Could you also please attach the output of:
lspci -vvv so we know what kind of hardware you have (please have the
UMTS modem that is causing problems plugged in)
** Summary changed:
- Pidgin does not connect to MSN
+ UMTS modem doesn't allow connections to some services
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UMTS modem doesn't
Going by the information provided it appears as this might be a problem with
the hardware drivers or the hardware itself...
Does the card work okay in windows?
Have you tried clicking the button Use http method in the advanced
settings?
For the time being I am removing the assignment to the
1) no proxy in use
2) Advanced TAB:
Server: messenger.hotmail.com
Port: 1863
Use HTTP method: unticked
Proxy Options: No Proxy
Maybe this helps? Got this out of the messages log (you can see the PPP
connection enabling)
May 7 07:29:24 Ghostdog kernel: [ 168.563129] PPP generic driver
Another interesting development.
I use a different UMTS card now. MSN seems to connect, I can see the
status of my buddies, though when I try and send a message I get
this::
(07:24:20 PM) Message could not be sent because an error with the switchboard
occurred:
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Pidgin does not connect to
All other applications (like Firefox) work correctly (though slow ;) on
GPRS/UMTS.
Pointer could be that Firefox starts up in Offline mode aswell, although
I'm fully connected on UMTS!
Telnetting to the MSN port works fine by the way.
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Pidgin does not connect to MSN
Thank you for your reply! I have a few more questions that I need you
to answer:
1) Are you using a proxy server?
2) In pidgin when you look at an MSN account there is an advanced tab... Could
you please let me know what is clicked (ex: is use http clicked) and could you
please let me know
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14229667/Dependencies.txt
** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14229668/ProcMaps.txt
** Attachment added: ProcStatus.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14229669/ProcStatus.txt
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Pidgin does
Thank you for reporting this issue. Lets first see if this is a bug or
is unique to your setup...
I guess the first step will be to determine if your having any other internet
problems... In firefox are you having problems connecting
to websites? I did look at the attachments that you
