Newbie gaim question

[Owen Marshall]

Hi!

My name is Owen and I am relatively new to ubuntu. I have been unable to get 
gaim to run. I put a launcher on the panel to get it to run with only one 
click. When I click it, it asks for my username and password, gives me the 
"Signon" window with the message Connecting, but the progress bar never 
fills. Eventually, it stops completely and gives me the login screen again. 
with the message that I was disconnected. I kill the program from the 
command line. Here is what I get if I run "gaim -d"

sound: Initializing sound output drivers.
plugins: registering plugin-load signal
plugins: registering plugin-unload signal
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/autorecon.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/docklet.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/extplacement.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/gaim-remote.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/gestures.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/gevolution.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/history.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/iconaway.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/idle.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libgg.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libirc.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libjabber.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libmsn.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libnapster.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libnovell.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/liboscar.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libyahoo.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/libzephyr.so
plugins: /usr/lib/gaim/libzephyr.so is unloadable: libzephyr.so.3: cannot 
open shared object file: No such file or directory
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/notify.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/relnot.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/spellchk.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ssl-gnutls.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ssl-nss.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ssl.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/statenotify.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/tcl.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/ticker.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/timestamp.so
plugins: probing /usr/lib/gaim/nautilus.so
plugins: probing /home/omarshall/.gaim/smileys
plugins: probing /home/omarshall/.gaim/accounts.xml
plugins: probing /home/omarshall/.gaim/prefs.xml
plugins: registering plugin-load signal
plugins: registering plugin-unload signal
prefs: Reading /home/omarshall/.gaim/prefs.xml
prefs: Finished reading /home/omarshall/.gaim/prefs.xml
plugins: Loading saved plugin docklet.so
tray icon: plugin loaded
tray icon: created
plugins: Loading saved plugin gestures.so
plugins: Loading saved plugin notify.so
pounces: Error reading pounces: Failed to open file 
'/home/omarshall/.gaim/pounces.xml': No such file or directory
status: Error reading statuses: Failed to open file 
'/home/omarshall/.gaim/status.xml': No such file or directory
Session Management: ICE initialized.
Session Management: Connecting with no previous ID
Session Management: Handling new ICE connection... done.
Session Management: Connected to manager (GnomeSM) with client ID 
117f000001000111931102000000075680009
Session Management: Using gaim as command
account: Connecting to account 0x81f5f70. gc = 0x8206160
connection: Connecting. gc = 0x8206160
connection: Calling serv_login
server: gaim 1.1.4 logging in t1ggerb0n3 using AIM/ICQ
oscar: oscar_login: gc = 0x8206160
dns: Created new DNS child 8122, there are now 1 children.
Session Management: Received first save_yourself
dns: Host 'login.oscar.aol.com <http://login.oscar.aol.com>' resolved
proxy: Connecting to
login.oscar.aol.com:5190<http://login.oscar.aol.com:5190>with no proxy
proxy: Connect would have blocked.
Session Management: Received save_complete
tray icon: embedded
accounts: Writing accounts to disk.
dns[8122]: nobody needs me... =(
proxy: Connected.
proxy: getsockopt SO_ERROR check: Connection timed out
account: Disconnecting account 0x81f5f70
connection: Disconnecting connection 0x8206160
oscar: Signed off.
blist: Destroying
connection: Destroying connection 0x8206160
tray icon: dealing with queued messages on exit
main: Unloading all plugins
plugins: Unloading plugin System Tray Icon
tray icon: destroyed
tray icon: removing callbacks
tray icon: plugin unloaded
plugins: Unloading plugin Mouse Gestures
plugins: Unloading plugin Gadu-Gadu
plugins: Unloading plugin IRC
plugins: Unloading plugin Jabber
plugins: Unloading plugin MSN
plugins: Unloading plugin Napster
plugins: Unloading plugin GroupWise
plugins: Unloading plugin AIM/ICQ
plugins: Unloading plugin Yahoo
plugins: Unloading plugin Message Notification
plugins: Unloading plugin Tcl Plugin Loader
Session Management: Handling closed ICE connection... done.
Session Management: Connection closed.
prefs: /gaim/gtk/plugins/loaded changed, scheduling save.

gaim -v tells me that my version is Gaim 1.1.4. I am able to surf the web 
using Firefox and to download updates with apt-get so I do not think that 
the problem is with my internet connection in any generic sense.

Could someone please tell me what I should try next?

Thank you for your time.

sincerely,

Owen
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