Hoary / kernel 2.6.9: Gaim cannot connect to AIM/ICQ?

[jadm5000]

Klaus Alexander Seistrup Wrote: 
> Hi,
> 
> After installing Warty from the install cd a few weeks ago, I almost
> immediately upgraded to Hoary.  And except for a few instabilities
> (mainly Python woes), everything was fine until a couple a days ago
> when I upped the kernel from 2.6.8 to 2.6.9¹.  Now my gaim can no
> longer connect to AIM and ICQ (Jabber, MSN and Yahoo are fine,
> though), and FireFox cannot reach www.netscape.net.
> 
> First I thought I had made a mistake in my firewall rules, but even
> when I clear the iptables, and even when I disable ECN, I still cannot
> connect to those sites.  The sites are still pingable, though.
> 
> Next I thought about the TCP Window Scaling problem², but I thought
> that problem had been corrected in 2.6.9?  Also, the
> tcp_default_win_scale pseudo file that the article on LWN is talking
> about, doesn't exist in my /proc/sys/net,
> so I don't really know how to disable TCP window scaling...
> 
> Does anyone else have the same problem?  Or, better yet:  Does anyone
> know how to solve my problem?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> // Klaus
> 
> ¹)
> $ uname -a
> Linux main 2.6.9-1-k7 #1 Mon Dec 20 10:18:58 UTC 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
> $ 
> 
> ²)
> See e.g. <http://lwn.net/Articles/92727/>.
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> Klaus Alexander Seistrup
> SubZeroNet · Copenhagen · Denmark
> 
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my dsl router also does the negotiating - ouch if it were me id not
have upgraded at all with Hoary until the bugs were worked out, sounds
interesting but im very happy at the moment with Warty and ive read
about more 'bugs' than not from ppl who upgraded (or are trying) - ill
wait till Hoary is stabler.


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jadm5000