OK...this solution seems to work. Is a permanent or temporary fix? thank you.
--- On Fri, 6/19/09, ipmawan <ipma...@gmail.com> wrote: From: ipmawan <ipma...@gmail.com> Subject: [Bug 389322] Re: Pidgin 2.5.5 will not connect to Yahoo! server. To: clombar...@yahoo.com Date: Friday, June 19, 2009, 12:48 PM Below solution works for me. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1191064&page=5 post#47 maybe this thread will be helpful. http://forum.ubuntu-vn.org/viewtopic...t=1630&start=0 I've done those steps: 1. Open file /etc/hosts with gedit: sudo gedit /etc/hosts 2. Add the following line to the end of hosts: 66.163.181.184 scs.msg.yahoo.com 3. Save and Close 4. Restart Pidgin OK Last edited by attlinux; 9 Hours Ago at 03:22 AM.. -- Pidgin 2.5.5 and 2.5.6 will not connect to Yahoo! server. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389322 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of a duplicate bug. -- Pidgin 2.5.5 and 2.5.6 will not connect to Yahoo! server. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389322 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
