1) no proxy in use 2) Advanced TAB: Server: messenger.hotmail.com Port: 1863 Use HTTP method: unticked
Proxy Options: No Proxy Maybe this helps? Got this out of the messages log (you can see the PPP connection enabling) May 7 07:29:24 Ghostdog kernel: [ 168.563129] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2 May 7 07:29:24 Ghostdog pppd[6167]: pppd 2.4.4 started by xxxx, uid xxxx May 7 07:29:24 Ghostdog pppd[6167]: Using interface ppp0 May 7 07:29:24 Ghostdog pppd[6167]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyUSB0 May 7 07:29:24 Ghostdog pppd[6167]: PAP authentication succeeded May 7 07:29:24 Ghostdog kernel: [ 168.814549] PPP BSD Compression module registered May 7 07:29:24 Ghostdog kernel: [ 168.886415] PPP Deflate Compression module registered May 7 07:29:27 Ghostdog pppd[6167]: Could not determine remote IP address: defaulting to 10.64.64.64 May 7 07:29:27 Ghostdog pppd[6167]: local IP address xx.xx.xx.xx May 7 07:29:27 Ghostdog pppd[6167]: remote IP address 10.64.64.64 May 7 07:29:27 Ghostdog pppd[6167]: primary DNS address xx.xx.xx.xx May 7 07:29:27 Ghostdog pppd[6167]: secondary DNS address xx.xx.xx.xx The only weird thing I see here is the PPP stack not being able to determine the remote (gateway?) address. This however doesnt explain that ICQ/AIM/Yahoo do work and MSN does not imho. -- Pidgin does not connect to MSN https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226979 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