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Pidgin 2.5.5 – cannot connect to Yahoo messenger

Posted in Debian, Unix/Linux by kenno on June 20, 2009

I just noticed the abnormality with Pidgin 2.5.5 (running on Debian) these few days — I couldn’t connect my Yahoo messenger account at all. According to the discussion of Bug #389278 it appears that Yahoo was trying to change its protocol.

A quick way to have Pidgin connecting to Yahoo messenger server again is to change the Pager server setting for the Yahoo account in Pidgin.

To do this, from Pidgin:

  • Manage Accounts (Ctrl + A)
  • Select the Yahoo account from the list (assuming you’ve set one up before), and click Modify
  • Click on Advanced tab, under the Yahoo Options, in the Pager server field replace scs.msg.yahoo.com with cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com

Try to connect to Yahoo messenger server again. It worked for me.

Credit: Bug #389278 in pidgin (Ubuntu)

Update:

Please cosider upgrade your Pidgin to version 2.5.7. I just upgraded mine and the problem seems to have gone away. Don’t forget to change the Page Server back to scs.msg.yahoo.com.

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  1. Xero Yuuy said, on June 21, 2009 at 1:15 am

    I’m running pidgin on windows, it’s already using pager server scs.msg.yahoo.com, but still cannot connected since 3 days ago.

    do u have any idea? thx

    Reply
  2. Xero Yuuy said, on June 21, 2009 at 1:22 am

    Umm… im replace scs.msg.yahoo.com to cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com and it’s connected

    Reply
  3. koole said, on June 21, 2009 at 2:58 am

    it works! thanks

    Reply
  4. i19n said, on June 21, 2009 at 9:34 am

    thanks dude.

    Reply
  5. simon said, on June 21, 2009 at 2:34 pm

    Thanks. It works like a charm. I have been trying to login for a few days now.

    Reply
  6. Jimmy said, on June 21, 2009 at 3:54 pm

    Hi,
    I solve it by change Pager server configuration to IP instead domain name.
    Article & screenshot step by step:
    http://jimmod.com/blog/2009/06/solving-pidgin-cannot-connect-ym/

    Reply
  7. pitiq said, on June 21, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    Very thanks.. for this infromation…

    Reply
  8. redkinoko said, on June 22, 2009 at 1:35 am

    Sweet.

    Reply
  9. aditya said, on June 22, 2009 at 4:14 am

    work like a charm ….thanx a lot

    Reply
  10. Yfrwlf said, on June 22, 2009 at 4:14 am

    Changing to the Canadian paging server causes Pidgin to crash for me.

    Reply
  11. Yfrwlf said, on June 22, 2009 at 4:21 am

    Yahoo can just fuck off, everyone should switch to Jabber.

    Reply
  12. nuar said, on June 22, 2009 at 8:50 am

    amazingly it works.

    Reply
  13. Sim said, on June 22, 2009 at 1:08 pm

    not working for me. my add is at yahoo.co.uk

    Reply
  14. Sim said, on June 22, 2009 at 1:09 pm

    it says, valid username…

    Reply
  15. shavinder said, on June 22, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    I was facing the same problem and was able to connect with your suggestion. I have been on my wits end these past few days! Thanks!

    Reply
  16. miguel said, on June 23, 2009 at 12:43 am

    omg thanks! it worked!

    Reply
  17. Yfrwlf said, on June 23, 2009 at 12:56 am

    Pidgin just crashes for me when I try it. Maybe I need a newer version, but Yahoo sucks. I just wish Jabber clients would get Jingle support.

    Reply
  18. piggingirl said, on June 23, 2009 at 1:48 am

    Worked great !! Thanks a lot.

    Reply
  19. shavinder said, on June 23, 2009 at 4:19 am

    I am able to connect to yahoo and am able to talk with my buddies but i just discovered I am not able to join any yahoo chat room!!! Are you guys able to join yahoo rooms? Please let me know and tell me a solution if any. Thanks in advance.

    Reply
  20. bedi said, on June 23, 2009 at 6:02 am

    ok it’s work thanks

    Reply
  21. adhom said, on June 24, 2009 at 4:01 am

    thanx a lot, it very helpfull, coz i’m not online for a week… :)

    Reply
  22. gabriel solomon said, on June 24, 2009 at 8:23 am

    it worked for 5 seconds … afterword it crashed … and it continues to crash on start-up :(

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    • kenno said, on June 24, 2009 at 11:53 pm

      Are you running Pidgin 2.5.5 or newer? If not, you can try to upgrade to the newer version as @Yfrwlf suggested.

      Reply
  23. Yfrwlf said, on June 24, 2009 at 1:25 pm

    @gabriel: I had the same problem, you need to upgrade to the newest version of Pidgin which is compatible with the new Yahoo protocol.

    Ubuntu upgrade is here, other platforms also there too: http://www.pidgin.im/download/ubuntu/

    Reply
  24. Lou said, on June 24, 2009 at 3:53 pm

    Thanks a lot, the change to cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com worked for me.

    Lou

    Reply
  25. Burhanuddin said, on June 25, 2009 at 1:32 am

    yeah its work, perfect solution, i can connect pidgin after update my ubuntu. try to change with kopete but can’t connect to. NOW with change to cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com everything ok.

    thanks man

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  26. shavinder said, on June 25, 2009 at 9:17 am

    Any news regarding yahoo rooms access? I still cant join any room :-( Man this sucks!!

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    • kenno said, on June 26, 2009 at 1:37 am

      @shavinder: I don’t have any news regarding to Yahoo room. I don’t use that feature and haven’t tested it yet.

      Reply
  27. Jeremy Daley said, on June 26, 2009 at 12:53 pm

    switching to the canadian server crashes pidgin for me as well… and the IP addresses worked once for me, but haven’t since.

    Reply
  28. simon robertson said, on June 26, 2009 at 9:22 pm

    Hi. I haven’t been able to connect to the Yahoo chat rooms either. Does anyone have any ideas?

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    • godless said, on June 30, 2009 at 10:41 am

      Upgrade pidgin to 2.5.7 and don’t forget to change the server back to scs.msg.yahoo.com
      . It worked for me, I was not able to connect room when I used the cn.scs server

      Reply
  29. tep said, on June 27, 2009 at 4:56 am

    It worked, but pics on buddies avatar. help me to configure.

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  30. tep said, on June 27, 2009 at 4:58 am

    i mean, no avatar picture on my friend list .

    Reply
  31. Vidyaratha Kissoon said, on June 28, 2009 at 12:18 am

    Thanks guys, everything was perfect until a few days ago and I made the change

    Reply
  32. gimmmo said, on June 29, 2009 at 1:11 am

    It works thanks a lot!!

    Reply
  33. Guest said, on June 29, 2009 at 3:05 am

    it works. thanks.
    but there is still problem.
    no avatar/pic appears in any of my friends
    in the list. also, i cannot recieve file anymore.

    Reply
  34. Asif said, on June 30, 2009 at 12:46 pm

    thanks! it works. :D

    Reply
  35. shavinder said, on June 30, 2009 at 6:13 pm

    Hi,
    I just wanted to say please read this http://tinyurl.com/pidgin-yahoo
    In brief you should upgrade to 2.5.7 and check if page server is correct as told.
    This properly resolves the issue.

    Reply
  36. johnny said, on July 1, 2009 at 11:53 pm

    Thanks for posting this, its been annoying me for some time.

    Reply
  37. C said, on July 7, 2009 at 4:05 pm

    Dude, you rock. I’m running Pidgin on a USB drive and the updated version isn’t available yet. I have tried numerous different servers posted on other sites but yours works. Thanks for posting.

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    • Kenno said, on July 8, 2009 at 6:13 am

      Hey, glad it was helpful. Pidgin on my Debian is a bit messed up now. It worked for awhile after I updated it to 2.5.8. Now, it doesn’t display “protocol” in each account. It’s a bit difficult to verbally describe it. I’ll post the screenshot later.

      Hopefully someone else could help me.

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  38. Narayanas said, on July 8, 2009 at 4:28 pm

    Well the yahoo issues seem almost completely addressed. Modifying the server settings by adding cn solved the problems but temporarily. Now with Pidgin 2.5.8 many of the issues seem resolved: Just in case you forget: After you upgrade to Pidgin 2.5.8, revert to the old server settings! Just remove the ‘cn’ you added earlier, and all will be fine! :-)

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  39. Hon tap said, on July 12, 2009 at 10:44 am

    Thank you very much. I have the same problem with Pidgin 2.4.3 in Debian with LXDE. The status is always “connecting”. After change Yahoo server address, it works!

    Reply
  40. Philip Alex said, on July 15, 2009 at 6:54 pm

    hello,
    Thank you very much for helping……
    Now thw yahoo messenger is working fine but i cannot enter into any rooms. It showing the room list but when we select a room and click the join button it did not showing anything..please help……

    I am waiting for your reply..

    Reply
  41. Neezhom photographic said, on July 24, 2009 at 4:46 am

    Very thank you buddy, my problem solved. Just install Linux mint 7 today, and lost much times figuring pidgin huhu. thanx again, have nice days ahead, all the best :)

    Reply
  42. Connection Problem to Yahoo Server from Pidgin « Dako-Tux said, on July 28, 2009 at 1:00 pm

    [...] Change the pager server from scs.msg.yahoo.com to cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com, for detail click here. [...]

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  43. ted said, on August 15, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    Thanks this fix worked on Debian/Lenny Pidgin 2.4.3.

    Reply
  44. zkiard said, on August 17, 2009 at 2:34 am

    awesome! >:)

    Reply
  45. ruman_xyz said, on August 22, 2009 at 6:50 am

    cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com works for me, thx :)

    Reply
  46. henry said, on September 23, 2009 at 11:41 am

    Yeah it fuckin* worked! Thanks man!

    Reply
  47. Setia Gunawan said, on September 28, 2009 at 4:58 am

    Please try with IP Address:
    68.180.217.6 – 68.180.217.14 (9 ea)
    76.13.15.29 – 76.13.15.37 (9 ea)

    http://blogun.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/yahoo-messenger-server/

    Reply

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