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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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
Umm… im replace scs.msg.yahoo.com to cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com and it’s connected
Xero Yuuy, cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com is to replace scs.msg.yahoo.com. It was a mistake in my original post, and it has been corrected. Thanks.
u can use IP address
http://lifeuml.com/pidgin-cannot-connect-to-yahoo/
it works! thanks
thanks dude.
Thanks. It works like a charm. I have been trying to login for a few days now.
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/
Very thanks.. for this infromation…
Sweet.
work like a charm ….thanx a lot
Changing to the Canadian paging server causes Pidgin to crash for me.
Yahoo can just fuck off, everyone should switch to Jabber.
amazingly it works.
not working for me. my add is at yahoo.co.uk
it says, valid username…
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!
omg thanks! it worked!
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.
Worked great !! Thanks a lot.
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.
ok it’s work thanks
thanx a lot, it very helpfull, coz i’m not online for a week… 🙂
it worked for 5 seconds … afterword it crashed … and it continues to crash on start-up 😦
Are you running Pidgin 2.5.5 or newer? If not, you can try to upgrade to the newer version as @Yfrwlf suggested.
@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/
Thanks a lot, the change to cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com worked for me.
Lou
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
Any news regarding yahoo rooms access? I still cant join any room 😦 Man this sucks!!
@shavinder: I don’t have any news regarding to Yahoo room. I don’t use that feature and haven’t tested it yet.
switching to the canadian server crashes pidgin for me as well… and the IP addresses worked once for me, but haven’t since.
Hi. I haven’t been able to connect to the Yahoo chat rooms either. Does anyone have any ideas?
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
It worked, but pics on buddies avatar. help me to configure.
i mean, no avatar picture on my friend list .
Thanks guys, everything was perfect until a few days ago and I made the change
It works thanks a lot!!
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.
thanks! it works. 😀
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.
Thanks for posting this, its been annoying me for some time.
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.
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.
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! 🙂
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!
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..
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 🙂
Thanks this fix worked on Debian/Lenny Pidgin 2.4.3.
awesome! >:)
cn.scs.msg.yahoo.com works for me, thx 🙂
Yeah it fuckin* worked! Thanks man!
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/
it works in my linux ubuntu BLANKON (Indonesian version of Ubuntu)
I’m running Ubuntu Linux 8.10 and this fix worked like a charm!
Thanks! 🙂
I tried with my pidgin 2.5.2 for alpha 400 netbook…it still sys connecting….and Icnt seemto update it….HELP! PLZ!!
Hasn’t worked for me cuz i am not given the authority to update my Pidgin.it’s an office system.if anybody knows what to do so i can go back to pidgin ,kindly help me.i am tired of this mess.
its not even working for me. I have version of Pidgin 2.7.3-1.fc12 (libpurple 2.7.3)
Manish, the change of server address applies to Pidgin 2.5.5 only. I’m running 2.6.6 and Yahoo messenger works out of the box.
I can’t see the avatars in Pindgin, i’m using ubuntu 10.10. Can someone help me ? I checked the show buddy details. Thank’s !