Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:02:34 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> To: Harald Servat <redcrash@gmail.com> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Empathy (MSN) unable to connect Message-ID: <4CDB167A.7070700@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinsu1nva7d84BRGbFiEf8n7MKi9Us5aQgiNE-8G@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=dxfw2_RTc8F3DFJ0zSr2tevFrkpc%2BG7dnaR9R@mail.gmail.com> <86sjzcrn2p.fsf@pluton.xbsd.name> <AANLkTikNsZkUa2fmUiXALmAnJUyVkG0OjK58wiW5Uh5d@mail.gmail.com> <4CD88AB4.2000608@freebsd.org> <AANLkTi=Cf22nUkqx7gSB34r1aOTo0vQdxTs-rC8FqiVu@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=wPAD6mPDv74RyndGA40xPssfA0%2BwDnGAisrW_@mail.gmail.com> <4CD9E1CE.3070304@freebsd.org> <AANLkTinsu1nva7d84BRGbFiEf8n7MKi9Us5aQgiNE-8G@mail.gmail.com>
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On 11/10/10 4:47 PM, Harald Servat wrote: > > > 2010/11/10 Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org > <mailto:marcus@freebsd.org>> > > On 11/9/10 4:41 PM, Harald Servat wrote: > > 2010/11/9 Harald Servat <redcrash@gmail.com > <mailto:redcrash@gmail.com>> > > > >> > >> > >> 2010/11/9 Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org > <mailto:marcus@freebsd.org>> > >> > >> On 11/8/10 8:12 AM, Harald Servat wrote: > >>>> 2010/11/8 Denise H. G. <darcsis@gmail.com > <mailto:darcsis@gmail.com>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On 2010/11/08 at 19:47, Harald Servat <redcrash@gmail.com > <mailto: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?! > >> > >> > > Joe, > > > > I'm seeing the same behavior even using papyon 0.5.2 (I've just > upgraded > > this port). > > Make sure all telepathy processes have been killed. Then, from empathy, > to go Help > Debug, and look at the MSN messages. What errors do > you get? > > > Joe, > > from a cold boot, empathy was unable to log into my msn account. > Looking at Help > Debug I can find two debug types "Empathy" and > "misson-control". The former shows me a gray windows with the "The > selected connection manager does not support the remote debugging > extension". The latter, shows me two messages, both of them are the same > (maybe because I tried to connect twice, one at the start of empathy and > once when I hit the "reload" button): > > request_connection_cb: RequestConnection failed: Message did not receive > a reply (timeout by message bus) > > Does it help? Can I provide something else to debug it? This sounds like a telepathy-butterfly problem. Try reinstalling that port. Joe -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome
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