Can't log in to MSN on Leopard - Just keeps trying to connec

Post by **zac** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:16 pm

Norwegian wrote:Got the same problem after upgrading to Leopard. Can't be bother to fiddle around with Terminal.....can we expect a new update of Adium soon?

Looks like a 10.5 bug, not an Adium bug.

Post by **bgannin** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:26 pm

Norwegian wrote:Got the same problem after upgrading to Leopard. Can't be bother to fiddle around with Terminal.....can we expect a new update of Adium soon?

If you can't be bothered to use a temporary solution, it must not be that much of a problem for you. Thus you likely have the patience to wait for an update to address it.

dzp111 · Post by **dzp111** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:35 pm

I'm a big Adium fan. It's awesome, however I'm one of those who isn't able to connect ever since Leopard.

The temporary solution works. Thanks.

Looking forward to a fix. If there's anything I can do to help, let me know.

D

y04chs067 · Post by **y04chs067** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:01 pm

yes, the temporary solution works very well, though the connection speed is much slower than usual

trekpoker · Post by **trekpoker** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:49 pm

The MSN picture changeing that was really cool in Adium where you could fit the pic inside the area doesnt work in Leopard.

I have a feeling we should put this cat down. All these errors in various software arent worth the new gadgets it gives.

Post by **evands** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:07 pm

trekpoker wrote:The MSN picture changeing that was really cool in Adium where you could fit the pic inside the area doesnt work in Leopard.

Unrelated to this thread; fixed for 1.1.4.

iPowers · Post by **iPowers** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:45 pm

I tried the suggestion you guys gave me in terminal and I still get the same problem.

Adium reffuses to connect, it acts like it doesn't have any data, and i've upgraded to a bunch of different versions and it refuses to work.

The adium support told me I needed to switch to a new account becuase it worked in another account but I don't want to because all my data is in my current account.

I tried uninstalling it, getting rid of adium 2.0, i did everything and nothinb will make it work.

racerpt · Post by **racerpt** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:25 pm

I have the same issue and added the info provided for the hosts.

Im using Adium 1.2 and im behind a firewall and use proxy to connect to internet with safari.

Another thing is that i can connect in windows without any change in MSN just have the proxy in explorer

MrTexor · Post by **MrTexor** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:19 am

I was using 1.2 and everything was ok.. when I "updated" to the beta.. I had this same exact problem...

Post by **evands** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:25 am

Does it work if you switch back to 1.2? (I ask because the beta of 1.2.1 did not change anything related to MSN connectivity relative to 1.2).

Post by **zac** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:14 pm

To clarify, 10.5 apparently broke getaddrinfo() with routers that send invalid responses (or forward requests improperly), so for example using your router as a DNS server (192.168.1.1) instead of your ISP's DNS (4.2.2.1) will cause it to sometimes (or always, depending on your router) not work.

mtimmsj · Post by **mtimmsj** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:22 pm

I'm not sure it's fair to say that Apple broke getaddrinfo. Rather they updated it to the most recent DNS standard and unfortunately not all DNS servers have been updated or function correctly according to the new standard. So I'd say what's broken is the DNS server(s) not responding to SRV requests. I would agree however that getaddrinfo could have been updated in a way to not cause these types of problems - for example if they not only send an SRV request but they also send an A request at the same time. Maybe the standard prevents that scenario, I'm not sure.

MrTexor · Post by **MrTexor** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:15 pm

evands wrote:Does it work if you switch back to 1.2? (I ask because the beta of 1.2.1 did not change anything related to MSN connectivity relative to 1.2).

Yes, if I go back to 1.2 it works without the need to add anything to the hosts file...

Sorry that it took me a while to get back to you about that....

deepfriedmario · Post by **deepfriedmario** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:52 am

zac wrote:To clarify, 10.5 apparently broke getaddrinfo() with routers that send invalid responses (or forward requests improperly), so for example using your router as a DNS server (192.168.1.1) instead of your ISP's DNS (4.2.2.1) will cause it to sometimes (or always, depending on your router) not work.

MSN only stopped working for me after I transferred my data from my MacBook to my MacBook pro. It doesn't connect on the MBP but works fine on the MB which both share the same router.

racerpt · Post by **racerpt** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:38 pm

Just to clarify, im using still 10.4.11 and today tried with adium x 1.2.1b1 and still cannot connect in the office and i can at home. If i use MSN in the mac works fine

If i use the debug window it get stuck in Writing file /Users/xxxxx/Library/Application Support/Adium 2.0/Users/Default/libpurple/accounts.xml

(Libpurple: msn) Connection error from Notification server (gateway.me
ssenger.hotmail.com): Writing error

Ali · Post by **Ali** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:32 pm

I'm at Uni now (where I use a wired connection) and I've begun having this problem again. Adium simply never finishes connecting when it comes to my msn account. Changing the hosts file doesn't fix anything (and why would it if the official Messenger client can connect fine) so I don't think this is entirely Leopard's fault.

Helix · Post by **Helix** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:02 pm

Hey,

I have been an Adium user for more than a year, but only today found out that this forum existed when I needed help.

Anyway...

I wiped my computer a couple of days ago (in preparation of getting a new updated MacBook Pro, but Apple didn't do anything so I'm sticking with my PowerBook.) So today I installed Adium 1.2.1.

However, it doesn't connect. I'm using Hotmail. Leopard 10.5.1

All I get is a "Error: Unable to connect" Message. I retyped my username and pass, to make sure. It goes Connecting for a split second before showing Reconnecting - with a countdown.

Adium as worked on Leopard before the wipe. So anyone have any ideas of why its not working now?

Thanks for any information, much appreciated.

Helix · Post by **Helix** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:25 am

Does anyone know where I can get the older version of Adium, not the one that was released a few days ago... that update is causing problems for me to log on using MSN.

THANKS

samoflange · Post by **samoflange** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:39 pm

same here, since that last update i have no msn connectivity. Was working fine before (using leopard)

terminal fix doesn't work

xiamenese · Post by **xiamenese** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:29 am

Over the weekend until yesterday (Monday) morning, I was unable to connect to MSN. Changing the hosts file solved that, but on my home network it was still extremely slow to connect.

At the same time, some friends on PCs running the Microsoft client on the same public network as me also reported problems logging on; AIM was totally impossible; QQ has been impossible for a whilee. Only Gtalk/jabber was usable.

Around midday, in a cafe with a wireless network, it connected fine, though with periodic disconnections-reconnections. On returning home in the evening, all was working well again. So I suspect that the problems of recent days may not all have been down to the Adium upgrade.

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Can't log in to MSN on Leopard - Just keeps trying to connec

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