37d6e8c88a In order to use Facebook chat in Pidgin you have to install the purple-facebook plugin.Open up a terminal and type: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install purple-facebook From Pidgin's main page go to ToolsAccountsManage Accounts and choose your Facebook account and hit Modidy. Everything was working alright, until today, when I couldn't connect to one of my accounts. That should be it. RSS ALL ARTICLES FEATURES ONLY TRIVIA Windows 10 SEARCH How-To Geek Easily Add Facebook Chat to Pidgin Want to keep in touch with your Facebook friends throughout the day? Here well show you how to easily add Facebook chat to the popular multi-protocol chat client Pidgin. your username on Facebook can be "Someone", but in Bitlbee, you'll have to use "someone".
If I have SSL/TLS on, Pidgin says You require encryption but it is not available on this server. See how lower on this page! . Here well walk you through setting up your Facebook account in Pidgin. E.g. Have a nice day! shareimprove this answer answered Aug 23 '12 at 13:30 computerman 111 add a comment up vote 1 down vote When being behind a proxy (not sure if the same for each and every network/proxy config out there) it's worth to try changing "connect port" as well - from default 5222 to 443. This was something that I had to do in order to get it working at my workplace. then try again.
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