On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 6:31 PM, a a <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > I just tried Pidgin out for the first time on my work computer and enjoyed > it enough to convert from Trillian for my personal desktop. > > When installing on my desktop, I got an error message that roughly stated, > "Unable to connect to server" when trying to install the English aspell > feature. After clicking "retry" several times, I finally decided to just > skip that feature by clicking "cancel". > > Pidgin finished installing, began running, and asked for my account > details. I setup AIM, Yahoo and MSN, but surprisingly all 3 of them could > not connect. > > Please note that there were no other programs running besides Pidgin. Also, > there was no firewall (windows or otherwise) running either. I tried > running it both behind my router as well as directly connected to my cable > modem. > > After failing with all the configurations above, I booted up my work laptop > and successfully connected with Pidgin immediately. For whatever reason, > only my desktop is affected. > > I tried reinstalling Pidgin about 10 times, each with the same aspell > connection issue during install, as well as the account sign in issues when > running Pidgin. I installed the GTK version Pidgin came with, so I don't > believe that's a potential pitfall. > > Any help is much appreciated. I searched for information on this issue > without any success. >
The reason that dictionary didn't download successfully and Pidgin's inability to connect are very likely related - and caused by your network configuration. Do you have some sort of firewall that might be preventing the connections? Are you using a proxy? (Do you need to?) -D _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [email protected] http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
