Cannot connect to ICQ ("The client version you are using is too old.") (2009-03-09)

I have same problem. Also since 2009-03-09.

I can also reproduce the problem.

I can also confirm this.

This is also the case for hardy which has the version 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2.

We should ship the latest stable 2.5.5 ASAP in the repository. This has a massive impact.

Currently building 2.5.5 in my ppa, will announce here when ready.

Is it fixed in 2.5.5? I doubt that - it would mean the Pidgin developers knew about the protocol change in advance.

The PPA https://launchpad.net/~debfx/+archive/ppa/ contains pidgin 2.5.5 and works for me

Works for me as well.

Confirmed, works with 2.5.5 from Felix Geyer's ppa (~debfx).

Version in my ppa for jaunty works fine.

Just a reminder, this needs to be backported to Hearty (LTS) along with any needed dependency upgrades too.

We need updates for Hardy and Intrepid. The usual user may not know how to add a PPA.

@LanceHaverkamp @Andre: Feisty is still in charge and should be also fixed.

It looks like, there is a released fix fpr Jaunty:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/340151

yes, today pidgin 2.5.2 (intrepid) stopped working with ICQ ("your client version is too old").
we need the upgrade in Intrepid.

This bug has been fixed in the latest development version of Ubuntu - the Jaunty Jackalope.
Bug 340151 tracks the status for previous versions of Ubuntu.

Pidgin and ICQ problem still today

As of 03-10-2009 06:53 CDT I still have this issue. Running Ubuntu 8.10 x86-64 2.6.27-11-generic SMP
I tried updating Pidgin but there doesn't seem to be a newer release.

I found this
http://www.getdeb.net/app/Pidgin

and installed manually (not the greatest thing) and it resolved the issue.

Now, when will there be packages in the repository?

As of 1:21 pm CET March 10, the problem persists.

 jag7720 wrote 1 hour ago: (permalink)

I found this
http://www.getdeb.net/app/Pidgin

and installed manually (not the greatest thing) and it resolved the issue.

Now, when will there be packages in the repository?

Yes this worked thanks

Just tried update-upgrade on Intrepid, but there's no new Pidgin version. I don't think it can be considered fixed as long as it is not possible to connect both Intrepid (stable) and LTS versions. Could it be just patched to report a later client version towards ICQ servers?

@Laszlo: I think that should be possible. According to [1] the pidgin developers used this patch [2] in version 2.5.5 to bump the client version reported to the ICQ server to a more current version number. I haven't tested it, but it should be no great deal to apply this fix to an older pidgin version, too.

[1]: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/3224dd8677b28d02b866cce510941fbf67e0fcb7
[2]: http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/rawdiff/1a658bb7a0436b518d65b9b95116915a5511a7d3/with/3224dd8677b28d02b866cce510941fbf67e0fcb7/libpurple/protocols/oscar/oscar.h

I'd try to generate a debdiff but developer.pidgin.im and mtn.pidgin.im
are too overloaded to work with...
Can somebody who has more luck attach the patch here?

The diff from developer.pidgin.im is attached. Afaik, just the second part is needed, the CLIENTINFO_ICQBASIC_14_34_3096 define won't be used anywhere else...

Please seee bug 340151, where the package updates in *-proposed are currently being tested.