unable to connect yahoo

[ajay]

Binary package hint: pidgin

when i try to connect it says just connecting ......... and no other response.
what will i do
i am using ubuntu 8.10

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
Package: pidgin 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/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 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Mary J (maryljones)]

This is a pidgin problem, not an ubuntu problem. I was affected too.
You need to visit the pidgin webpage [www.pidgin.im] to download the newest version, 2.5.7

[Mary J (maryljones)]

or try changing the paging server to cs101.msg.mud.yahoo.com to see if that helps

[be4truth (short-unique-name-in-use)]

this one works cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com

[be4truth (short-unique-name-in-use)]

problem on pidgin 2.5.5 32bit jaunty but cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com works

[Montel Edwards (montel)]

You are not using the newest release of Ubuntu. There is a release fix
for Pidgin on Jaunty, and others have confirmed that it does work after
the fix.

On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 17:06 +0000, Ilya B wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 389322 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389322
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 389322
> Yahoo server authentication changed: Pidgin =<2.5.6 will not connect to Yahoo! servers.
>

[Joe J (shadowwalker117)]

I'll do that. Thanks.

________________________________
From: Montel Edwards <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 12:18:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Bug 391945] Re: unable to connect yahoo

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 389322 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389322

You are not using the newest release of Ubuntu. There is a release fix
for Pidgin on Jaunty, and others have confirmed that it does work after
the fix.

On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 17:06 +0000, Ilya B wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 389322 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389322
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 389322
> Yahoo server authentication changed: Pidgin =<2.5.6 will not connect to Yahoo! servers.
>

--
unable to connect yahoo
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/391945
You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
of a duplicate bug (via bug 389322).

Status in “pidgin” package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
Binary package hint: pidgin

when i try to connect it says just connecting ......... and no other response.
what will i do
i am using ubuntu 8.10

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
Package: pidgin 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/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 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Montel Edwards (montel)]

No problem :)
On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 17:29 +0000, Joe J wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 389322 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389322
>
> I'll do that. Thanks.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Montel Edwards <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 12:18:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Bug 391945] Re: unable to connect yahoo
>
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 389322 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389322
>
> You are not using the newest release of Ubuntu. There is a release fix
> for Pidgin on Jaunty, and others have confirmed that it does work after
> the fix.
>
> On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 17:06 +0000, Ilya B wrote:
> > *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 389322 ***
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389322
> >
> > ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 389322
> > Yahoo server authentication changed: Pidgin =<2.5.6 will not connect to Yahoo! servers.
> >
>
> --
> unable to connect yahoo
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/391945
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug (via bug 389322).
>
> Status in “pidgin” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: pidgin
>
> when i try to connect it says just connecting ......... and no other response.
> what will i do
> i am using ubuntu 8.10
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
> Package: pidgin 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=/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 2.6.27-7-generic i686
>

[jpcjackson (jpcjackson)]

Hi,

Thanks for the notes. Yes, I noted that there is a fix for the new
Ubuntu, but I am currently using Easy Peasy 1.1 Distro which advises
not to upgrade the Ubuntu OS. Further confusing is that everyone
seems to have a later version of Pidgin than is available to me. Mine
is 2.5.2, but the Updater shows it as the highest available to me on
this Distro. A Security patch was just released, and it was after
that that I was no longer able to connect, so I'm not sure where my
issue fits into the larger Yahoo server picture. I am running an
Asus Netbook 901. I also considered the latest Cruncheee as a
potential Distro, although I suppose the same issues would apply.

Dr. J-P. Christopher Jackson, Ph.D.

On 26-Jun-09, at 10:18 AM, Montel Edwards wrote:

>
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 389322 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389322
>
> You are not using the newest release of Ubuntu. There is a release fix
> for Pidgin on Jaunty, and others have confirmed that it does work
> after
> the fix.
>
> On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 17:06 +0000, Ilya B wrote:
>> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 389322 ***
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389322
>>
>> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 389322
>> Yahoo server authentication changed: Pidgin =<2.5.6 will not
>> connect to Yahoo! servers.
>>
>
> --
> unable to connect yahoo
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/391945
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug (via bug 389322).
>
> Status in “pidgin” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: pidgin
>
> when i try to connect it says just connecting ......... and no other
> response.
> what will i do
> i am using ubuntu 8.10
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
> Package: pidgin 1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=/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 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[jpcjackson (jpcjackson)]

Dear Montel,

Thanks for your notes regarding Pidgin connectivity to Yahoo from the
Launchpad site.

You'll have to forgive me, not only am I new to Linux, but I also
don't know the protocol for the Launchpad site, or whether it is okay
to contact a member directly or instead post to the site. Perhaps you
can advise about that as well.

Anyway, I have two messages from you as follows:

1.
> You are not using the newest release of Ubuntu. There is a release fix
> for Pidgin on Jaunty, and others have confirmed that it does work
> after
> the fix.

2.
> Easy Peasy is really Ubuntu 8.10, I am sue that you know that. There
> is
> a fix relase for Jaunty and it appears that other users have confirmed
> that it indeed is fixed in the newest release. I am on an EEE Pc right
> now, and I am running Xubuntu 9.04. You should really try it out. It
> indeed is worth it

Yes, I did know that Easy Peasy 1.1. is an Ubuntu 8.10 based distro.
My Asus 901 came with Xandros which I really didn't like, and I found
their repositories most unreliable. The two distros that appeared
tailored to the EEE PCs which I test drove via USB and did like were
Easy Peasy and Cruncheee. Both of course are not using the new Ubunbu
9.04. I guess I had assumed that I needed to look for a distro which
was optimized for the EEE. Cruncheee comes with few programs
installed (but an attractive interface). One can always add what you
would really use later, I suppose. Easy Peasy is more fully fleshed
out, but then it does have many things I will never use (games, for
example). Easy Peasy warns against upgrading to 9.04. I don't know
what Crunch Bang says about the issue.

Further confusing to me is that everyone seems to have a later version
of Pidgin than is available to me. Mine is 2.5.2, but the Updater
shows it as the highest available to me on this Distro. A Pidgin
Security patch was just released, and it was after that that I was no
longer able to connect, so I'm not sure where my issue fits into the
larger Yahoo server picture.

 From your second note, I gather that you are happy with Xubuntu 9.04,
and that everything seems to work as it is supposed to on an EEE. I
have to admit that I hadn't researched that yet. I'll start to do
that right now. (I have to get my "Linux" friend to help with
installations and all. I am competent of Windows and Macs which I
still own and use, but totally new to Linux.)

Christopher

Dr. J-P. Christopher Jackson, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
The University of Lethbridge
http://www.uleth.ca/finearts/music/staff
(See Professors Emeriti Group)