pidgin and facebook
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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pidgin-facebookchat (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: pidgin
When you start Pidgin it tries to connect to Facebook, but he does not succeed (I do not know why). Account is automatically disabled and the message: "Error getting info from Facebook." and button "re-enable" appear. When you click, Pidgin again trying to connect, but unsucceed again, and again, and again. In web browser Facebook works fine.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: pidgin 1:2.6.1-
ProcEnviron:
LANG=sl_SI.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
LANGUAGE=
SourcePackage: pidgin
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686
UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine Ubuntu package
affects: | pidgin (Ubuntu) → pidgin-facebookchat (Ubuntu) |
Changed in pidgin-facebookchat (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
This bug is caused by an API change, which is fixed in a newer version of the plugin. See also https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ pidgin- facebookchat/ +bug/474872 which is fixed for Karmic.