[kde-linux] Kopete refuses to connect to GTalk

[Jim Philips]

On Friday 26 December 2008 14:39:50 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.

I never found a solution to this...so Pidgin it is! Worked right away.