problems pidgin with ltsp server

[uwe]

thank you fabian. I will give it a try and let you know.

rgds,

uwe


Am Montag, den 19.01.2009, 16:12 -0500 schrieb Fabian Rodriguez:
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> uwe wrote:
> > hello everybody,
> > 
> > I have one ltsp 5 server at school and 15 kids. I wanted to introduce
> > them to using pidgin via the bonjour protokol for chating with each
> > other.
> > 
> > so I was walking around to each kid - one by one - to set there session
> > up. after the 10th computer, the kids where not able to connect anymore.
> > I don't have the exact error message, but if I remember well it reported
> > a socket/port error. also, rebooting the thin clients did not help.
> > those who worked also continued to work properly.
> > 
> > I also started pidgin from the terminal to see if there were any further
> > error messages appearing but there weren't.
> > 
> > has somebody an idea?
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> You can start Pidgin from command line without automatically enabling
> its configured accounts with:
> pidgin -n
> 
> You can also start Pidgin in debug mode like this:
> pidgin -d
> 
> Once in Debug mode, error messages will hint you at any possible plugin
> or protocol problem.
> 
> The -n option will then let you start Pidgin and correct any problems
> (disable a plugin completely, properly configure a protocol, etc).
> 
> If you have specific technical questions about Pidgin you can also ask here:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/~pidgin-rocks
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> - --
> Fabian Rodriguez, Ubuntu Systems Senior Support Analyst
> Canonical Corporate Services, Montreal, QC, Canada
> http://landscape.canonical.com
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