Yahoo server authentication changed: Pidgin =<2.5.6 will not connect to Yahoo! servers.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Hardy Backports |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Pidgin |
Fix Committed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
pidgin (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Dapper |
Won't Fix
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Hardy |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Chris Coulson | ||
Intrepid |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Jaunty |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Karmic |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: pidgin
Just hangs trying to connect to yahoo.
all other account types seem to be working fine just not yahoo.
pidgin 2.5.5
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pidgin debug log :
(09:19:46) account: Connecting to account MyYahooAccount
(09:19:46) connection: Connecting. gc = 0x8e3e1c8
(09:19:46) dns: DNS query for 'scs.msg.yahoo.com' queued
(09:19:46) dns: DNS child 5936 no longer exists
(09:19:46) dns: Created new DNS child 6064, there are now 1 children.
(09:19:46) dns: Successfully sent DNS request to child 6064
(09:19:48) dns: Got response for 'scs.msg.yahoo.com'
(09:19:48) dnsquery: IP resolved for scs.msg.yahoo.com
(09:19:48) proxy: Attempting connection to 76.13.15.32
(09:19:48) proxy: Connecting to scs.msg.
(09:19:48) proxy: Connection in progress
(09:19:49) proxy: Connecting to scs.msg.
(09:19:49) yahoo: 96 bytes to read, rxlen is 116
(09:19:49) yahoo: Yahoo Service: 0x57 Status: 1
(09:19:49) yahoo: yahoo status: 12
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ping to yahoo server :
ping scs.msg.yahoo.com
PING scs.msg.yahoo.com (76.13.15.36) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from cs108.msg.
64 bytes from cs108.msg.
64 bytes from cs108.msg.
64 bytes from cs108.msg.
64 bytes from cs108.msg.
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netstat :
tcp 0 0 xxx.xxx.
tcp 0 0 xxx.xxx.
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ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: pidgin 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.1
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pidgin
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic i686
description: | updated |
summary: |
- Will not login to yahoo + Pidgin 2.5.5 will not connect to Yahoo! server. |
Changed in pidgin: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in pidgin: | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Dapper): | |
assignee: | nobody → Iain Lane (laney) |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Hardy): | |
assignee: | nobody → Iain Lane (laney) |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Intrepid): | |
assignee: | nobody → Iain Lane (laney) |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Jaunty): | |
assignee: | nobody → Iain Lane (laney) |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Jaunty): | |
assignee: | Iain Lane (laney) → nobody |
status: | In Progress → Confirmed |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Intrepid): | |
assignee: | Iain Lane (laney) → nobody |
status: | In Progress → Confirmed |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Dapper): | |
assignee: | Iain Lane (laney) → nobody |
status: | In Progress → Confirmed |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Hardy): | |
assignee: | Iain Lane (laney) → nobody |
status: | In Progress → Confirmed |
tags: |
added: verification-done removed: verification-needed |
Changed in pidgin: | |
importance: | Unknown → Undecided |
status: | Fix Released → New |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Intrepid): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Jaunty): | |
status: | Fix Released → Fix Committed |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Intrepid): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Confirmed |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Jaunty): | |
status: | Fix Released → New |
Changed in pidgin: | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
status: | Fix Released → Fix Committed |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Jaunty): | |
status: | Fix Released → Confirmed |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Jaunty): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Hardy): | |
assignee: | nobody → Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
tags: |
added: verification-done removed: verification-needed |
tags: | removed: verification-done |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Released → Fix Committed |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Hardy): | |
status: | Fix Released → Fix Committed |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Hardy): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu Intrepid): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Triaged |
tags: | removed: verification-needed |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Released → In Progress |
Same here. I'm running Pidgin 2.5.6 on Windows Vista 64-bit SP1. It just hangs logging in to Yahoo!. It does keep running. I can interact with it, send messages using other protocols, etc. But it keeps saying "Connecting...", and my Yahoo! contacts never appear.