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 '<a href="http://login.oscar.aol.com">login.oscar.aol.com</a>' resolved proxy: Connecting to <a href="http://login.oscar.aol.com:5190">login.oscar.aol.com:5190</a> 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