aMSN won't connect any more

[Rv_Charton]

Hello,

Since a few weeks, aMSN doesn't want to connect anymore, and I can't find a solution on the Internet. It was working very well, and one morning, without any change in my config, it happened to be broken. Please, help!!

I'm using Edgy Eft. I'm behind a proxy, LAN connected on the Residence Network in a University. The version of aMSN I use is 0.97b, but I tried with 0.95 (stable version packaged in Ubuntu) and 0.96 latest stable version, the problem was the same.
I think the proxy is well configured, at least I don't see how to configure it better...

Here is the relevant section of the Status Log, I'm unable to decode it:

[13:29:49] ::HTTPConnection::Connected: Proxy connected!!
[13:29:49] ::HTTPConnection::Connected: PROXY SEND (ns)
POST http://gateway.messenger.hotmail.com/gateway/gateway.dll?Action=open&Server=NS&IP=messenger.hotmail.com HTTP/1.1

Accept: */*

Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate

User-Agent: MSMSGS

Host: gateway.messenger.hotmail.com

Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive

Connection: Keep-Alive

Pragma: no-cache

Content-Type: application/x-msn-messenger

Content-Length: 0

Proxy-Authorization: Basic moderator edit : removed for security reasons




[13:29:50] ::HTTPConnection::ConnectReply
[13:29:50] cmsn_auth starting, stat=a
[13:29:50] ::HTTPConnection::HTTPRead: Proxy POST connection closed for ns:
HTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request

[13:29:50] ::MSN::CloseSB ::ns Called
[13:29:50] ::MSN::ClearSB ::ns called
[13:29:50] clearing sb ::ns. oldstat=v
[13:29:50] ::MSN::CloseSB ns Called
[13:29:50] ::MSN::ClearSB ns called
[13:29:50] clearing sb ns. oldstat=d
[13:29:50] Loging out
[13:29:50] Picture.tcl: Unable to crop image with TkCxImage
coordinates for -from option extend outside source image
[13:29:51] gotNexusReply: loginurl=https://login.live.com/login2.srf
[13:29:51] gotNexusReply: finished before authentication took place

Any help would be greatly welcome!
Regards,

Hervé

[kakaroto]

Hi,
I just tried and it seems like everything in your log is 'normal', you should probably post what it shows after that, and what error message it gives you.

[Rv_Charton]

Ok, so here is the complete Status Log (I just hide personal informations):

21:33:17] Catch in proc trans (title ): can't read "lang(title)": no such variable
[21:33:17] Catch in proc trans (followtext ): can't read "lang(followtext)": no such variable
[21:33:17] Catch in proc trans (filters ): can't read "lang(filters)": no such variable
[21:33:17] Catch in proc trans (savetofile ): can't read "lang(savetofile)": no such variable
[21:33:17] Catch in proc trans (clear ): can't read "lang(clear)": no such variable
[21:33:17] Catch in proc trans (close ): can't read "lang(close)": no such variable
[21:33:17] System language is fr_fr@euro
[21:33:17] Removed @ thing. Now system language is fr_fr
[21:33:17] Removed _ variant. Now system language is fr
[21:33:17] Language "fr" is in available languages, using it
[21:33:17] Matching language fr!
[21:33:17] LoadLoginList: starting
[21:33:17] LoadLoginList: HOME=****, HOME2=****, HOMEE=****
[21:33:17] LoadLoginList: adding profile **** with lock num 0
[21:33:17] LoadLoginList: getting an initial profile
[21:33:17] CheckLock: LoginList getlock called. Lock=0
[21:33:17] CheckLock: Port is zero
[21:33:17] LockProfile: Locking ****
[21:33:17] LockProfile: Got random port 65423
[21:33:17] LoadLoginList: profile **** is free, locking
[21:33:17] LoadLoginList: we found a free profile: ****
[21:33:17] load_config: Started. HOME=****, config(login)=****
[21:33:17] load_config: loading file ****
[21:33:17] load_config: Config loaded
[21:33:17] PLUGIN : Nudge
[21:33:17] load_lang called from a plugin
[21:33:17] load_lang called from a plugin
[21:33:17] Catch in proc trans (add_clmenuitem ): can't read "lang(add_clmenuitem)": no such element in array
[21:33:17] PLUGIN : Cam Shooter
[21:33:17] load_lang called from a plugin
[21:33:17] load_lang called from a plugin
[21:33:17] PLUGIN : remind
[21:33:17] load_lang called from a plugin
[21:33:17] load_lang called from a plugin
[21:33:17] PLUGIN : Webcam Server
[21:33:17] skin default 's scrollbar loaded
[21:33:19] Picture.tcl: Unable to crop image with TkCxImage
coordinates for -from option extend outside source image
[21:33:37] ::HTTPConnection::Connected: Proxy connected!!
[21:33:37] ::HTTPConnection::Connected: PROXY SEND (ns)
POST http://gateway.messenger.hotmail.com/gateway/gateway.dll?Action=open&Server=NS&IP=messenger.hotmail.com HTTP/1.1

Accept: */*

Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate

User-Agent: MSMSGS

Host: gateway.messenger.hotmail.com

Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive

Connection: Keep-Alive

Pragma: no-cache

Content-Type: application/x-msn-messenger

Content-Length: 0

Proxy-Authorization: Basic <again removed by moderator for same reasons as above... >




[21:33:38] gotNexusReply: loginurl=https://login.live.com/login2.srf
[21:33:38] gotNexusReply: finished before authentication took place
[21:33:38] ::HTTPConnection::ConnectReply
[21:33:38] cmsn_auth starting, stat=a
[21:33:38] ::HTTPConnection::HTTPRead: Proxy POST connection closed for ns:
HTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request

[21:33:38] ::MSN::CloseSB ::ns Called
[21:33:38] ::MSN::ClearSB ::ns called
[21:33:38] clearing sb ::ns. oldstat=v
[21:33:38] ::MSN::CloseSB ns Called
[21:33:38] ::MSN::ClearSB ns called
[21:33:38] clearing sb ns. oldstat=d
[21:33:38] Loging out
[21:33:38] Picture.tcl: Unable to crop image with TkCxImage
coordinates for -from option extend outside source image
[21:33:44] ::HTTPConnection::Connected: Proxy connected!!
[21:33:44] ::HTTPConnection::Connected: PROXY SEND (ns)
POST http://gateway.messenger.hotmail.com/gateway/gateway.dll?Action=open&Server=NS&IP=messenger.hotmail.com HTTP/1.1

Accept: */*

Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate

User-Agent: MSMSGS

Host: gateway.messenger.hotmail.com

Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive

Connection: Keep-Alive

Pragma: no-cache

Content-Type: application/x-msn-messenger

Content-Length: 0

Proxy-Authorization: Basic <again removed by moderator for same reasons as above... >




[21:33:45] ::HTTPConnection::ConnectReply
[21:33:45] cmsn_auth starting, stat=a
[21:33:45] ::HTTPConnection::HTTPRead: Proxy POST connection closed for ns:
HTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request

[21:33:45] ::MSN::CloseSB ::ns Called
[21:33:45] ::MSN::ClearSB ::ns called
[21:33:45] clearing sb ::ns. oldstat=v
[21:33:45] ::MSN::CloseSB ns Called
[21:33:45] ::MSN::ClearSB ns called
[21:33:45] clearing sb ns. oldstat=d
[21:33:45] Loging out
[21:33:45] gotNexusReply: loginurl=https://login.live.com/login2.srf
[21:33:45] gotNexusReply: finished before authentication took place
[21:33:45] Picture.tcl: Unable to crop image with TkCxImage
coordinates for -from option extend outside source image
[21:33:49] ::MSN::CloseSB ns Called
[21:33:49] ::MSN::ClearSB ns called
[21:33:49] clearing sb ns. oldstat=d
[21:33:49] ::MSN::CloseSB ns Called
[21:33:49] ::MSN::ClearSB ns called
[21:33:49] clearing sb ns. oldstat=d
[21:33:49] Loging out
[21:33:49] Picture.tcl: Unable to crop image with TkCxImage
coordinates for -from option extend outside source image

As you can see, I don't get any error message (except "Connection Error..."), aMSN just keeps trying to connect every 5 or 10s. The part of the status log at [21:33:49] is when I click "Cancel".

Now the "MSN Protocol Debug":

[21:33:35] ::Proxy::ProxyHTTP1
[21:33:37] < Connected to: messenger.hotmail.com 443 >
[21:33:38] ->ns-sock8 VER 1 MSNP12 CVR0


[21:33:38] ->ns-sock8 CVR 2 0x0409 winnt 5.1 i386 MSNMSGR 8.0.0812 msmsgs my.login@ifrance.com


[21:33:38] ->ns-sock8 USR 3 TWN I my.login@ifrance.com


[21:33:38] ->ns- OUT


[21:33:43] ::Proxy::ProxyHTTP3
[21:33:44] < Connected to: messenger.hotmail.com 443 >
[21:33:45] ->ns-sock8 VER 4 MSNP12 CVR0


[21:33:45] ->ns-sock8 CVR 5 0x0409 winnt 5.1 i386 MSNMSGR 8.0.0812 msmsgs my.login@ifrance.com


[21:33:45] ->ns-sock8 USR 6 TWN I my.login@ifrance.com


[21:33:45] ->ns- OUT


[21:33:49] ->ns FAILED: OUT

Hope this will help.

[kakaroto]

oh.. so it works.. it's just about the authentication then! are you using a socks proxy or http proxy ? is it the 'http gateway' or your own http proxy (with you entering the server's hostname and all)
you say you use svn, could you try updating to the latest SVN version and see if anything got fixed ?

oh and btw.. when you post that information, please remove the Proxy-Authorization line from the status log because it contains your password in a very very easy way to decrypt!

[Rv_Charton]

oh.. so it works.. it's just about the authentication then! are you using a socks proxy or http proxy ? is it the 'http gateway' or your own http proxy (with you entering the server's hostname and all)
you say you use svn, could you try updating to the latest SVN version and see if anything got fixed ?

I'm using http proxy. I'm not sure to understand well the second question (either because I don't have the technical knowledge or because as a French guy I may miss some meaning), but in the Preferences, I check "I connect via a proxy : HTTP (POST Method)" and then give server, port, username and password.
I use an SVN version, but that's not an SVN source I compile myself; I get it from this repository:
      deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb edgy 3v1n0
this version is curently 0.97-0+svn20070218.
I don't fear compile it myself, but since there is a download restrictions in my network, if there is another solution, I prefer this one.
However it's late now, if you think I have no other choice, I will try to compile the latest svn tomorrow.

oh and btw.. when you post that information, please remove the Proxy-Authorization line from the status log because it contains your password in a very very easy way to decrypt!

I didn't notice that... Thanks![/quote]

[kakaroto]

ok, btw, if you think it's easier for you in french, just speak french, je suis francophone aussi...
about svn, I'm not sure if it's worth it to try the latest version, but it may be a good thing to do, http://amsn-project.net/wiki/SVN for instructions on how to do it.
about second question, you answered it, so it's ok.
do you know if something changed with the proxy itself ? does other apps work ? even for https connections ? your proxy seems to work but it fails on https secured connections only... I don't know why it would happen...

[Rv_Charton]

ok, btw, if you think it's easier for you in french, just speak french, je suis francophone aussi...

J'avais pas remarqué le Montréal / Canada, sorry :wink: .

about svn, I'm not sure if it's worth it to try the latest version, but it may be a good thing to do, http://amsn-project.net/wiki/SVN for instructions on how to do it.
about second question, you answered it, so it's ok.
do you know if something changed with the proxy itself ? does other apps work ? even for https connections ? your proxy seems to work but it fails on https secured connections only... I don't know why it would happen...

So I updated to latest SVN version. Nothing changed in the (non) connection behavior.
I don't know if anything changed with the proxy. Other apps work, I can even connect to the MSN network via Gaim (I should maybe have told that before), but I prefer aMSN...
I have no problem to access https web pages with Firefox, but when I wanted to get the latest svn version of aMSN, using the subversion way,  it didn't work (so I got the development archive). Here is the error message:

Code:

 ~% svn co https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/amsn/trunk/amsn
svn: Échec de la requête PROPFIND sur '/svnroot/amsn/trunk/amsn'
svn: PROPFIND de '/svnroot/amsn/trunk/amsn': Impossible de se connecter au serveur (https://svn.sourceforge.net)
zsh: exit 1     svn co https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/amsn/trunk/amsn

Comment tester si de façon globale les connections https fonctionnent ?

[kakaroto]

ok.. if gaim and https with firefox work, then the proxy should be ok.. maybe the proxy still works but they just changed somehow their rules that made a non apparent bug in amsn appear right now..
if you wait until the week end (write something in this thread on saturday morning so I see it as 'new' and don't forget to help you), send me your email address via PM, I'll add you to msn, connect via gaim, and we'll fix this together, I'll need to add more output in the code, to be able to track down the exact problem, so I'll need your help, and I'll need a lot of testing and a lot of additions of status log output, because right now, the status log is not detailed enough.
thx and hopefully.. see you on saturday!

[Rv_Charton]

Good morning!

J'imagine que samedi matin pour toi c'est à peu près maintenant, mais comme ça tombe en vendredi journée pour moi je ne serai pas dispo avant peut-être 3 heures GMT, soit si je compte bien 11h pour toi.
Je me connecte dès que je reviens.

[kakaroto]

euhh.. lol, non, la, on est vendredi matin :p je sais pas tu es ou, mais si tu es en france, tu fait -6h.. donc on va dire quand ca sera samedi soir (p-e vers 20h?) en france. en tt k, je t'ai ajoute sur msn...
a+

[Rv_Charton]

Oui.... suis un poil paumé .
Ok donc pour demain dans la soirée.
Suis pas en France , suis en Afrique du Sud (c'est -6h aussi mais actuellement cause heure d'hiver en France jusqu'au 25 c'est -5h).
A demain.

[kakaroto]

humm.. ok, je me perds avec les heures d'hiver, en tt k, maintenant, a l'heure ou j'ecris, il est 12:35...
a demain!

[omega13a]

I'm having problems connecting also.  I'm using Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft.  This connection problem just started today.  I do not have a proxy set up and I am able to connect to MSN messenger service just fine with GAIM. Any help would be greatly appreciated...

[kakaroto]

omega13a, please provide more info, like rv_charton did...

[psychobudgie]

Cannot connect to MSN from any non ms based client at present. AMSN, gaim and kopete all refuse to connect but msn messenger connects straight away. Would seem m$ have changed their authentication again.