Pidgin and MSN trouble

[billb]

I was just using Pidgin with my MSN messenger account yesterday, but today it stopped working. I get the following error:

Invalid certificate authority signature

The certificate chain presented by login.live.com does not have a valid digital signature from the Certificate Authority from which it claims to have a signature.

This is with pidgin-2.5.2 (the latest version in YDL 6.1 updates).

Ah, just checked the site: http://www.pidgin.im/

We are aware of the problems connecting to MSN with Pidgin 2.5.3 and older. We hope to have a new release and packages out soon to fix this.

(2.5.3 is the latest source release available)

[billb]

A new version was released just released -- 2.5.4

http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog

Need to see about updating ...

[mkdosh]

I'm a newbee and this seems to be the problem I got with Pidgin/MSN. It worked once and never again.

My question is which OS of the new version, 2.5.4, do I download? There seems to be about four to choose from the linked web site (Windows, Fedora Core, CentOS/RHEL and Mac OS X).

I'm running YDL 6.1 on a PS3 (80G).

Merv

[ppietro]

I'm a newbee and this seems to be the problem I got with Pidgin/MSN. It worked once and never again.

Really? Mine worked last time I checked. Once pidgin fails to make a connection, it won't try again until you intervene. Have you manually tried to re-connect?

I'll try it again and see if it's still broken for me with MSN.

My question is which OS of the new version, 2.5.4, do I download? There seems to be about four to choose from the linked web site (Windows, Fedora Core, CentOS/RHEL and Mac OS X).

I'm running YDL 6.1 on a PS3 (80G).

None of those, unfortunately. The RHEL/CentOS would be your closest bet - but they're all x86 & x86_64 specific - not PowerPC, which is what the core of the PS3 uses.

If you wanted to use a newer pidgin, you'd most likely have to build it from source - which isn't trivial.

Cheers,
Paul

[CronoCloud]

If you wanted to use a newer pidgin, you'd most likely have to build it from source - which isn't trivial.

Cheers,
Paul

Yeah, source is the way to go if you use frequently updated applications, like pidgin/carrier. As Paul said, it's not trivial to set up YDL 6.1 for source builds, but it's not too difficult. It involves editing a couple of configuration files as root.

Ron Rogers Jr. (CronoCloud)

[ppietro]

If you wanted to use a newer pidgin, you'd most likely have to build it from source - which isn't trivial.

Yeah, source is the way to go if you use frequently updated applications, like pidgin/carrier. As Paul said, it's not trivial to set up YDL 6.1 for source builds, but it's not too difficult. It involves editing a couple of configuration files as root.

Actually - I meant building Pidgin isn't trivial.

I built the latest version of Pidgin from scratch on Mac OS X once - they have X Windows too - and it required the building of a number of dependent libraries. (gtkspell, libpurple, etc.)

It wasn't as difficult as building a cutting edge version of Firefox on the PS2, mind you.

Cheers,
Paul

[CronoCloud]

I built the latest version of Pidgin from scratch on Mac OS X once - they have X Windows too - and it required the building of a number of dependent libraries. (gtkspell, libpurple, etc.)

Ahhh, YDL has most of the dependent libraries (though I still have to disable some obscure features to get the configure to finish, pidgin devs mucked up the configure script so it doesn't automatically disable a feature if you don't have the required lib) and libpurple source should be included in the pidgin tarball.

It wasn't as difficult as building a cutting edge version of Firefox on the PS2, mind you.

Cheers,
Paul

I built a GTK2 + Freetype2 + other optional stuff Firefox (made text pretty and enhanced legibility on NTSC) on the PS2 once.....just once. Day long compile, not as bad as wxwidgets/wxPython, but still. After that, I went back to using your builds.

Ron Rogers Jr. (CronoCloud)

[ppietro]

It wasn't as difficult as building a cutting edge version of Firefox on the PS2, mind you.

I built a GTK2 + Freetype2 + other optional stuff Firefox (made text pretty and enhanced legibility on NTSC) on the PS2 once.....just once. Day long compile, not as bad as wxwidgets/wxPython, but still. After that, I went back to using your builds.

Ah yes - PS2 Linux and Firefox - good times.

Where were we? Oh yes - pidgin.

So - you might try running Software Updater, and see if there's a newer version of Pidgin. According to the about box, I'm running 2.5.2-6.el5, and I'm having no trouble connecting to MSN right now.

Cheers,
Paul

[mkdosh]

Pidgin / MSN IM problem went away after I deleted my account and re-established it. I've re-booted a couple of times and it seems to connect me every time, now.

Merv

[billb]

I don't have the problem I mentioned any more -- I believe there may have been an update to pidgin from YDL since my OP. I'm not having any issues with pidgin now, anyway.

[Tobe]

Now Pidgin makes problems with ICQ, even if you use version 2.5.2.

On http://www.pidgin.im they tell you that
"ICQ is reporting errors in some locations which are generally fixed by upgrading to 2.5.5".
But how can we do that?

[ppietro]

Now Pidgin makes problems with ICQ, even if you use version 2.5.2.

On http://www.pidgin.im they tell you that
"ICQ is reporting errors in some locations which are generally fixed by upgrading to 2.5.5".
But how can we do that?

Wait for CentOS/YDL to update it?

If CentOS has an updated SRPM, I'll build it when I get a chance.

Cheers,
Paul

[CronoCloud]

On http://www.pidgin.im they tell you that
"ICQ is reporting errors in some locations which are generally fixed by upgrading to 2.5.5".
But how can we do that?

Use the source Luke, I mean Tobe, as I said above. For frequently updated applications like pidgin, it's the best way to keep up.

Ron Rogers Jr. (CronoCloud)

[Tobe]

On my system the problems with ICQ seem to be gone - without doing anything.

- Tobe -