installing from https://launchpad.net/~pidgin-developers/+archive/ppa/ fixed everything for maverick.
Disabling ssl and ClientLogin resulted in an unknow error and disabling of the ICQ account in pidgin. -- Can't login to ICQ or AIM servers "Received unexpected response from http://api.oscar.aol.com/aim/startOSCARSession" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/506647 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs