2.4.1.

This is probably due to changes in the protocol from icq's side. Look here:

http://forums.miranda-im.org/showthread.php?t=18701

They state it is possible to solve this problem by "enabling md5". I don't know where to set this in pidgin, though. Or if this is possible at all.

hth

[houmr (kvetak)]

This works for me:
http://www.igniterealtime.org/community/thread/28577

[Victor (vpelagatti-excite)]

I can confirm the problem.

Ubuntu Hardy
Pidgin 2.4.1

fully updated

[Victor (vpelagatti-excite)]

I can confirm the problem. I can't create a new ICQ account because the secure certificate has expired.

[psychonauticos (fdeckert)]

Weird. I can connect again. No error and nothing.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Is the issue solved for the other ones, too?

[Alexandro (non-alexandro)]

Its worked for me.

[Michele Mangili (mangilimic)]

I couldn't reproduce this issue using Ubuntu 8.10 with pidgin 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1.

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!