Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 10:09:40 +0100 From: Harald Servat <redcrash@gmail.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Empathy (MSN) unable to connect Message-ID: <AANLkTi=Cf22nUkqx7gSB34r1aOTo0vQdxTs-rC8FqiVu@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4CD88AB4.2000608@freebsd.org> References: <AANLkTi=dxfw2_RTc8F3DFJ0zSr2tevFrkpc%2BG7dnaR9R@mail.gmail.com> <86sjzcrn2p.fsf@pluton.xbsd.name> <AANLkTikNsZkUa2fmUiXALmAnJUyVkG0OjK58wiW5Uh5d@mail.gmail.com> <4CD88AB4.2000608@freebsd.org>
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2010/11/9 Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> > On 11/8/10 8:12 AM, Harald Servat wrote: > > 2010/11/8 Denise H. G. <darcsis@gmail.com> > > > >> > >> On 2010/11/08 at 19:47, Harald Servat <redcrash@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello, > >>> I find that empathy (latest version available in packages) is not > able > >> to > >>> connect to the MSN network. It reports "Unable to connect". Another > user > >> and > >>> myself have opened a thread about the topic in the freebsd forums but I > >>> don't know if you take a look at it, this is the reason of this emai. > >>> > >>> Have you find the same issues in empathy? Do you have any idea on how > >> to > >>> fix them? > >>> > >>> Thank you very much. > >>> ................ > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> Same problem here. I've googled the problem and found it perhaps is > >> not FreeBSD specific. Many empathy users on Linux platforms have > >> reported similar problems. And my solution is to use net-im/emesene > >> for MSN messaging ... though it may not be a perfect one... > >> > >> It seems this has something to do Empathy dealing with MSN protocol. > >> It uses a Python library to do the job (the same one Pidgin uses for > >> MSN) but unfortunately the library does not agree with empathy in one > >> way or another... > >> > >> -- > >> If you have watched a TV series only once, and you watch > >> it again, it will be a rerun of the same episode. > >> > > > > You're right, there are other platforms that show the same problem. I > tried > > the solutions they report, but none worked on my installation, that's > what > > make me think that this could be freebsd specific. > > Can you try with papyon 0.5.2 (recently updated). This fixed a rather > nasty bug. I'm getting much further along in MSN connection now. > > Joe > > > > > It looks like we'll have to wait for the next release of empathy. > Meanwhile, > > I'll take a look at emesene. > > > > Thank you! > > > > > -- > Joe Marcus Clarke > FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org > FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome > http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome > Ok, I'll give a try when I'm in my FreeBSD box. Thank you! -- _________________________________________________________________ Fry: You can see how I lived before I met you. Bender: You lived before you met me?! Fry: Yeah, lots of people did. Bender: Really?!
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