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[Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 20 June 2011 15:05, Phill Whiteside <phillw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> After a clean install of lubuntu 11-10 a1, pidgin is quite happy. However,
> after a reboot it fails to connect.
> 1) browsing still works (Chromium and FFox)
> 2) x-chat still works

NetworkManager 0.9 changed its API and the version of Pidgin in the
Ubuntu repositories hasn't been updated for this change yet. Pidgin
checks for network connectivity and does not get the expected response
from NetworkManager.

The NetworkManager update was mentioned in the Ubuntu alpha release
notes: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneiricOcelot/TechnicalOverview/Alpha1

Jeremy