Hey Ari... i see you are for whatever reason booted from the Yahoo end of pidgin too? i can't connect on either computer.. and i don't recall updating it.

  --Ashura (Not signed in).....Fri Jun 19 01:21:47 -0700 2009

i think it is a pidgin issue, cause sadly the YIM app itself can still connect... in windows... and it's making me a -leeeetle- crazy cause i can't do diddly in windows other than games. >.<

  --Ashura (Not signed in).....Fri Jun 19 01:35:51 -0700 2009

Sorry for not replying sooner...

Eva pointed me to a change to make. Pidgin -> Accounts -> Your yahoo account -> Edit Account -> Advanced tab.

Change the Pager Server setting from scs.msg.yahoo.com to 66.163.181.173. The change is instant, as soon as you hit OK.

  --ArielMT.....Sun Jun 21 11:56:01 -0700 2009

Annnnnnnnnd... It quit working this evening.

  --ArielMT.....Tue Jun 23 21:14:51 -0700 2009

The fix is to install pidgin from GetDeb, at least until the Ubuntu repository catches up. Version 2.5.7 works, and the cause was Yahoo! killing off support for YIM versions 6.0 through 7.5.

  --ArielMT.....Thu Jun 25 22:33:27 -0700 2009

yea, i found the same info, but i still have no idea how to install the 2.5.7 bleeding edge release..
i guess i'll wait till fricken pidgin is ready in synaptic. thanks, though ^.^ OOH! btw, i figured out what i did wrong with the linksys. it turns out, that, though there is a connection with USB, it doesn't allow your computer to have ANY control of the router, so i just connected a cat5 and went to the http://[ip] and it went like a clockwork. i even named the connection [fuck_you] for someone who was tapping into it :P talk to ya later ^.^

  --Ashura (Not signed in).....Sat Jun 27 22:51:13 -0700 2009

Download the debs from GetDeb: pidgin, pidgin-data, libpurple0, and libpurple-bin. Then open a terminal:

cd [whatever directory you downloaded the packages into]
sudo apt-get remove pidgin pidgin-data libpurple0 libpurple-bin

Take note of whatever extra packages it wants to remove as well, as you'll want to install them back later.

sudo dpkg -i pidgin_[press tab] pidgin-d[press tab] libpurple0[press tab] libpurple-d[press tab]
sudo apt-get install [whatever packages the apt-get remove command removed]

That should get you on the bleeding edge of pidgin.

  --ArielMT.....Sun Jun 28 12:03:47 -0700 2009

it's ok, i just got the latest release, and it works, now just used apt to get it, but now i have another problem... my madwifi driver just up and quit today and i can't seem to get it to boot back up. i was so proud of myself, getting it up and running and now it's kaput :/

  --ashura (Not signed in).....Tue Jun 30 17:07:00 -0700 2009