Re: yahoo connection failing in Kopete and pidgin

On Thu,09.Jul.09, 12:38:34, H.S. wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have noticed that since past some weeks I am not able to connect to
> Yahoo on Kopete and pidgin. The status says "connecting" in both
> applications. Anyone else having this problem?
>
> I have
> kopete  4:4.2.2-1
> pidgin   2.5.6-1

This is a known problem, due to Yahoo changing their protocol.  You need
at least version 2.5.7 for pidgin. Unstable has 2.5.8, you could install
that. I don't know if this was fixed in kopete.

Regards,
Andrei
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