Tracy, have you read this: https://github.com/dequis/purple-facebook/wiki -- Registered Linux User: #480675 Registered Linux Machine: #408606 Linux since June 2005
On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 10:03 PM, Tracy <pid...@arisiasoft.com> wrote: > Following up on this. Turns out I fixed it, although I'm not *exactly* sure > what the fix was. > > I was reading some old posts on the net about this kind of problem with past > versions of the Facebook plugin, and one of them mentioned that deleting the > Facebook account in Pidgin and recreating it would sometimes fix the > problem. > > This led me to look at the accounts.xml in the Pidgin data directory, and I > found some "settings" information in there that looked a bit odd. So, on the > theory that deleting and recreating the account would replace that section > (along with the rest, obviously, but the rest looked OK to me), I deleted > the Settings section, saved the accounts.xml file with those changes, and > started Pidgin. Going in and enabling the Facebook account caused it to > start right up. > > So, the problem has to be something in the Settings section. Now that I have > it running again, I'll have to compare those two Settings blocks. > > My current "theory" is that the session token that was stored in the > settings block somehow became invalid, but the plugin either wasn't able to, > or wasn't designed to, update that - so it was trying to continue to use the > invalidated token for the session. But again, that's just a theory, and may > not be borne out by additional research. > > If anyone is interested in following up on this and wants to look at the > stuff I pulled out of Settings in hopes of figuring out what went wrong, > feel free to reply to this thread (or contact me off-list, if that's more > convenient). > > Thanks > > Tracy > > > On 1/21/2017 20:32, Tracy wrote: >> >> Greetings. >> >> I have been running Pidgin 2.11.0 under Windows 10 Home (64-bit) (version >> 10.0.14393) for a while now. However, starting yesterday, I am having >> trouble connecting to Facebook. I receive the error "Invalid HTTP response >> code 401". >> >> Nothing has changed about my setup, nor has my Facebook password changed. >> I am still able to log in to Facebook directly (and I can log into Facebook >> Messenger on my mobile devices) using the same user account and password as >> I have set up in Pidgin. >> >> I did a search of the bug list, and turned up a couple of closed bugs from >> 2014 about this problem, but it appeared to be a plugin problem (To the best >> of my knowledge, I am not using any external plugins - just the ones that >> come with Pidgin). >> >> My configuration for Facebook is: >> >> Login Options: >> Protocol: Facebook >> Username: <redacted> >> Password: <redacted> >> Remember Password (checked) >> >> User Options: >> Local Alias: Tracy >> >> Proxy >> Proxy Type: Use Global Proxy Settings >> >> This had been working correctly up until yesterday. >> >> I have tried basic things like closing and reopening Pidgin, and >> restarting the computer. Are there other specific things I should try, or is >> this something that has changed with the Facebook protocol (hence >> necessitating a change to the program)? If necessary or desirable, I can >> produce a debug log - but for obvious reasons I wouldn't want to post that >> here... >> >> I would appreciate any suggestions you may offer (well, except ditching >> Facebook O:-) ) >> >> Tracy >> > > _______________________________________________ > Support@pidgin.im mailing list > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
