Empathy IM client and MSN

[hvbakel]

As a workaround (taken from the bug report) type the following in a terminal (tested on Lucid):

gksudo gedit /usr/share/pyshared/papyon/service/description/SingleSignOn/RequestMultipleSecurityTokens.py

then find the line that reads

CONTACTS = ("contacts.msn.com", "?fs=1&id=24000&kv=7&rn=93S9SWWw&tw=0&ver=2.1.6000.1")

and change it to

CONTACTS = ("contacts.msn.com", "MBI")

Save and restart empathy and the MSN connection should work again. Note that this bugfix will probably come soon through the official channels.

[PeregrinGo]

GREAT! This worked for me. Thanks!

As a workaround (taken from the bug report) type the following in a terminal (tested on Lucid):

gksudo gedit /usr/share/pyshared/papyon/service/description/SingleSignOn/RequestMultipleSecurityTokens.py

then find the line that reads

CONTACTS = ("contacts.msn.com", "?fs=1&id=24000&kv=7&rn=93S9SWWw&tw=0&ver=2.1.6000.1")

and change it to

CONTACTS = ("contacts.msn.com", "MBI")

Save and restart empathy and the MSN connection should work again. Note that this bugfix will probably come soon through the official channels.

[hackedbellini]

As a workaround (taken from the bug report) type the following in a terminal (tested on Lucid):

gksudo gedit /usr/share/pyshared/papyon/service/description/SingleSignOn/RequestMultipleSecurityTokens.py

then find the line that reads

CONTACTS = ("contacts.msn.com", "?fs=1&id=24000&kv=7&rn=93S9SWWw&tw=0&ver=2.1.6000.1")

and change it to

CONTACTS = ("contacts.msn.com", "MBI")

Save and restart empathy and the MSN connection should work again. Note that this bugfix will probably come soon through the official channels.

Perfect! Worked like a charm here! (Maverick Meerkat)

[onemanclapping]

PERFECT! Thank you very much!

[Legeril]

thanks hvbakel your a genius

[hvbakel]

For the record, the credit for the bugfix goes to kakaroto (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...70/comments/15). I'm just sharing the fix here.

[cinnabubbles]

Thanks A TON!!!

MSN works now, yippee!

[sistematico]

Works!

[vandirk]

Yep, Empathy stopped signing into MSN accounts on both the PC and eeePC a day ago. Using ubuntu 10.04.

This fixes it on both. Thanks team!

[rdelfin]

I echo the rest, than you for the valuable help