From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 9 09:09:42 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CCE31065670 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 09:09:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from redcrash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B63DE8FC12 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 09:09:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn39 with SMTP id 39so7356525iwn.13 for ; Tue, 09 Nov 2010 01:09:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=zuewfggeBGcKStKyQxAD3kSRhc9Tssl9iwQwdqa3/k4=; b=d/NXHrAruTOdvd2OzYfZCdL3uX5jmkAN+ZvwAFbv/ul03lY3cEpkDtv8BVeV9KEwyP LZchebAOu1SkK2aNAkZRzIdnCypO3jrCIzGnyMdvWb/+qewCgKwXlIBKPUrrVRooVTqH UwwlrIuQS3dzAIamkFlibB8yZpiP65/gXFaeg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=gVhsPKiWlj/hrF2dEn9i6Uk2fAZnP5e+FMfyy9IrAoZlY+weEtXqZCsqPMXlH4sTIq 4jAzN98JSl/gaTWf3ME7S1lqKahlzriHaSdc7DpX7KeemVzHd/KCyeB9/uJWpbFC3UJ6 PFeSwMyr8qDfO2DLhs6mBRwRx7QmKSIHaSiUc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.146.80 with SMTP id g16mr4930615ibv.70.1289293780604; Tue, 09 Nov 2010 01:09:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.34.135 with HTTP; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 01:09:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4CD88AB4.2000608@freebsd.org> References: <86sjzcrn2p.fsf@pluton.xbsd.name> <4CD88AB4.2000608@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 10:09:40 +0100 Message-ID: From: Harald Servat To: Joe Marcus Clarke Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Empathy (MSN) unable to connect X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:09:42 -0000 2010/11/9 Joe Marcus Clarke > On 11/8/10 8:12 AM, Harald Servat wrote: > > 2010/11/8 Denise H. G. > > > >> > >> On 2010/11/08 at 19:47, Harald Servat 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?!