On Thu, January 7, 2010 10:41, Joe Shisei Niski wrote: > oops - hit "send" instead of "save" > > anyway - when i'm simply connected to my ISP, i can't connect to any of > the following im services: Yahoo, MSN, AIM, or Google via XMPP (for my > employer's domain). > > The Empathy IM client seems to work, though somewhat intermittently. > Pidgin, on the other hand, can't connect to any service - unless i > connect to my employer's VPN. > > When connected only to my ISP, i can do dns lookups to all the IM > servers with no problem. i'm getting my IP addr via DHCP from my > Actiontec modem, which is configured to use Easytreet's DNS servers. > i'm not running any firewall software. web browsing, ssh, mail, all work > without a hitch. > > Searching the Ubuntu Forums (once again) hasn't been too helpful. Any > pointers as to where this activity is getting logged on the system? > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: odd Pidgin connectivity issues on Ubuntu Karmic > Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:33:15 -0800 > From: Joe Shisei Niski <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic > <[email protected]> > > > > This one really has me scratching my head. > > Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit, Qwest DSL with Easystreet as my ISP. i use OpenVPN > (via NetworkManager) to connect to my employer from home. > > i have no connectivity issues for any app, with or without the VPN, --- > except for Pidgin (2.6.4). > -- > > ________________________________________ > Joe Shisei Niski > Portland, Oregon, USA > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >
Obvious question, but I'll ask...Have you checked to make sure you aren't proxing Pidgin through your companies VPN? There are some configuration options in there (at least I have some on 9.10 with the Pidgin Extras). Tim -- Timothy J. Bruce visit my Website at: http://www.tbruce.com Registered Linux User #325725 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
