On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 03:19:42PM -0400, Stu Tomlinson wrote: > This is nothing to do with XP or VMWare. The Linux distribution you are > using is running NetworkManager, and NetworkManager is reporting that > you have no network connection, so Pidgin does not try to connect. > > Either fix your NetworkManager configuration, or stop the NetworkManager > service if you are not actually using it to configure networking in the > Linux guest OS.
As it turns out, NetworkManager was NOT running but it WAS installed. I have completely purged the package and now Pidgin runs like a charm. Thanks so much for the help! Greets, Wouter -- People: "If she weighs the same as a Duck, she's made of wood!" Sir Bedevere: "And therefore...?" _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [email protected] http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
