Problems with pidgin

[omni504]

I use pidgin to sign into msn (and only msn). I was using it for the longest without any trouble until today..... Whenever i try to message someone, it freezes up and i have to force quit pidign. Any ideas what could be causing that?

[kpmoore]

Not sure. Have you tried reinstalling it using the Synaptic Package Manager?

[brundles]

I use pidgin to sign into msn (and only msn). I was using it for the longest without any trouble until today..... Whenever i try to message someone, it freezes up and i have to force quit pidign. Any ideas what could be causing that?

Which version of Ubuntu are you using?

I'm using 8.10 and think there is a problem with the build they've used of the MSN plugin for Pidgin. I can use Yahoo and GMail all day long without any issues, but MSN first loses the audio notifications after a while then keels over and dies.

[sneeks]

have you tried amsn?

[llamabr]

Post the output of

pidgen -v

You might do well to update your version if it's true that there's a bug with msn.

[tehforum]

Post the output of

pidgen -v

You might do well to update your version if it's true that there's a bug with msn.

Do you mean "pidgin"?

[ibuclaw]

There are no issues with the version I'm running:

$ pidgin -v
Pidgin 2.4.3

Though, the version in Intrepid appears to be 2.5.2...

Regards
Iain

[brundles]

have you tried amsn?

Actually, that's a point - I'm using the WLM plugin rather than the straight MSN Plugin after MS made some changes that broke the original one. Could be specific to that - worth a play around with.

As for the -v:
keith@HTPC:/etc/init.d$ pidgin -v
Pidgin 2.4.1

Edit: Just to confuse things, a pidgin -v gives the 2.4.1 above, but the About menu option from Pidgin reports 2.5.2.

[ibuclaw]

[EDIT]
How did this double post happen ? :/

[tehforum]

Actually, that's a point - I'm using the WLM plugin rather than the straight MSN Plugin after MS made some changes that broke the original one. Could be specific to that - worth a play around with.

As for the -v:
keith@HTPC:/etc/init.d$ pidgin -v
Pidgin 2.4.1

Edit: Just to confuse things, a pidgin -v gives the 2.4.1 above, but the About menu option from Pidgin reports 2.5.2.

How do I upgrade without losing all my groups, and other settings?