[kde-linux] Kopete refuses to connect to GTalk

[Tanja Petri]

On Friday 26 December 2008 20:39:50 Jim Philips wrote:
> I'm running KDE 4.1.85 on Kubuntu Ibex and I have configured Kopete the way
> that has always worked before. But it never says anything but "Connecting"
> when I try to go online with GTalk. Other IM services connect fine. I have
> installed qca2 and qca2-plugin-ossl as suggested on the Kopete mailing
> list. It makes no difference. Anyone have any ideas? GTalk is the service I
> use most often, so without it Kopete is useless to me.

Works fine here, also Kubuntu Intrepid:

Kopete
Version 0.60.3
Using KDE 4.1.3 (KDE 4.1.3)

That was a fresh install, about a week old, and without installing anything 
but the base system.

Have you setup your account following the instructions on google.com?
http://www.google.com/support/talk/bin/answer.py?answer=57557