RE: Reconnecting
OK, I’m still missing some clue here. I downloaded that DLL and replaced it in \Program Files (x86)\Pidgin\plugins (after making sure that was the only copy anywhere). No change. Rebooted; no change. Downloaded and reinstalled the latest version of the entire plugin; no change. What have I missed here? BTW, the link on https://eion.robbmob.com/ to https://eion.robbmob.com/libskypeweb-debug.dll is 404. From: Eion Robb [mailto:e...@robbmob.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 9:32 PM To: Phil Smith III Cc: Pidgin Support List Subject: Re: Reconnecting Hi Phil, Looks like you're using an older version of the plugin. To be fair I haven't released a final version yet, but there are nightly builds that you can use from https://eion.robbmob.com/libskype.dll instead. The settings in the newer version look like Cheers, Eion On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 10:06, Phil Smith III mailto:li...@akphs.com> > wrote: Ok, I took a look at this, and now I feel even stoopider. I can’t find any “alt login” checkbox. I see the empty checkbox, but Account/[the Skype account/Modify Account/Advanced shows: Am I in the wrong cave? From: Eion Robb [mailto:e...@robbmob.com <mailto:e...@robbmob.com> ] Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 4:54 PM To: Phil Smith III mailto:li...@akphs.com> > Cc: Pidgin Support List mailto:support@pidgin.im> > Subject: Re: Reconnecting Hi Phil, There's an updated intermediate cert for the Hangouts plugin, that the Google servers will sometimes send. You can download it from source on https://bitbucket.org/EionRobb/purple-hangouts/src/default/ or download the latest version of the .exe installer (assuming you're on windows) which has the intermediate certs bundled. For the Skype plugin, you'll want to follow the flowchart https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/tree/master/skypeweb#issues - but the secret sauce is to turn on the "use alternate auth" setting the advanced account settings, which bypasses the whole "Magic T" thing. Cheers, Eion On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 04:36, Phil Smith III mailto:li...@akphs.com> > wrote: My ISP has occasional hiccups, and/or Google does -- I get certificate prompts periodically (every few days), which of course makes no sense. In any case, I often go to a machine and find that it has disabled my Hangouts account. I know how to re-enable it, of course, but would prefer not to have to. I see no way to tell Pidgin to retry more times, or for longer; am I just missing it? Then there's the Skype "Failed to get magic T-value", which I also get randomly... Any suggestions appreciated. ___ Support@pidgin.im <mailto:Support@pidgin.im> mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support ___ Support@pidgin.im <mailto:Support@pidgin.im> mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support
RE: Reconnecting
Doh, sorry. I checked the Pidgin version, forgot that that was a plugin! Well, I did say “stoopid” :( From: Eion Robb [mailto:e...@robbmob.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 9:32 PM To: Phil Smith III Cc: Pidgin Support List Subject: Re: Reconnecting Hi Phil, Looks like you're using an older version of the plugin. To be fair I haven't released a final version yet, but there are nightly builds that you can use from https://eion.robbmob.com/libskype.dll instead. The settings in the newer version look like Cheers, Eion On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 10:06, Phil Smith III mailto:li...@akphs.com> > wrote: Ok, I took a look at this, and now I feel even stoopider. I can’t find any “alt login” checkbox. I see the empty checkbox, but Account/[the Skype account/Modify Account/Advanced shows: Am I in the wrong cave? From: Eion Robb [mailto:e...@robbmob.com <mailto:e...@robbmob.com> ] Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 4:54 PM To: Phil Smith III mailto:li...@akphs.com> > Cc: Pidgin Support List mailto:support@pidgin.im> > Subject: Re: Reconnecting Hi Phil, There's an updated intermediate cert for the Hangouts plugin, that the Google servers will sometimes send. You can download it from source on https://bitbucket.org/EionRobb/purple-hangouts/src/default/ or download the latest version of the .exe installer (assuming you're on windows) which has the intermediate certs bundled. For the Skype plugin, you'll want to follow the flowchart https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/tree/master/skypeweb#issues - but the secret sauce is to turn on the "use alternate auth" setting the advanced account settings, which bypasses the whole "Magic T" thing. Cheers, Eion On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 04:36, Phil Smith III mailto:li...@akphs.com> > wrote: My ISP has occasional hiccups, and/or Google does -- I get certificate prompts periodically (every few days), which of course makes no sense. In any case, I often go to a machine and find that it has disabled my Hangouts account. I know how to re-enable it, of course, but would prefer not to have to. I see no way to tell Pidgin to retry more times, or for longer; am I just missing it? Then there's the Skype "Failed to get magic T-value", which I also get randomly... Any suggestions appreciated. ___ Support@pidgin.im <mailto:Support@pidgin.im> mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support ___ Support@pidgin.im <mailto:Support@pidgin.im> mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support
Re: Reconnecting
Hi Phil, Looks like you're using an older version of the plugin. To be fair I haven't released a final version yet, but there are nightly builds that you can use from https://eion.robbmob.com/libskype.dll instead. The settings in the newer version look like [image: image.png] Cheers, Eion On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 10:06, Phil Smith III wrote: > Ok, I took a look at this, and now I feel even stoopider. I can’t find any > “alt login” checkbox. I see the empty checkbox, but Account/[the Skype > account/Modify Account/Advanced shows: > > [image: cid:image001.jpg@01D52A90.4A510AA0] > > Am I in the wrong cave? > > > > *From:* Eion Robb [mailto:e...@robbmob.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, June 20, 2019 4:54 PM > *To:* Phil Smith III > *Cc:* Pidgin Support List > *Subject:* Re: Reconnecting > > > > Hi Phil, > > > > There's an updated intermediate cert for the Hangouts plugin, that the > Google servers will sometimes send. You can download it from source on > https://bitbucket.org/EionRobb/purple-hangouts/src/default/ or download > the latest version of the .exe installer (assuming you're on windows) which > has the intermediate certs bundled. > > > > For the Skype plugin, you'll want to follow the flowchart > https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/tree/master/skypeweb#issues - > but the secret sauce is to turn on the "use alternate auth" setting the > advanced account settings, which bypasses the whole "Magic T" thing. > > > > Cheers, > > Eion > > > > > > On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 04:36, Phil Smith III wrote: > > My ISP has occasional hiccups, and/or Google does -- I get certificate > prompts periodically (every few days), which of course makes no sense. > > In any case, I often go to a machine and find that it has disabled my > Hangouts account. I know how to re-enable it, of course, but would prefer > not to have to. I see no way to tell Pidgin to retry more times, or for > longer; am I just missing it? > > Then there's the Skype "Failed to get magic T-value", which I also get > randomly... > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > ___ > Support@pidgin.im mailing list > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support > > ___ > Support@pidgin.im mailing list > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support
RE: Reconnecting
Ok, I took a look at this, and now I feel even stoopider. I can’t find any “alt login” checkbox. I see the empty checkbox, but Account/[the Skype account/Modify Account/Advanced shows: Am I in the wrong cave? From: Eion Robb [mailto:e...@robbmob.com] Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 4:54 PM To: Phil Smith III Cc: Pidgin Support List Subject: Re: Reconnecting Hi Phil, There's an updated intermediate cert for the Hangouts plugin, that the Google servers will sometimes send. You can download it from source on https://bitbucket.org/EionRobb/purple-hangouts/src/default/ or download the latest version of the .exe installer (assuming you're on windows) which has the intermediate certs bundled. For the Skype plugin, you'll want to follow the flowchart https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/tree/master/skypeweb#issues - but the secret sauce is to turn on the "use alternate auth" setting the advanced account settings, which bypasses the whole "Magic T" thing. Cheers, Eion On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 04:36, Phil Smith III mailto:li...@akphs.com> > wrote: My ISP has occasional hiccups, and/or Google does -- I get certificate prompts periodically (every few days), which of course makes no sense. In any case, I often go to a machine and find that it has disabled my Hangouts account. I know how to re-enable it, of course, but would prefer not to have to. I see no way to tell Pidgin to retry more times, or for longer; am I just missing it? Then there's the Skype "Failed to get magic T-value", which I also get randomly... Any suggestions appreciated. ___ Support@pidgin.im <mailto:Support@pidgin.im> mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support
Re: Reconnecting
Hi Phil, The intermediate cert is needed due to a quirk of the SSL connection, only on the first connect to the server will it send the intermediate cert, subsequent connections it expects you to cache the intermediate. Due to the way Pidgin's SSL system works, it doesn't cache the intermediate, so it needs to be installed separately. With the "use alternate auth" in the Skype plugin, thats not just for if you're using 2FA, but works great for regular auth too. I'll be making it on by default in the next release. Cheers, Eion On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 at 06:15, Phil Smith III wrote: > Thanks. Why am I installing intermediates? I should just need the root, > and installing an intermediate that isn’t needed is a good way to get into > trouble later on when the intermediate gets renewed on the server, but I > have an expired, older copy. > > > > I don’t use 2FA on Skype, but I should. I don’t use it enough/care about > it enough to have done so. (I used to use it more, then they destroyed the > UI, and now it’s usually easier to use something else.) > > > > I will tinker. Installing latest Hangouts plugin seems easiest. > > > > *From:* Eion Robb [mailto:e...@robbmob.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, June 20, 2019 4:54 PM > *To:* Phil Smith III > *Cc:* Pidgin Support List > *Subject:* Re: Reconnecting > > > > Hi Phil, > > > > There's an updated intermediate cert for the Hangouts plugin, that the > Google servers will sometimes send. You can download it from source on > https://bitbucket.org/EionRobb/purple-hangouts/src/default/ or download > the latest version of the .exe installer (assuming you're on windows) which > has the intermediate certs bundled. > > > > For the Skype plugin, you'll want to follow the flowchart > https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/tree/master/skypeweb#issues - > but the secret sauce is to turn on the "use alternate auth" setting the > advanced account settings, which bypasses the whole "Magic T" thing. > > > > Cheers, > > Eion > > > > > > On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 04:36, Phil Smith III wrote: > > My ISP has occasional hiccups, and/or Google does -- I get certificate > prompts periodically (every few days), which of course makes no sense. > > In any case, I often go to a machine and find that it has disabled my > Hangouts account. I know how to re-enable it, of course, but would prefer > not to have to. I see no way to tell Pidgin to retry more times, or for > longer; am I just missing it? > > Then there's the Skype "Failed to get magic T-value", which I also get > randomly... > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > ___ > Support@pidgin.im mailing list > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support > > ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support
RE: Reconnecting
Thanks. Why am I installing intermediates? I should just need the root, and installing an intermediate that isn’t needed is a good way to get into trouble later on when the intermediate gets renewed on the server, but I have an expired, older copy. I don’t use 2FA on Skype, but I should. I don’t use it enough/care about it enough to have done so. (I used to use it more, then they destroyed the UI, and now it’s usually easier to use something else.) I will tinker. Installing latest Hangouts plugin seems easiest. From: Eion Robb [mailto:e...@robbmob.com] Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 4:54 PM To: Phil Smith III Cc: Pidgin Support List Subject: Re: Reconnecting Hi Phil, There's an updated intermediate cert for the Hangouts plugin, that the Google servers will sometimes send. You can download it from source on https://bitbucket.org/EionRobb/purple-hangouts/src/default/ or download the latest version of the .exe installer (assuming you're on windows) which has the intermediate certs bundled. For the Skype plugin, you'll want to follow the flowchart https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/tree/master/skypeweb#issues - but the secret sauce is to turn on the "use alternate auth" setting the advanced account settings, which bypasses the whole "Magic T" thing. Cheers, Eion On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 04:36, Phil Smith III mailto:li...@akphs.com> > wrote: My ISP has occasional hiccups, and/or Google does -- I get certificate prompts periodically (every few days), which of course makes no sense. In any case, I often go to a machine and find that it has disabled my Hangouts account. I know how to re-enable it, of course, but would prefer not to have to. I see no way to tell Pidgin to retry more times, or for longer; am I just missing it? Then there's the Skype "Failed to get magic T-value", which I also get randomly... Any suggestions appreciated. ___ Support@pidgin.im <mailto:Support@pidgin.im> mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support
Re: Reconnecting
Hi Phil, There's an updated intermediate cert for the Hangouts plugin, that the Google servers will sometimes send. You can download it from source on https://bitbucket.org/EionRobb/purple-hangouts/src/default/ or download the latest version of the .exe installer (assuming you're on windows) which has the intermediate certs bundled. For the Skype plugin, you'll want to follow the flowchart https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/tree/master/skypeweb#issues - but the secret sauce is to turn on the "use alternate auth" setting the advanced account settings, which bypasses the whole "Magic T" thing. Cheers, Eion On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 04:36, Phil Smith III wrote: > My ISP has occasional hiccups, and/or Google does -- I get certificate > prompts periodically (every few days), which of course makes no sense. > > In any case, I often go to a machine and find that it has disabled my > Hangouts account. I know how to re-enable it, of course, but would prefer > not to have to. I see no way to tell Pidgin to retry more times, or for > longer; am I just missing it? > > Then there's the Skype "Failed to get magic T-value", which I also get > randomly... > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > ___ > Support@pidgin.im mailing list > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support
Re: Reconnecting pidgeon automatically
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:03:51PM -0700, Charles Manske wrote: I'm trying to reconnect pidgin automatically (every morning), using Windows scheduling, on our primary office computer. Occasionally the same user is connected on a laptop, which then disconnects the office computer's account. This user often forgets to reconnect when she gets back to the main office, which is why I'd like to automate the reconnection. Is there a command-line option to restart or reconnect pidgin? There's no command line option on Windows to reconnect, to restart you can just kill the process and launch it again. -khc ___ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
