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Vista Connection Issues?

2006-10-19
2013-01-14
  • bignastypratt

    bignastypratt - 2006-10-19

    Anybody else having trouble getting beta4 to connect with Vista?  3.1 worked fine but it seems like it hangs with beta4.

     
    • Luke Schierer

      Luke Schierer - 2006-10-19

      this may be related to the widespread win32 issues with the network manager stuff.

       
    • Anonymous

      Anonymous - 2006-10-22

      it's not just vista.  I'm having plenty of troubles with win2k.

      this is what happens when you add untested features to a fourth beta.  seriously, gaim 2 will never go gold.

       
    • Anonymous

      Anonymous - 2006-10-22

      This is probably related to the new NetworkManager. I'm guessing it doesn't have access rights to the network status when you're logged in as a user under Windows (which is default in Vista I believe). Being unable to detect the network status, it probably simply assumes there isn't any network and will not connect to your account.

      I did a simple test under Win2K: I could connect perfectly to my MSN / ICQ accounts as an admin, but Gaim stubbornly refused when I was logged in as a user (it gave me a "Waiting for network connection" message).

      So I guess it's back to b3 for me :(

       
      • Anonymous

        Anonymous - 2006-10-22

        I'm having problems under win2k logged in as administrator.  When I load gaim, it sits there saying "Waiting for network connection" until I disable and then re-enable all my accounts.  After that, it seems to work until I restart gaim

         
    • mindtempest

      mindtempest - 2006-10-24

      quote:
      This is probably related to the new NetworkManager. I'm guessing it doesn't have access rights to the network status when you're logged in as a user under Windows (which is default in Vista I believe). Being unable to detect the network status, it probably simply assumes there isn't any network and will not connect to your account.

      I did a simple test under Win2K: I could connect perfectly to my MSN / ICQ accounts as an admin, but Gaim stubbornly refused when I was logged in as a user (it gave me a "Waiting for network connection" message).

      So I guess it's back to b3 for me :(

      i ran gaim as an admin in win2k, and it stil refuses to connect, waiting for network connection. only when i change the status to away or busy, does it reconnect. and for some reason, a mesage box with only a grey background appears for a split second when i start up gaim on the top left hand corner, and disappears soon after. I wonder if that is an error with the program, or the same issue.

       
    • libzhark

      libzhark - 2006-10-24

      I'm having trouble connecting using both 3.1 and 4, under Vista RC2. Here's some debug output from 3.1 as I try to conenct and AIM account, and then a yahoo account

      ...
      plugins: probing F:\Program Files\Gaim\plugins\tcl.dll
      tcl: Initializing the Tcl runtime.  If Gaim doesn't load, it is most likely beca
      use you have cygwin in your PATH and you should remove it. See http://gaim.sf.ne
      t/win32 for more information
      wgaim: tcl84.dll not found. Loading it..
      wgaim: Could not load: tcl84.dll
      tcl: tcl_win32_init error loading Tcl_CreateInterp
      ...
      account: Connecting to account libzhark
      ...
      dns: DNS Lookup for: login.oscar.aol.com
      gaim_url_fetch: requested to fetch (http://192.168.1.1:80/Public_UPNP_gatedesc.x
      ml), full=1, user_agent=((null)), http11=1
      proxy: Connecting to 192.168.1.1:80 with no proxy
      proxy: Connect would have blocked.
      proxy: Connected.
      gaim_url_fetch: Request: 'GET /Public_UPNP_gatedesc.xml HTTP/1.1
      Connection: close
      Host: 192.168.1.1:80

      '
      upnp: gaim_upnp_parse_description(): control URL is NULL

      proxy: Connecting to login.oscar.aol.com:5190 with no proxy
      proxy: Connect would have blocked.
      proxy: Connected.
      oscar: Screen name sent, waiting for response
      util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory F:\Users\brian\AppData\Roaming\.gai
      m
      account: Disconnecting account 0181EE48
      connection: Disconnecting connection 027A6C00
      oscar: Signed off.
      ...
      account: Connecting to account libzhark0
      ...
      dns: DNS Lookup for: scs.msg.yahoo.com
      proxy: Connecting to scs.msg.yahoo.com:5050 with no proxy
      proxy: Connect would have blocked.
      proxy: Connected.
      yahoo: Only wrote -1 of 34 bytes!
      ...
      account: Disconnecting account 0181EDF0
      connection: Disconnecting connection 027A7080
      connection: Destroying connection 027A7080

       
    • Awran

      Awran - 2006-10-25

      Tested on XP and Win2k with no issues.

      On Vista RC1 and RC2
      It is not a permission related issue 'Run As Administrator' function has same result.  Undoubtedly the issue is related to NetworkManager.  Vista is alot more particular in the way it handles applications and their network access.

       
    • bignastypratt

      bignastypratt - 2006-10-25

      Got it workin good enough but still not great...

      Found this in the Windows Slow UI thread: http://www.filefactory.com/file/340993/

      download that library file and copy it over the existing one and you should be able to connect.  sometimes i have to change the status to something other than available and then change it back for it to connect.