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Re: Pidgin - possible problem with 11-10 a1

 

Hi and thanks,

>From what you are saying the poor tormented devs need to have a further look
into this.

Sorry guys, but it does appear to be a 'bug', as to if it is Network Manager
or Pidgin, you good people need to find out.

If there is anything i can do to assist on tracking it down, please ask.

regards,

Phill.

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
>
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