Re: pidgin 2.6.5 login QQ failed
Chad Perrin wrote: On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 04:26:07PM +0800, wsk wrote: hi, upgrade all software after upgrade to 8.0. and now found that pidgin login qq failed. any ideas? If you're talking about AIM or ICQ, it seems that AOL has changed the way servers handle logins so that the previous method doesn't exactly work properly any longer. There's a work-around that involves opening up the Edit Account dialog for the AIM or ICQ account in question, clicking on the Advanced tab in that dialog, and unchecking the Use clientLogin checkbox there. The potential security implications of this work-around are still being explored, and the Pidgin people are apparently trying to get AOL to clarify its best practices recommendation for how to handle logins, but in the meantime this work-around might help solve the problem you're having with logins. qq.com is a social networking site and a messaging application that's very big in China. Which means it's basically the biggest in the world... It has it's own chat / IM protocol, nothing to do with AOL. As the OP is installing pidgin 2.6.5 it should work -- there were problems with qq.com making arbitrary protocol changes that affected 2.6.4. Probably best to try asking on a Chinese language mailing list or forum (if you speak the language) as that's where you're most likely to find other users. This one, perhaps: http://www.freebsdchina.org/forum/ Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: pidgin 2.6.5 login QQ failed
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:49:16AM +, Matthew Seaman wrote: Chad Perrin wrote: On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 04:26:07PM +0800, wsk wrote: hi, upgrade all software after upgrade to 8.0. and now found that pidgin login qq failed. any ideas? If you're talking about AIM or ICQ, it seems that AOL has changed the way servers handle logins so that the previous method doesn't exactly work properly any longer. There's a work-around that involves opening up the Edit Account dialog for the AIM or ICQ account in question, clicking on the Advanced tab in that dialog, and unchecking the Use clientLogin checkbox there. The potential security implications of this work-around are still being explored, and the Pidgin people are apparently trying to get AOL to clarify its best practices recommendation for how to handle logins, but in the meantime this work-around might help solve the problem you're having with logins. qq.com is a social networking site and a messaging application that's very big in China. Which means it's basically the biggest in the world... It has it's own chat / IM protocol, nothing to do with AOL. Ah, I didn't realize that such a protocol existed. I thought perhaps all the references to QQ were just that bizarre crying abbreviation that I think originated in the Philippines. My mistake. Feel free to ignore what I said about AIM and ICQ, then. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] pgpqYZx1oxNt1.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: pidgin 2.6.5 login QQ failed
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 04:26:07PM +0800, wsk wrote: hi, upgrade all software after upgrade to 8.0. and now found that pidgin login qq failed. any ideas? If you're talking about AIM or ICQ, it seems that AOL has changed the way servers handle logins so that the previous method doesn't exactly work properly any longer. There's a work-around that involves opening up the Edit Account dialog for the AIM or ICQ account in question, clicking on the Advanced tab in that dialog, and unchecking the Use clientLogin checkbox there. The potential security implications of this work-around are still being explored, and the Pidgin people are apparently trying to get AOL to clarify its best practices recommendation for how to handle logins, but in the meantime this work-around might help solve the problem you're having with logins. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] pgpqokxnZCX7R.pgp Description: PGP signature
